not a great deal up right now, so i shall furnish y'all with some statistics which may aid handicap and/or points total bets. as far as i can tell, only betfair have a h-cap market up as yet.
Last 5 seasons finishing points totals:
2003-4
Arsenal 90
Chelsea 79
Man Utd 75
Liverpool 60
Newcastle 56
Aston Villa 56
Charlton 53
Bolton 53
Fulham 52
Birmingham 50
Middlesbrough 48
Southampton 47
Portsmouth 45
Tottenham 45
Blackburn 44
Man City 41
Everton 39
Leicester 33
Leeds 33
Wolves 33
2002-3
Man Utd 83
Arsenal 78
Newcastle 69
Chelsea 67
Liverpool 64
Blackburn 60
Everton 59
Southampton 52
Man City 51
Tottenham 50
Middlesbrough 49
Charlton 49
Birmingham 48
Fulham 48
Leeds 47
Aston Villa 45
Bolton 44
West Ham 42
West Brom 26
Sunderland 19
2001-2
Arsenal 87
Liverpool 80
Man Utd 77
Newcastle 71
Leeds 66
Chelsea 64
West Ham 53
Aston Villa 50
Tottenham 50
Blackburn 46
Southampton 45
Middlesbrough 45
Fulham 44
Charlton 44
Everton 43
Bolton 40
Sunderland 40
Ipswich 36
Derby 30
Leicester 28
2000-1
Man Utd 80
Arsenal 70
Liverpool 69
Leeds 68
Ipswich 66
Chelsea 61
Sunderland 57
Aston Villa 54
Charlton 52
Southampton 52
Newcastle 51
Tottenham 49
Leicester 48
Middlesbrough 42
West Ham 42
Everton 42
Derby 42
Man City 34
Coventry 34
Bradford 26
1999-2000
Man Utd 91
Arsenal 73
Leeds 69
Liverpool 67
Chelsea 65
Aston Villa 58
Sunderland 58
Leicester 55
West Ham 55
Tottenham 53
Newcastle 52
Middlesbrough 52
Everton 50
Coventry 44
Southampton 44
Derby 38
Bradford 36
Wimbledon 33
Sheffield W 31
Watford 24
Average totals and distance from leader over last 5 seasons:
1 86.2
2 76.0 10.2
3 71.8 14.4
4 66.6 19.6
5 63.4 22.8
6 59.8 26.4
7 56.0 30.2
8 52.8 33.4
9 52.0 34.2
10 50.2 36.0
11 49.0 37.2
12 48.4 37.8
13 47.0 39.2
14 44.6 41.6
15 44.0 42.2
16 41.2 45.0
17 40.2 46.0
18 35.6 50.6
19 30.8 55.4
20 26.0 60.2
Among the few other bets, betfair have top scorer up. i can see kezman scoring shitloads this year, but as ever with chelsea, not sure how often he'll play.
And eurobet have saints at 10/3 to finish in the top half, although i do fear we may struggle this season, unless we can capture mido and an attacking midfielder, in which case i see top 7
