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Tag Archives: Crystal Palace
Oxford beat Swansea – another non-existent FA Cup shock
Oxford United’s 3-2 win against Swansea City marked the first time in four years that a fourth tier team had knocked a Premier League team out of the FA Cup. In 2012, League Two club Swindon Town beat the Premier … Continue reading
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Tagged Burnley, Crystal Palace, FA Cup, Oxford United, Premier League, Shocks, Shrewsbury Town, Swansea City, upsets, Walsall
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Assessing the Premier League predictions
At the beginning of the Premier League season, and also at the end of the transfer window, we collected a total of 60 predictions for the final rank order of this season’s Premier League. Some were submitted to us with … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, forecast, Hull City, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, prediction, Premier League, Queens Park Rangers, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
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Boring Premier League? That ship sailed long ago
An article appeared in the Daily Telegraph this week suggesting that the Premier League is at risk of being boring. The key quote was, “The point is this: the Premier League has become predictable. And that predictability is in danger … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Premier League, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, Watford, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
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Palace v Man City: An alternative Premier League preview
The final match of the 31st match round of the 2014/2015 Premier League takes place this evening between Manchester City, who went into the weekend in second place, and Crystal Palace from the bottom half of the Premier League table. … Continue reading
Euro Club Index: Chelsea would win title in 2 seasons out of every 3 from here
With 17 matches remaining in this season’s Premier League, the race to the title currently involves just two teams, one of which has around twice the chance of the other of ending the season as 2014/2015 Premier League champions. Five … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Euro Club Index, Everton, Hull City, Hypercube, Infostrada Sports, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Premier League, Queens Park Rangers, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
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Predicting the Premier League
At the beginning of last season, I collected 26 pre-season predictions for the Premier League with one half coming from a variety of statistical models and one half from the experts in the media. As expected, the statistical models came … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Aston Villa, Burnley, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton, fans, Hull City, Leicester City, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, media experts, Newcastle United, Predictions, Premier League, Queens Park Rangers, Southampton, Standard deviation, statistical models, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United
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The FA Cup ‘giantkillings’ that never were
FA Cup holders Wigan Athletic beat Crystal Palace in this year’s FA Cup fourth round, a match which seemed to sow doubt in the minds of some reporters in terms of how they should present a result which would normally … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackpool, Championship, Crystal Palace, FA Cup, giantkillings, Premier League, Southampton, Swindon Town, Wigan Athletic
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