The Official LoP Premier League Prediction Contest 2020/21

[The Cook]

Saturday 12 September 2020
Fulham 1-3 Arsenal
Crystal Palace 1-1 Southampton
West Ham 1-2 Newcastle
Liverpool 3-1 Leeds


Sunday 13 September 2020
West Brom 2-2 Leicester
Spurs 1-1 Everton

Monday 14 September 2020
Brighton 1-4 Chelsea
Sheffield Utd 0-0 Wolves

Bonus: Who will score the first hat trick in the Premier League? Aubameyang

[Freeman]

Saturday 12 September 2020
Fulham 1-2 Arsenal
Crystal Palace 0-1 Southampton
West Ham 1-1 Newcastle
Liverpool 1-0 Leeds


Sunday 13 September 2020
West Brom 1:2 Leicester
Spurs 0-0 Everton

Monday 14 September 2020
Brighton 0-2 Chelsea
Sheffield Utd 1-1 Wolves

Bonus: Who will score the first hat trick in the Premier League? Aubameyang
Deadline: 12.28pm, Saturday 12th September, 2020

[Smiffy]

Fixture results will come later in the week

1. Who will be the top scorer in the Premier League this year? Mane
2. Which promoted side will finish the highest this year? Leeds
3. Which manager will be the first one sacked this year? (starts after the first ball is kicked) Jose Mourinho
4. What club will Jack Grealish be signed to when the summer transfer window closes? Aston Villa
5. Which club will be bottom of the league on Christmas Day? West Brom
6. How many games will Sheffield United win in the rest of 2020? 5
7. How many goals will Timo Werner score in the league by Halloween (includes the game on the 31st) 5
8. Who will be the first player to be shown a red card this season? Rudiger
9. How many league games will Nathan Ake start for Man City in the rest of 2020? 9
10. And who will win the Premier League? Chelsea

[Prime Time]

Fair dues Prime, would an extra hand in managing this help make it more viable? Happy to pitch in if so.

Well, help is always appreciated, but it's more about the number of people involved to be honest. It should be a lot less work than usual, but the contest won't be to the standard we've had for most of the last 15 seasons if there's only a handful of us.

I probably would rather run a small contest if there were a couple of us working on it, yeah. But I'd prefer it again if we could get the word out and got at least 10-12 players.

[Gooner]

Fair dues Prime, would an extra hand in managing this help make it more viable? Happy to pitch in if so.

Round 1 Fixtures


Saturday 12 September 2020
Fulham 1-2 Arsenal
Crystal Palace 0-2 Southampton
West Ham 2-0 Newcastle
Liverpool 3-0 Leeds


Sunday 13 September 2020
West Brom 1-1 Leicester
Spurs 2-0 Everton

Monday 14 September 2020
Brighton 1-3 Chelsea
Sheffield Utd 2-0 Wolves

Bonus: Who will score the first hat trick in the Premier League? Kane

[Prime Time]

I think we're going to need more than 7 to make this viable. I'll post the first round of fixtures but if we don't get the word out a bit more or a few more bodies in, I think we'll have to call this for the year. Let's see how we go this week.

Round 1 Fixtures


Saturday 12 September 2020
Fulham 12:30 Arsenal
Crystal Palace 15:00 Southampton
West Ham15:00 Newcastle
Liverpool 17:30 Leeds


Sunday 13 September 2020
West Brom 14:00 Leicester
Spurs 16:30 Everton

Monday 14 September 2020
Brighton 20:00 Chelsea
Sheffield Utd 20:00 Wolves

Bonus: Who will score the first hat trick in the Premier League?
Deadline: 12.28pm, Saturday 12th September, 2020

[Freeman]

1. Who will be the top scorer in the Premier League this year? Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
2. Which promoted side will finish the highest this year? Leeds
3. Which manager will be the first one sacked this year? (starts after the first ball is kicked) Roy Hodgson
4. What club will Jack Grealish be signed to when the summer transfer window closes? Aston Villa
5. Which club will be bottom of the league on Christmas Day? Fulham
6. How many games will Sheffield United win in the rest of 2020? 4
7. How many goals will Timo Werner score in the league by Halloween (includes the game on the 31st) 4
8. Who will be the first player to be shown a red card this season? David Luiz
9. How many league games will Nathan Ake start for Man City in the rest of 2020? 6
10. And who will win the Premier League? Liverpool

[BEAR]

[1. Who will be the top scorer in the Premier League this year? Aubameyang
2. Which promoted side will finish the highest this year? Leeds
3. Which manager will be the first one sacked this year? (starts after the first ball is kicked) Moyes
4. What club will Jack Grealish be signed to when the summer transfer window closes? Villa
5. Which club will be bottom of the league on Christmas Day? West Brom
6. How many games will Sheffield United win in the rest of 2020? 5
7. How many goals will Timo Werner score in the league by Halloween (includes the game on the 31st) 3
8. Who will be the first player to be shown a red card this season? David Luiz
9. How many league games will Nathan Ake start for Man City in the rest of 2020? 6
10. And who will win the Premier League? Citeh

