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RefWatch – Arsenal v Manchester United (01/05/2011 14:05)

By DogFace

• Referee:              Chris Foy
• Assistant 1:         John Flynn
• Assistant 2:         Andy Garratt
• 4th Official:        Lee Mason

Good morning stat-fans and welcome to RefWatch.

Let’s have a look at Referee:

• Full name:                          Christopher J Foy
• Date of birth:                     20 November 1962 (1962-11-20) (age 48)
• Place of birth:                   St. Helens, Lancashire, England
• EPL Referee Since:          2001/2002
• EPL Games to date:         176

My name is Chris Foy… and I hate my job.

Points wise we have done ok out of Chris Foy over the seasons although we have never over-performed against the handicap.  The bad news is that Manchester United have performed quite well under him to.  The worse news is that we are playing again on a Sunday at 14:05 (21:05 Singapore time) – or is that bad news?  Given that you can throw the form book out of the window for games like these it may not be; so let’s look at the form:

Chris Foy has had 17 games for Arsenal consisting of 15 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss

Arsenal are currently in 1st in Chris Foy’s personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an average of 2.71 PPG.

In Chris Foy’s personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Arsenal come 7th with an average positive swing of 0.19.

Arsenal are currently in 2nd in Chris Foy’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an overall average of 0.76 BPM.

In Chris Foy’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Arsenal come 4th with an overall average of 12.23 FPB.

Chris Foy has had 18 games for Manchester United consisting of 14 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses

Manchester United are currently in 2nd in Chris Foy’s personal Points Per Game League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an average of 2.56 PPG.

In Chris Foy’s personal Handicap Swing League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Manchester United come 1st with an average positive swing of 0.81.

Manchester United are currently in 7th in Chris Foy’s personal Booking’s Per Match League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, with an overall average of 1.22 BPM.

In Chris Foy’s personal Fouls Per Booking League (for teams with a minimum of 5 matches played), for matches in the English Premier, Manchester United come 9th with an overall average of 8.50 FPB.

The crash of Tottenham aside in Chris Foy’s figures – we are seeing the big teams begin to cluster between a swing of 0 and 1 goal – this would be about normal… a bit too normal considering his last season.

The last time we played Manchester United at home in the EPL was on the 31/01/2010 – the referee that day was Chris Foy, we lost 1-3.  The Predictortron reckons we are as good as -0.724477 of a goal down on this match.  Let’s hope, for our sakes, that the mug money concurs and goes firmly against us… and I believe it will.

Therefore, with the form book on the fire and 2 fingers waved at the Predictortron; I’m going to go for 3-1 to the Arsenal with Fabregas and RvP to score.