M21 + 22: you guessed it

As the fixtures come with little let up over the winter, my ability to find time to do all the stats stuff and churn 2 blogs a week is markedly inhibited by pesky things such as life.

My apologies therefore, for what I believe is the 3rd consecutive placeholder blog for a PL weekend. To be updated with results this evening, all else being equal.

So...the blog. Had I forgotten some of this stuff!

Carroll's revenge - 2 cracking headers for West Ham's 1st double over Liverpool since the 1950s I think. Sunderland "thrashing" a self-destructive Villa, who scored a great acrobatic goal through Gil. Arsenal ground out a win against a Newcastle side led by the profligate Wijnaldum. Leicester and Bournemouth cancelled each other out, whilst Swansea were unable to build on their 3-peat against Man United where Rooney scored his first goal in forever - Martial the true spark there.

Wanyama & Mane grabbed the headlines for their ill-discipline, which Norwich took full advantage of through yet another fantastic goal - this one the moment where football ate itself - Tettey describing his winner as "doing a Yaya" in the post-match interview...this being 1) a goal from 12 days earlier and 2) A TOTALLY DIFFERENT STRIKE.

Pulis continued his undefeated run against his former employers with a late winner from the prolific Jonny Evans, and Man City also scored 2 late goals (also both brilliant...what happened this New Years!) to defeat Watford. That Aguero hang time...woof

Chelsea shrugged off the Mourinho fug with their best performance of the season. Narrative klaxon, as the good folks at the Guardian Football Weekly podcast would say. Willian with the best goal of that game, whilst finally, Everton and Spurs battled to an entertaining draw with a pair of....you guessed it...great goals.

So, let's get statty:

This week, 26 people played
Most popular predicted result: Arsenal WIN (26/26)
Most disputed prediction: Crystal Palace vs Chelsea (8-11-7 split)

Highest odds: Zoe Daniels 41,697/1
Lowest odds: Feneley 2,399/1
Average odds: 13,108/1

Best predictors: Lawro, EuroClubIndex, FinkTank & Tarek Najm (6/1)
Worst predictors: Stan Collymore, WhoScored.com & Aron Kleiman (2/10)
Average score: 4.08/10

Interested how split the pundits/models were!

Best predicted result: Arsenal WIN (26/26)
Worst predicted results: West Ham & WBA WINS (1/26 - congrats Josh Daniels & Tarek Najm)

Swings: Oscar & Tettey's openers/winners - 11 left disappointed

Everyone's results:

The leaderboard (>2/3; 14/20)

To the predos:

M21

Aston Villa vs Crystal Palace - ASTON VILLA
Bournemouth vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Newcastle vs Man Utd - MAN UTD
Chelsea vs WBA - CHELSEA
Man City vs Everton - MAN CITY
Southampton vs Watford - WATFORD
Stoke vs Norwich - STOKE
Swansea vs Sunderland - DRAW
Liverpool vs Arsenal - DRAW
Spurs vs Leicester - DRAW

M22

Spurs vs Sunderland - SPURS
Bournemouth vs Norwich - BOURNEMOUTH
Chelsea vs Everton - DRAW
Man City vs Crystal Palace - MAN CITY
Newcastle vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Southampton vs WBA - SOUTHAMPTON
Aston Villa vs Leicester - DRAW
Liverpool vs Man Utd - LIVERPOOL
Stoke vs Arsenal - ARSENAL
Swansea vs Watford - WATFORD

Good luck guys