EPL 2017-18 REPLAY

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WEEK 4
9/17/17

SOUTHAMPTON 1 - 1 WATFORD

SOUTHAMPTON (TR 2; DEF 3) vs WATFORD (TR2; DEF 2)

This was a back and forth match with each team dominant at various points in the game. Southampton took a 1-nil lead when Shane Long beatHeurelho Gomes at 60’ with an assist from James Ward-Prowse. As the clock ticked past 88’ it looked like Southampton would be 4-0-0 after Week 4 but, a long shot, (E), by Gerard Deulofeau with an assist from Richarlison slipped past Fraser Forster in the 89’. The score ended in a 1-1 tie.

Up until that point Forster did all that was asked of him. He had six solid saves.

Long now has two goals this season.

Southampton may have fared better but for the fact Dusan Tadic, (who has two goals this season), was ineligible for the match due to a Red Card from the last match.
SOUTHAMPTON STATISTICS WATFORD
9 SHOTS 12
2 SHOTS ON GOAL 7
1 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 1
7 FOULS COMMITTED 8
8 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
3 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 2

SCORING

• SOUTHAMPTON

  • Long 60’ (Ward-Prowse)

• WATFORD

  • Deulofeu 89’ (Richarlison)

NEXT MATCH: Stoke City (0-2-1) vs Manchester United (1-0-2)

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WEEK 4
9/09/17

STOKE CITY 0 - 0 MANCHESTER UNITED

STOKE CITY (TR 2; DEF 2) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (TR 5; DEF 5)

For the third time in four matches Manchester United disappointed. After last weeks win Man U was hoping for another three points. Instead, Stoke City played them to a scoreless draw. At times Man U looked dominant, but at other times, Stoke City more than held their own.

The match was fiercely played with one player from each team receiving Red Cards, (Joeseph Allen from Stoke City and Luis Valencia from Man U.

After four weeks of play Manchester United have only 4 points.

Erik Pieters, (Defense), was not eligible for play fro Stoke City due to his Red Card last match.
STOKE CITY STATISTICS MANCHESTER U
3 SHOTS 8
2 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 8
8 FOULS SUFFERED 6
1 RED CARDS 1
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
2 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFFSIDES 2

SCORING

• NONE

NEXT MATCH: Burnley (0-2-1) vs Crystal Palace (0-2-1)

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WEEK 4
9/10/17

BURNLEY 0 - 0 CRYSTAL PALACE

BRUNLEY (TR 3; DEF 4) vs CRYSTAL PALACE (TR 2; DEF 3)

Both of these teams came into the match winless this season. They had identical records of 0-2-1. They left the pitch still winless and still with identical records, 0-3-1.

Despite no scoring in the game the match was exciting. There was a lot of back and forth. Despite a lower Team Rating Crystal Palace stayed competitive by winning many Loose Balls.

To generate offense Burnley switched to an Aggressive Formation at the 68’ mark. Crystal Palace followed suit at 71’ but, still, neither team could hit the back of the net.

BURNLEY STATISTICS CRYSTAL PALACE
7 SHOTS 3
2 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
7 FOULS COMMITTED 7
7 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
2 YELLOW CARDS 1
4 CORNER KICKS 0
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0

SCORING

• NONE

NEXT MATCH: Swansea City (1-1-1) vs (1-1-1)

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WEEK 4
9/10/17

SWANSEA CITY 0 - 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED

SWANSEA (TR 2; DEF 3) vs NEWCASTLE (TR2; DEF 2)

Swansea and Newcastle came into this game sporting identical 1-1-1 records and they left with identical 1-2-1 after a 0-0 game.

