The season is finally coming to an end after a relentless almost non-stop run of football, and since as an Australian website we don’t care about the Euros, the Premier League Predictions Week 38 and Preview will be enough for us for a while.
As ever we provide our fearless predictions , throw in loads of stats with our Matchday visuals for each game and end it all with some barely interesting stats.
Enough to keep one busy for a while anyway.
So please accept and enjoy our Premier League Predictions Week 37 and Preview.
Premier League Predictions Week 38 – Our Selections
Here are our fearless predictions for the fixtures ahead, and tune in below for all the stats and barely interesting stats.
Arsenal 2 Brighton 1
Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 1
Fulham 0 Newcastle 1
Leicester 3 Spurs 2
Leeds 4 West Brom 2
Liverpool 5 Crystal Palace 0
Man City 1 Everton 1
Sheffield United 2 Burnley 0
West Ham 4 Southampton 1
Wolves 0 Manchester Utd 2
The Match by Match report with stats and visuals are worth following below.
Premier League Predictions Week 38 – Season Summary
A league table is all good and well, but what about a multi visual explanation of the current league position, with added half season check, and home v away points and scoring.
Premier League Predictions Week 38 – Quick Stats
Just for fun, here is the final gameweek performance for all teams for the last ten seasons.
Premier League Predictions Week 38 – Match by Match Stats Previews
Our big, beautiful full visual preview of each game is below.
More stats than you could probably ever want or need.
ARSENAL v BRIGHTON
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Arsenal have the best last day form of any team in the Premier League this season.
London clubs top the points tally vs team in the bottom six (at time of playing) for the 20-21 season. Spurs are first with 32 points followed by Arsenal, Crystal Palace and Chelsea.
Arsenal won the last match between these sides, it broke a run of five winless runs. Brighton’s win at Arsenal last time broke the run of eight consecutive non-winsgoing back to 1979.
PREDICTION
Arsenal 2 Brighton 1
ASTON VILLA v CHELSEA
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Chelsea have six wins and a draw from their last seven matches v Aston Villa. The last one was a draw though.
Chelsea average four times more points that Aston Villa (2.0 points per game v 0.5 ppg)
Aston Villa have scored the second most amount of goals this season against teams in the top six (at time of playing)
PREDICTION
Aston Villa 1 Chelsea 1
FULHAM v NEWCASTLE
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Newcastle have won the last three matches v Fulham on a Sunday.
Newcastle has scored more goals against top six sides this season than the bottom six, although they have taken eight points more from two fewer games.
Fulham are last for points scored since March 1 with five. The current bottom three are in the from-March bottom three also.
PREDICTION
Fulham 0 Newcastle 1
LEICESTER v SPURS
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Spurs have taken the lowest amount of points against the top six sides. And scored he fewest goals.
Only the bottom three have lost more games v London sides this season than Leicester.
There have been 16 goals scored in the last two clashes between these sides in May, and 34 overall in seven May clashes.
PREDICTION
Leicester 3 Spurs 2
LEEDS UTD v WEST BROM
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
West Brom have won the only clash on a Sunday back in 1989i.
West Brom are the only side not to beat a side from the North East / North West this season.
According to xG, Leeds are in the bottom three this season for expected goals against. They are equal third for fewest goals conceded at home this season.
PREDICTION
Leeds 4 West Brom 2
LIVERPOOL v CRYSTAL PALACE
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Liverpool have just one win in eight v Crystal Palace on a Sunday.
If Liverpool beat Crystal Palace on Sunday they will equal the amount of points scored against London sides as Man City. They already have most goals and best goal difference covered.
Liverpool are on a seven game winning streak v Crystal Palace.
PREDICTION
Liverpool 5 Crystal Palace 0
MANCHESTER CITY v EVERTON
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
Liverpool and Everton ended up with third worst and fourth worst home records when taking if from the start of January.
Man City have won the last five games v Everton.
Everton have the upper hand for Sunday H2H with a 3-2 lead over Man City.
PREDICTION
Man City 1 Everton 1
SHEFFIELD UTD v BURNLEY
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
These teams have met on a Sunday three times, and it is Burnley with the upper hand with two wins and one draw.
PREDICTION
Sheffield Utd 0 Burnley 2
WEST HAM v SOUTHAMPTON
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
West Ham are unbeaten in their last six to Southampton. A draw followed by five wins.
Southampton are unbeaten in two matches in a Sunday, West Ham haven’t scored in either.
PREDICTION
West Ham 4 Southampton 1
WOLVES v MANCHESTER UTD
BARELY INTERESTING STATS
These two teams have met on a Sunday twice. Man Utd have won 0-3 and 0-5.
Man Utd are on track to finish undefeated away from home this season.
PREDICTION
Wolves 0 Manchester Utd 2
