After taking a week afield to allow players to participate in international matches last weekend, the Premier League returns tomorrow with an exciting slate of contests. There’s a Big Six showdown when Chelsea hosts United at Stamford Bridge to kick things off, and then a London Derby between Spurs and West Ham to follow. Arsenal hosts Leicester City in a battle between two resurgent clubs…and finally don’t even think about sleeping on a South Coast Derby that actually matters for once. A swarm of Premiership fans considered all ten matchups this weekend and made the following game forecasts.

Manchester City play host to Burnley this weekend, and that was the swarm’s easy pick of the week. This week, however, we’d like to pull your attention to a match existing outside the Big Six clubs. On Saturday, Bournemouth hosts Southampton in a South Coast Derby that looks like one of the key games to follow. Bournemouth have long been one of the Premier League’s feel-good stories, going from near extinction 10 years ago as a tiny lower-division club in bankruptcy to a Premier League upstart that sits just four points from the top of the table this season.  The Cherries have been maddeningly inconsistent in previous years, but have looked on form throughout this season; the match with Southampton Saturday is a must-win for them.

The replay shows the swarm making this a lower-confidence prediction, by taking Bournemouth by a single goal. But look deeper at the swarm’s behavior here, and you’ll see something interesting. Notice how any magnets pulling for Southampton essentially give up their belief and conviction and swing over to Bournemouth’s side of the hexagon? This prediction ends up with almost all the magnets pulling to Bournemouth, making this a bit of a sleeper prediction as far as swarm confidence goes.

Every week, researchers at Unanimous AI gather a Swarm of EPL fans to predict all of the weekend’s action. Want to join the Swarm, or just have the picks delivered to your inbox? Click the button below…

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