It's time to offer you all some help. So, here are some stats from the first 9 weeks of the season, looking at teams from the top three divisions only:
% of games involving team where 3 points scored in Prediction League - Top 5 - Notts Forest 47%, Manchester United 46%, West Brom 33%, Rotherham 26%, Arsenal 24%
% of games involving team where 3 points scored in Prediction League - Bottom 5 - AFC Wimbledon 0%, Luton Town 1%, Hull City 1%, Fulham 2%, Southampton 2%
(Charlton 10%)
% of games involving team where 1 or 3 points scored in Prediction League - Top 5 - Manchester United 87%, Peterborough 82%, Liverpool 78%, Crewe 77%, West Brom 74%
% of games involving team where 1 or 3 points scored in Prediction League - Bottom 5 -Luton 6%,
Bristol City 9%, Birmingham 10%, Brentford 11%, Burnley 13%
(Charlton 33%)
If you missed last week's results, you can find them
here.
Well, armed with that information, there are no excuses not to score at least five points this week. However, good luck picking three from this lot:
Premier League
Leeds United v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Saturday 1500)
Southampton v Burnley (Saturday 1500)
Brentford v Leicester City (Sunday 1400)
West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur (Sunday 1400)
Manchester United v Liverpool (Sunday 1630)
Championship
Cardiff City v Middlesbrough (Saturday 1230)
Birmingham City v Swansea City (Saturday 1500)
Blackburn Rovers v Reading (Saturday 1500)
Blackpool v Preston North End (Saturday 1500)
Millwall v Stoke City (Saturday 1500)
Nottingham Forest v Fulham (Sunday 1500)
League One
Accrington Stanley v Portsmouth (Saturday 1500)
Burton Albion v Oxford United (Saturday 1500)
Doncaster Rovers v Cheltenham Town (Saturday 1500)
Milton Keynes Dons v Rotherham United (Saturday 1500)
Shrewsbury Town v Cambridge United (Saturday 1500)
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic (Saturday 1500)
Guest fixture
Hartlepool United v Harrogate Town (Saturday 1500 League Two )
Comments
Manchester United v Liverpool 0-0
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 3-0
Shrewsbury Town v Cambridge United 1-0
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 4-1
Millwall v Stoke City 0-0
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 2-0
Leeds 2 wolves 1
Millwall 2 Stoke 1
Blackburn Rovers v Reading 2-1
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 2-1
Southampton v Burnley 2-0
Brentford v Leicester City 1-2
Blackburn Rovers v Reading 2-0
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 3-0
Doncaster v Cheltenham 0-2
Birmingham v Swansea 1-2
Cardiff v Middlesbrough 1-2
Doncaster v Cheltenham 1-2
Millwall v Stoke City 2-1
Nottingham Forest v Fulham 1-2
West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur (Sunday 1400) 1-2
Manchester United v Liverpool (Sunday 1630) 1-2
Blackpool v Preston 1-2
West Ham v Spurs 1-2
Hartlepool United v Harrogate Town 2-0
Shrewsbury Town v Cambridge United 1-0
Doncaster Rovers v Cheltenham Town 0-1
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 4-0
West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur 2-1
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 2-1
Sunderland v Charlton 3-0
Hartlepool v Harrogate 2-2
Doncaster v Cheltenham 1-2
Birmingham v Swansea 1-2
Doncaster Rovers v Cheltenham Town 1-1
Milton Keynes Dons v Rotherham United 0-1
Millwall v Stoke 1-1
Blackburn v Reading 2-1
Doncaster Rovers v Cheltenham Town 0-2
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 2-0
Shrewsbury Town v Cambridge United 1-0
Manchester United v Liverpool 0-0
Millwall v Stoke City 1-1
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 3-1
Southampton v Burnley 1-0
Millwall v Stoke 1-0
Southampton v Burnley 2-1
Sunderland v charlton 5-0
Doncaster Rovers v Cheltenham Town 0-1
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 2-1
Blackpool v Preston North End 2-1
Doncaster Rovers v Cheltenham Town 2-1
Nottingham Forest v Fulham 1-0
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 2-0
Cardiff City v Middlesbrough 0-1
Millwall v Stoke City 1-1
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 2-0
Sunderland 1-1 Charlton Athletic (Saturday 1500)
West Ham United v Tottenham Hotspur 3-2
Sunderland v Charlton Athletic 4-0