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25/1/24

In  a football tournament, four teams play each other once. There are 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. With one game left to play, the table is as follows:

If no two matches had the same score line, and no team scored more than 3 in a single match, what are the results so far?

Puzzle courtesy of Mensa member Peter Hooton

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ROVERS 0 – 0 UNITED; COUNTY 3 – 0 ATHLETIC; UNITED 0 – 2 COUNTY; ROVERS 3 – 1 ATHLETIC; COUNTY 1 – 2 ROVERS; UNITED v ATHLETIC YET TO BE PLAYED

As it is one point for a draw United drew with Rovers – and the score was 0 – 0 as United have yet to score. United and Athletic must be the unplayed game so United lost 0 – 2 to County. Rovers won their other two games, County beat Athletic but lost to Rovers. Athletic lost both of their remaining games conceding 3 in each match, meaning Rovers beat County 2 – 1

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