IKTS Week 15: At Aston Villa.

Arsenal dominated the game and scored after Madueke combined with White whose cross was headed in with accuracy by Merino early on. Mosquera had to come off for Timber after landing awkwardly. Kelleher produced a series of fine saves but the best was a Raya deflection on the bar on a shot that appeared to be destined to go in. MOTM Merino assisted Saka on a shot that was confirmed to have crossed the goal line by goal line technology despite s desperate attempt by Kelleher to prevent the ball from going in. The game finished at 2-0, very close to the xG values for the game.

Scores for the week:

hansdampf 12 (1)

Seidman 11 (1)

skinnejay 10 (2)

ClevelandJames 9 (1)

SoonerGooner 9 (1)

ben from portsmouth 8 (1)

Ray from Norfolk 7 (0)

Our Bovine Public 6 (0)

Purple & Proud 6 (0)

billvacation 5 (0)

Captain Kirk 5 (0)

Stars of the week: hansdampf is in first on 12 points (and one exact IKTS prediction) with Seidman in second on 11 points (and one correct IKTS prediction) while skinnejay is in third on 10 points (and two correct IKTS predictions) but ClevelandJames and SoonerGooner are just one point outside the podium.

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

Newcastle versus Tottenham (hansdampf)

Leeds versus Chelsea (ben from portsmouth)

Arsenal versus Brentford (Seidman and skinnejay)

Wolverhampton versus Nottingham Forest (ClevelandJames, skinnejay, and SoonerGooner)

Crisis pick of the week: A collective crisis as all the participants predicted Liverpool to win at home to Sunderland but the game ended up tied at 1-1.

Standings after Week 14:

SoonerGooner 122 (14)

ClevelandJames 117 (12)

Ray from Norfolk 111 (11)

billvacation 109 (13)

Purple & Proud 106 (12)

Captain Kirk 99 (12)

Seidman 98 (9)

hansdampf 98 (8)

Our Bovine Public 97 (10)

skinnejay 92 (10)

ben from portsmouth 91 (8)