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90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · Jun 27

2025 European Championship Analytics Guide, in full, here!

images of every page getting posted on this account, but all packaged together here as a digital magazine!

2025Euro.pdf

drive.google.com

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 6d

10/6: read more House of Leaves

i honestly think this book will take me into November if not longer. I promise it won't make up the rest of my days, but i have struggled to put it down!!

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 6d

10/5: read more House of Leaves

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 6d

10/4: House of Leaves

Got this for Christmas last year & forced myself to wait until October to start. i am enamored with it & im only like 50 pages in, not even. i am reading this more carefully than any of my typical fantasy novels & am loving the experience so far

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 6d

10/3: The Chair

Highly acclaimed short horror film from Curry Barker available on youtube, had fun with it! The sleepytime scene is one i will NEVER forget, *that* switchup from that actress (iykyk)

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 6d

10/2: Rare, Fine & Limited

finished the novella this day. The 2nd half was where it really got going, fun tale of a type that I wouldn't have expected from Flanagan

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

anyways, that wraps up the massive list of October 2026 World Cup Qualifiers to watch for. Really big matches over the next 10 or so days, as always, hating the international break is a skill issue! Don't miss out on really great soccer & special scenes as more teams continue to fight for this!

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

feels wrapped given the GD tiebreaker & Croatia's lead on it, despite a Czechia-Croatia showdown this month. i won't be seeing any of this this month

group l
croatia 12
czechia 12
faroe islands 6
montenegro 6
gibraltar 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

the HUGE game here is 10/11 Serbia-Albania, a must win for the Albanians as any other result probably has them feeling eliminated given Serbia's game in hand

GROUP K

ENGLAND 15
ALBANIA 8
SERBIA 7
LATVIA 4
ANDORRA 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

another group where the best matchup, Wales-North Macedonia, is in November. both teams do play Belgium in October, though, possibly worth keeping tabs on a Belgian slip

GROUP J

NORTH MACEDONIA 11
BELGIUM 10
WALES 10
KAZAKHSTAN 3
LIECHTENSTEIN 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

this group feels mostly put to bed after the crazy Italy win at Israel last month. at least until november, maybe, Norway has been dunking on teams to get that goal difference crazy. finally on the brink of qualifying for a major Men's tournament with Haaland & co!

GROUP I

NORWAY 15
ITALY 9
ISRAEL 9
ESTONIA 3
MOLDOVA 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

similar to the last group, no real October deciders here. Austria's game in hand this month is against San Marino

GROUP H

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 12
AUSTRIA 12
ROMANIA 7
CYPRUS 4
SAN MARINO 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

alright now for the weird groups that started much earlier & always have Games in Hand to account for.

I don't really see anything worth watching for in October here, sadly. no matchups between poland & either team next to them, which is kind of what im only looking for

GROUP G

NETHERLANDS 10
POLAND 10
FINLAND 7
LITHUANIA 3
MALTA 2

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

One of the most fun races for 2nd here, Armenia in the lead but on the road twice to the teams below them. each of those games qualifies as Must Watch to me. MLS fans, don't forget Lucas Zelarayan is their talisman!

GROUP F

PORTUGAL 6
ARMENIA 3
HUNGARY 1
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND 1

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

All eyes on Turkiye-Georgia on 10/14, huge 2nd leg decider between these teams after Turkiye already took 3 points at Georgia. Turkiye are a popular UEFA team at the moment, now is the time to prove their legitimacy

GROUP E

SPAIN 6
GEORGIA 3
TURKEY 3
BULGARIA 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

now continues the weird thing where Nations League guaranteed teams into the playoff. So really just race for 2nd here, Iceland the resident Double-at-Home that every group appears to have in October. 10/10 Iceland-Ukraine the game of the window

GROUP D

FRANCE 6
ICELAND 3
UKRAINE 1
AZERBAIJAN 1

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

a fun 3-team race in Group C, but it feels like it can only stay that way if Greece do well in this window that's exclusively Away. Meanwhile, Scotland get to stay at Home the whole window. Scotland-Greece on 10/9 the big one to watch!

GROUP C

DENMARK 4
SCOTLAND 4
GREECE 3
BELARUS 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

eyes on Sweden, too, after an awful September. Another pair of Home fixtures, vs Switzerland & Kosovo, should be hugely decisive to them returning to the Men's World Cup

GROUP B

SWITZERLAND 6
KOSOVO 3
SWEDEN 1
SLOVENIA 1

1 1 1

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

Northern Ireland the Group A team to follow, hosting both Slovakia & Germany in October. If they want any chance at this World Cup, this pair of fixtures in front of their fans is where it has to come.

also germany is in playoff no matter what through UNL. weird, unnecessary thing making this worse

SLOVAKIA 6
NORTHERN IRELAND 3
GERMANY 3
LUXEMBOURG 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 7d

UEFA alongside CONCACAF will star in November window, so this will be a very light check in on some particularly big matches this window, I won't be analyzing too deeply yet

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 8d

I'm saving any 2nd place race analysis for next window, still too many factors to track this early, I would just keep the storylines group-specific now

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 8d

Honduras should love their position, hosting both October games against favorites Costa Rica & my darkhorses Haiti. Both are must watch in my book!

10/9 Honduras-Costa Rica (ESPECIALLY this one)
10/13 Honduras-Haiti

GROUP C

HONDURAS 4
COSTA RICA 2
HAITI 2
NICARAGUA 1

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 8d

Curacao is the team to watch in October Group B! They host both their games.

10/10 v Jamaica, chance to take the group lead
10/14 v T&T, a game that will probably be a must-win for Trinidad & Tobago to stay alive into November (where they then host both those games)

GROUP B

JAMAICA 6
CURACAO 4
TRINIDAD AND TOAGO 1
BERMUDA 0

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 8d

10/10 in particular, El Salvador-Panama, is the one to watch. Both also both 10/14 games

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 8d

Also the El Salvador games - likely the last ever World Cup qualifiers at historic Estadio Cuscatlan as they are set to move into a modern stadium.

Special venue that is daunting to all visitors. No Home games in November, this is it! Gotta say goodbye here in October for this pair of games

90 Collective @90collective.bsky.social · 8d

CONCACAF darlings of this decade, Panama & Guatemala, on the ropes already!

I am penciling out Guatemala, vibes are really down there, but both Panama games are hugely worth tracking considering how favorited they were & how much pressure is now on a very, very good team still

GROUP A

SURINAME 4
EL SALVADOR 3
PANAMA 2
GUATEMALA 1