Week 19 results
ARSENAL 0 EVERTON 0
Arsenal failed to capitalise on Premier League leaders Liverpool dropping points as they were held to a frustrating bore draw, with Everton failing to have a shot on target. No points for anyone from this game as everyone predicted a win for Arsenal.
NEWCASTLE UNITED 4 LEICESTER CITY 0
Newcastle emphatically halted a run of four Premier League games without victory as they inflicted a first defeat on new Leicester manager Ruud van Nistelrooy, whose team only managed one shot on target. Nobody had this spot-on, but 21 did get the outcome, with a massive 14 going for a 2-1 in what was the weeks most predicted score.
MIDDLESBROUGH 1 MILLWALL 0
Emmanuel Latte Lath fired Middlesbrough back into the Championship play-off places with a goal that inflicted defeat on Millwall manager Neil Harris in his final match in charge. A super 6 got this spot-on, and a further 15 had the outcome.
STOKE CITY 2 CARDIFF CITY 2
Captain Ben Gibson scored a 95th minute equaliser – having earlier put the ball in his own net – to earn Stoke a dramatic draw. Nobody had this spot-on, though 4 did get the outcome. The other 21 predicted a win for Stoke.
EXETER CITY 1 BARNSLEY 2
Two goals early in the second half saw Barnsley come from behind to win, and end their six-match winless run in all competitions. A super 6 got this spot-on, and 6 also had the outcome.
READING 0 BLACKPOOL 3
New Reading manager Noel Hunt is still looking for his first win following a dismal display, that ended their five match unbeaten run in the league. Another game with no 3 pointer, and only bwildered and BFG got the outcome. 16 predicted a win for Reading, with 13 going for a 2-1.
STEVENAGE 2 STOCKPORT COUNTY 1
Stevenage are now unbeaten in four, as a Jamie Reid penalty wins it for them. 3 got this spot-on, and another 2 had the outcome. 19 predicted a win for Stockport.
SALFORD CITY 3 NOTTS COUNTY 0
Salford secured back-to-back home wins with this comfortable victory. Yet another game with no 3 pointer, but 6 did get the outcome.
BROMLEY 0 PORT VALE 0
Vale have only won once in their last six league games as they slip four points behind leaders Walsall after this bore draw. A final game this week with no 3 pointer, and only Daniel and unitedwhites had the outcome. 22 predicted a win for Vale.
WALSALL 1 BARROW 0
Defender Taylor Allen's first-half strike stretched the Walsall unbeaten run to 10 games. 3 had this spot-on, and a further 21 got the outcome.
This weeks guest unitedwhites kindly picked a number of "good things" amongst his 10 fixtures. 8 in total, and they were all suitably well supported, but not for the first time this season predicting football matches is never that easy, and the real winners would be the bookies. It lead to six games failing to have a 3 pointer, though the other four did produce a respectable 18 between them, with the Premier coming out on top by 14-4, in that particular contest. Another difficult week, but it still produced a top performance from oxfcolu, who did brilliant to be only one to have three 3 pointers, the wins for Barnsley, Stevenage and Walsall, and two outcomes, to make him the weeks top scorer with a magnificent 11 points. Two members did well to have two 3 pointers, with both having the 1-0 wins for Middlesbrough and Walsall. They were mfb_cufc, who also had three outcomes, to give him a useful 9 points, and Daniel, who also had two outcomes, to give him an excellent 8 points. Best of those to get one 3 pointer was unitedwhites, the Stevenage 2-1, and five outcomes, to give him an excellent 8 points.
Happy Cup With the 3rd Round of the FA Cup not until the 11th January, the details for the quarter-finals will be on a separate thread sometime at the end of December.
U'sual Champions League Only 2 weeks and 13 games to go before we know who this seasons qualifiers are. The member currently in the important eleventh, and final, qualifying place is Sector4 with his 78 points, but with four members within 4 points of this total, qualifying looks like going down to this last game of Week 21.
In the Premier As we have reached the halfway stage of the season, it is congratulations to blueeagle on being the first one to reach a century of points. This keeps on track to reach the magic 200 points for the season, and by having the Barnsley 2-1 spot-on this week, he is also on track to break the record for 3 pointers in a season of 39. That spot-on was required to keep his run at the top going, as mfb_cufc continued his good recent run, by reducing his lead to 2 points. The excellent week for Daniel continued his good run, and keeps him well in sight of the top two. A decent week for basher2010, that included having the Middlesbrough 1-0 spot-on, moves him up a place to fourth. Four outcomes could not stop thrillseeker dropping to fifth, his lowest position since Week 2. It is an 8 point gap back to Sector4 in sixth, and he is now heading the group fighting to avoid the drop. The top scoring performance from oxfcolu moved out of the bottom three once again, as he has been doing the Hockey Cokey with ghughes11 over the last five weeks, where they have been taking turns of being in and out of the relegation zone. Another decent week for burnsieespana, who had the Stevenage 2-1 spot-on, contines to give him hope of avoiding the drop. Four outcomes for concordman leaves him 13 points from safety.
In Division One Over the last few seasons this league has had close run affairs, but as we reach the halfway stage of this season, it has never been as close as this. For the tenth time we have a new leader, with bwildered taking his personal total to four. His decent week, that included having the Barnsley 2-1 spot-on, moved him up three places, to take over at the top for the fourth time this season. It is only on the most 3 pointer rule from noah4x4 and Lewis_1, who both had three outcomes, along with Tropical_Us, who remains a point off the top three in fourth. Five outcomes for durham_exile helped him join in the fun, just a further point back in fifth, and Jorash63 continued his good recent run, with a solid 5 points, after having the Middlesbrough 1-0 spot-on, to move within 3 points of the top, in the final play-off place. The performance of note from the rest of the league came from BFG, whose decent week moved him up a couple of places, as he was another to get the Middlesbrough 1-0 spot-on.
THE TABLES (137 out of 280 played)
(Tie-breaker: Most 3 pointers, and then the first to post)
Week 20 Fixtures This is now a 7 game week to make up for the postponed fixture in Week 18.
BURNLEY v WATFORD
LEEDS UNITED v OXFORD UNITED
MANSFIELD TOWN v ROTHERHAM UNITED
WIGAN ATHLETIC v SHREWSBURY TOWN
CHESTERFIELD v AFC WIMBLEDON
NEWPORT COUNTY v MILTON KEYNES DONS
SWINDON TOWN v GRIMSBY TOWN
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