In the run-up to the start of this season in the English Premier League, the team most touted by experts to have the best shot at dethroning defending champion Manchester City was Liverpool. And sure enough, the Reds sit tied with the Sky Blues at the top of things, with 10 weeks gone in the season. But lurking just below them is a quietly powerful Chelsea side, just two points behind and every bit a contender to be reckoned with this year. This week’s EPL Swarm predicted games involving those clubs, along with every other team in action this weekend.

Manchester City plays at home this weekend, and the swarm is confident enough in them to dismiss Southampton that they’re the pick of the week. League co-leaders Liverpool face a stern road challenge in London against Arsenal, though, and it’s looming Chelsea – hosting Crystal Palace – who stand to benefit if the Reds stumble. With a Liverpool draw or loss, Chelsea would move into at least a tie for second place with a win. The swarm thinks the Blues will handle Palace, as the replay below demonstrates.

Crystal Palace head to Chelsea fresh off a hard-earned draw at home to Arsenal last weekend. The Swarm, perhaps mindful of that, was at first a bit hesitant to mark this match as a 2+ goal confidence winner. Although that’s where the group ended up taking the puck, just as important here to assessing confidence is noting that all the magnets in the swarm were clustered to the right side of the hex, pulling towards one of the two answers favoring Chelsea. It isn’t quite pick of the week material, but it does represent a high confidence forecast nonetheless.

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