Friends in fútbol,

We're 13 picks deep in Survivor. It's time. And we're falling like fake dives in the box.

18 survivors entered Matchday 13. Six fell on Palace (losers 2-1 at Luton) and four fell on Sheffield (losers 3-1 at home to Bournemouth).

Three are through on Bournemouth (@Jdblom83, @FranMully, and @anasrc). One is through on Arsenal (@All_Day).

The remaining four survivors play tomorrow. Commish doesn't know if Europeans enjoy "The Final Countdown" BUT WE'RE PLAYING IT ANYWAY.

MATCHDAY 13 PICKS

EPL SURVIVOR

7/20 clubs picked

Top pick: Palace (33%, at Luton Town)

EPL PICK'EM (HALF 1)

Top picks: Arsenal (92%, at Brentford), West Ham (80%, at Burnley), Palace (73%, at Luton), Man City (70%, vs Liverpool)

Draws picked: 281 (20%), with 23+ draw picks on 8/10 matches

Most draw picks: Newcastle-Chelsea (45 draw picks)

COMMISH COMMENTARY

We picked at least 23 draws in EIGHT of the 10 matches this week.

That's gotta be a record, and suggests we saw a bunch of these matchups as pretty even.

Naturally, after seven matches on Saturday, just one (Man City - Liverpool) ended in a draw.

Commish is proud of our Survivors, who picked a strong contender for the Toilet Bowl of 2023-24 at a 39% clip.

4 took Sheffield. 3 took Bournemouth. That's 39% of the 18 survivors who entered this matchday alive.

It didn't work out for the Sheffield pickers, but COMMISH STILL LOVES YOU.

YOUR BEST COMMENTS

@edudeus (Palace): "People in Crystal Palace shouldn’t throw stones"
Commish says: Let's be thankful the match was in Luton. Because I'm sure Palace fans do NOT feel happy about losing to the Little Engine That Could.

@Ickey_Woods_Shuffle (EPL Pick'em (Half 1)): "If you think the Tottenham Hotspurs were fuming after 4-1, two red card performance at Chelsea, then they go to Wolverhampton and get embarrassed again. Wait until you see the can of whoop-ass they open on unsuspecting Aston Villa. Mi villa no es su villa!"
Commish says: Is this how sports works? Is it?!?

@Noteldar (EPL Pick'em (Half 1)): "Away teams only "
Commish says: I mean... decent performance today... but WHAT IS YOU DOING.

Yours in show dives,
The Commish