We compare predictions for the outcome of Premier League season 2018/19. Included are only popular sites and those who have a web page for reference of the prediction and published before 10.08.2018. Eventually, at the end of the season, we compare all predictions like as it was done for the Bundesliga 2017/18.

### Sites / Institutes

The following 28 sites or institutes have published a prediction or rankings:

Not all predictions are really predictions but rankings based upon results, market value, and other sophisticated models. Those are included as references. Some of them like Goalimpact or Club Soccer Index are rankings, but based on their models a prediction was published.

### Teams

• AFC Bournemouth = #AFCB
• Brighton & Hove Albion = #BHAFC
• Cardiff City = #CardiffCity
• Crystal Palace = #CPFC
• FC Arsenal = #AFC
• FC Burnley = #Clarets
• FC Chelsea = #CFC
• FC Everton = #EFC
• FC Fulham = #FFC
• FC Liverpool = #LFC
• FC Southampton = #SaintsFC
• FC Watford = #WatfordFC
• Huddersfield Town = #HTAFC
• Leicester City = #LCFC
• Manchester City = #MCFC
• Manchester United = #MUFC
• Newcastle United = #NUFC
• Tottenham Hotspur = #COYS
• West Ham United = #WHUFC
• Wolverhampton Wanderers = #WWFC

### Predictions

 Team BBC BIC DRA DST ECI EFP ELO EPI ESP EXP FAE FBM FDB FOR FST FTE GOI GOP LSL MIR MIS SKA SKY TDS THE TNS TMV YAH AFCB 14 13 14 19 13 11 12 14 17 13 12 18 13 17 15 16 19 9 11 19 18 14 13 17 12 16 18 16 BHAFC 15 20 17 14 17 16 16 13 16 15 16 10 14 16 18 18 12 16 16 15 16 15 18 15 18 18 14 17 Cardiff 20 18 20 17 19 19 19 20 20 19 15 20 19 19 20 20 20 17 20 10 20 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 CPFC 13 11 11 15 15 9 9 7 8 12 19 12 7 13 14 7 10 12 14 16 8 13 14 18 15 14 12 12 AFC 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 4 5 5 6 6 4 5 2 6 6 3 5 6 3 6 6 6 6 6 Clarets 12 16 13 13 9 10 10 12 15 11 8 17 9 15 10 14 11 19 15 12 15 8 10 10 14 13 13 10 CFC 5 4 3 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 3 4 5 4 2 5 4 3 4 2 5 EFC 8 7 8 10 8 7 7 8 10 9 14 13 8 7 7 10 7 10 7 8 9 9 11 7 8 7 7 7 FFC 11 14 18 9 12 15 15 15 9 18 20 19 18 12 13 15 14 13 17 13 17 16 8 16 16 12 11 14 LFC 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 3 2 1 2 6 3 2 2 2 6 2 2 1 2 5 1 5 2 2 3 2 Saints 16 12 10 12 11 14 14 16 13 16 9 15 15 9 17 9 8 15 9 14 11 12 9 12 13 15 10 15 Watford 19 17 16 11 18 17 17 18 17 14 18 16 16 18 16 12 17 14 18 17 13 17 15 11 17 17 16 18 HTAFC 17 19 19 16 20 20 20 19 19 20 13 11 17 20 19 19 16 20 19 18 19 19 19 20 19 19 19 19 LCFC 10 10 7 8 7 8 8 9 14 8 7 7 10 10 9 8 15 8 8 9 7 11 16 8 7 10 8 11 MCFC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 MUFC 3 3 4 6 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 3 6 6 1 5 3 4 6 3 6 2 4 3 4 3 NUFC 18 15 9 20 14 13 13 11 7 17 10 14 11 14 12 11 18 7 13 11 10 18 17 13 10 11 15 8 COYS 4 5 6 4 3 3 3 2 3 5 6 4 2 4 3 3 5 4 5 6 3 4 4 3 5 5 5 4 WHUFC 9 8 15 18 10 12 11 10 11 7 11 8 12 11 8 13 9 18 12 7 12 7 7 9 9 8 9 9 WWFC 7 9 12 7 16 18 18 17 12 10 17 9 20 8 11 17 13 11 10 10 14 10 12 14 11 9 17 13

Shown are the average prediction as bars together with standard deviation as error bars in grey. The colored points mark the single predictions of the above mentioned sites. Squares mark those predictions which are based on algorithms.

### Comparison of predictions

Let us give a first impression of the average predictions and standings after the first half of the season. This shown in the chart below. The red circles mark the standings after match day 19. The two cartes mark the best mean-absolut-error predictions up to now given by EXP and THE (see results below).

For a better comparison we use the difference: $d(m):=\mathsf{rg}_{p}(m)-\mathsf{rg}_{19}(m)$ with $\mathsf{rg}_{p}(m)$ as the average prediction rank of team $m$ and $\mathsf{rg}_{19}(m)$ the rank of team $m$ after match day 19. This deviation from prediction, is a kind of measure, how well they have done! The larger $d$ the better they have performed, negativ $d$ means they have under performed, compared to the predictions. Sorting all teams accordingly from high $d$ to small $d$ is shown in the chart below.

On top are those teams which have over performed and on the bottom those which have under performed. The $+$-signs mark the predictions, compared to the actual standing, together with standard deviations (error), already shown in the chart before. To judge whether it is really over- or under performed so far, those errors must be taken into account. All teams which are placed within this error bars, i.e. from 4.-17. rank, are roughly in the rang one could expect.

So, the really positive surprising teams are really Watford, Brigthon and Bournemouth. The disappointing teams are Burnley, Fulham and Southampton.

The overall deviation of all predictions is best measured by the mean absolut error: $$mae := \frac{1}{20}\sum_{m=1}^{20} \Big| \mathsf{rg}_{p}(m)-\mathsf{rg}_{8}(m)\Big| = 2.34.$$ This value is in full agreement to what one would expect after match day 19 (see the discussion here), so we have a pretty normal season so far.

### Best prediction site

Below the prediction sites are listed in order of best mean average error mae, together with the correlation r in the first column. Two experts with pretty good predictions so far are leading the chart: Experts from Express (EXP) and Alex Conrad from THE18 (THE). In the above chart you can compare the actual standings in comparison to average prediction and the prediction of EXP and THE.

Here we will not discuss these results, it is a snapshot of recent data, but the prediction of EXP is really astonishingly good!

### Conclusion

Will be done at the end of season!

• Zuletzt geändert: 2018/12/28 09:25