Matchday 9: 25% of the season down and it's starting to get cold (& Matchday 8 results)

Snappy title eh?

It's crazy to think that we're pretty much a quarter of the way through the season already though, and to my  mind, reached the stage where early form gives way to genuine predictions for the rest of the season. It's predictable at the top - most would have picked the Manchester duo and Chelsea  to make the top 3. The West Ham and WBA are the surprise names in the next pack, with Arsenal under performing to date (although a win at Norwich would have seen them 4th, so hardly a crisis). Newcastle and Liverpool will be the most disappointed from the midtable teams, whilst Southampton and Reading were picked to struggle before the season started. Fernandes may well be getting an itchy trigger finger at QPR after a poor initial return from a hefty investment. It's all shaping up nicely for a top of the table clash this weekend. We'll get to that however.

To the stats:

This week, 17 people played.
Most popular predicted result: Man Utd WIN (17/17)
Most disputed results: Sunderland vs Newcastle (4-9-4) & West Ham vs Southampton (9-4-4)

Longest odds: Doron Salomon (again...) 18,157/1
Shortest odds: Will O'Doherty - 792/1... Great to have you back again this season!
Average odds: 6289/1

Best predictor: Lawro - for the first time in 46 weeks I think!!! (8/10)
Worst predictor: Josh Daniels (2/10)
Average score: 6/10

Best predicted result: Man Utd WIN (17/17)
Worst predicted result: Norwich WIN (0/17)

Villains of the week: Lawro got 2 results wrong - the Swansea and Norwich WINS. Of those, the worst culprit has to be the entire Arsenal team for not turning up and depriving Lawro (and literally everyone else) a chance at another point.

Everyone's results:

To the leaderboard, comprehending of those who have played <2/3 of weeks - or 6/8:

No change at the top, but the gap has been reduced to the chasing pack. Yanik drops down to 4th, and the other big loser is Josh Daniels who falls 3 places. A reversal of the bottom 2 is of no great consequence just yet, although that gap between me and Doron is a little worrying (from my perspective).

This week, I've gone for the following:

Aston Villa vs Norwich - DRAW
Arsenal vs QPR - ARSENAL
Reading vs Fulham - FULHAM
Stoke vs Sunderland - STOKE
Wigan vs West Ham - WEST HAM
Man City vs Swansea - MAN CITY
Everton vs Liverpool - EVERTON
Newcastle vs WBA - NEWCASTLE
Southampton vs Spurs - SPURS
Chelsea  vs Man Utd - CHELSEA

Total odds: 2041/1 with Paddypower

Good luck guys - you know what to do by now...