Time for our weekly EPL bit and pieces plus our EPL Matchweek 7 Predictions.
Enjoy this weekend’s games, it is the last round before yet another International Break. Yawn, except for Australia’s qualifying games we guess.
Before we get into what we’ve selected and our slightly absurd method of selecting opponent tips, here’s a few of our favourite things.
A FEW OUR OF FAVOURITE THINGS FOR THE EPL MATCHWEEK 7 AHEAD
FTA GAME in AUSTRALIA – HUDDERSFIELD v SPURS – coverage on SBS from 9pm – what a game last weekend’s FTA game was with Spurs beating West Ham 3-2. The game got very interesting after Spurs lost a man, and West Ham almost made them pay. So it is two weeks in a row for Spurs, but this time FTA fans get to see Aaron Mooy, who has earned rave reviews thus far.
CHELSEA v MANCHESTER CITY – With it looking increasingly likely that we can only take 3 teams seriously for the title, this weekend sees the first clash of the three EPL 2017-18 heavyweights. Both come off impressive Champions League victories midweek, and Manchester City are just scoring for fun at the moment. Good luck to Chelsea with keeping them under control.
GURGLER’S EPL TIPPING COMPETITION
Each week we will put our tips up against an opponent, just like Lawro’s tips on the BBC Football website. But instead of having famous comedian and musicians we’ve never heard of, we put our tips up against a different type of opponent.
We determine tips based on some ridiculous premise or statistic, and we then see if arse truly beat class.
This week’s opponent is based on the nationality of players since we’re heading into an International break.
OUR EPL MATCHWEEK 7 PREDICTIONS
Onto our selections for the round ahead, with added scores to take on Lawro from the BBC. Our tips were great last weekend with 8 correct, can we do it again or better? Of course we can. We got one correct score too, and our bold predictions for score are alongside our weekly tips.
DRAW – Huddersfield v Spurs (1-1)
BOURNEMOUTH to beat Leicester (2-0)
MANCHESTER UTD to beat Crystal Palace (4-0)
DRAW – Stoke v Southampton (0-0)
DRAW – West Brom v Watford (0-0)
WEST HAM to beat Swansea (2-1)
CHELSEA to beat Manchester City (1-0)
ARSENAL to beat Brighton (4-0)
DRAW – Everton v Burnley (1-1)
DRAW – Newcastle v Liverpool
EPL MATCHWEEK 7 PREDICTIONS – USING NUMBER OF DIFFERENT NATIONS IN FIRST TEAM SQUAD
Given the next International break is almost upon us, why not use the nationalities of the players in each team’s first squad, and the more the better we say.
Having so many internationals seems to be thing this time of year given the worldwide popularity of the EPL, so why not have the answers and our tipping companion for the EPL Matchweek 7 worked out on how many different nations are represented. The more the better and gets the tip.
Interestingly (or not) , Watford have the most different nations in their first team squad with 18, the lowest with just 11 countries is three nations – Newcastle, West Brom and Swansea. A few favourites for the drop.
Anyways, here are our opponent tips for the week, number of different nationalities in bracket. Data taken from Good Ol’ Wikipedia.
HUDDERSFIELD (13) to beat Spurs (12)
LEICESTER CITY (14) to beat Bournemouth (12)
DRAW – Man Utd (14) v Crystal Palace (14)
STOKE (15) to beat Southampton (14)
WATFORD (18) to beat West Brom (11)
WEST HAM (17) to beat Swansea (11)
CHELSEA (13) to beat Man City (12)
BRIGHTON (15) to beat Arsenal (12)
EVERTON (14) to beat Burnley (12)
LIVERPOOL (15) to beat Newcastle (11)
EPL TIPPING COMPETITION SEASON RESULTS
THE GURGLER – 50% – 30 / 60 (4 Correct Scores)
LAST WEEK 8/10 – 1 Correct Score
ALL OPPONENTS – 40% – 24 / 60
MD1 v 2017-18 SEASON PREDICTIONS – 6 / 10
MD2 v BREXIT VOTING – 4 / 10
MD3 v HOME CROWD % – 3 / 10
MD4 v END OF SEASON IMPROVEMENT AFTER ROUND 3 – 4 / 10
MD5 v AVERAGE VALUE PER PLAYER – 4 / 10
MD6 v AVERAGE VALUE PER PLAYER PER POINT – 3 / 10
THE GURGLER 5 O’ THE BEST MULTI FOR EPL MATCHWEEK 7
Since we’re unlikely to pick 10 out of ten, we’ve selected our finest 5 picks and multi them up for maximum payday.
Those eagled-eyed followers from last week will know we got 5/5 and served up a #36 multi. Can we do it again this week?
DRAW – Stoke v Southampton
MANCHESTER UTD -2 Handicap v Crystal Palace
ARSENAL to beat Brighton
BOTH SIDES TO SCORE – Everton v Burnley
OVER 2.5 GOALS – Newcastle v Liverpool
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