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Friday, March 29, 2024

There’s always room for surprise

Results which no one predicted

One of the entertaining aspects of the English Premier League is that despite the air of inevitability about which teams will finish at the top and those which will struggle, nearly every weekend there are usually a couple of surprise results which no one would have predicted.

It is important to appreciate the role of the underdogs in the top flight.

We saw an example of this in the opening fixtures last weekend in which the outcome of at least three of the games were forecast incorrectly by pundits and bookmakers alike.

Two of these games involved newly promoted clubs suggesting they might not be quite the pushovers many predicted, although it is very early days.

A major surprise was Fulham holding Liverpool to a 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage.

In fact, “holding” is not the right word because the Cottagers…

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