Wednesday 20th November 2024
Liverpool 5 points clear as PL football returns
It seems a lot longer than 2 weeks since the last PL football was played but thankfully it returns again this weekend when Manchester City will be looking to end the worst run of consecutive defeats suffered by Pep Guardiola in his entire managerial career. Only 4, with only 2 in the PL, but nonetheless very unexpected. Arsenal are also on an unexpected poor run with no wins in their past 4 PL matches leaving them off the pace which is being set by Liverpool who sit 5 points clear of City and 10 of Arsenal.
It is extremely tight in the top half of the PL with just 1 point separating 3rd place from 9th with Manchester United in 13th also just 4 points off the top 4.
At the bottom of the table, Ipswich Town’s first top flight victory of the season, a 2-1 win at Tottenham Hotspur, took them back out of the bottom three with Crystal Palace replacing them. Wolverhampton Wanderers also recorded their first PL win of the season to move off bottom spot with the side they beat, Southampton, slipping back to the foot again.
Premier League Prediction Competition 2024-25 – Session 3, Week 1 (of 5)
Peter correctly predicted the final match of Week 1 of Session 3 to snatch the opening POTW of the new session by a single point from Stefan. Fine margins indeed. Peter wins £5 or free entry to Session 4.
He does not lead overall though. That honour goes to Nick who was the only person to correctly predict the outcome of the double point match, not forgetting that the double point match only counts double for the overall session points total, not the POTW. This results in the occasional quirky start to a session where the POTW winner does not lead overall.
Moving on swiftly…don’t forget your predictions this coming weekend, the opening match kicking off at 12.30 pm on Saturday 23rd November when Leicester City host former head coach Enzo Maresca and his Chelsea side. The last time a new Chelsea boss took his side to the club he left to join the Blues, was Graham Potter at Brighton where Chelsea got thrashed 4-1. What odds on a similar outcome on Saturday? One for everyone to ponder!
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.
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Season: 2024-25 - Match Week 11 - Results
Saturday 9th November
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Brentford | 3 - 2 | AFC Bournemouth |
| Crystal Palace | 0 - 2 | Fulham |
| West Ham United | 0 - 0 | Everton |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 - 0 | Southampton |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2 - 1 | Manchester City |
| Liverpool | 2 - 0 | Aston Villa |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Manchester United | 3 - 0 | Leicester City |
| Nottingham Forest | 1 - 3 | Newcastle United |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 1 - 2 | Ipswich Town |
| Chelsea | 1 - 1 | Arsenal |
Season: 2024-25 - Match Week 12 - Next Fixtures
Saturday 23rd November
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Leicester City | 12:30 | Chelsea |
| Arsenal | 15:00 | Nottingham Forest |
| Aston Villa | 15:00 | Crystal Palace |
| AFC Bournemouth | 15:00 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Everton | 15:00 | Brentford |
| Fulham | 15:00 | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| Manchester City | 17:30 | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Southampton | 14:00 | Liverpool |
| Ipswich Town | 16:30 | Manchester United |
| Home | Score | Away |
|---|---|---|
| Newcastle United | 20:00 | West Ham United |
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