S4M37: And then there was one

As expected, Burnley and QPR were confirmed as participating in the Championship next season, leaving just a single space with them in the relegation zone. Aston Villa,  Leicester and Sunderland continued their late revivals to leave Hull in the danger seat. Even Newcastle manged to pick up a point this week. Meanwhilst, Spurs, Southampton and Liverpool have their own battle to shed points now to try and avoid the Europa League.

It's a real shame how bloated the competition has become - I remember Arsenal's run to the final in 2000 of the old UEFA Cup with great fondness - Nantes, Werder Bremen, Deportivo la Coruna (before they were CL regulars...how times have changed) - all great ties against some fresh names. I do understand the reticence of clubs to really commit to the Europa League - whilst I think the Thurs-Sun thing is a bit of a red herring (you'll play twice a week in the CL too), it's the volume of games that's the killer. UEFA should lose the group stages and just go full knock out in my opinion.

Places 2-4 have more or less had their clubs confirmed, although the order is yet to be confirmed. It's advantage Man City now, and even more so should Arsenal fail to beat a Man Utd side back on their jammy winning horse this weekend.

What else? Stevie G made a funny at the expense of the Chelsea fans who really are revealing themselves to be quite the sensitive souls this season.

Right - enough of that, let's get statty:

This week, 20 people played

Most popular predicted results: Man City & Arsenal WINS (20/20)
Most disputed result: Newcastle vs WBA (6-6-8 split)

Highest odds: AFM 6690/1
Highest odds excluding AFM: 1507/1 Josh Daniels
Lowest odds: Steven Daniels 1100/1
Average odds: 2219/1 (1270/1 without AFM)

Best predictor: Sam Ruback 6/10
Worst predictors: ECI, AFM, Dinkin, Menachem, Will O'D & Brad (3/10)
Average score: 4.05/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (20/20)
Worst predicted results: Swansea & Sunderland WINS (0/20)

Swing: Gerrard's equaliser - upset 14 people.

Everyone's scores:

To the leaderboard (>2/3 or 25/36)

This week's predos:

Southampton vs Aston Villa - DRAW
Burnley vs Stoke - STOKE
QPR vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE
Sunderland vs Leicester - LEICESTER
Spurs vs Hull - SPURS
West Ham vs Everton - DRAW
Liverpool vs Crystal Palace - LIVERPOOL
Swansea vs Man City - DRAW
Man Utd vs Arsenal - DRAW
WBA vs Chelsea - CHELSEA

Total odds: 11,954/1 (PaddyPower)

Good luck guys!