The National’s deputy sports editor Thomas Woods predicts the English Premier League’s outcomes every gameweek. Here, his record can be found for public accounting.
[Prediction (actual score); correct results in bold; star* for correct score]
Week 1: West Brom 0 Man City 2 (0-3); Man United 2-1 Spurs (1-0); Bournemouth 2-1 Villa (0-1); Everton 2-1 Watford (2-2); Leicester 0-0 Sunderland (4-2); Norwich 0-1 Palace (1-3); Arsenal 3-0 West Ham (0-2); Newcastle 0-1 Southampton (2-2); Stoke 0-0 Liverpool (0-1); Chelsea 1-0 Swansea (2-2).
– 3-7, no correct scores
Week 2: Villa 0-1 Man United (0-1)*; Southampton 2-0 Everton (0-3); Sunderland 1-1 Norwich (1-3); Swansea 2-0 Newcastle (2-0)*; Spurs 0-0 Stoke (2-2); Watford 2-1 West Brom (0-0); West Ham 2-0 Leicester (1-2); Palace 1-2 Arsenal (1-2)*; Man City 0-0 Chelsea (3-0); Liverpool 3-1 Bournemouth (1-0).
– 5-5, three correct scores
Week 3: Man United 3-0 Newcastle (0-0); Palace 2-0 Villa (2-1); Leicester 0-1 Spurs (1-1); Norwich 0-1 Stoke (1-1); Sunderland 0-2 Swansea (1-1); West Ham 2-1 Bournemouth (3-4); West Brom 0-2 Chelsea (2-3); Everton 1-1 Man City (0-2); Watford 1-1 Southampton (0-0); Arsenal 2-1 Liverpool (0-0)
– 3-7, no correct scores
Week 4: Liverpool 2-1 West Ham (0-3); Newcastle 1-1 Arsenal (0-1); Villa 1-0 Sunderland (2-2); Bournemouth 1-0 Leicester (1-1); Chelsea 2-0 Palace (1-2); Man City 3-0 Watford (3-0)*; Stoke 2-0 West Brom (0-1); Spurs 2-2 Everton (0-0); Southampton 2-0 Norwich (3-0); Swansea 1-1 Man United (2-1)
– 3-7, 1 correct score
Week 5: Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester City (0-1); Everton 0-3 Chelsea (3-1); Arsenal 1-0 Stoke (2-0); Norwich 0-0 Bournemouth (3-1); Watford 1-2 Swansea (1-0); West Brom 1-1 Southampton (0-0); Man United 1-1 Liverpool (3-1); Sunderland 0-2 Spurs (0-1); Leicester 0-0 Villa (3-2); West Ham 1-0 Newcastle (2-0)
– 5-5, no correct scores
Week 6: Chelsea 1-0 Arsenal (2-0); Villa 1-0 West Brom (0-1); Bournemouth 2-0 Sunderland (2-0)*; Newcastle 0-1 Watford (1-2); Stoke 2-1 Leicester (2-2); Swansea 1-1 Everton (0-0); Man City 2-0 West Ham (1-2); Spurs 0-0 Palace (1-0); Liverpool 3-1 Norwich (1-1); Southampton 0-1 Man United (2-3)
– 5-5, 2 correct scores
Week 7: Man United 3-0 Sunderland (3-0)*; Spurs 0-0 Man City (4-1); Liverpool 1-0 Villa (3-2); Southampton 1-1 Swansea (3-1); Stoke 1-0 Bournemouth (2-1); West Ham 2-1 Norwich (2-2); Leicester 0-2 Arsenal (2-5); Watford 1-2 Palace (0-1); Newcastle 0-2 Chelsea (2-2); West Brom 0-0 Everton (2-3)
– 5-5, 1 correct score
*Week 8: Arsenal 1-2 Man United (3-0); Palace 2-0 West Brom (2-0)*; Villa 1-1 Stoke (0-1); Bournemouth 2-2 Watford (1-1); Man City 4-0 Newcastle (6-1); Norwich 2-1 Leicester (1-2); Sunderland 0-3 West Ham (2-2); Chelsea 1-0 Southampton (1-3); Everton 2-1 Liverpool (1-1); Swansea 0-1 Spurs (2-2)
