Time for our weekly EPL bits and pieces where we talk thing English Premier League plus our EPL Matchweek 11 Predictions.
With the International break looming, teams will be looking to head into that period with a nice swag of points. The two weeks between games can be a long time, especially if you are a Manager under pressure, as it is a great time to change it up.
Like Slaven Bilic at West Ham who has been given another game to promote himself enough to stay. Stoke’s Mark Hughes got a timely win at Watford to avoid the dreaded full confidence of the board. Three managers down and still a vacancy at Everton, which will likely become a vacancy at Burnley when the Toffees steal Sean Dyche. And apparently Conte at Chelsea.
The there’s the fallout of the midweek European fixtures. Spurs on a high after beating Real Madrid 3-1, and Manchester City will be feeling good after knocking off Serie A high flyers Napoli. Both face easy opposition this week in Crystal Palace and Arsenal. Liverpool did the job against Maribor and Man U did the same too. Only Chelsea had their pants pulled down, by Roma 3-0, and face the possibility of some on field buses this week against Man Utd.
So much to get into, but instead of boring our few readers to death and get into what we’ve selected and our slightly absurd method of selecting opponent tips, here’s a few of our favourite things.
A FEW OUR OF FAVOURITE THINGS FOR THE EPL MATCHWEEK 11 AHEAD
FTA GAME in AUSTRALIA – NEWCASTLE v BOURNEMOUTH SUNDAY 2AM / 1AM – Not much to choose from with the Sunday games, so why not have a look at promoted sleeping giants Newcastle and the plucky bournemouth who seem to be running out of EPL steam after their great rise from the fourth division.
SUNDAY IS SUPER FOR A CHANGE – They like to give the tag of Super Sunday in the EPL, but this week it seems justified. Spurs v Crystal Palace could be a cracking game, and it an entree to two games featuring Big 6 teams. Man City v Arsenal should feature goals. Man Utd v Chelsea probably won’t. Pity those games are so damn late, although sleep will probably be induced with the buses at Stamford Bridge.
GURGLER’S EPL TIPPING COMPETITION
Each week we will put our tips up against an opponent, just like Lawro’s tips on the BBC Football website. But instead of having famous comedian and musicians we’ve never heard of, we put our tips up against a different type of opponent.
We determine tips based on some ridiculous premise or statistic, and we then see if arse truly beat class.
This week’s opponent is based on how the 2017-2018 EPL kits have been rated.
OUR EPL MATCHWEEK 11 PREDICTIONS
Onto our selections for the round ahead, with added scores to take on Lawro from the BBC. Our tips were great last weekend with 8 correct, can we do it again or better? Of course we can. We got one correct score too, and our bold predictions for score are alongside our weekly tips.
LEICESTER to beat Stoke (2-0)
DRAW – Southampton v Burnley (0-0)
NEWCASTLE to beat Bournemouth (2-0)
WEST BROM to beat Huddersfield (1-0)
BRIGHTON to beat Swansea (1-0)
LIVERPOOL to beat West Ham (3-1)
SPURS to beat Crystal Palace (2-1)
MAN CITY to beat Arsenal (5-1)
MAN UTD to beat Chelsea (1-0)
WATFORD to beat Everton (2-1)
THIS WEEK’S OPPONENT:
EPL MATCHWEEK 11 PREDICTIONS USING POST 2017-18 LEAGUE CUP FORM
EPL kits are big business, with so many home and away kits sold every year. But sales doesn’t always mean they are good, so we have found some articles which rate the home and away kits for 2017-18, and the better the rank between the two sides this week, that team gets the tip. We have even split it by Home and Away kit depending on which team is playing where.
Articles here: Home Kits ranked + Away Kits ranked.
Home/Away kit rank in brackets. Note: Away ranking include third kit.
LEICESTER (12th) to beat Stoke (17th)
SOUTHAMPTON (12th) to beat Burnley (19th)
BOURNEMOUTH (14th) to beat Newcastle (16th)
WEST BROM (15th) to beat Huddersfield (20th)
BRIGHTON (7th) to beat Swansea (15th)
WEST HAM (5th) to beat Liverpool (23rd)
SPURS (1st) to beat Crystal Palace (5th)
MAN CITY (10th) to beat Arsenal (20th)
MAN UTD (1st) to beat Chelsea (9th)
EVERTON (8th) to beat Watford (16th)
EPL TIPPING COMPETITION SEASON RESULTS
THE GURGLER – 51% – 51 / 100 (6 Correct Scores)
LAST WEEK 5/10 – 1 Correct Score
ALL OPPONENTS – 35% – 35 / 100
MD1 v 2017-18 SEASON PREDICTIONS – 6 / 10
MD2 v BREXIT VOTING – 4 / 10
MD3 v HOME CROWD % – 3 / 10
MD4 v END OF SEASON IMPROVEMENT AFTER ROUND 3 – 4 / 10
MD5 v AVERAGE VALUE PER PLAYER – 4 / 10
MD6 v AVERAGE VALUE PER PLAYER PER POINT – 3 / 10
MD7 v UNITED NATIONS – 2 / 10
MD8 v TITLES WON – 2 / 10
MD9 v UK RAINFALL – 1 / 10
MD10 v POST LEAGUE CUP FORM 17-18 – 6/10
THE GURGLER 5 O’ THE BEST MULTI FOR EPL MATCHWEEK 11
Since we’re unlikely to pick 10 out of ten, we’ve selected our finest 5 picks and multi them up for maximum payday.
DRAW – Southampton v Burnley
NEWCASTLE to beat Bournemouth
LIVERPOOL to beat West Ham
SPURS to beat Crystal Palace
MAN CITY to beat Arsenal
$1 pays $20
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