A professional win on Boxing Day at a ground where both Arsenal and United lost, a vital 3 points in maintaining the distance from fellow Top 4 rivals and gaining ground on 2nd placed Man City after their result a the Stadium of Light.
TCP managed his first perfect prediction of the season by correctly going for a 1-0 win with Mata getting on the scoresheet first. The 20 points moves him up from joint 15th into 4th place and within striking distance of the Top 3.
Perhaps showing how important the little Spanish genius has become, 13/42 (31%) of us correctly predicted that Mata would score first. One of those was CFC1L1L1C who closed the heap on our long time leader Don Mata to just 7 points.
We lost 6 posters to the dreaded relegation this week as well. But Mr Carneiro had his very own great escape with 6 points from the last 2 games and managed to survive. The new relegation mark is 12 points after game 40.
Next up its a trip to Everton to face the Toffees at Goodison Park on Sunday 30th December at 1.30pm.
| Position | Username | PerfectPredictions | Score |
| 1) | Don mata (U10332) | 2 | 94 |
| 2) | CFC 1L1L1C (U12980) | 1 | 87 |
| 3) | JohnTerrysHardTackle (U1634) | 0 | 86 |
| 4) | TheChameleonProject (U1847) | 1 | 82 |
| 5) | Peligro del Puente (U15043) | 2 | 77 |
| 6) | John Mikel Obi-Wan Kenobi (U2208) | 0 | 76 |
| 7) | JustAnotherPoster (U10557) | 1 | 74 |
| 8) | bluemungopark (U10279) | 1 | 73 |
| =8) | ⓋⒾⓋⒶ Kurdistan (U10561) | 1 | 73 |
| 10) | Romans bank manager (U14644) | 0 | 71 |
| 11) | Obers (U2904) | 0 | 70 |
| 12) | CSTP (U1453) | 0 | 69 |
| =12) | White Wall(U1078) (11/12 Champ) | 1 | 69 |
| 14) | blueisthecolour (U1528) | 0 | 68 |
| =14) | CFC Jackson (U8085) | 0 | 68 |
| =14) | g7Day (U12473) | 0 | 68 |
| 17) | Blueformostoftheway (U8980) | 0 | 65 |
| =17) | Mr Chelsea (U3579) | 0 | 65 |
| 19) | Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007) | 0 | 61 |
| 20) | Bridge Banter (U12349) | 0 | 58 |
| =20) | The Blue Kenyon (U1641) | 0 | 58 |
| 22) | Reverend Bosingwa (U9512) | 0 | 57 |
| =22) | The Chelsea Way (U6489) | 0 | 57 |
| 24) | chelseabluealley (U1757) | 0 | 54 |
| =24) | David Speedie Fan Club (U9709) | 0 | 54 |
| 26) | Chelseamf™®©(U1677) | 0 | 47 |
| 27) | bluechelsealover1(U12080) | 0 | 42 |
| =27) | The Last Mikel Supporter (U14271) | 0 | 42 |
| 29) | didiertorresmiereles(U8348) | 0 | 40 |
| 30) | Npe77(U1328) | 0 | 39 |
| 31) | blueboy83 (U11255) | 0 | 39 |
| 32) | Gazza (U1266) | 0 | 38 |
| 33) | Ronny Von Banterous (U5996) | 0 | 36 |
| 34) | thestrangetalesofstamfordbridge (U13587) | 0 | 34 |
| 35) | bloopaloop (U9436) | 0 | 33 |
| 36) | Sideshow (U11809) | 0 | 32 |
| 37) | Tucking Fypo (U9627) | 0 | 29 |
| 38) | LSTD (U2708) | 0 | 28 |
| 39) | Being Roman Abramovich (U7916) | 0 | 23 |
| 40) | Fat Ron's Donuts (U7316) | 0 | 21 |
| 41) | Didier Dave (U13393) | 0 | 18 |
| =41) | Toby Lerone (U12295) | 0 | 18 |
| 43) | Mr Frowney (U8836) | 0 | 17 |
| =43) | Just Matt. Whats the Mata? (U9316) | 0 | 17 |
| 45) | don’t click here (U14639) | 0 | 16 |
| 46) | Charlag (U1717) | 0 | 15 |
| 47) | Mata+Torres-The Spanish Duo.(U10322) | 0 | 14 |
| =47) | BlueJaja (U11272) | 0 | 14 |
| 49) | JNR (U10993) | 0 | 12 |
| =49) | JuanEdenZola (U6000) | 0 | 12 |
| 51) | OJ (U16901) | 0 | 11 |
| =51) | Randomer (U5245) | 0 | 11 |
| =51) | Gullits Dreadl0cks (U15296) | 0 | 11 |
| 54) | jonesthechelsesfan (U9062) | 0 | 9 |
| 54) | Mr Carneiro (U3098) | 0 | 9 |
| 55) | hasselbaink-the-destroyer (U15570) | 0 | 8 |
| =55) | Legend Osgood (U7946) | 0 | 8 |
Relegated after game 30 with < 7 points
Why So Serious (U9400)
Jack.... (U1937)
CheG (U14547)
The Psychologist (U6522)
Simon West (U1830)
Relegated after game 20 on 3pts
Twelve Men Went To Mow (U10308)
Blue_Kenyon7 (U1126)
IzutaDGuus (U3581)
Mr Carneiro (U3098) (rejoined game 24)
Kuki (U6289)
Don Zola (U16190)
Relegation Zone;
If you are in the relegation zone (the grey bit) after the 20th game, the 30th game, the 40th game etc etc then you lose all of your points and get taken off the leaderboard. You can still re-enter, but you'll start from zero.
Scoring Points;
Correct Score - 8 pts
Correct First Goalscorer - 5 pts
Correct Result - 3 pts
Perfect Prediction - 20 pts
Just a reminder that you can predict 0-0 with a first Goalscorer. You can't get a perfect prediction for a 0-0 but you can hedge your bets slightly by going for a goalless draw and having a go at getting the FGS
EVERTON VS. CHELSEA
Last Time Out;
Everton 2-1 Wigan
Osman 52' Kone 82'
Jagielka 77'
Norwich 0-1 Chelsea
--------------- Mata 38'
Last Meetings;
15/10/2011 PL
Chelsea 3-1 Everton
Sturridge 31' Vellios 81'
Terry 45'
Mata 61'
26/10/2011 LC
Everton 1-2 Chelsea AET
Saha 83' Kalou 38'
--------------- Sturridge 116'
11/02/2012 PL
Everton 2-0 Chelsea
Pienaar 5'
Stracqualursi 71'
PL Form;
Everton; DWDWW
Chelsea; DLWWW
Top Scorers;
Everton; All; Marouane FELLAINI (8) - 8 league.
Chelsea; All; Juan MATA, Fernando TORRES (13) - both 7 in the league.
Injury/Suspension
Everton;
Doubtful;
Marouane FELLAINI
Doubtful;
Seamus COLEMAN (Hamstring Injury- 50% chance of playing)
Injured;
Tony HIBBERT
Kevin MIRALLES
Chelsea;
Doubtful;
Ryan BERTRAND (Knock 75% chance of playing)
Injured;
John TERRY (Knee injury)
Oriol ROMEU (Knee injury)
Daniel STURRIDGE (Convenient Transfer related injury - Expct. Back as soon as he signs for Liverpool)
% According to Fantasy Premier League
JTHT Prediction; Everton 0-1 Chelsea. Lampard to score first (Mata as back up).
Predict away and good luck!