Odds Desk: An Identical 2.00-3.00-2.00 Line Across Every Fixture This Gameweek

A gameweek priced dead level

The odds desk has an unusual tale to tell this week: there is no movement to report at all. Every one of the gameweek's ten fixtures, all scheduled for Saturday 7 November, carries an identical line — 2.00 on the home win, 3.00 on the draw and 2.00 on the away win, according to the latest match prices in FanTribe's fixture data. No favourite anywhere, no drifters, no shorteners. Ten even contests, on paper at least.

Where the prices jar with the table

That uniformity sits strangely against a Premier League table that could hardly be more stratified.

• Nottingham Forest vs Manchester City: According to the Premier League table, City lead the way with nine points from three games, seven goals scored and two conceded, while Forest sit 16th and winless. The market, though, will not split the pair at 2.00 apiece.
• Arsenal vs Hull City: Second host third, and this is the one fixture where a level line feels earned: Arsenal are perfect on nine points, with Hull unbeaten on three goals scored and none conceded.
• Everton vs Coventry City: Coventry prop up the table with no points and no goals after three matches, yet they travel at the same 2.00 they would carry in any other game this week.
• Manchester United vs Aston Villa: Villa are 18th in the table, goalless and stuck on a single point, while United are 11th on the back of a win, a draw and a defeat. The price? Level again.

Even lines across the rest of the card

Tottenham's start, according to the Premier League table, has brought one point, no goals scored and five conceded — form that would usually mark them out as outsiders at a Leeds United side unbeaten in three. The quote is still 2.00. Pointless Fulham host an unbeaten Newcastle United at the same price, while Liverpool's trip to Crystal Palace, Chelsea's visit to Sunderland AFC, Ipswich Town against AFC Bournemouth and Brighton & Hove Albion versus Brentford are all posted at an identical 2.00-3.00-2.00.

Waiting on the fans

FanTribe's fan prediction data has yet to populate for this gameweek, so there is no supporter verdict to set against the bookmakers' flat lines just yet. When the counters fill, the telling comparison will come on City and Arsenal: are fans happy to take even money on sides the table suggests should be priced considerably shorter?

Until a line actually moves, the story of this gameweek's market is its refusal to tell one.