Premier League Weekend Results and Updated Projections

Here is a review of my predictions for the weekend:

Birmingham 2 Sunderland 0 (-10 pts)

Blackpool 1 Wigan Athletic 3 (-10 pts)

Everton 2 Blackburn Rovers 0 (+10 pts)

West Bromwich Albion 1 Chelsea 3 (+10 pts)

West Ham United 1 Aston Villa 2 (-10 pts)

Arsenal 1 Liverpool 1 (-10 pts)
What a strange way to end a match.  Both goals were penalty kicks during the 12(!) minutes of stoppage time at the end of the second half.  Arsenal continues to give away points in the standings, giving up the penalty kick to Liverpool after taking the lead on one of their own.

Newcastle United 0 Manchester United 0 (+20 pts)
I predicted this match would end in a draw, but Man United is probably ruing a missed opportunity to extend their lead at the top.

After the jump, I will have my latest projections for the Premiership.

These are based on matches played through 4/20 so they include today's results (Chelsea 3 Birmingham 1 and Tottenham 3 Arsenal 3):

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA		GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	38	23	12	3	80	37		43	81
2	Arsenal	38	22	11	5	76	40		36	77
3	Chelsea	38	23	7	8	70	31		39	76
4	Manchester City	38	19	11	8	59	35		24	68
5	Tottenham Hotspur	38	17	12	9	56	47		9	63
6	Liverpool	38	17	7	14	53	44		9	58
7	Everton	38	13	15	10	53	48		5	54
8	Bolton Wanderers	38	12	14	12	54	52		2	50
9	Newcastle United	38	12	11	15	55	55		0	47
10	Aston Villa	38	12	11	15	48	61		-13	47
11	Fulham	38	9	18	11	43	41		2	45
12	Stoke City	38	13	6	19	46	50		-4	45
13	Sunderland	38	10	14	14	40	52		-12	44
14	West Bromwich Albion	38	11	10	17	54	72		-18	43
15	Birmingham City	38	9	15	14	38	53		-15	42
16	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	12	17	46	61		-15	39
17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	10	7	21	43	65		-22	37
18	Wigan Athletic	38	7	16	15	36	60		-24	37
19	Blackpool	38	9	9	20	54	79		-25	36
20	West Ham United	38	7	14	17	46	67		-21	35

I'm now projecting Man United to finish four points clear of Arsenal.  Those four points were lost by Arsenal in their recent draws against Liverpool and Tottenham, both of whom they were projected to beat.

Meanwhile at the bottom of the table, West Ham plunged back into the releagtion zone with both feet.  They were projected to beat Aston Villa at home, but Villa pulled off the upset.  That combined with Wigan's victory over Blackpool reshuffled the bottom feeders.  The idle Wolves now sit clear of relegation due to goal differential over Wigan.