*Graham Cagyill guest selections
– 3-7, 1 correct score
Week 9: Watford 0-0 Arsenal (0-3); Spurs 1-1 Liverpool (0-0); Chelsea 2-0 Villa (2-0)*; Palace 2-1 West Ham (1-3); Everton 1-1 Man United (0-3); Man City 3-1 Bournemouth (5-1); Southampton 1-0 Leicester (2-2); West Brom 2-0 Sunderland (1-0); Newcastle 1-1 Norwich (6-2); Swansea 1-0 Stoke (0-1)
– 4-6, 1 correct score
Week 10: Man United 2-1 Man City (0-0); Aston Villa 0-1 Swansea (1-2); Leicester 1-1 Palace (1-0); Norwich 1-2 West Brom (0-1); Stoke 1-0 Watford (0-2); West Ham 1-1 Chelsea (2-1); Arsenal 1-0 Everton (2-1); Sunderland 0-0 Newcastle (3-0); Bournemouth 0-2 Spurs (0-2)*; Liverpool 0-1 Southampton (1-1)
– 4-6, 1 correct score
Week 11: Chelsea 1-0 Liverpool (1-3); Palace 1-0 Man United (0-0); Man City 2-0 Norwich (2-1); Newcastle 1-0 Stoke (0-0); Swanesa 1-0 Arsenal (0-3); Watford 0-1 West Ham (2-0); West Brom 1-1 Leicester (2-3); Everton 2-0 Sunderland (6-2); Southampton 3-0 Bournemouth (2-0); Spurs 3-0 Villa (3-1)
– 4-6, no corect scores
Week 12: Arsenal 3-2 Tottenham (1-1); Bournemouth 0-1 Newcastle (0-1)*; Leicester 2-0 Watford (2-1); Man United 2-0 West Brom (2-0)*; Norwich 1-1 Swansea (1-0); Sunderland 0-2 Southampton (0-1); West Ham 1-0 Everton (1-1); Stoke 1-1 Chelsea (1-0); Villa 0-2 Man City (0-0); Liverpool 1-0 Crystal Palace (1-2)
– 4-6, two corect scores
Week 13: Watford 0-1 Manchester United (1-2); Chelsea 2-0 Norwich (1-0); Everton 2-0 Villa (4-0); Newcastle 0-1 Leicester (0-3); Southampton 1-0 Stoke (0-1); Swansea 1-0 Bournemouth (2-2); West Brom 0-1 Arsenal (2-1); Man City 2-0 Liverpool (1-4); Spurs 2-0 West Ham (4-1); Palace 4-0 Sunderland (0-1)
– 5-5, no correct scores
Week 14: Aston Villa 0-0 Watford (2-3); Bournemouth 1-2 Everton (3-3); Palace 3-0 Newcastle (5-1); Man City 1-0 Southampton (3-1); Sunderland 0-1 Stoke (2-0); Leicester 1-2 Man United (1-1); Spurs 2-1 Chelsea (0-0); West Ham 1-0 West Brom (1-1); Liverpool 1-0 Swansea (1-0)*; Norwich 0-2 Arsenal
– 3-7, 1 correct score
Week 15: Chelsea 3-1 Bournemouth (0-1); Stoke 1-1 Man City (2-0); Arsenal 1-0 Sunderland (3-1); Man United 1-0 West Ham (0-0); Southampton 2-0 Villa (1-1); Watford 1-0 Norwich (2-0); West Brom 1-1 Spurs (1-1)*; Newcastle 0-1 Liverpool (2-0); Everton 1-2 Palace (1-1); Swansea 1-1 Leicester (0-3)
– 3-7, 1 correct score
Week 16: Aston Villa 0-1 Arsenal (0-2); Leicester 0-1 Chelsea (2-1); Norwich 1-3 Everton (1-1); Palace 2-1 Southampton (1-0); Man City 3-0 Swansea (2-1); Sunderland 1-1 Watford (0-1); Bournemouth 0-2 Man United (2-1); Liverpool 1-0 West Brom (2-2); Spurs 3-1 Newcastle (1-2); West Ham 0-1 Stoke (0-0)
*Graham Caygill guest selections
– 3-7, no correct scores
Week 17: Arsenal 1-1 Man City (2-1); Chelsea 1-1 Sunderland (3-1); Everton 2-2 Leicester (2-3); Man United 1-0 Norwich (1-2); Southampton 1-1 Spurs (0-2); Stoke 1-1 Palace (1-2); West Brom 0-1 Bournemouth (1-2); Newcastle 2-1 Villa (1-1); Watford 0-0 Liverpool (3-0); Swansea 1-0 West Ham (0-0)
