Matchday 17: Late goals ahoy

Well that was fun! Not from a betting perspective, where I was screwed, but there's very little more enjoyable than late drama in a football match. Except being 3-0 rapidly and then cruising the rest of the game, ideally in the Champions' League final. That said, in N5, I'd take the scrappiest of 1-0 wins at the minute.

No Arsenal rants from me though. I'm staying strictly positive. I say my prayers to Dennis every night, and I know that he'll sort it all out.

Let's get statty:

This week, 17 people played
Most popular predicted result: Southampton WIN (16/17)
Most disputed result: West Ham Vs Liverpool (6-7-4 split)

Longest odds: Doron 16,134/1
Shortest odds: Sam Ruback 4609/1
Average odds: 9545/1

Best Predictor: Tarek (8/10)
Worst Predictor: Ryan Wain (2/10)
Average Score: 5/10

Best predicted result: Southampton WIN (16/17)
Worst predicted result: Norwich WIN (0/17)

Villain of the week: Remember, this section only gets filled when someone scores 8 or more, and it's used to identify a 'villain' who potentially stopped them getting the full accumulator right. This week, Tarek got the Norwich & Everton wins wrong - but I'm struggling to think of a poor decision that cost him. I guess, SPURS get the award for throwing away the result with 1 minute to play.

Everyone's results:

To the leaderboard (still taking offers...), for those who have played >2/3 of available weeks (11/16):

To quote Sir Stephen of Fry "Oh me, oh my". Tarek's scarcely-believable 8 marches him up the table, and new arrival Richard Verber parachutes comfortably into midtable. My father also has regained the place he lost to WhoScored.Com last week, as has Nick Collins, continuing his steady ascent. Nick ran out of time last season when trying to haul in Joe (who has yet to appear this season)...will it be second time lucky for him?

To this week's predictions:

Only the 9 matches this week as Chelsea are busy gorging themselves on sushi.

Newcastle vs Man City - MAN CITY

Liverpool vs Aston Villa - LIVERPOOL

Man Utd vs Sunderland - MAN UTD

Norwich vs Wigan - NORWICH

QPR vs Fulham - FULHAM

Stoke vs Everton - EVERTON

Spurs vs Swansea - DRAW

WBA vs West Ham - WBA

Reading vs Arsenal - ARSENAL

Total odds: 505/1 (Paddypower)

Good luck guys