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Coupons smashed, Eredivisie League Table Models and Predictions ruined

This result passed me by yesterday but I had to snigger as Ajax lost their first game of the season in only their second league match, to Alkmaar 3-2. Scanning up and down the Twittersphere, this result has really ruined some 'expert' tipsters final league positions' models already and shows that for all the fancy stats models and predictions nothing can be taken for granted.

Terry Tipster for example set out the league table as thus at the end of the season -

Well, Ajax have lost ONE already and in conceding three goals into the bargain. So it just goes to show that you simply cannot take anything for granted in the betting business and that it may even be folly to think that you can project forward an entire season with any great accuracy.