S5M23: All the 3s

So, a lot of football played since my last blog and much has been discussed so I'll keep it brief:

• 3-3 draws galore. 3 in 20 games. That's unusual no? All of which with last minute equalisers
• Defoe scores a hat-trick - his signing was poo-poo'd a bit last year, but if he scores 10 goals a season worth 10-15 points....that's invaluable at that end of the table
• The Villa revival starts - 4 points from 6
• Swansea have gone all Liverpool in the late 1990s with a joint managerial team. It'll only end in tears...
• Leicester still haven't run out of puff
• Rooney's on one of his spurts. Urgh
• Dmitri Payet's free kick. 
• The potato-butter pie thing at Anfield is unbelievable. Definitely ruinous for your heart but my word...I had it "5 times" (Not really. That's a joke...'cos Liverpool do the whole 5 times thing. Ya know...)

Anyway - food for thought on the above...

Let's get statty:

Matchday 21

This week, 27 people played (my bad - forgot ECI before it went offline, and FT doesn't do midweek predos...will update the database if anyone can provide either of these)

Most popular predicted result: Stoke WIN (24/27)

Most disputed result: Southampton vs Watford (6-7-14 split)

Highest odds: My mother, 41,647/1 - I'm going to stop including her in this calculation from now on...

Highest odds not-from my mother: My brother. 15256/1. Still more than double the 3rd highest. Face palm

Lowest odds: My father, 2856/1

Average odds: 14,150/1

#impossibilifamilee

Best predictors: Dinkin & the Feneleys (5/10) - #impossibilifenelee

Worst predictor: Eli Daniels, Steven Daniels, Hesham Zakai & Nicholas Jones (1/10)

Average score: 2.93/10

Best predicted result: Stoke WIN (24/27)

Worst predicted result: Sunderland & Leicester WINS (2/27) 

Swing: McLean's equaliser for WBA at Chelsea - 24 disappointed (although secretly elated)

Matchday 22

This week, 28 people played

Most popular predicted result: Man City WIN (27/28)

Most disputed result: Newcastle vs West Ham (5-8-14 split)

Highest odds not-from my mother: AFM (how nice to have you back...) 18384/1. A third of the highest odds form youknowwho

Lowest odds: Feneley, 1045/1

Average odds: 15,457/1

Best predictors: Menachem Grunewald & Me (6/10)

Worst predictor: Zoe Daniels (0/10) - however, she missed the Saturday games, and only played 3 on the Sunday. So a point for sportsmanship, which is not redeemable but everyone claps it

Worst predictors to play the whole round: Steven Daniels & Will O'Doherty (2/10)

Average score: 3.89/10

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (27/28)

Worst predicted result: Man Utd WIN (1/28) - Congrats Doron. Still amazes me how few people think Man Utd will win games these days. It's Man Utd for heaven's sake... 

Swing: The Rooney winner - 12 players denied

Everyone's results:

Leaderboard (>2/3; 15/22)

To this week's predos:

Norwich vs Liverpool - LIVERPOOL

Crystal Place vs Spurs - SPURS

Leicester vs Stoke - DRAW

Man Utd vs Southampton - MAN UTD

Sunderland vs Bournemouth - BOURNEMOUTH

Watford vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE

West Brom vs Aston Villa - ASTON VILLA

West Ham vs Man City - MAN CITY

Everton vs Swansea - EVERTON

Arsenal vs Chelsea - ARSENAL

Good luck guys!