S14M5: 149, 259, 379

Let's start at the beginning and the bottom. Southampton and Everton. Wow, they are bad. Both teams conspiring to throw away promise - a first half-penalty at 0-0 for the Saints and a second consecutive 2-0 lead for Everton to lose. Why not just relegate them already and save their fans? I admittedly know very little about Southampton's last few years but Everton have been asking to be relegated for several season now - will this be their lucky year?

The 2 other promoted teams did better - creditable draws away to Brighton and Palace respectively. Fulham have started the season well but yet another late goal conceded lost them 2 points to West Ham - will this trend persist? Liverpool suffered a shock home defeat to Forest - lots of sterile possession defeated by a great finish on the counter - the classic underdog sucker punch. Bournemouth's loss to Chelsea was almost the inverse. No possession, loads of chances, still lost to a late goal - only Chelsea's 2nd chance with an xG of >0.1 all game. Brentford also played really well and left empty handed from the Etihad. 4 games played for City - 11 goals, 9 from Haaland. The wrong Norwegian had his foot amputated last week....

North London Derby day saw Tottenham High Road painted red, again. For all the talk about Arsenal's midfield woes, there was basically nothing from Spurs all game and Set Piece FC scored again, led from the front by the highest scoring set piece defender in modern times. Cockahoop. Finally, Wolves looked on course for a solid win at home to Newcastle, but decided not to bother playing for 5 minutes, conceded 2 from distance and Newcastle went home with the dub.

This week, 26 people played - including a new player, Geoffrey Skolnick (GS) - welcome!
Most popular prediction: Liverpool & Aston Villa WINS (26/26)
Most disputed predicted result: Spurs vs Arsenal (6-7-13 split respectively)

Highest odds: AFM (2364/1)
Lowest odds: AK (187/1)
Average odds: 1106/1

Best predictor: Steven Daniels (8/10)
Worst predictors: 4 of you (3/10 - no beginner's luck for GS)
Average score: 4.92/10

Best predicted result: Aston Villa WIN (26/26)
Worst predicted result: Notts Forest WIN (0/26)

Everyone's results:

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Good luck all.