Football novices topping prediction leagues and riling office experts | OneFootball

Football novices are unsettling office prediction leagues on Mon Petit Prono as the World Cup gets under way. According to L'Équipe, the free app has surpassed three million users since 12 June and is currently France's most downloaded.

Julien, 42, checks the overnight results each morning, only to slide down his work league. He is 52nd of 58 despite winning the last Euros and a strong Mon Petit Gazon season, and now regrets urging colleagues to join.

Alexia, 29, leads her company by trusting instinct and picking up snippets. She landed Netherlands 2-2 Japan and Argentina 3-0 Algeria, but swerved Canada 6-0 Qatar after her PSG fan husband urged caution.

Claire, 34, input her partner's scores in 15 minutes and stuck a bonus on a match with tempting odds. An exact Qatar v Switzerland with an x2 boost earned 322 points and an early lead, though she has since slipped.

Damien, 42, leaned on AI, started with four exact scores, then tailed off and tweaked his picks, calling the contest highly unpredictable.

With 72 group matches and 32 in the knockouts, misses are inevitable and could even out over time. Former PSG defender Éric Rabesandratana says seasoned fans will gradually claw back ground as big nations settle and fearless outsiders like Cape Verde ride the early rounds.

Source: L'Équipe