Matchday 25 – Predictions

Thought I’d do some deep analysis this week before posting (or looking at last games resuts). ME loves to comment so I’ve added all his comments too.

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Its been a while since I’ve done a post so I’m not surprise there isn’t much being said.


Friday, February 19, 2021

 

Wolverhampton
WWDWL
2-1
Leeds United
LLWLW
Wolverhampton 1-0 Leeds United 19 Feb 2021
Leeds United 0-1 Wolverhampton 19 Oct 2020
Leeds United 0-3 Wolverhampton 07 Mar 2018
Wolverhampton 4-1 Leeds United 22 Nov 2017

Wolves are one of those teams that I think are doing better than they are and also doing worse than I think they are. I think the youth of the team confuses me. Despite their young team age they seem to be playing with a spirit and I fancy them to take Leeds in a close game.


Saturday, February 20, 2021

Burnley
DWDLL
2-0
West Bromwich Albion
DLLDL
West Bromwich Albion 0-0 Burnley 19 Oct 2020
West Bromwich Albion 1-2 Burnley 31 Mar 2018
Burnley 0-1 West Bromwich Albion 19 Aug 2017
Burnley 2-2 West Bromwich Albion 06 May 2017
West Bromwich Albion 4-0 Burnley 21 Nov 2016

Burnley have moved out of the relegation zone and don’t appear to be in much trouble. That said, a result against a team in the bottom three will galvanize their position. I want the boing-boings to stay up but only if Big Sam goes. Sorry WBA fans.

Fulham
DWDLD
1-0
Sheffield United
LLWLW
Sheffield United 1-1 Fulham 18 Oct 2020
Fulham 3-0 Sheffield United 06 Mar 2018
Sheffield United 4-5 Fulham 21 Nov 2017

ME:”Fulham will ease past Sheffield Utd in this must win game for someone.”

I must win for Sheff United and in the end they will play hard for owt.

Liverpool
LLLWW
3-1
Everton
LLDWL
Everton 2-2 Liverpool 17 Oct 2020
Everton 0-0 Liverpool 21 Jun 2020
Liverpool 5-2 Everton 04 Dec 2019
Everton 0-0 Liverpool 03 Mar 2019
Liverpool 1-0 Everton 02 Dec 2018

ME:”Liverpool need to regain their form and it could be this game.. derby games always take on a different form and Liverpool need some bragging rights.”

Liverpool losing at Anfield. Of course that’s going to happen. Liverpool losing at Anfield twice in a row. Well thats not far fetched really. Liverpool losing at Anfield three times. You sure that can happen? Liverpool losing four on the bonk at Anfield? I’m not taking those odds.

Southampton
LLLLL
0-2
Chelsea
WWWWD
2
Chelsea 3-3 Southampton 17 Oct 2020
Chelsea 0-2 Southampton 26 Dec 2019
Southampton 1-4 Chelsea 06 Oct 2019
Chelsea 0-0 Southampton 02 Jan 2019
Southampton 0-3 Chelsea 07 Oct 2018

ME: “Chelski will win and will stay under the radar for a few weeks.. then the pundits will be talking about their great form and super prospects since Frank was sacked.”

I’m picking Chelsea becaause the form says Southampton can’t win and Chelsea can’t lose. I can’t believe that both of these will flip so it will probably be a draw but I’m sticking with the form.


Sunday, February 21, 2021

Arsenal
WLLDW
0-2
Manchester City
WWWWW
Manchester City 1-0 Arsenal 17 Oct 2020
Manchester City 3-0 Arsenal 17 Jun 2020
Arsenal 0-3 Manchester City 15 Dec 2019
Manchester City 3-1 Arsenal 03 Feb 2019
Arsenal 0-2 Manchester City 12 Aug 2018

ME:”2 standout games this week. The Gunners will surprise Man Pretty with the first goal but they will lose two late goals..”

I know this will be a clean sheet.  The question is really how many Citeh will score.

Aston Villa
DWLWL
1-2
Leicester City
WDWLD
Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa 18 Oct 2020
Leicester City 4-0 Aston Villa 09 Mar 2020
Aston Villa 1-4 Leicester City 08 Dec 2019

ME:”Villa v Leicester could be a good game but I think villa will be taken down by two mistakes. Well that spoilt a good game.”

