Friday 20th December 2024

Christmas Schedule ahead

The busy Christmas period is nearly upon us.

Full PL schedules as follows:

– Saturday 21st / Sunday 22nd
– Boxing Day / Friday 27th
– Sunday 29th / Monday 30th / Wednesday 1st January 2025.

Add to that a further full schedule over the weekend of January 4th / 5th / 6th and there should be plenty of football to keep us going.

It also means there are lots of matches to predict with Session 4 now underway which completes with the Brentford v Arsenal match on Wednesday 1st January 2025.

Liverpool lead the PL currently and can guarantee top spot at Christmas with victory away to Tottenham Hotspur in the late game on Sunday 22nd December. Earlier that day Chelsea have the chance to take over top spot, albeit potentially only for a couple of hours, should they win away to Everton. Any excitement for Chelsea fans at such a prospect should be tempered by remembering that Goodison Park is a bit of a bogey ground for the Blues with 4 defeats in the past 5 seasons and 9 in the past 13. Statistically, only half of the sides that have been top at Christmas have gone on to become champions since the PL began so probably not too much should be read into whoever tops the table come Christmas Day.

The bottom two clubs, Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers, look likely to have new head coaches in place at some point over the festive period. Wolves have already appointed Vitor Pereira, with him taking charge for the first time away to follow strugglers Leicester City on Sunday, whilst the Saints are reportedly close to securing former Roma coach Ivan Juric on a short term contract although he is not likely to be appointed before Christmas.

I would like to wish all of you all the best for Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Thank you for your continued support.

Premier League Prediction Competition 2024-25 – Session 4, Week 1 (of 4)

Sessions 4 and 5 are both shorter ones, each with just 4 weeks rather than the normal 5. All due to the fact that 38 match weeks does not divide wholly by 4 or 5 so something has to give.

Session 4 started last week and, in what was a tricky weekend for predictions across the league, I somehow managed to garner 38 points to top the table at this early stage and also take the POTW. Although I know it is strictly bad form to win your own competitions it is only my second POTW of the season so far and does not happen often!

With lots of matches being played over the next few weeks, don’t forget those predictions. If you cannot get onto the website for any reason but can send me an email with your predictions then that is fine as well. I can enter them on your behalf. They must arrive before the respective matches kick off of course though. Thanks.

Prizes are very modest currently due to modest entry. If anyone has friends, family, work colleagues etc… who may be interested in taking part, please pass on an invitation to them. More competitors means bigger prizes.



PLEASE INVITE ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN TAKING PART.

CONTACT ME AT… contact.sytykf@gmail.com


Season: 2024-25 - Match Week 16 - Results

Saturday 14th December

HomeScoreAway
Arsenal0 - 0Everton
Liverpool2 - 2Fulham
Newcastle United4 - 0Leicester City
Wolverhampton Wanderers1 - 2Ipswich Town
Nottingham Forest2 - 1Aston Villa

Sunday 15th December

HomeScoreAway
Brighton & Hove Albion 1 - 3Crystal Palace
Manchester City1 - 2Manchester United
Chelsea2 - 1Brentford
Southampton0 - 5Tottenham Hotspur

Monday 16th December

HomeScoreAway
AFC Bournemouth1 - 1West Ham United

Season: 2024-25 - Match Week 17 - Next Fixtures

Saturday 21st December

HomeScoreAway
Aston Villa12:30Manchester City
Brentford15:00Nottingham Forest
Ipswich Town15:00Newcastle United
West Ham United15:00Brighton & Hove Albion
Crystal Palace17:30Arsenal

Sunday 22nd December

HomeScoreAway
Everton14:00Chelsea
Fulham14:00Southampton
Leicester City14:00Wolverhampton Wanderers
Manchester United14:00AFC Bournemouth
Tottenham Hotspur16:30Liverpool

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