The game was defensive struggle for both teams, There was only a total of six shots for the game, four by Swansea. Each team had one Shot On Goal. Swansea fans, all 21,088 started out vocal, but, they settled in a dull routine as play went back and forth. Newcastle went to an Agresive Mode to start the 2nd half bringing in Forward Jose Joselu to start the 2nd half. At 76’ Swansea followed suit when they brought in Andre Ayew. He sparked things up for Swansea but still no scoring occurred.
SWANSEA STATISTICS NEWCASTLE
4 SHOTS 2
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 1
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
4 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 4
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
2 CORNER KICKS 0
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0

SCORING

• NONE

NEXT MATCH: West Ham (1-2-0) vs Huddersfield (1-0-2)

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WEEK 4
9/11/17

WEST HAM 3 - 1 HUDDRESFIELD

WEST HAM (TR 3; DEF 3) vs HUDDERSFIELD (TR 2; DEF 2)

West Ham, (1-1-1) was invaded by Huddersfield, (1-0-2), in the final match of Week 4. The first 20 minutes of the game was fairly even, but, at the 30’ mark Manual Lanzini buried a Penalty Kick for a 1-0 West Ham lead. This started a downward spire, at least in the first half, for Huddersfield. Michail Antono’s third goal of the season came in the 37’ with an assist from “Arthur” Masuaku. West Ham extended their lead to 3-nil when Marko Arnautovic scored his third goal of the season. The half ended with West Ham on top, 3-nil.

Huddersfield went to an aggressive formation to start the second half. It seemed to work as Rajiv van La Parra scored at the 59’ mark. It was his 3rd goal of the season. At 72’ West Ham went with a Defensive alignment and Huddersfield could get no closer.
WEST HAM STATISTICS HUDDERSFIELD
10 SHOTS 10
5 SHOTS ON GOAL 6
3 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 9
9 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 2
3 CORNER KICKS 3
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
1 PENALTY KICKS 0
1 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 1

SCORING

• WEST HAM

  • Lanzini 30’ PK
  • Antonio 37’ (Masuaku)
  • Arnautovic 44’

• HUDDERSFIELD

  • van La Parra 59’

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Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	“Manchester City”	4	1	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	5	1	5	10
2	Southhampton	4	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	4	1	4	10
3	Chelsea	4	2	0	0	5	2	1	0	1	3	3	3	9
4	“West Ham”	4	1	0	1	4	4	1	1	0	4	2	2	7
5	Everton	4	2	0	0	4	0	0	1	1	3	5	2	7
6	Arsenal	4	1	0	1	3	3	1	1	0	5	4	1	7
7	“Tottenham Hotspur”	4	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	1	2	2	1	7
8	“West Bromwich Albion”	4	1	1	0	4	3	0	2	0	3	3	1	6
9	Swansea	4	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	5
10	“Newcastle United”	4	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	0	2	1	0	5
11	“Brighton & Hove Albion”	4	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	1	0	-1	5
12	Liverpool	4	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	1	3	3	-1	4
13	Watford	4	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	-1	4
14	“Manchester United”	4	1	0	1	2	3	0	1	1	0	3	-4	4
15	Burnley	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1	3
16	“Crystal Palace”	4	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	1	-1	3
17	“Stoke City”	4	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	6	-3	3
18	Huddersfield	4	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	1	3	4	-3	3
19	Bournemouth	4	0	0	2	1	4	1	0	1	2	2	-3	3
20	“Leicester City”	4	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	4	-3	1

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LEADERS AFTER WEEK 4 MATCHES

GOALS
Ayoze Perez (4) Newcastle United
Jay Rodriguez (4) West Bromwich Albion

8 tied with 3

ASSISTS
Joshua King (3) Bournemouth
Mohamed Salah (3) Liverpool

8 Tied with 2

There was one Hat Trick through Week 4 - Jordan Ayew, Swansea

[BuffaloHead]

Glad to see you posting! If I read correctly on the other forum you had a pretty tough health situation. Hope you are feeling better!

[dbacknate]

How many games are you going to play before playoffs?

[jimsce]

Thanks for reaching. I had a pretty big heart attack, the one they call the widowmaker. Fortunately, I survived that and luckily I had “minimal” heart damage. Feeling good and playing away.
Jim

[jimsce]

It’s a 38 game regular season. Thanks for following.
Jim

[dbacknate]

WOW! Glad to hear you are doing well and back to playing again!

