Matchday 31: Frustration at the First

Last week was the 68th week of this game, and around 1000 "bets" have been made in that time. No-one has successfully predicted the result of an entire round of fixtures yet. It shouldn't matter which matches one gets wrong therefore, but it does. There is a gut-wrenching feeling when the first match of the weekend comes in wrong, and all the hard work* of planning, choosing and predicting goes to waste.

Of course, it may be worse to have got them all correct going in to the last match of the weekend, only for that to foil you but I haven't been in that position yet. Maybe this week, will be the week.

*gut feeling

Let's get statty:

This week, 19 people played
The most popular predictions were: Man Utd & Chelsea WINS (19/19)
The most disputed prediction was: Wigan vs Newcastle (6-6-7 SPLIT)

Highest odds: Me (5494/1)
Lowest odds: Feneley (1079/1)
Average odds: 3532/1

Best predictor: Yanik Joshi & Sam Ruback (6/10)
Worst predictor: Stan Collymore, Nick Collins, Josh Daniels, Tarek Najm, Menachem Grunewald & David Dinkin
Average score: 4/10

Best predicted result: Man Utd & Chelsea WINS (19/19)
Worst predicted result: Fulham WIN (0/19)

Everyone's scores:

To the leaderboard, and there is bugger all to see here. Nick maintains his slender lead, whilst at the bottom, the only position change is Doron leapfrogging Tarek. I, obviously, now consider myself above this petty squabbling and have my sights firmly set on (lower) mid-table. 

To this week's predictions:

Sunderland vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Arsenal vs Reading - ARSENAL
Man City vs Newcastle - MAN CITY
Southampton vs Chelsea - CHELSEA
Swansea vs Tottenham - DRAW
West Ham vs  WBA - WEST HAM
Wigan vs Norwich - WIGAN
Everton vs Stoke - EVERTON
Aston Villa vs Liverpool - DRAW
Fulham vs QPR - FULHAM

Total odds: 818/1 (PaddyPower)

Good luck guys.