– 1-9, no correct scores
Boxing Day: Stoke 0-0 Man United (2-0); Villa 1-0 West Ham (1-1); Bournemouth 1-2 Palace (0-0); Chelsea 1-0 Watford (2-2); Liverpool 1-1 Leicester (1-0); Man City 3-0 Sunderland (4-1); Swansea 0-0 West Brom (1-0); Spurs 1-0 Norwich (3-0); Newcastle 1-1 Everton (0-1); Southampton 1-1 Arsenal (4-0)
–2-8, no correct scores
Midweek 19: Watford 1-2 Spurs (1-2)*; Palace 0-1 Swansea (0-0); West Brom 1-1 Newcastle (1-0); Everton 2-1 Stoke (3-4); Norwich 2-0 Villa (2-0)*; Man United 1-0 Chelsea (0-0); Arsenal 3-1 Bournemouth (2-0); Leicester 3-3 Man City (0-0); Sunderland 0-5 Liverpool (0-1); West Ham 1-2 Southampton (2-1)
*Jonathan Raymond guest selections
–5-5, 2 correct scores
Week 20: West Ham 1-1 Liverpool (2-0); Arsenal 3-0 Newcastle (1-0); Leicester 2-1 Bournemouth (0-0); Man United 1-0 Swansea (2-1); Norwich 1-0 Southampton (1-0)*; Sunderland 2-0 Villa (3-1); West Brom 0-1 Stoke (2-1); Watford 1-2 Man City (1-2)*; Palace 1-2 Chelsea (0-3); Everton 1-2 Spurs (1-1)
*Graham Caygill guest selections
–6-4, 2 correct scores
*No Midweek 21 Predictions*
Week 22: Stoke 1-2 Arsenal (0-0); Spurs 3-0 Sunderland (4-1); Bournemouth 2-1 Norwich (3-0); Chelsea 1-1 Everton (3-3); Man City 3-1 Palace (4-0); Newcastle 1-2 West Ham (2-1); Southampton 2-0 West Brom (3-0); Villa 0-2 Leicester (1-1); Liverpool 0-1 Man United (0-1)*; Swansea 1-1 Watford (1-0)
*Graham Caygill guest selections
–7-3, 1 correct score
Week 23: West Ham 1-2 Man City (2-2); Norwich 0-2 Liverpool (4-5); Palace 0-0 Spurs (1-3); Leicester 1-1 Stoke (3-0); Man United 1-1 Southampton (0-1); Sunderland 2-1 Bournemouth (1-1); Watford 2-2 Newcastle (2-1); West Brom 2-0 Villa (0-0); Everton 3-1 Swansea (1-2); Arsenal 0-0 Chelsea (0-1)
–1-9, 0 correct scores
Week 24: Arsenal 2-0 Southampton (0-0); Leicester 3-2 Liverpool (2-0); Norwich 0-3 Spurs (0-3)*; Sunderland 0-4 Man City (0-1); West Ham 2-0 Villa (2-0)*; Palace 2-1 Bournemouth (1-2); Man United 1-1 Stoke (3-0); West Brom 0-0 Swansea (1-1); Everton 2-2 Newcastle (3-0); Watford 0-1 Chelsea (0-0)
*Steve Luckings guest selections
–5-5, 2 correct scores
Week 25: Man City 2-0 Leicester (1-3); Aston Villa 0-0 Norwich (2-0); Liverpool 2-1 Sunderland (2-2); Newcastle 2-1 West Brom (1-0); Stoke 1-1 Everton (0-3); Swansea 1-0 Palace (1-1); Southampton 2-1 West Ham, Tottenham 1-0 Watford (1-0)*, Bournemouth 0-3 Arsenal (0-2), Chelsea 0-0 Manchester United (1-1)
–4-6, 1 correct score
Week 26: Sunderland 0-2 Man United (2-1); Bournemouth 1-1 Stoke (1-3); Palace 1-1 Watford (1-2); Everton 2-0 West Brom (0-1); Norwich 0-1 West Ham (2-2); Swansea 1-1 Southampton (0-1); Chelsea 1-1 Newcastle (5-1); Arsenal 2-0 Leicester (2-1); Villa 0-1 Liverpool (0-6); Man City 1-0 Spurs (1-2)
