Premiership Plus Predictions Game - Week 1 Update

Evening, all! It was a whirlwind first round of matches in the Premier League and second round in the EFL, and I'm here to take stock of all of it and our standings. At the top of the Premier League, Newcastle made a statement of intent by thrashing Aston Villa 5-1. Of the top sides, City, Arsenal and ManYoo all registered wins, while Chelsea and Liverpool played out a drab 1-1 draw at the Bridge. At the bottom, Luton predictably started in the dropzone and Burnley and Villa join them. At the top of the Championship, our old local favorites Ipswich Town are top of the heap with several clubs chasing them. 

I suppose it was inevitable that Erling Haaland notched the first (and second) goal(s) in the Prem, wasn't it? That yielded most of us 2 points right off the bat and all of us 6 points for top scorer alongside the Toon's Alex Isak. No one guessed the hapless Burnley lad who got sent off in stoppage time, so the one point is still up for grabs and no one has grabbed a hat-trick yet. 

It all means that our first leader this season is West Ham Rising, with an impressive start of 25 points. Here are the full standings after Week 1: 

1. West Ham Rising - 25 points

2. Someone Said - 23 pts

3. Man Utd Rules - 22 pts

-  Red Devil 1FCK - 22 pts

5. MOT the Hoople - 21 pts

-  Red Dragon - 21 pts

-  Teddy Goalesevelt - 21 pts

-  United We Stand - 21 pts

9. Bee's Knees - 20 pts

10. Blue Devil - 19 pts

-  oticoN - 19 pts

12. Gooner71 - 15 pts