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Premier League predictions: Take on The Athletic’s experts as our weekly game returns

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The Premier League is back — and so Premier League predictions are back.

Fresh from success in last year’s game, we expect The Athletic subscriber base to be confident of retaining their title this year.

You may remember that last season our weekly predictions game was set up to pit one of our writers, the brave Oliver Kay, against a guest subscriber each week, plus an algorithm and six-year-old Wilfred.

Everyone predicted the scoreline of each of the 10 Premier League matches each gameweek, with points awarded for correct guesses and a league table kept track of who was leading.

As it turned out, it was a close run thing, but the game finished with you, the subscribers, topping the table, with Wilfred a close second and Oli not far behind in third. As many had hoped, the computer-based algorithm came in fourth.

This season, we are looking to run the game again, albeit with a few tweaks:

  • Oli will now be joined by three other Athletic writers: Andrew Jones, Elias Burke and Duncan Alexander. They will alternate each week.
  • The predicting system will be different: everyone will just predict a Home WIN, Away WIN or DRAW.
  • There will be three points for a correct prediction and an added bonus of five points if you can get all 10 results correct in one week (good luck).

Some of you may have noticed this is similar to how we ran our World Cup predictions, which was won by The Algo.

So, the first thing we need to do is see which subscribers want to take part.

If you would like to be in contention to be selected, please read the terms below and complete the Google Form with your name, email address, the place you live and the club you support.

Good luck!


If you cannot view the Google Form at the bottom of this article, please click on this direct link to enter your information.

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  • Your content must not be false, defamatory, misleading or hateful, or infringe any copyright or any other third-party rights or otherwise be unlawful.
  • We may use the contact details that you provide to verify your identity and answers to the questionnaire, as well as to contact you for further information on this story and future stories.

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If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out at plpredictions@theathletic.com

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England’s Jack Whaley wins US Amateur Championship after beating American Jay Leng Jr in 36-hole final to book place at 2027 Open | Golf News

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Doncaster-born golfer Jack Whaley defeated American Jay Leng Jr in a gruelling 36-hole final on Sunday to claim a sensational US Amateur Championship victory and book his place at The Open next year.

After making the final at Merion Golf Club, Whaley had already secured himself a spot at The Masters and the US Open, but his three and four victory has now earned him a place at St Andrews next summer.

Whaley began his final round in epic fashion, chipping in on the first hole to take an early lead against Leng Jr.

The pair toiled all day, with Whaley going two up after five holes, before Leng Jr brought things back to all square after 16.

But Whaley wrestled back the lead on the 22nd hole of the day, before advancing to seal victory.

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'You've got to be kidding me?!' – Scheffler's ball bounces off a sprinkler into water!

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Scottie Scheffler did not account for a sprinkler getting in the way when making his bunker shot at the FedEx Cup Playoff.

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Oh no! Mitchell's BMW Championship hopes in danger after this unlucky shot!

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Keith Mitchell attempts to clear his shot from the water but fails, setting his BMW Championship hopes in danger.

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