Matchday 24 & 25 results & Matchday 26 Predos: 2/3 of the way through

I've written a few times previously about my indifference to international football, but I hate the gym, and one way of making exercise more tolerable is watching TV whilst going. So yeah, I watched the second half. Sue me. Highlights: 1) Wilshere 2) Cahill's "Oh ****" face 3) Julio Cesar's dive for the cameras for Lampard's winner 4) No sound so ITV's gruesome twosome couldn't raise my blood pressure anymore than the running/rowing already was (yeah, proper athlete me. Don't be jel).

Anyway, I thought that although Brazil were far from vintage, Los Blancos didn't look too bad, and certainly with the aforementioned Jack in tandem with Stevie G & Tommy C, there was much more dynamism to the midfield than anything seen recently.

This, however, is a primarily a Premier League site, so let's do the statty biz from the last week or so:

Matchday 24:


This week, 16 people played
Most popular predicted result: Man United WIN (16/16)
Most disputed result: Sunderland vs Swansea (4-7-5 split)

Longest odds: Doron Salomon 9307/1
Shortest odds: Sam Ruback 623/1
Average odds: 3026/1

Best predictors: Nick Collins & WhoScored.com (6/10)
Worst Predictors: Me, EuroClub Index, Josh Daniels, Yanik Joshi, Sam Ruback and Hesham Zakai (3/10)
Average score: 4/10

Best predicted result: Man United WIN (16/16)
Worst predicted result: Stoke vs Wigan DRAW (0/16)

Everyone's results:

Matchday 25:

This week, 20 people played
Most popular predicted results: Man United & Everton WINS (19/20)
Most disputed result: West Ham vs Swansea (6-7-7 split)

Longest odds: Jonathan Chernick 14,853/1
Shortest odds: Sam Ruback 1704/1
Average odds: 5212/1

Best predictor: Will O'Doherty (6/10)
Worst Predictor: Hesham Zakai (2/10 - er, welcome back....)
Average score: 4/10

Best predicted result: Man United WIN (19/20)
Worst predicted result: Everton vs Aston Villa DRAW (1/20 - well done Feneley)

Everyone's results:

To the leaderboard, and a reminder that only those who have played in >2/3 of matches so far this season are eligible. That means, that if you ain't on it yet, with potentially honourable exception (WOD), you won't make the leaderboard this season - however, I'd still stay involved. Why, you ask? Well, there is always the best-of-the-rest table, that remains a total surprise until the end of the season, and more importantly, habit-forming behaviour only takes a few weeks to cement. So, by playing for the rest of the season, you get into a solid routine, ready to take on the big boys (hence all the gymming) next season.

With all that, 2 leaps this week, with Sam losing his place to the EuroClub Index, and me overtaking Chernick on games played!

To this weeks predos:

Spurs vs Newcastle - NEWCASTLE

Chelsea vs Wigan - CHELSEA

Norwich vs Fulham - DRAW

Stoke vs Reading - STOKE

Sunderland vs Arsenal - ARSENAL

Swansea vs QPR - SWANSEA

Southampton vs Man City - MAN CITY

Aston Villa vs West Ham - WEST HAM

Man Utd vs Everton - DRAW

Liverpool vs WBA - LIVERPOOL

Total odds: 3858/1 (PaddyPower)

Predictions in the comments as per usual, good luck guys