Matchday 3 Results, the first leaderboard of the season and Matchday 4 Predos

It's been 2 weeks since I last put digital ink to virtual paper, and we have all learnt much during this time. I'd wager that the red half of North London have now all learnt the keyboard shortcut for 'ö' for their own computer (alt +0246 for windows, folks), I reckon that most have learnt that TalkSport really is a load of old camel knackers, and I personally have learnt that the internet ain't what it used to be.

There were plenty of  occasions last year where I left the data entry until I came to write the blog. Painstakingly, I trawled through the twitter feed of Collywobbles, or searched through BBC archives for the correct week of Lawro's predictions. This year, however, little joy is to be found - due to my own tardiness, there are significantly fewer 'experts' in last week's results than usual. The lesson has been learned - from now, those passive players will be canvassed in a timely fashion.

That said - I think they did well out of this one. I'm not entirely sure what's going on this season, but a fair few of us are struggling to get out of our strides. A few weeks into the season, and the creaking predictions of pre-season must, surely, now be oiled out. Pretty please? 'cos I'm not sure I can take another week's abysmal score.

Let's get statty:

This week, 22 players played
The most popular predicted results were West Ham & Man City WINS (21/22)
The most disputed result was WBA vs Swansea (8-8-6 split)

The highest odds were Jonny Chernick (7616/1)
The lowest odds were Sam Ruback (2008/1)
The average odds were 4158/1

The best predictors were Eli Daniels & Lawro (6/9)
The worst predictor was Daniel Wigman & Dan Grabiner (1/9)
Average score this week: 3.45/9

Best predicted result: Man City WIN (21/22)
Worst predicted result: Stoke WIN (0/22)

Everyone's results:

And, as promised, the first leaderboard of the season. As always, to qualify for the leaderboard, you have to have participated in >2/3 of available matchdays - or this week, in all 3 weeks.

Very good start for last season's whipping boys, Jonny & Tarek. I've got my customary slow start, but as all good Liverpool fans know, this year could be our (my) year.

This week's predictions are as follows:

Man Utd vs Crystal Palace - MAN UTD

Aston Villa vs Newcastle - ASTON VILLA

Fulham vs WBA - DRAW

Hull vs Cardiff - CARDIFF

Stoke vs Man City - MAN CITY

Sunderland vs Arsenal - ÖRSENAL

Spurs vs Norwich - SPURS

Everton vs Chelsea - CHELSEA

Southampton vs West Ham - DRAW

Swansea vs Liverpool - DRAW

Total odds: 2652/1 (PaddyPower)

Good luck guys, and normal service will be resumed next week (experts are already in the database!)