My current total for the season is 130 out of 293 with for 1900
points. Lawrenson has picked 144 out of
293 for 2140 points. Merson has picked 131 out of 289 for a total of 1920
points
Lawrenson’s and Merson’s new predictions can be found here
and here.are not linked this week because I am running late and want to watch another episode of Daredevil before I go to bed.
PREDICTIONS
My system’s picking rules can be found here. I had to make adjustments for unequal numbers
of games played by using a table calculated by points per game rather than by
current position on the table. The only
effect of this was to cause the Southampton-Liverpool game to be picked as draw
rather than a Southampton victory. Based upon those rules here are my predictions
for the next round of games:
Everton-Arsenal 1-2
Chelsea-West Ham 1-1
Palace-Leicester 1-2
Watford-Stoke 1-1
West Brom-Norwich 2-1
Swansea-Aston Villa 2-1
Newcastle-Sunderland 1-1
Southampton-Liverpool 1-1
Man City-Man U 2-1
Tottenham-Cherries 2-1
RELEGATION AVOIDANCE
It now takes 50 points to guarantee relegation avoidance.
MAGIC NUMBERS
These are Southampton’s current magic numbers as explained
here. (Note that magic numbers don’t actually go negative because once they hit
zero, you have clinched finishing ahead of the other club. I am just making them go negative to keep
track of just how far back some clubs are.)
Leicester City 44
Tottenham 40
Arsenal 37
Manchester City 35
Manchester United 31
West Ham 33
Liverpool 31
Watford 21
Stoke City 24
Everton 25
Chelsea 24
Crystal Palace 17
West Brom 23
Bournemouth 19
Swansea City 14
Norwich City
6
Newcastle 8
Sunderland 9
Aston Villa -3
So we have clinched 19th place. Leicester, the other hand, has clinched 14th
place.
