Hello football fans! (line shamelessly ripped from KrazyKris' NFL Peehs intro...there might be more stolen content in here)

Here was my 1st attempt at running an EPL PEEHS.

We had 52 entries last season, & hoping for more this season.

Some of the questions remain, some have been substituted out arbitrarily and/or capriciously.

Like last season, there will be 30 total questions; 19 spread out throughout the season, and then 11 for the end of the season. There will be 15 questions about teams, and 15 about individual players.

Most questions include both a date & a fixture #. The date is the general guideline to go by & the fixture # is basically just for reference. If a team’s game for a certain fixture gets moved back for whatever reason, I am not going to hold off on the reveal until whenever the game is made up. However, if for example, the Premier League decided in its infinite wisdom to hold a Tuesday game as part of their opening match schedule, or something like that, I would wait the extra day & it would count.

RESEARCH IS ALLOWED
Feel free to do as much reading & studying as you want before your entry. Or as little as you want.

SCORING
This is PEEHS. The winner(s) will have the lowest total score after all 30 questions have been revealed. PEEHS rewards those of you that submit a correct answer that is guessed by as few entrants as possible.

If your answer is correct, you will get as many points as the number of people who said the answer.

Incorrects will be scored as (SHEEP score for that question) + (# of different correct answers submitted for that question).

Scoring twist: you will never be rewarded for an incorrect answer in my PEEHS, so if your answer would have scored more points if it was correct than incorrect, that's how many points you will get.

For example, if there are 3 correct answers given, and the SHEEP is worth 10, you would normally get 13 points for an incorrect answer. However, if 20 people said the incorrect answer you chose, you will get 20.

All other scoring as normal.

ENTRIES
Anyone can play; all I need from you is a PM with your entry. Please submit a single-spaced unnumbered entry. I will accept entries in other formats, it will just be slightly annoying. Please use first and last names of players if applicable.

Entries close Friday August 10th (10 August if you prefer), at kickoff of the opening game, which is scheduled to be Manchester United hosting Leicester City at 8 pm local time, 3 pm USA east coast time, & noon JM3 Pacific Time.

Feel free to resubmit any time prior to opening kickoff. Optimal strategy might be to get an entry in early, then reconsider closer to the deadline. That way you don't forget to enter, but can still take into consideration the latest transfer window/injury news.

The Questions:

#1 - Name a team that will lose their opening game (most games August 11th).
#2 - Name a team that will be undefeated at the end of the 2nd fixture (August 20th).
#3 - Name a team that will have 3 or less points by the end of the 3rd fixture (August 27th).
#4 - Name a player who will have 2 or more goals by the end of the 5th fixture (September 17th).
#5 - Name a goalkeeper who will have 3 or more clean sheets by the end of the 7th fixture (October 1st).
#6 - Name a team that will have 5 or more road points by the end of the 9th fixture (October 22nd).
#7 - Name a non-goalkeeper who has played every minute for their team by the end of the 11th fixture (November 5th).
#8 - Name a player with at least 13 shots on target by the end of the 13th fixture (November 26th).
#9 - Name any team with an own goal by the end of the 16th fixture (December 10th).
#10 - Name a player who will score a goal, record an assist, or receive a red card on Boxing Day (December 26th).
#11 - Name a team that is neither in the top 4 or the bottom 4 after the New Year’s Day games (January 1st).
#12 - Name a player who will have hit the woodwork at least twice by the end of the 23rd fixture (January 21st).
#13 - Name any team that will be in the top 8 in saves at the end of the 25th fixture (February 4th).
#14 - Name any team that will be in the top 8 in most Goals Scored by the end of the 27th fixture (February 25th).
#15 - Name a player to have converted at least 2 penalty kicks by the end of the 30th fixture (March 11th).
#16 - Name any team that will have either tied Manchester City, or lost to them by at least 4 goals, at least once by the end of the 32nd fixture (April 1st).
#17 - Name a player who will have had at least two goals from header by the end of the 34th fixture (April 15th).
#18 - Name a team that will have a different manager than they started the season with by the day after the end of the 36th fixture (April 30th).
#19 - Name a team that will be playing in a game that matters on the last day of the season (38th fixture) either for a top 6 spot, or a relegation spot. The game can matter either for that team, or for their opponent. For a game to matter for a team, it could either impact where they finish between 1st & 6th in the standings, or whether they will be relegated (May 12th).

#20 (Season's End) - Name someone who will have scored at least 13 goals.
#21 (Season's End) - Name someone who will have at least 8 assists.
#22 (Season's End) - Name someone who will have been substituted off at least 13 times.
#23 (Season's End) - Name someone who will have been substituted on at least 13 times.
#24 (Season's End) - Name someone who will make at least 150 crosses.
#25 (Season's End) - Name someone who will receive at least 7 yellow cards or at least 1 red card.
#26 (Season’s End) - Name someone who will have made at least 2 errors leading to goals.
#27 (Season's End) - Name any team that had at least one game where they scored at least 4 goals, and at least one game where they allowed at least 4 goals.
#28 (Season's End) - Name any team that finishes the season in the top 6 in the standings.
#29 (Season's End) - Name any team that finished in the top half of the table last year that will finish in the bottom half this year, or any team that finished in the bottom half last year (or didn’t play in the Premier League last year) that will finish in the top half this year.
#30 (Season's End) - Name any team that will finish the season with a negative goal differential.

Some reference items:

Week 1 schedule:


The website I am going to be using for all stats rulings:
https://www.premierleague.com/stats

One difference from last year is that I am entering this game. I have already PM’d myself my entry. I will not change it regardless of what happens. It can all be verified at the end if you feel like it. However, I will not be participating in any of the side bets/contests, so I think y’all can just take my word for it.

Last season there was a £10 side bet. 18 people participated & £s were distributed. I assume there will be a similar game this time. I did a separate table for that, & would do a separate table for any other side bets as well if people want to partake. Whether it’s for some high roller action or avatars or whatever. As always, 2+2 is not responsible if someone steals all your money (I’m also not responsible, I’m just asking the questions & revealing the answers).

G'luck, have fun, & if you have any questions feel free to ask here or via PM.

Nice! Tenners for side bet you can ship to me, PM for details or use the same as last time. If people want to play higher then make it known and I can arrange if enough interest. Don't send in any currency other than pounds and don't mention gambling in the reference, just 2p2 name is fine

In for the tenner. Will probably fill out my entry next weekend.

In for £10

In for ten spot too.

in for 10, thanks for running J

I'll be in, prob in for cash money

In for ten spot

JM

I'm in for a tenner as well.

IN for the tenner. If there's a lot of Yanks playing we can all **** the equivalent of a tenner to one person (I'll volunteer) and then ship as one entry for all of us to avoid the paypal rape

In at a later point in time.

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Add me to the yank list if lfc can collect. Think we had a fair bit last year.

In to reclaim my top 10 football mind status

I got a PM about people not on the site who want to submit entries. That's ok, & if people PM me, I can give an email address to send things to.

Although of course I think it's better if everyone has a 2+2 account because why not have one, & I can request in the mid forum for early PM access if necessary.

in in in for a tenner.

will send before deadline

will be defending my title

In and for £10

2 entries received (including my own), 18 days left to get in.

Will be in eventually

Not in for the tenner, although this is by far my best format, compared to my NFL and MLB showings

In at a later date when I'm not gonna get ****ed by injuries and transfers like last year. Thx for running again

Bump

in, this was great fun last year

def in for the tenner

Periodic bump. 3 in, 11 days left.

I finally finished this yesterday but want to allow some more time to agonise over whether to change my answers or not. No one shipped their tenner yet, don't forget that lads