Prediction League Season 2022-23

Goal total - a measly 26

Goal time - 35 mins

 

Sun 7th May

The icing on the cake if we win this......Top of this division far longer than any other team.

Barnsley...2-1...Peterborough
Bristol R...0-1...Bolton
Burton...1-0...MK Dons
Cambridge...2-1...FG Rovers.....(joker)
Cheltenham...0-1...Charlton
Exeter...2-2...Morecambe
Fleetwood...0-2...Ipswich.....(joker)
Lincoln...1-0...Shrewsbury
Oxford...2-1...Accrington S
Port Vale...1-2...Plymouth A.....(45mins)
Portsmouth...2-0...Wycombe W
Sheffield W...2-2...Derby..........This could be one of the play-off semis.

Total goals scored.....28.

 

I presume nobody wants to do the play-offs, so here we go then, the last of the season with big points on offer. We've got 3 matches that 7 of us agree on and another 3 on which we're unanimous so the battlegrounds are at Barnsley and Exeter in particular and to a lesser extent at Cheltenham and Sheffield Wednesday where opinions differ.

 

Weirdly, 3 of us scored 33 but it wasn't our lucky day as Joe and Sensible recorded Match Scores of 42. SMH was third on 36, of which 27 came from a perfect score joker on Cambridge v Forest Green.

On top of a big Match Score, Joe got the Goal Time by predicting the 8th minute against a initially worrying goal conceded by Argyle as early as the 3rd minute. You will note Plym that Joe actually predicted Argyle would win 3-0, so didn't actually predict this goal at all, which is another rather random aspect of this item.

Joe also got 5 points for Goal Total, having predicted 34 against the actual of 35, which included 5 at Bristol Rovers and Exeter and 4 at Cheltenham, Fleetwood and Portsmouth. Over the season, around half of all games resulted in 2 goals or less, so that's quite a big number. Lyndhurst was one goal the other side, with a forecast of 36.

Joe and Lyndhurst also nabbed the 25 point End Of Season Forecast, both having predicted Argyle would finish third. Next season will be interesting.... how do you predict that?



These big scores did produce mayhem in the league table. Away in BC and Plym shared the crown (see what if did there?) on 639 points. Very well done both of you. SMH was agonisingly close in third on 637.

Despite his big score, Lyndhurst only moved him up one place but Joe, who started down amongst the low score stragglers, leapt up to 5th.



Thanks for playing and putting up with the odd mistake by Microsoft Excel. We'll have a well earned rest before thinking about next season shall we?

 

Thanks notDistant for all your hard work and the professional way you laid it out each week.....appreciated.

 

Laziness Plym, that's all. It took a few hours to set it up in the first place but thereafter the spreadsheet does all the actual work.

Apart from my own forecasts of course, which as you've seen, are more a work of fiction or art than science!

 

I understand the work of fiction bit.....don't any of these teams ever look at our predictions before they win / lose/or draw....selfish lot.

 

Wow I had a good day ..
nit didstant well done it’s been great with all your hard work amd it’s enjoyable .. I’m in next year amd will predict a top 7 finish hahah .. have faith have a great summer ..

 

My thanks also for showing the rest of uis up with your wide sheets and stuff..........a valiant effort all around and I too will be in next term. Thank you. Do you need any contribution towards postage for Musty's ginster?

 

Thanks for all your work..see you next season..

 

ty for running this, I will forward my address in a PM for receipt of said ginster - I expect at least 3 for my appalling effort

 

I can email them to you…..

 

Crumbs' and all.

 

To be fair it's the best way to get them.

 

Thanks ND for another fun season. Have a good summer all, time to sharpen my pencil.!

 

plym and bc should have a play off

 

Thanks for letting me take part - look forward to seeing you guys in the Championship next season

 

Nice to have you with us.....see you soon.