Week 19 Results
WOLVES 2 WBA 3
West Brom have won consecutive away league matches against Wolves for the first time since a run of three between 1929 and 1931. Wolves are without a clean sheet in 12 Premier League games. Wolves have conceded the first goal in each of their past nine Premier League games. No points for anybody from this game. 23 predicted a win for Wolves with 11 going for a 2-0 in what was the weeks most predicted score.
LEEDS 0 BRIGHTON 1
Brighton end a run of nine games without a win. Leeds have lost their first three matches in a calendar year for the first time since 2014. Nobody had this spot-on, and only mfb_cufc got the outcome.
LEICESTER 2 SOUTHAMPTON 0
Leicester climbed to second in the Premier League, and just a point off the top, with this win. Jamie Vardy had seven shots for Leicester, his highest tally without scoring in a single Premier League match in his career. 3 got this spot-on, and another 15 had the outcome.
BRISTOL CITY 2 PRESTON 0
City get back to back wins for the first time this season. The result also ended a 15-game unbeaten run for Preston against City, which had stretched back to November 2013. 4 had this spot-on, and a further 14 got the outcome.
CARDIFF 1 NORWICH 2
10-man Cardiff lose for the fourth game running, as Norwich go 7 points clear at the top of the Championship. A massive 10 got this spot-on, and another 11 had the outcome.
COVENTRY v SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY POSTPONED Due to Sheffield Wednesday players testing positive for Covid-19
QUEENS PARK RANGERS v WYCOMBE POSTPONED Due to Wycombe players testing positive for Covid-19
ACCRINGTON 0 GILLINGHAM 1
Gillingham had lost five of their past six league games and Stanley had moved into the play-off spots after one loss in their last 11 but it was Steve Evans' side who got revenge for a 2-0 defeat in mid-December. Nobody had this spot-on, and just 2 got the outcome. 21 predicted a win for Accrington.
ROCHDALE 3 WIGAN 3
10-man Rochdale get a 95th minute equaliser. There has now been 20 goals scored in Rochdale's last three games. Again nobody got this spot-on, but 5 did have the outcome.
BARROW 1 SCUNTHORPE 0
Josh Kay scored the only goal as Barrow held on after 15 minutes of added time, due to Barrow striker Luke James being taken to hospital after being knocked out in a clash of heads. 5 had this spot-on, and 5 also got the outcome.
COLCHESTER 1 CAMBRIDGE UNITED 1
Colchester are now six games without win after this entertaining draw. A magnificent 7 got this spot-on, and 2 more had the outcome.
HARROGATE v EXETER POSTPONED Due to a frozen pitch
STEVENAGE 0 TRANMERE 0
Stevenage extend their unbeaten run to four games with this bore draw. Well done to GOSBTS for being the only one to have this spot-on, and another 5 got the outcome.
Even though the Covid-19 cases in Lockdown 3 continue to be worse than the original Lockdown, there is still no sign of elite football being suspended. Just got to cut out the hugging after a goal has been scored. Not so lucky are the teams in non-league tiers 3 to 6. Those tiers are currently suspended, and because they will not start again until March at the earliest, there is to be a vote to finish the season now. Those tiers take in Maldon & Tiptree, and due to their Cup exploits, and a suspension of play in Lockdown 2, they have only played 5 unbeaten games in the league. So for the second season running they are going to lose a good chance of promotion.
Another 3 matches postponed this week means we ended with the 10 game one we were originally due to have. This was another hit or miss week, with 4 games failing to have a 3 pointer, and only 8 outcomes, but the other 6 games made up for it by achieving a decent 30 spot-ons. The outstanding performance without doubt came from basher2010, as he was the only one to get four 3 pointers, the wins for Leicester, Bristol City and Norwich, and the Colchester 1-1, to make him the weeks top scorer with a brilliant 12 points. There were six members who had two 3 pointers, the best of which came from RSCOSWORTH and blueeagle, who both had the Norwich 2-0 and the Colchester 1-1, and BFG who got the wins for Leicester and Barrow. They all had three outcomes as well to give an excellent 9 points.
As we are just over halfway through the season I had a look at how the 151 games in the season has gone. There have been 60 home wins, 57 away wins, and the other 34 games have been drawn. It goes to show the home advantage has certainly been negated by games being played behind closed doors.
It also shows there has not been any result that stands out either.
The 2-1 and 0-1 lead the way with 15 each, closely followed by the 0-0 and 1-2 with 14, and then we have the 1-0, 2-0 and 1-1 all with 13 each.
So there is nothing to help at all there.
Week 20 will now be a 9 game week to make up for the postponed games from this week.
Happy Cup The fixtures for the quarter-final games are now ready for predicting. All details can be found on the separate Happy Cup thread.
In the Premier No change at the top, with the top two both having a spot-on and two outcomes. The Norwich 2-1 for sevebalo and the Barrow 1-0 for mfb_cufc. Up a place, and into the final Charity Shield spot for the first time this season is Sector4 after he had the Bristol City 2-0 and the Colchester 1-1 spot-on. Out of the top three for the first time since Week 3 is thrillseeker, but he remains very much in contention, only 5 points off the top. The big change in this division came from basher2010, with his great performance. Last week he was only kept out of the relegation zone by the most 3 pointer rule. This week he is up a couple places, and now only 6 points from the top 3. In the relegation zone RSCOSWORTH top scored in this division for the second week running, and past top 3 finishes will give him confidence he can escape. At the bottom, no 3 pointers for the last 5 weeks, has suddenly left gerry_us with a mountain to climb, 17 points from safety.
In Division One Just like the Premier, there is no change at the top with concordman and ghughes11 both getting three outcomes each. Having the Norwich 2-1 spot-on helped unitedwhites to remain third. It then gets very interesting in the fight for the other play-off places. The excellent week for blueeagle moved him up three places, and back into the play-offs for the first time since Week 14. Remaining in the other play-off spots are durham_exile and burnsieespana, but it is only the most 3 pointer rule that edges wessex_exile out, and only 2 points separate 3rd to 7th. Only another 2 points further back is BFG after his excellent week. Another two 3 pointers for GOSBTS, the Norwich 2-1 to go with the good Stevenage 0-0 pick, means he now has as many of them as anybody in this league. The other member to get two 3 pointers this week was TheHappyGooner, the wins for Leicester and Barrow.
THE TABLES (151 out of 280 played)
(Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 20 Fixtures As we continue to play catch-up with the fixtures, this is now a 9 game week to make for the 3 postponed games in Week 19. It is FA Cup weekend, but again those fixtures will be for the Happy Cup, so we have 9 from the league.
QUEENS PARK RANGERS v DERBY COUNTY
CREWE ALEXANDRA v AFC WIMBLEDON
LINCOLN CITY v NORTHAMPTON TOWN
OXFORD UNITED v BRISTOL ROVERS
PORTSMOUTH v HULL CITY
SUNDERLAND v SHREWSBURY TOWN
LEYTON ORIENT v FOREST GREEN ROVERS
PORT VALE v WALSALL
SOUTHEND UNITED v MANSFIELD TOWN
Good luck everybody.
[Post edited 17 Jan 2021 12:32]
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