–2-8, 0 correct scores
Week 27: Manchester United 0-1 Arsenal (3-2); West Ham 2-0 Sunderland (1-0); Leicester 1-0 Norwich (1-0)*; Southampton 0-0 Chelsea (1-2); Stoke 2-0 Villa (2-1); Watford 2-1 Bournemouth (0-0); West Brom 0-1 Palace (3-2); Spurs 1-1 Swansea (2-1)
–3-5, 1 correct score
Midweek 28: West Ham 0-1 Spurs (1-0); Sunderland 1-2 Palace (2-2); Norwich 1-3 Chelsea (1-2); Leicester 1-1 West Brom (2-2); Bournemouth 0-1 Southampton (2-0); Villa 0-2 Everton (1-3); Arsenal 4-1 Swansea (1-2); Stoke 2-1 Newcastle (1-0); Man United 2-2 Watford (1-0); Liverpool 2-2 Man City (3-0)
*Jonathan Raymond guest selections
4-6, 0 correct scores
Week 29: Spurs 1-1 Arsenal (2-2); Chelsea 2-0 Stoke (1-1); Everton 1-1 West Ham (2-3); Man City 5-0 Villa (4-0); Newcastle 2-1 Bournemouth (1-3); Southampton 3-0 Sunderland (1-1); Swansea 1-0 Norwich (1-0)*; Watford 1-0 Leicester (0-1); Palace 1-2 Liverpool (1-2)*; West Brom 0-1 Man United (1-0)
–4-6, 2 correct scores
Week 30: Norwich 0-3 Man City (0-0); Bournemouth 1-1 Swansea (3-2_; Villa 0-2 Spurs (0-2)*; Leicester 1-0 Newcastle (1-0)*; Stoke 1-0 Southampton (1-2)
–2-3, 2 correct scores
Week 31: Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 Bournemouth (3-0); Everton 2-2 Arsenal (0-2); Chelsea 1-2 West Ham (2-2); Palace 0-2 Leicester (0-1); Watford 0-0 Stoke (1-2); West Brom 2-0 Norwich (0-1); Swansea 3-0 Villa (1-0); Newcastle 1-2 Sunderland (1-1); Southampton 2-1 Liverpool (3-2); Man City 2-0 Man United (0-1)
–4-6, 0 correct scores
Week 32: Aston Villa 0-3 Chelsea (0-4); Arsenal 3-1 Watford (4-0); Bournemouth 1-2 Man City (0-4); Norwich 0-0 Newcastle (3-2); Stoke 3-1 Swansea (2-2); Sunderland 1-0 West Brom (0-0); West Ham 2-1 Palace (2-2); Liverpool 1-3 Spurs (1-1); Leicester 1-1 Southampton (1-0); Man United 2-1 Everton (1-0)
*Graham Caygill guest selections
–4-6, 0 correct scores
Week 33: West Ham 2-2 Arsenal (3-3); Villa 0-3 Bournemouth (1-2); Palace 1-0 Norwich (1-0)*; Southampton 2-1 Newcastle (3-1); Swansea 1-3 Chelsea (1-0); Watford 0-2 Everton (1-1); Man City 3-0 West Brom (2-1); Sunderland 0-1 Leicester (0-2); Liverpool 2-2 Stoke (4-1); Spurs 2-1 Man United (3-0)
*Graham Caygill guest selections
–6-4, 1 correct score
Week 34: Palace 1-1 Everton (Wednesday); Norwich 1-1 Sunderland (0-3); Everton 1-2 Southampton (1-1); Man United 3-0 Villa (1-0); Newcastle 1-1 Swansea (3-0); West Brom 1-0 Watford (0-1); Chelsea 1-2 Man City (0-3); Bournemouth 1-3 Liverpool (1-2); Leicester 1-1 West Ham (2-2); Arsenal 3-0 Palace (1-1); Stoke 1-2 Spurs (0-4)
*Graham Caygill guest selections
–6-5, 0 correct scores
Week 35 midweek special: Newcastle 2-1 Man City (1-1); West Ham 2-0 Watford (3-1); Liverpool 3-1 Everton (4-0); Man United 1-0 Palace (2-0); Arsenal 0-1 West Brom (2-0)
*Jonathan Raymond guest selections
