HALFWAY! 19 down, 19 to go.
As we enter the second half of the season, we have added a handy guide in each division to highlight which teams are edging their way towards clean sweeps in the leagues. The .Whitewash Watch .also showcases a number of growing (and sometimes embarrassing) unbeaten streaks, and the few remaining match-ups that have been completely one-sided! Remember, because we’ve returned to a 38-gameweek season, some league fixtures will be played five times instead of the standard four.
Guest Magazine of the week: The Halfway Line
Premier League // Championship // League One // League Two
Gameweek Top Score:
GoFYS FC – 87½ FPts
Score of the Season:
Goleta Hotspur – 100½ FPts, GW 4
Best Streaks:
Prem: De Bruyne Trousers – 5 wins
Cham: Sporting Wicker Park – 5 unbeaten
Lge 1: Bigger than Brolin – 5 wins
Lge 2: Wrockwardine Wood Wolves – 5 wins
Premier League
😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• The Premier League’s in-form team DBT climbed two places to second with a fourth win this season over Smash & Grab.
• League leaders Hung LAB showing everyone how it’s done with a big win over second-placed Gloopy, and become the league’s topscorers once more.
• Beyer Neverleusen are out of the relegation zone after sitting in the hot seat for the last five weeks. Their faith in Lucas Paqueta was rewarded with a fifth-consecutive win over Spray that guaranteed their move above the red line.
🫣 Next week’s One to Watch:
Vanishing Spray -v- Smash & Grab, 8th v 9th
GW11: Spray 64½ – 61½ Smash
Spray fighting to get out of the relegation zone again; won this game by just 3 points last time.
🙅 Whitewash Watch 🔎 ⛔ After GW19:
Beyer Neverleusen 3-0 vs. Vanishing Spray – Beyer/BtB have won last 5 vs. Spray;
De Bruyne Trousers 3-0 vs. Smash & Grab – DBT are 4-0 all-time vs. Smash;
Housewives Favourite 3-0 vs. El Dude Bros. – Wives Fave 14-12 all-time vs. El DB;
Mighty Fine 3-0 vs. Atletico Topo Chico – MF have won last 7 vs. ATC.
🙅 Whitewash Watch 🔎 ⛔ Before GW20:
De Bruyne Trousers 2-0 vs. Beyer Neverleusen – DBT are 5-1 all-time vs. Beyer/BtB;
Vanishing Spray 2-0 vs. Smash & Grab – Spray have won last 5 vs. S&G; 15-14 overall.
Form:
Championship
😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• Gnonto Seed reaped their best score of the season by far, but found themselves against the only other team in the Championship that could outscore them. Gabriel (Prelim) was taken off in the 77th minute with Arsenal 3-0 up. Raya (Seed) remained on the pitch deep into injury time, long enough to see Malen nutmeg him and Watkins put away the ricochet. Clean sheet denied.
• Sporting Wicker Park get a third win against Peltier, go 5 unbeaten.
• Uncle Monty beat the team below them, adding another three points between themselves and ninth, and level on league points with Peltier. Face a very difficult game against ASG next.
🫣 Next week’s One to Watch:
Peltier -v- Gnonto Seed, 7th v 10th
GW11: Peltier 44½ – 21½ Seed
Hard to ignore a managerial war being waged on two fronts. Both climbed places in the Dynasty League in the New Year, but both lost in the Championship – Gnonto Seed supremely unlucky with that huge losing score. Both need the win, both capable of very high scores.
🙅 Whitewash Watch 🔎 ⛔ After GW19:
Preliminary Version 3-0 vs. Gnonto Seed – Prelim 4-0 all-time vs. Gnonto Seed;
Sporting Wicker Park 3-0 vs. Peltier – Peltier have never beaten SWP (all 3 meetings in this season’s Championship).
🙅 Whitewash Watch 🔎 ⛔ Before GW20:
Barons FC 2-0 vs. Sporting Wicker Park – Barons currently W10,D1,L9 vs. SWP overall;
Peltier 2-0 vs. Gnonto Seed – also won the last 3 meetings in Dynasty (vs. Wonder Struijk). The two managers face each other in another double-header in GW20;
Slots Fired 2-0 vs. Preliminary Version – also W1,L1 in CL in S.10;
The Phenoms 2-0 vs. Alleviate the Tedium – Phenoms unbeaten in the last 5 vs. ATT.
Form:
League One
😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• The top three all win, further increasing the gap at the top. All three have won all three games against their GW19/GW28 opponents.
• Whiskey De Bruyne back to winning ways… despite finishing with the second-worst score in the league.
• Bigger than Brolin get fifth straight win; expecting a comfortable win over ELU next weekend, while WdB face a Jaysokker side who have outscored them in the last two weeks.
🫣 Next week’s One to Watch:
GoFYS FC -v- Shams Army, 3rd v 4th
GW11: GoFYS 61½ – 65½ Army
Close game in GW11, GoFYS still scratching their heads after Keane & Thiago both scored 16 and Trippier (Army) scored -3.5. Both teams a long way behind the top two, but there’s still a lot of time to catch them. That chase starts here.
🙅 Whitewash Watch 🔎 ⛔ After GW19:
Bigger than Brolin 3-0 vs. AFC Chester – BtB have won last 4 vs. Chester;
GoFYS FC 3-0 vs. Stafford Stallions – had not met before this season. Won first meeting by 1 point, the last two by over 30FPts;
Whiskey De Bruyne 3-0 vs. East Loop United – last season was 2-2 in League One.
🙅 Whitewash Watch 🔎 ⛔ Before GW20:
Bigger than Brolin 2-0 vs. East Loop United – BtB have won the last 3 meetings;
Shams Army 2-0 vs. GoFYS FC – First season in same league, both wins by 5 FPts or less;
Stafford Stallions 2-0 vs. Toastenham Hotdog – First season in same league;
Whiskey De Bruyne 2-0 vs. Jaysokker – First season in same league.
Form:
League Two
😲 Eye-Catching Stuff:
• A lot of changes in League Two, a demonstration of how close it is. Four green arrows, and league leaders losing again.
• Two games decided by 1½ matchpoints affecting the top of the league – Gvardiol’s half-hour appearance (2½ FPts) prevented Beedle’s Boys from subbing-on sub Gabriel (16½); BattleVAR moved up to second thanks to their Arsenal defender (Timber, 12½ FPts), and because Bigo1 were hindered by their use of a restrictive 4-2-4.
• FPL Daddy lost whilst having the second-best score in the League. It’s the fourth time that’s happened in League Two already this season. They (and WWW) have been on both sides of a 1v2 (winning it in GW12).
• Bigo1 lost, but their score means they climb a place to sixth. Nice.
🫣 Next week’s One to Watch:
BattleVAR Galactico -v- Wrockwardine Wood Wolves, 2nd v 3rd
GW11: BVAR 36½ – 79 WWW
Ignoring the demolition executed by the Wolves in GW11… both teams have dropped and then returned to second and third since that rout. Wolves on a 5-game win streak, but were outscored by BattleVAR this week. This game could go either way this weekend, and the winner will be in a good place to challenge for the title.
🙅 Whitewash Watch 🔎 ⛔ After GW19:
AI-Jiggery-Pokery 3-0 vs. Borussia Teeth – 1st match: Borussia illegal roster, forfeited the match.
🙅 Whitewash Watch 🔎 ⛔ Before GW20:
Bigo1 2-0 vs. Team Zizou – First two meetings;
Wrockwardine Wood Wolves 2-0 vs. BattleVAR Galactico – First two meetings.
Form:
Dynasty
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