[BuffaloHead]

@jimsce So glad to hear that the damage was minimal. My father in law went through that over 20 years ago and he is still going strong! (He grumbles about some if the dietary changes from time to time).

[jimsce]

The diet sucks I don’t know if it will help me live longer of if it will just seem longer

Jim

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WEEK 4
9/15/17

BOURNEMOUTH 0 - 0 BRIGHTON

BOURNEMOUTH (TR 3; DEF 2) vs BRIGHTON (TR 1; DEF 2)

Bournemouth, (1-0-3) played host to Brighton, (1-2-1) and they played to a nil-nil draw. Bournemouth record now improves to 1-1-3 as they pick up one point. Brighton now has 6 Points and they sit a 1-3-1. Brighton had a chance to win this game. Bournemouth’s Forward, Joshua King, was sent off with a Red Card in the 26th minute and while Brighton out-shot Bournemouth, 5-2, they could not score. Brighton had four shots on goal but Asmir Begovic thwarted all four.

BOURNEMOUTH STATISTICS BRIGHTON
2 SHOTS 5
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
4 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 4
1 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
1 CORNER KICKS 0
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFFSIDES 0

SCORING

• NONE

NEXT MATCH: Crystal Palace (0-3-1) vs Southampton (3-1-0)

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WEEK 5
9/16/17

CRYSTAL PALACE 1 - 1 SOUTHAMPTON

Crystal Palace dominated the first half of play. Seven of their eight shots in the game came in the first half. Their first goal came early. At the 3’ mark Andros Townsend took a Dirct kick, (from B, and beat Fraser Forster for a 1-nil Crystal Palace lead. It was Townsend’s first goal of the season.

The first hal of the second half was a defensive tussle, but, Southampton went to an aggressive formation at the 57’ mark and slowly they began to dominate, even though Crystal tried a more defensive posture at about 71’. The agreesive formation pad off for Southampton at the 79’ mark when Nathan Redmond beat Wayne Hennessy to tie the game at 1-1. It was Redmond’s second goal of the season and it came with an assist by Dusan Tadic, his second assist of the season.

Southampton still does not have a loss as they sit 3-0-2. Crystal Palace still is winless at 0-4-1; they have played to a draw in their last four matches.
CRYSTAL PALACE STATISTICS SOUTHAMPTON
8 SHOTS 5
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 1
1 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
6 FOULS COMMITTED 7
7 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
3 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
1 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFF-SIDES 2

SCORING

• CRYSTAL PALACE

  • Townsend 3’

• SOUTHAMPTON

  • Redmond 79’ (Tadic)

NEXT MATCH: Huddersfield (1-0-3) vs Leicester City (0-1-3)

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WEEK 5
9/16/17

HUDDERSFIELD 1 - 1 LEICESTER

HUDDERSFIELD (TR 3; DEF 3) LEICESTER CITY (TR 2; DEF 1)

Huddersfield came into this match with a 1-0-3 record and were looking forward to their second win of the season. Leicester City had one draw and three losses, so, the chaps were looking for their first win.

Leicester started fast when, at 3’, Riyad Mahrez, scored a goal on a Free Kick, (from C). It was his first goal of the season. Leicester then hung tough and had the prize in sight when, at the 77’ mark, Steve Mounie beat Kasper Schmeichel with the game tying goal. Huddersfield had a chance at victory. As extra time wound down, (90+3), Rajiv van La Parra, missed a shot, from B), as the ball soared over the net. It would have been his 4th goal of the season.

