I Make Predictions (Round 26)

Last round Mark Lawrenson got seven games right for seven points.  His celebrity guest got five games right for seven points.  Merson got five games right for seven points.  I got five games right for seven points.

Since I started fourteen rounds ago I have predicted 71 out of 140 games correctly for 109 points.  Lawrenson predicted 70 games correctly for 88 points. Merson predicted 66 games correctly for 92 points.

I will link to Lawrenson’s and Merson’s new predictions when they are published.  They will be found here and here.

Here are my predictions using the same rules outlined here.
 

Aston Villa-Stoke                             0-1

Chelsea-Burnley                              1-0

Palace-Arsenal                                 1-2

Hull-QPR                                           2-1

Sunderland-West Brom                 1-1

Swansea-Man U                              1-2

Man City-Newcastle                       2-1

Spurs-West Ham                             2-1

Everton-Leicester                            2-1

Southampton-Liverpool                2-1

MAGIC NUMBERS

Here are Southampton's magic numbers for the entire League as explained here:

I am leaving the clubs in the same order so we can see where the big changes occur.

Chelsea               53

Man City             46

Man U                 41

Arsenal               39

Tottenham         37

Liverpool             36

West Ham           32

Swansea              28

Stoke                    27

Newcastle           26

Everton                21

Palace                  21

Sunderland         18

West Brom         20

Aston Villa           16

Burnley                 15

Hull                        18

QPR                       16

Leicester              11

RELEGATION AVOIDANCE

The points total mathematically needed to avoid relegation is still 58.  Because of the number of games the 13^th through 19^th placed clubs have to play against each other, it will drop after the next round unless these six clubs get one of a limited number of exact combinations of results which are way too complicated to delineate exactly but it requires Aston Villa or Burnley to win.