Leicester are making a legitimate push for top 4. Aston Villa are the great pretenders. I predict a fairly standard 2-1 game.

 

Manchester United
DDWDL
2-0
Newcastle
LWLWL

 

Newcastle 1-4 Manchester United 17 Oct 2020
Manchester United 4-1 Newcastle 26 Dec 2019
Newcastle 1-0 Manchester United 06 Oct 2019
Newcastle 0-2 Manchester United 02 Jan 2019
Manchester United 3-2 Newcastle 06 Oct 2018

ME:”Hate it but Man Utd will cruise past Newcastle….. 3 – 0 may be a little optimistic but I’ll stick there.”

Its suprising that one is near the top. It’s not surprising one is near the bottom. I want Newcastle to go down… so GGMU…. come on you reds! Neither of these teams really seem much better than middle of the road – i

West Ham United
WDWLW
1-2
Tottenham Hotspur
LWLLL
Tottenham Hotspur 3-3 West Ham United 18 Oct 2020
Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 West Ham United 23 Jun 2020
West Ham United 2-3 Tottenham Hotspur 23 Nov 2019
Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 West Ham United 27 Apr 2019
West Ham United 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur 20 Oct 2018

ME:”Spurs need to show what they really can do and if they raise their work rate should skip past the hammers, otherwise …….”

I should pick West Ham – look at the losses for Spuds! West Ham seem to be catching lightning in a bottle but it has to be a small bottle, right?


Monday, February 22, 2021

Brighton and Hove Albion
DDWWD
2-1
Crystal Palace
LLWWL
Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion 18 Oct 2020
Brighton and Hove Albion 0-1 Crystal Palace 29 Feb 2020
Crystal Palace 1-1 Brighton and Hove Albion 16 Dec 2019
Crystal Palace 1-2 Brighton and Hove Albion 09 Mar 2019
Brighton and Hove Albion 3-1 Crystal Palace 04 Dec 2018

ME:”Brighton and palace will produce a dull goalless draw.”

Both teams are inconsistent so this will be a home win, a draw, or an away win. I’m going to guess the first.

Matchday 23 Picks and Results

Another quick update! Just picks and results.

This weeks results are a little crazy. I gave Mark Lawrenson’s picks to a number of people which means a lot of people did really well. It seems a little unfair on those with lower scores down at the bottom but c’est la vie ! This week was an odd week with games that crept up suddenly.

Surprisingly, BE managed to top everyone! And poor JE suffered a poor set of results.

This set of results had a terrible impact on the table for AM who finds himself not only trailing ME but also trailing BE and everyone else.

Matchday 22 Picks and Results

Just an update to try and catch up. These are the picks from Matchday 22.

A variety of scores this week but fairly low overall. It’s not going to have much impact on the overall standings.

The overall leaders table hasn’t changed too much with JE, JCE, and LJ at the top BE and AM floundering with BB on the bottom.

The Whole of January!

So I have fallen quite a long way behind somehow! The changing schedule is part of it but so is the strange ebb and flow of the season: it’s hard to fully engage and get involved. I don’t know if that’s because the Hornets are firing their manager and playing in lower divisions or whether COVID just makes it all seems somehow just… what’s the word… “meh”.

I’m grouping the games by “Matchweek” as much as possible because the games were played out of order.

I’ll probably do a summary post to summarize all the comments soon. I am just happy that I’m finally caught up….

What? There’s a another game already? What? Multiple games?

Matchweek 17

This was a relatively high scoring week with AA coming out on top with JE and JCE maintaining some top of the table pressure.

I’m not sure what is happening with BE again.

Matchweek 18 (and 1 and 16)

The first really messy week week! A cancellation of a game the same week with it being replaced by an earlier game wasn’t the half of it. Half the games played before Matchweek 19 and half after. Hopefully it’s all straight.

Looks like that completes off three weeks.

Matchweek 19

A normal week except it was in the middle of Matchweek 18!

What happened to BE? I can’t believe that BE is top of the table. Remind me to double check the calculations!

Matchweek 20

Getting closer to being up to date. Good to see LJ doing so well.

Matchweek 21

And we’re caught up (Ish)

Another win for JE? What?

And the Current Standings