HUDDERSFIELD STATISTICS LEICESTER CITY
7 SHOTS 6
2 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
1 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 0
8 FOULS COMMITTED 5
5 FOULS SUFFERED 8
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
1 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFF-SIDES 1

SCORING

• HUDDERSFIELD

  • Mounie 77’ (Mooy)

• LEICESTER CITY

  • Mahrez 3’)

NEXT MATCH: Liverpool (1-1-2) vs Burnley (0-3-1)

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WEEK 5
9/16/17

LIVERPOOL 0 - 1 BURNLEY

LIVERPOOL (TR 4; DEF 4) vs BURNLEY (TR 3; DEF 3)

Burnley, (0-3-1), still looking for their first three point of the season, invaded Anfield Stadium to challenge a favored Liverpool, (1-1-2). Surprisingly to the Liverpool team, and the mostly 54,074 Liverpool fans, Burnley defeated Liverpool, 1 - Nil. The only score of the match came early, in the 10th minute, when Johann Gudmundsson, beat Liverpool Goalie, Loris Karius, with an assist from Matt Lowton. It was Icelandic’s second goal of the season.

Liverpool almost pulled out a tie last in the second half. In the final three minute they had shots, but, each one was just missed, all three going over the net.

Coming into today’s match Burnley had tied their last three matches.

LIVERPOOL STATISTICS BURNLEY
9 SHOTS 7
2 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
1 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 1
1 FOULS COMMITTED 5
5 FOULS SUFFERED 1
0 RED CARDS 5
0 YELLOW CARDS 2
2 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFF-SIDES 2

SCORING

• BURNLEY Gudmundsson 10’ (Lowton)
  NEXT MATCH: Newcastle United (1-2-1) vs Stoke City (0-3-1)

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WEEK 5
9/16/17

NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 - 1 STOKE CITY

NEWCASTLE UNITED (TR 3; DEF 4) vs STOKE CITY (TR 2; DEF 1

Newcastle United, (2-2-1), picked up three points with a 2-1 victory over Stoke City, (03-1). Newcastle’s first goal came after a steal. Jamaal Lascelles score at 29’ with an assist from Ayoze Perez. It was Lascelles first goal of the season and the second assist for Perez.

At the 63’ Christian buried a Free, (Direct) Kick from “B” for a 2 - Nil Newcastle lead.

Stoke City struggled on Defense most of the game; they did finally manage a score at 78’ “Eric-Maxim” Choupo-Moting beat Martin Dubravka with an assist from Mame Diouf. It was Choup-Moting’s second goal of the season and Diouf’s first assist.

Dubravaka was making his his start of the season. He turned away two of the thre three Stoke City Shots on Goal for the victory.

The win was a bit costly for Newcastle Dwight Gayle went down with an injury early, at the 2’ mark. He is expected to miss at least one game.

Stoke City is still winless this season.

NEWCASTLE STATISTICS STOKE CITY
6 SHOTS 6
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
2 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 1
7 FOULS COMMITTED 8
8 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 2
2 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFF-SIDES 0

SCORING

• NEWCASTLE

  • Lascelles 29’ (Perez)
  • Atsu 63’ FK

• STOKE CITY

  • Choupo-Moting 78’ (Diouf)

NEXT MATCH: Watford, (1-1-2) vs Manchester City (3-1-0)

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WEEK 5
9/16/17

WATFORD 0 - 0 MANCHESTER CITY

WATFORD (TR 3; DEF 2) vs MANCHESTER CITY (TR 5; DEF 4)

ManchesterCity was supoosed to win this match, but, Watford played tougher than expected and the game ended in a scoreless draw. Watford played Manchester City even in the first half. Manchester City switched to an aggressive offense in the 2nd half. It resulted in several shots on goal but in each case the Watford Goalie, Heurelho Gomes turned away all five second half shots.

Manchester did pick up a point for the tie and sits even with Southampton atop the Tables with 11 points.

WATFORD STATISTICS MANCHESTER CITY
4 SHOTS 8
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 0
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
8 FOULS COMMITTED 3
3 FOULS SUFFERED 8
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 0
2 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFF-SIDES 2

SCORING

• NONE
  NEXT MATCH: West Brumwich (1-3-0) vs West Ham (2-1-1)