Each week we are reviewing the aggregated predictions on Superbru’s Premier League Predictor game, using the collective Wisdom of the Crowd predictions to guide our fantasy football thinking.
Please join the Fantasy Football Scout league here and add your own predictions to the data – the more there are, the more accurate the crowd should be (in theory).
GAMEWEEK 21 REVIEW
At the time of writing on Sunday morning, two matches have still not been played.
Man United’s malaise continues to confound the community, with another draw at Old Trafford picked by just 3%, whilst Swansea and Bournemouth also caused upsets.
Here are the Gameweek 21 results so far in descending order of predictability:
Well done to James Kelvie from the UK for doing the best in Round 21, picking a draw for Manchester United, and both the Bournemouth and Swansea upsets.
Mr Crowd Wisdom – using the aggregated predictions of the crowd – continues to move up the league, now into 48th place. Perhaps as the season unfolds and the community becomes more knowledgeable based on past results and form., the collective wisdom improves.
The aggregated predictions of the community are making better predictions than most individual players in the game, suggesting that there is credibility in the Wisdom of the Crowd concept.
GAMEWEEK 22 PREVIEW
Here is the Expected Goals chart for each fixture in Gameweek 22, with our first double gameweek of the season:
And here is the ranking of teams in order of Expected Goals Scored and Conceded:
With two matches, Spurs are expected to score up to five goals, with West Ham also featuring higher than usual with their two fixtures. Harry Kane, should he recover from the festive sniffles, looks set to prosper as do other Tottenham assets such as their key midfield trio of Son Heung-min, Dele Alli and Christian Eriksen. For the Hammers Marko Arnautovic could also be primed for points according to the crowd.
Manchester City and Liverpool are also expected to do well on the goalscoring front, as per usual.
City are also predicted to keep a clean sheet at home to Watford, whilst Leicester, Brighton and Stoke provide some budget-friendly defensive options. Tottenham are also a good bet here, with only 1.21 predicted goals conceded over their pair of fixtures.
Is there anything that catches your eye in these predictions?
Good luck!
