S4M30: Reeled in

Well then. Somehow, Chelsea managed to extend their lead on a weekend where the top 2 clubs both managed to fox us all. The Arsenal train rolled on with a defeat of a West Ham side already looking towards pre-season and their likely new manager. The Pulis Palace revival continued apace, consigning QPR to yet another defeat in their relentless romp towards relegation. Sunderland look to be joining them, getting spanked by Aston Villa inside 45 mins. The writing has long been on the wall for Gus Poyet there, but losing to Tim Sherwood was the last straw...understandably. Dick Advocaat - he of Rangers fame aaaaaaaages ago will try to avert near certain disaster. My final pick to go down, Leicester did well and got a point. Unfortunately, it was one of their easier fixtures to get 3 in....they are rock bottom. Pulis beat Pulis (emeritus) with a trademark early goal then defend showing, and Liverpool kept their run going with a(nother) Henderson winner.

Everton remarkably won a game after a Europa league match - is that even allowed? Although, it was only Newcastle, so to be expected. Man Utd finally clicked into gear, only 7 months late to beat a Spurs side that may just be starting to peter out. And so to the shock result, and a deserved Burnley win. They gave Man City problems at the Etihad and deservedly beat a flat City here. Disappointing how bad they've been since the turn of the year really - if they'd played well, we may have an exciting title race on.

Anywho - as some of you may have seen, I've been writing quite a lot this week...so I'm typed out for now.

Let's get statty:

This week, 20 people played

Most predicted result: Man City & Crystal Palace WINS (20/20)

Most disputed result: Leicester vs Hull (8-6-6 split)

Highest odds: Feneley's mum (40287/1) - good to see you've reverted back to normal!

Highest odds excluding Feneley's mum: Me (5996/1)

Lowest odds: Feneley (963/1) - this week sees a Feneley Family double

Average odds: 8153/1

Best predictor: Lawro & Yo Abbott (7/10)

Worst predictor: Richard Verber (3/10)

Average score: 4.7/10

Best predicted result: Crystal Palace WIN (20/20)

Worst predicted results: Burnley WIN & Chelsea vs Southampton DRAW (0/20)

Goal-swing: Dusan Tadic's equaliser at the bridge - 19 thought Chelsea would win....we all lost out to that penalty

Everyone's results:

The leaderboard, for those who have played >2/3 available weeks (20/29)

Gaon is being reeled in by the objective powers of maths - his lead is just 0.1 now....and Sam Ruback's doing the whole cycling slipstream thing looking to make a last minute dash for the line come May.

To this week's predos:

Man City vs WBA - MAN CITY

Aston Villa vs Swansea - ASTON VILLA

Newcastle vs Arsenal - ARSENAL

Southampton vs Burnley - DRAW

Stoke vs Crystal Palace - STOKE

Spurs vs Leicester - SPURS

West Ham vs Sunderland - WEST HAM

Liverpool vs Man Utd - LIVERPOOL

Hull vs Chelsea - CHELSEA

QPR vs Everton - EVERTON

Total odds: 1092/1 (Paddypower)

Good luck guys