By Predictions League - Published 21 October 2026 - from 2162 real predictions made on this site - commentary drafted automatically from the numbers below
Gameweek seven drew 227 predictors and 2,162 predictions, and for long stretches it behaved exactly as expected. Arsenal won at Nottingham Forest, Chelsea won at Everton, Brighton put five past Crystal Palace and Manchester City beat Ipswich, albeit by rather less than anyone had in mind. The trouble, as ever, came in the fixtures nobody fancied calling: Leeds against Manchester United, and Newcastle at home to Aston Villa.
Leeds 1-1 Manchester United was the one that caught almost everybody. Just 19 per cent of the 220 entries backed the draw, with the average prediction a nudged 1.45-1.40 in favour of the hosts.
Newcastle 0-1 Aston Villa was barely kinder at 32 per cent from 215 entries, the average score an almost perfectly balanced 1.51-1.53. Fulham's 1-0 over Hull City rounded things off, with 41 per cent on the home win.
Zikaka 78 leads the round with four exact scores, which on this evidence is a decent week's work. xareed axmad and Aaron Swinden managed three apiece.
Nobody got near Manchester City 3-2 Ipswich. Of 214 predictions, not one landed on the scoreline, which is unsurprising when the average call was 3.32-0.34. The result went down as a 99 per cent banker on the outcome and a complete write-off on the score.
Last Man Standing was a quiet round. Only 68 picks were submitted, and two of those went out, which works out at 3 per cent. Manchester City carried 31 of them and duly obliged, with Brighton taking 17 and Tottenham 12, all safe.
Everton were the deadliest name on the list, though with a sample of one: a single backer, a 0-2 defeat at home to Chelsea, and that was that.