Arsenal faced a very aggressive Chelsea team that relied on quick transitions to try to score and the only action of note for the Gunners in the first half saw a quick combination that ended with Martinelli shooting at Sanchez. Then, Caicedo saw red (initially yellow but upgraded after VAR intervention) for a very dangerous foul on Merino. At the beginning of the second half, after a good save by Raya, Chalobah took advantage of the first time Mosquera-Hincapie partnership to score on a set piece with a strong header. Within 11 minutes, the Gunners scored on an open play header by Merino after an excellent pass from Saka. The Gunners were not able to score again and the game ended 1-1, very much as the xG numbers of about 0.9 for both teams would suggest.

Scores for the week:

billvacation 14 (2)

Purple & Proud 12 (3)

ben from portsmouth 11 (0)

ClevelandJames 8 (0)

Seidman 7 (0)

Captain Kirk 6 (1)

Ray from Norfolk 6 (0)

Our Bovine Public 5 (0)

skinnejay 5 (0)

SoonerGooner 5 (0)

hansdampf 4 (0)

Stars of the week: billvacation is in first on 14 points (and two exact IKTS predictions) with Purple & Proud in second on 12 points (and three correct IKTS predictions) while ben from portsmouth is in third on 11 points (but without any correct IKTS predictions) in a week that saw the other contestants unable to approach the trio on the podium.

Clever picks of the week: There were six exact predictions:

Sunderland versus Bournemouth (Purple & Proud)

Tottenham versus Fulham (Purple & Proud)

West Ham versus Liverpool (billvacation and Purple & Proud)

Chelsea versus Arsenal (billvacation and Captain Kirk)

Crisis pick of the week: A near collective crisis as none of the participants (except for Purple & Proud who collects 3 points and one exact IKTS prediction) went for a win for the home team as the noisy neighbors lost at their ground to Fulham.

Standings after Week 13:

SoonerGooner 113 (13)

ClevelandJames 108 (11)

billvacation 104 (13)

Ray from Norfolk 104 (11)

Purple & Proud 100 (12)

Captain Kirk 94 (12)

Our Bovine Public 91 (10)

Seidman 87 (8)

hansdampf 86 (7)

ben from portsmouth 83 (7)

skinnejay 82 (8)

After Week 13, SoonerGooner (113 points) leads ClevelandJames (108 points) by five points and a duo consisting of billvacation and Ray from Norfolk (104 points each) by nine points but billvacation has an edge of 13 to 11 over Ray from Norfolk when it comes to the IKTS tiebreaker.

Upcoming schedule: Week 14: Tuesday 12-02, Wednesday 12-03, and Thursday 12-04:

Bournemouth - Everton

Fulham - Manchester City

Newcastle - Tottenham

Arsenal - Brentford

Brighton - Aston Villa

Burnley - Crystal Palace

Wolverhampton - Nottingham Forest

Leeds - Chelsea

Liverpool - Sunderland

Manchester United - West Ham

COYG!