S8M10: Bunching

Regular readers will know my active research is limited but I can't remember a time where we had 5 bunched clubs so close after 9 games of the season. 5 clubs within 2 points of each other. Feels very exciting not to have a runaway leader already, even if 1 of the 5 is just so superior to the rest.

The standard mid-table candidates - Everton, Leicester, Man Utd etc are all doing their thing in an almost perfect sequence - if Wolves had drawn one of their victories you'd have positions 6-12 with points 11-17. This makes me happy, but unfortunately it's not true. Bet you're glad you read that paragraph.

Then the dross has started to separate. Burnley and West Ham just about haul themselves up, along with Palace and Southampton. This is a shame, as the 4 utter dross clubs are preferable to many in the division, but frankly they're all awful and so can't really look beyond 3 of these 4 to go down even at this early stage. Obviously, change of manager and some learning to shoot (Huddersfield) or defend (Fulham) might change matters.

Oh - I've looked it up on 11v11.com and it was only 2 years ago that we had 5 clubs bunched by 1 point after 2 years. By my count, that makes both the first and second paragraph nonsense. I really do try...

Let's get statty:

This week, 26 people played
Most popular predicted results: Man City, Liverpool & Arsenal WINS (26/26)
Most disputed result: Cardiff vs Fulham (6-7-13 split)

Highest odds: Doron Salomon (1287/1)
Lowest odds: Steven Daniels 472/1
Average odds: 880/1

Best predictors: Eli Daniels & Andrew Feneley (7/10)
Worst predictor: Joe Abbott (3/10)
Average score: 5.23/10

Best predicted results: Man City, Liverpool & Arsenal WINS (26/26)
Worst predicted result: Bournemouth vs Southampton DRAW & Watford WIN (1/26)

Everyone's scores:

Leaderboard (>2/3; 7/9)

To this week's predos:

Brighton vs Wolves - WOLVES

Fulham vs Bournemouth - BOURNEMOUTH

Liverpool vs Cardiff - LIVERPOOL

Southampton vs Newcastle - SOUTHAMPTON

Watford vs Huddersfield - WATFPRD

Leicester vs West Ham - LEICESTER

Burnley vs Chelsea - CHELSEA

Crystal Palace vs Arsenal - ARSENAL

Man Utd vs Everton - MAN UTD

Tottenham vs Man City - MAN CITY

Good luck guys