–3-2, 0 correct socres
Week 35: Man City 2-1 Stoke (4-0); Villa 0-4 Southampton (2-4); Bournemouth 1-2 Chelsea (1-4); Liverpool 3-1 Newcastle (2-2); Sunderland 1-1 Arsenal (0-0); Leicester 1-1 Swansea (4-0); Spurs 3-0 West Brom (1-1)
*Graham Caygill guest selections
–4-3, 0 correct scores
Week 36: Everton 2-2 Bournemouth (2-1); Newcastle 2-0 Palace (1-0); Stoke 1-0 Sunderland (1-1); Watford 3-0 Villa (3-2); West Brom 0-1 West Ham (0-3); Arsenal 0-0 Norwich (1-0); Swansea 1-0 Liverpool (3-1); Man United 0-0 Leicester (1-1); Southampton 1-1 Man City (4-2); Chelsea 1-1 Spurs (2-2)
–5-5, 0 correct scores
Week 37: Norwich 1-2 Man United; Sunderland 1-0 Chelsea; West Ham 3-1 Swansea; Bournemouth 1-1 West Brom; Palace 1-0 Stoke; Villa 0-2 Newcastle; Leicester 3-0 Everton; Spurs 3-2 Southampton; Man City 1-2 Arsenal; Liverpool 2-0 Watford
*No midweek 38 predictions
Week 38: Arsenal 2-0 Villa (4-0); Chelsea 2-2 Leicester (1-1); Everton 0-0 Norwich (3-0); Man United 2-0 Bournemouth*; Newcastle 0-2 Spurs (5-1); Southampton 3-0 Palace (4-1); Stoke 0-1 West Ham (2-1); Swansea 0-4 Man City (1-1); Watford 2-2 Sunderland (2-2)*; West Brom 1-0 Liverpool (1-1)
–4-5, 1 correct score, 1 incomplete
Season: 144-201, 29 correct scores`
The Table (with Week 38, no full mideek 21 or midweek 38):
Man City 26w, 8d, 3l 86pts +54 (76-22)
Spurs 23w, 11d, 3l 80pts +36 (61-25)
Arsenal 23w, 10d, 4l 79pts +36 (58-22)
Man United 22w, 9d, 4l 75pts +27 (45-18)**
Chelsea 20w, 11d, 5l 71pts +28 (49-21)*
Southampton 19w, 10d, 8l 67pts +24 (50-26)
Liverpool 17w, 8d, 11l 59pts +15 (50-35)*
West Ham 18w, 5d, 13l 59pts +8 (42-34)*
Palace 16w, 6d, 15l 54pts 0 (40-40)
Stoke 13w, 13d, 11l 52pts +4 (33-29)
Swansea 13w, 13d, 11l 52pts -5 (34-39)
Everton 11w, 15d, 10l 48pts +4 (46-42)*
Leicester 10w, 15d, 12l 45pts -1 (37-38)
Newcastle 8w, 10d, 19l 34pts -23 (30-53)
Watford 6w, 12d, 18l 30pts -16 (28-44)*
West Brom 7w, 9d, 21l 30pts -21 (19-40)
Bournemouth 6w, 6d, 25l 24pts -29 (35-64)
Sunderland 5w, 8d, 23l 23pts -45 (17-62)*
Norwich 3w, 9d, 24l 18pts -33 (16-49)*
Villa 3w, 4d, 30l 13pts -61 (6-67)
*Game in hand
Real Table:
Leicester 23w, 12d, 3l 81pts +32
Arsenal 20w, 11d, 7l 71pts +29
Spurs 19w, 13d, 5l 70pts +34
Man City 19w, 9d, 10l 66pts +30
Southampton 18w, 9d, 11l 63pts +18
Man United 18w, 9d, 9l 63pts +12*
West Ham 16w, 14d, 8l 62pts +14
Liverpool 16w, 12d, 10l 60pts +13
Stoke 14w, 9d, 15l 51pts -14
Chelsea 12w, 14d, 12l 50pts +6
Everton 11w, 14d, 13l 47pts +4
Swansea 12w, 11d, 15l 47pts -10
Watford 12w, 9d, 17l 45pts -10
West Brom 10w, 13d, 15l 43pts -14
Palace 11w, 9d, 18l 42pts -12
Bournemouth 11w, 9d, 17l 42pts -20*
Sunderland 9w, 12d, 17l 39pts -14
Newcastle 9w, 10d, 19l 37pts -21
Norwich 9w, 7d, 22l 34pts -28
Villa 3w, 8d, 27l 17pts -49
*Game in hand
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