The OTF prediction competition

[nmrfox]

Leicester City 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 0-0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 2-1 Brentford
Norwich City 1-1 Southampton
Watford 1-2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 West Ham United
Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
Preston North End 1-1 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 2-1 Morecambe

56th minute

[Greenlander]

Leicester City 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 2-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 3-0 Brentford
Norwich City 2-2 Southampton
Watford 0-2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 West Ham United
Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal
Preston North End 0-0 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 1-2 Morecambe

19th minute

[Sits]

Leicester City 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 1-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 1-0 Brentford
Norwich City 0-2 Southampton
Watford 3-2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-3 West Ham United
Liverpool 1-2 Arsenal
Preston North End 1-0 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 1-2 Morecambe

60th minute

[Sean of the Shed]

Leicester City 1-1 Chelsea
Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 1-0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 2-0 Brentford
Norwich City 2-1 Southampton
Watford 0-3 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 West Ham United
Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
Preston North End 1-2 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 2-0 Morecambe

23rd minute

[Jah Womble]

Back on top - a nice end to my big birthday week, that!

Leicester C 1-3 Chelsea
A Villa 1-0 Brighton & HA
Burnley 1-2 C Palace
Newcastle Utd 2-1 Brentford
Norwich C 1-4 Southampton
Watford 0-4 Manchester Utd
Wolverhampton W 0-2 West Ham Utd
Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal
PNE 0-1 Cardiff C
Fleetwood T 1-0 Morecambe

First goal = 9th minute

Congratulations to nmrfox and Merseybeast, who have (I believe) equalled the all-time record aggregate for a correct score prediction with Turkey 6-0 Gibraltar.

Back in 2014, I correctly predicted Chelsea to beat Swansea 4-2. It's the same number of goals, but a more difficult score to predict, I'd wager.

[pebblethefish]

Leicester City 1 v 3 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1 v 1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 0 v 0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 2 v 1 Brentford
Norwich City 0 v 1 Southampton
Watford 0 v 1 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 v 2 West Ham United
Liverpool 1 v 1 Arsenal
Preston North End 1 v 2 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 3 v 0 Morecambe

33rd minute

[Guy Profumo]

Saturday's games:

Leicester City v Chelsea 2-2
Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion 1-2
Burnley v Crystal Palace 1-2
Newcastle United v Brentford 1-2
Norwich City v Southampton 1-2
Watford v Manchester United 1-2
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United 1-2
Liverpool v Arsenal 3-1
Preston North End v Cardiff City 3-1
Fleetwood Town v Morecambe 2-2

First game kicks off at 12:30pm GMT. For the three point bonus predict which minute the first goal is scored in the Watford v Manchester United game.

16th (!)

[longeared]

Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea
Steven Gerrard's Aston Villa 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 0-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 0-2 Brentford
Frank Lampard's Norwich City 1-0 Southampton
Watford 1-2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-2 West Ham United
Liverpool 2-1 Arsenal
Preston North End 2-0 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 1-0 Morecambe

43rd minute

[Sporting]

Back on top - a nice end to my big birthday week, that!

Leicester C 1-3 Chelsea
A Villa 1-0 Brighton & HA
Burnley 1-2 C Palace
Newcastle Utd 2-1 Brentford
Norwich C 1-4 Southampton
Watford 0-4 Manchester Utd
Wolverhampton W 0-2 West Ham Utd
Liverpool 1-1 Arsenal
PNE 0-1 Cardiff C
Fleetwood T 1-0 Morecambe

First goal = 9th minute


Back in 2014, I correctly predicted Chelsea to beat Swansea 4-2. It's the same number of goals, but a more difficult score to predict, I'd wager.

You keep records?

[Jah Womble]

I have a photographic memory.

