After the final international break of 2018, the Premier League returned and the action was tense! The unbeaten trio of Manchester City, Liverpool and Chelsea became the unbeaten duo as Chelsea were defeated 3-1 at Wembley by Spurs. Liverpool and Manchester City carried on with 3-0 and 4-0 wins away to Watford and West Ham respectively. The pressure mounted on Jose Mourinho as Manchester United could only muster a goalless draw at home to Crystal Palace. Claudio Ranieri got off to a winning start as Fulham managing having replaced Slavia Jokanovic as his side beat Mark Hughes Southampton 3-2 while Everton edged out Cardiff 1-0 at home and Leicester came from a goal behind and a man down to draw at Brighton. Arsenal and Huddersfield recorded away wins in the Super Sunday instalment and Newcastle United held on for their first Monday Night Football victory in six years, 2-1 at Burnley.
As I have been doing all season now, I have been making weekly predictions and comparing them against those made by Paul Merson (pundit for Sky Sports) and Mark Lawrenson (Pundit for BBC Sport). This is part of a comparison of the two but also my curiosity in seeing how I fare against them. To do this, I use the scoring system used by Sky Super 6 which is as follows…