So many goals in the second gameweek of the Premier League, and the return of the Manchester sides made it the best weekend of the season so far. As ever, our alternative tipping method for picking winners is also on board with the Alternative Week 3 Premier League Predictions
This continues our alternative way of selecting Premier League winners from last season and the first two weeks so far. Some of them based on football stats, and some have a very obscure link to football or news events of that week.
Given the introduction of new Covid restrictions in the UK, we think people will need lots of happiness to get through the next challenging period, which is why we are using the happiness rating of each town/city/borough to determine winners.
To find out why and who, please read on in our Alternative Week 3 Premier League Predictions .
Alternative Week 3 Premier League Predictions – Happiness Rating of each Team’s Location
Time for another non football Covid-19 reason to pick Premier League winners.
Given the new restrictions to six people change is coming in the UK, we say that towns/places with that are generally happier will have a happier time during the next challenging part, and that happiness will filter through to the local playing team. Through non-contact means of course.
How do you judge happiness? Well the best method was via this article which ranks each city/town/borough of London.
The lower the rating the happier the people are, and the more likely their team will win.
We say anyway.
Our Week 3 Premier League Predictions
Fresh from our full Week 2 Premier League preview are our tips for the weekend. Click on the link if you want stats and graph with your EPL preview.
Brighton 1 Man Utd 1
Crystal Palace 1 Everton 2
West Brom 1 Chelsea 4
Burnley 1 Southampton 1
Sheffield Utd 0 Leeds 2
Spurs 1 Newcastle 1
Man City 4 Leicester 0
West Ham 1 Wolves 2
Liverpool 5 Arsenal 1
GURGLER v ALTERNATIVE TIPS SCOREBOARD
Week 1
Gurgler – 4/8
First Day Form – 4/8
Week 2
Gurgler – 5/10
Population Density – 3/10
Week 3 Premier League Predictions – Best of Barely Interesting Stats
Also from our full preview, we have the best of our barely interesting stats from the weekend’s fixtures. And who doesn’t love stats.
West Brom haven’t beaten Everton at Goodison Park in September since 1965.
- The last two teams to score five goals or more v Southampton at Southampton were Leicester last season, and Arsenal in 16/17. Both teams went on to finish 5th at the end of the season. All about fives.
- Brighton won the last league game at Brighton v Man Utd on a Saturday – in 1982.
- Crystal Palace have scored in just one home game v Everton of the past seven fixtures at Selhurst Park – a 2-2 draw.
- Chelsea haven’t won any of the last five matches v WBA on a Saturday in September. Their last win on such an occasion was back in 1936.
- Burnley have only failed to score at least one goal in 30 games at home to Southampton.
- Despite trailing nil goals to seven in overall goals scored this season, Sheffield United’s expected goals is slightly higher than Leeds’.
- Leeds won the last match at Brammall Lane in 2018, prior to that they last beat the Blades prior to the first Premier League season kicking off in 1992.
- The away side has won nine of the last 13 clashes between Spurs and Newcastle.
- This season’s goals have been brought to you by the letter L. Both Leeds and Leicester sit atop the high scorers with seven in two games.
- Leicester haven’t beaten Man City in September since 1958.
- West Ham may have lost the last four games v Wolves, but they also haven’t scored a goal in those four games.
- This is the first September meeting between Fulham and Aston Villa since 1973.
- Arsenal won the only game on a Sunday in September back in 2012.
