Good work Ray

Biggest home win,,Manchester City 6–0 Chelsea
Biggest away win,,Cardiff City 0–5 Manchester City

EPL Round 31
 

You can tell that we are back to normal rest between matches. Value bets were cashed by supporters of Arsenal, Bournemouth, Leicester and Newcastle.

I should call this posting Round 30.5 because five matches have been postponed.

Good luck on whatever you want to call this round.

Ray Stefani

EPL Round 32
 

Round 31 was a short one but profitable. Everton supporters cashed a 4.00 value bet while West Ham provided a smaller yet profitable value bet.

There will be scheduling oddities coming up in future weeks as six postponed matches have to be made up. Three more matches may be rescheduled too.

Good luck,

Ray Stefani

EPL Round 33
 

There was an oddity during round 32: nine of the 10 games ended with a winning team score of 2-0 or 2-1.

Round 33 has a number of congested fixtures because the league is re-scheduling previously cancelled matches.

Good luck,

Ray Stefani

Fulham to be relegated from the Premier League following a 4-1 defeat to Watford
They lasted just one season back in the Premier League after spending close to $185 million on signings pre-season

They join Huddersfield who were relegated from the Premier League following a 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace
Huddersfield spent two seasons back in the Premier League

English FA Cup

Manchester City v Watford

Manchester City $1.37
Watford $10.00
Draw $5.35

Watford (+1.5) $1.95
Watford or Draw $3.50

EPL Round 34
 

The EPL seems to have dramatically cut down on draws. Only 18% of matches have been drawn this year compared to 27% last year at this time. I think the postponing and later rescheduling of matches prior to various cup matches has avoided forcing teams to prioritize their energy output by settling for a draw. Round 35 will have 11 matches and round 36 will have 14 matches to make up the remaining five postponed matches.

Good luck with round 34.

Ray Stefani

Eleventh appearance for Manchester City
Second appearance in the final for Watford

Rounds 35 & 36
 

Hi Ray

Do you mind posting rounds 35 & 36 please

Cheers
Fatcat

EPL Round 35
 

Thanks to Fatcat for speaking up. I had uploaded Round 35 but something happened to the page.

Round 35 has 11 matches while 36 will have 14. Most of the teams will be playing without the normal one week before and after a match so most fixtures will be congested..

Good luck with Round 35. I will send out Round 36 next week.

Sorry for the confusion. I am not sure what happened to my original post.

Ray Stefani

Mohamed Salah has joined Sergio at the top
Each with 19 goals

Now just one replacement to finalise,,Fulham

Scott Parker is the current caretaker manager
Main other contender is said to be Steve Clarke who is the current manager of Scottish Premiership club Kilmarnock

EPL Round 36
 

Round 35 was a perfect example of why I caution staying away from weeks with congested fixtures. The fraction of draws doubled. Of the 8 non-drawn matches, favourites only won 4.

Round 36 has 14 matches, starting tomorrow, so nearly every team will be involved in congested fixtures.

Cheers,

Ray Stefani

A bunch not far behind those two

Here's the current market

Mohammed Salah $3
Sergio Aguero $3
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang $4.60
Sadio Mane $8.60
Raheem Sterling $17
Eden Hazard $61

Others $101 and over

EPL Round 37
 

To return to a theme from last week, the last two rounds have been perfect examples of why you should stay away from rounds with congested fixtures. In Rounds 35 and 36 there were 8 draws, as many as the previous 9 weeks combined. The favourites won only 50% of the games not drawn, compared to 73% for the rest of the season.

Fortunately, the last two rounds have the normal pacing as we watch the titanic struggle between Man City and Liverpool. It’s City’s to win.

Good luck,

Ray Stefani

Liverpool on top but have played an extra game
Liverpool one more game still to come versus Wolverhampton (7th)
Manchester City two more games still to come versus Leicester City (9th) & Brighton and Hove Albion (17th)

EPL Round 38
 

It was great to have a week without congested fixtures. Instead of my favourites only winning half the non-drawn matches as in rounds 35 and 36, they won 7 of 8 in round 37. Value bets for Crystal Place and West Ham both cashed.

That rocket shot by Kompany gave Man City the win they needed to be able to grab the premiership with a win in round 38. If Kompany had been off target, the Premiership would have been Liverpool’s to win. All 10 matches kickoff at the same time for round 38. Should be an anxious time.

Good luck with our last EPL week and with the year to come.

Ray Stefani

Good one Ray

That shot was a real pearler!

EPL Wrap-up
 

An awesome season has ended. There was the clash of Titans: Man City and Liverpool fighting it out for the Premiership. Liverpool had the most points for a non- Premiership winner ever. Then we have an all-England (Liverpool-Tottenham) Champions League final and an all-England Europa League final (Chelsea-Arsenal). No nation has ever done that.

We learned to stay away from any congested fixtures, when there ins’t a full week before and after a round. By doing that, value bets made a 25% profit. The 14 weeks of congested fixtures would have resulted in a 9% loss of what seemed to be value bets; but teams were not playing up to their skill-levels.

It’s be a fun year. All the best to my soccer friends in the year to come.

Ray Stefani

Would you believe, triple dead-heat for top goalscorer
Mohammed Salah, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang & Sadio Mane
22 goals each

Cardiff City, Fulham & Huddersfield Town relegated to the EFL Championship

They'll be using the video assistant referee for the first time next season Ray, that should add to the fun

All the best to you too, Ray
Big thanks for your EPL input throughout the season
Hope to hear from you again 2019–20 Premier League
Fixtures set to be released on Thursday 13 June 2019

A-League Final on the weekend
Best odds that I can see (match normal time)
Perth Glory $2.39
Sydney FC $3.20
Draw $3.40

To Lift The Trophy
Perth Glory $1.80
Sydney FC $2.11

Manchester City 6–0 Watford
Manchester City the first English club to complete a domestic treble,,having earlier won the EFL Cup & the Premier League

Liverpool finished runners-up with 97 points,,the highest total in English top-flight history for a second-placed team
Maybe next season!

Yep Sands,,triple dead-heat
Mohammed Salah,,Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang & Sadio Mane
22 goals each
Sergio Agüero 21 goals

No change

No change

Scott Parker

Some other stats 2018–19 EPL

Best goalkeeper Alisson Becker,,21 clean sheets

Highest scoring,,Everton 2–6 Tottenham Hotspur,,Crystal Palace 5–3 Bournemouth

Longest winning run,,Manchester City 14 matches
Longest unbeaten run,,Liverpool 20 matches

Longest winless run,,Huddersfield Town 14 matches
Longest losing run,,Fulham 9 matches

Best season for a while,,Wellington Phoenix FC
The Nix finished 6th,,beaten 3-1 by Melbourne Victory in the elimination-finals

2018–19 A-League
Top goalscorer,,Roy Krishna,,Wellington Phoenix,,18 goals

Ditto Ray

And the Reds capped off a stellar season beating the Spurs 2-0 in the UEFA Champions League Final