[Logan Mountstuart]

Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 1-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 1-2 Brentford
Norwich City 0-0 Southampton
Watford 2-2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 West Ham United
Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal
Preston North End 1-0 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 2-1 Morecambe

8th minute

[Discordant Resonance]

Leicester City 1-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 0-1 Brighton and Hove Albion
Burnley 2-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 0-0 Brentford
Norwich City 1-0 Southampton
Watford 1-2 Manchester United (39th minute)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 West Ham United
Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
Preston North End 2-0 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 1-2 Morecambe

[Baptiste]

Leicester City 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 3-0 Brighton and Hove Albion
Burnley 0-0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 1-1 Brentford
Norwich City 2-1 Southampton
Watford 1-4 Manchester United (10th minute)
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-2 West Ham United
Liverpool 3-0 Arsenal
Preston North End 0-1 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 2-0 Morecambe

[Foot of Astaire's]

Leicester 1-0 Chelsea
Aston Villa 2-1 Brighton
Burnley 0-1 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 2-0 Brentford
Norwich 0-1 Southampton
Watford 0-2 Man Utd
Wolves 1-1 West Ham
Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
PNE 3-1 Cardiff
Fleetwood 3-1 Morecambe

33rd minute

[CY_Boaby]

Leicester City 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 0-2 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 1-2 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 1-1 Brentford
Norwich City 1-1 Southampton
Watford 0-2 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 West Ham United
Liverpool 2-2 Arsenal
Preston North End 2-0 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 1-1 Morecambe

23rd minute

[ad hoc]

Leicester 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton
Burnley 1-0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 2-0 Brentford
Norwich 1-0 Southampton
Watford 0-2 Man Utd
Wolves 2-1 West Ham
Liverpool 2-0 Arsenal
PNE 0-0 Cardiff
Fleetwood 1-2Morecambe

75th minute

[Merseybeast]

Leicester City v Chelsea 1-2
Aston Villa v Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1
Burnley v Crystal Palace 1-1
Newcastle United v Brentford 2-1
Norwich City v Southampton 1-1
Watford v Manchester United 1-3
Wolverhampton Wanderers v West Ham United 1-1
Liverpool v Arsenal 3-1
Preston North End v Cardiff City 2-1
Fleetwood Town v Morecambe 3-1

Opening Goal: 85th Minute

[Guy Profumo]

I have a photographic memory.

I think you'll find the "culturally appropriate" term is eidetic memory…

[irony towers]

Leicester City 0-2 Chelsea
Aston Villa 1-1 Brighton & Hove Albion
Burnley 1-0 Crystal Palace
Newcastle United 2-1 Brentford
Norwich City 0-2 Southampton
Watford 0-3 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0-1 West Ham United
Liverpool 3-1 Arsenal
Preston North End 1-2 Cardiff City
Fleetwood Town 2-1 Morecambe

First goal 28th minute

[Jah Womble]

I think you'll find the "culturally appropriate" term is eidetic memory…

To the best of my knowledge, the two strains are not 100% interchangeable.

[Guy Profumo]

Am I on target for zero points here?

Fucking result!

[Sean of the Shed]

Saved by the Liverpool result.

[Sean of the Shed]

Latest scores:


irony towers 5+3 121
Jah Womble 3 119
Sean of the Shed 8 115
nmrfox 3 109
Sporting 3 105
Baptiste 9 102
longeared 6 102
pebblethefish 5 102
Sits 6 101
ad hoc 7 100
Merseybeast 4 94
Greenlander 5 90
CY_Boaby & Son 2 87
Discordant Resonance 6 83
Logan Mountstuart 3 83
Guy Profumo 1 80
Foot of Astaire's 2 78
Duncan Gardner d 1

Irony towers returns to the top of the table, two points ahead of Jah Womble in second, with myself four points further back in third place. Baptiste was top scorer with nine, whilst irony towers correctly predicted that the first goal in the Watford v Manchester United game would be in the 28th minute.

[Sean of the Shed]

Saturday's games:

Arsenal v Newcastle United
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
Liverpool v Southampton
Norwich City v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United
Stoke City v Blackburn Rovers
Plymouth Argyle v Wigan Athletic
Northampton Town v Leyton Orient
VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund
Juventus v Atalanta

First game kicks off at 12:30pm GMT. For the three point bonus predict which player scores first from the three Premier League games that kick off at 3pm highlighted above (minute of game in case any kick off late).

[Sporting]

Arsenal v Newcastle United 2-0
Crystal Palace v Aston Villa 2-2
Liverpool v Southampton 3-0
Norwich City v Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1
Brighton & Hove Albion v Leeds United 1-1
Stoke City v Blackburn Rovers 2-0
Plymouth Argyle v Wigan Athletic 2-0
Northampton Town v Leyton Orient 0-0
VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund 1-2
Juventus v Atalanta 3-2

Salah