The Matchday
Premier League matchday 7: what do form, head-to-heads and margins show?
Ten matches from 17 to 19 October: City lead on 18 points, Brighton have scored 18 goals, and operator margins are compared. Fulham-Hull's archived meetings come from the cup and Championship.
Published 15 October 2026
The Premier League enters the 17–19 October round with Manchester City top on 18 points and Brighton & Hove Albion on 18 goals, the round's highest-scoring attack. City have taken 15 points from their last five matches; bottom-placed Fulham, on 2, have taken 2. Standings, form and head-to-heads describe the record so far.
Across ten matches, median margins range from Netwin's 4.83% to bwin's 7.51%. The comparison also includes Betsson and Betflag, with complete coverage for each operator. Odds appear in the feed-powered component below.
Margins, operator by operator
| Operator | Matches | Median margin | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netwin | 10 | 4.83% | 4.49% | 5.28% |
| Betsson | 10 | 5.91% | 5.54% | 6.17% |
| Betflag | 10 | 6.66% | 5.37% | 6.92% |
| bwin | 10 | 7.51% | 6.12% | 8.19% |
Recorded on 15 October 2026 at 12:27, Italian time. Source: official operator feeds, via api.oddsonar.com. The comparison covers the ten matches with all three full-time result prices available from each operator included.
Netwin records the lowest margin against Betsson, Betflag and bwin on all ten matches. The gap between minimum and maximum margins ranges from 1.84 percentage points on Manchester City-Ipswich Town to 3.49 on AFC Bournemouth-Sunderland. These measure the snapshot, not results on the pitch.
The previous round, with the figures recorded then: Premier League matchday 6 in numbers: form, head-to-heads and margins match by match
City and Arsenal: standings and form
Manchester City-Ipswich Town: first against tenth, 18 points against 9. Over the last five, City have taken 15 points, Ipswich 6. The six archived meetings are all Premier League: four City wins and two Ipswich wins. The sample spans 1994 to 2025: equal sample sizes do not mean equally recent records.
Nottingham Forest-Arsenal: Forest are fifteenth on 5 points, Arsenal second on 15. Their last five have yielded 5 and 12 points respectively. The six Premier League meetings contain four Arsenal wins and two draws; the latest is the 0-0 on 17 January 2026.
Brighton: 18 goals in six matches
Brighton & Hove Albion-Crystal Palace brings together third-placed Brighton, on 13 points, and twelfth-placed Palace, on 7. Brighton average 3 goals per match; recent form stands at 10 points against 7. The six Premier League meetings contain one Brighton win, two draws and three Palace wins.
Brighton share the round's lowest goals-conceded total with Everton, Manchester City, Leeds United and Arsenal: 5. At the other end, Chelsea, Newcastle United and AFC Bournemouth have conceded 13 each.
Fulham-Hull: cup and Championship meetings
Fulham are twentieth on 2 points, Hull City eighth on 9; their last five have brought 2 and 6 points respectively. The six meetings across all competitions contain four Fulham wins, one draw and one Hull win. Five are Championship matches and one is FA Cup: none is Premier League. The latest is Fulham's 0-2 away win on 7 January 2023, before 2024.
The other six, briefly
- Everton-Chelsea — both on 10 points and 7 from their last five. Everton have conceded 5 goals, Chelsea 13. Six Premier League meetings: two Everton wins, one draw and three Chelsea wins.
- Brentford-Liverpool — fourth and ninth, on 10 and 9 points; recent form yields 7 and 8 points. Six Premier League meetings: one Brentford win, one draw and four Liverpool wins.
- Newcastle United-Aston Villa — 8 points against 5, with 7 and 5 from their last five. Six Premier League meetings: three Newcastle wins, one draw and two Villa wins.
- AFC Bournemouth-Sunderland — eighteenth on 3 points against seventeenth on 4; their last five have yielded the same respective totals. Six Premier League meetings: two wins each and two draws.
- Leeds United-Manchester United — 9 points against 6, both with 6 from their last five. Six Premier League meetings: one Leeds win, two draws and three Manchester United wins.
- Tottenham Hotspur-Coventry City — 3 points against 6, matching their respective totals from the last five. Six meetings across all competitions: two Tottenham wins, three draws and one Coventry win. Five are Premier League matches and one is EFL Cup, the latest: a 1-2 Tottenham win on 18 September 2024.
This matchday's odds, right now
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Sources and sample limits
Standings and form come from ESPN: six matches played per team, the last five for form. Head-to-heads are the six most recent meetings available in the openfootball archive, not the entire history of the fixture. Competitions and dates define their scope.
Comparing margins across leagues: How much the margin changes between leagues