[Mazza]

1. Who will be the top scorer in the Premier League this year? Aubameyang
2. Which promoted side will finish the highest this year? Leeds
3. Which manager will be the first one sacked this year? (starts after the first ball is kicked) Moyes
4. What club will Jack Grealish be signed to when the summer transfer window closes? Villa
5. Which club will be bottom of the league on Christmas Day? West Brom
6. How many games will Sheffield United win in the rest of 2020? 5
7. How many goals will Timo Werner score in the league by Halloween (includes the game on the 31st) 4
8. Who will be the first player to be shown a red card this season? Luiz
9. How many league games will Nathan Ake start for Man City in the rest of 2020? 7
10. And who will win the Premier League? Liverpool

[Maverick]

1) Mo Salah
2) Leeds
3) Scott Parker
4) Villa
5) Fulham
6) 6
7) 6
8) Victor Lindelof
9) 8
10) Liverpool

[Gooner]

I'm assuming by "this year" you mean "this season"?

Also I'm throwing in an extra prediction for shits and giggles:

Which team will return the most positive Coronavirus tests during the coming season? Burnley


1. Who will be the top scorer in the Premier League this year? Kane
2. Which promoted side will finish the highest this year? Leeds
3. Which manager will be the first one sacked this year? (starts after the first ball is kicked) David Moyes (shame Watford aren't around anymore...)
4. What club will Jack Grealish be signed to when the summer transfer window closes? Aston Villa
5. Which club will be bottom of the league on Christmas Day? Brighton
6. How many games will Sheffield United win in the rest of 2020? 5
7. How many goals will Timo Werner score in the league by Halloween (includes the game on the 31st) 5
8. Who will be the first player to be shown a red card this season? David Luiz
9. How many league games will Nathan Ake start for Man City in the rest of 2020? 10
10. And who will win the Premier League? Manchester City

[The Cook]

I'm in for this odd upcoming season.

1. Who will be the top scorer in the Premier League this year? Raul Jimenez
2. Which promoted side will finish the highest this year? West Bromwich Albion
3. Which manager will be the first one sacked this year? (starts after the first ball is kicked) Steve Bruce at Newcastle
4. What club will Jack Grealish be signed to when the summer transfer window closes? Manchester United
5. Which club will be bottom of the league on Christmas Day? West Ham United
6. How many games will Sheffield United win in the rest of 2020? 7 out of 16
7. How many goals will Timo Werner score in the league by Halloween (includes the game on the 31st) 5
8. Who will be the first player to be shown a red card this season? Leander Dendoncker
9. How many league games will Nathan Ake start for Man City in the rest of 2020? 14
10. And who will win the Premier League? Manchester United (I desperately hope)

[Prime Time]

It takes more than a pandemic to stop us!

It's all a bit mad this year of course, with a season just finishing and another one due to start in just a couple of weeks - and no Euros in between. Still, if enough people are keen, we'll carry on and take this into an 18th season - as it only happened five minutes ago I'm sure you'll remember that Mazza is the reigning champion and I'm equally sure there'll be a few people hungry to knock him off that perch.

Spread the word as far and wide as you can, to make sure we get enough people to join in.

And here are your bonus questions.

1. Who will be the top scorer in the Premier League this year?
2. Which promoted side will finish the highest this year?
3. Which manager will be the first one sacked this year? (starts after the first ball is kicked)
4. What club will Jack Grealish be signed to when the summer transfer window closes?
5. Which club will be bottom of the league on Christmas Day?
6. How many games will Sheffield United win in the rest of 2020?
7. How many goals will Timo Werner score in the league by Halloween (includes the game on the 31st)
8. Who will be the first player to be shown a red card this season?
9. How many league games will Nathan Ake start for Man City in the rest of 2020?
10. And who will win the Premier League?



So if you want to answer those questions, play along and try and your name to our roll of honour....

Division One
2004: Jack
2005: Huxta156
2006: Daveyboy
2007: Winter
2008: Daveyboy
2009: Amebling
2010: Mazza
2011: Chrisbear
2012: Prime Time
2013: Mazza
2014: Prime Time
2015: 'Bear
2016: Prime Time
2017: Freeman
2018: Smiffy
2019: Heisenberg
2020: Mazza

Division Two
2014: Freeman
2015: Sucky
2016: Ranting Randall
2017: 'Bear
2018: 'Bear
2019: Smiffy

FA Cup:
2012: JoeyShinobi
2013: zzzorf
2014: Prime Time
2015: Golden
2016: EddieG
2017: Oliver
2018: Shee
2019: Gooner
2020: Shee

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