Tag Archives: Everton

Again no FA Cup third round shock

Posted on January 21, 2016 by

This year’s FA Cup third round is now complete and, for the second year in a row, there hasn’t been a genuine shock result at this stage of the competition. This season and last join 2004/2005 and 2011/2012 as the … Continue reading →

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Assessing the Premier League predictions

Posted on May 26, 2015 by

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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Boring Premier League? That ship sailed long ago

Posted on May 2, 2015 by

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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Euro Club Index: Chelsea would win title in 2 seasons out of every 3 from here

Posted on January 12, 2015 by

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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Guest post: A prediction update from Steve Lawrence

Posted on January 9, 2015 by

The Scoreboard Journalism challenge for points and place predictions from prominent media, stats modellers, fans and online publishers for both the Eredivisie and the Premier League has attracted considerable interest and the original posts can be found at: https://scoreboardjournalism.wordpress.com/2014/08/22/48-forecasts-the-eredivisie-predicted/ & … Continue reading →

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Europa League seedings do not separate best and worst

Posted on December 15, 2014 by

Due to basing the seedings for the Europa League draws on six matches within uneven groupings which were created by the UEFA coefficient systems, the seedings for today’s Europa League draw do not actually separate the best and worst remaining … Continue reading →

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Current Champions League team most likely to win Europa League

Posted on September 17, 2014 by

The Europa League kicks off on Thursday, 18 September and at this stage there is less chance of an eventual Europa League winner coming from one of the 48 teams starting the competition than there is from one of the … Continue reading →

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