EPL 2017-18 REPLAY
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WEEK 4
9/11/17WEST 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 1SCORING
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WEST HAM
- Lanzini 30’ PK
- Antonio 37’ (Masuaku)
- Arnautovic 44’
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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 -
LEADERS AFTER WEEK 4 MATCHES
GOALS
Ayoze Perez (4) Newcastle United
Jay Rodriguez (4) West Bromwich Albion8 tied with 3
ASSISTS
Joshua King (3) Bournemouth
Mohamed Salah (3) Liverpool8 Tied with 2
There was one Hat Trick through Week 4 - Jordan Ayew, Swansea
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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!
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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.
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WEEK 4
9/15/17BOURNEMOUTH 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 0SCORING
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NEXT MATCH: Crystal Palace (0-3-1) vs Southampton (3-1-0)
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WEEK 5
9/16/17CRYSTAL 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 2SCORING
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CRYSTAL PALACE
- Townsend 3’
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SOUTHAMPTON
- Redmond 79’ (Tadic)
NEXT MATCH: Huddersfield (1-0-3) vs Leicester City (0-1-3)
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WEEK 5
9/16/17HUDDERSFIELD 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 1SCORING
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HUDDERSFIELD
- Mounie 77’ (Mooy)
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LEICESTER CITY
- Mahrez 3’)
NEXT MATCH: Liverpool (1-1-2) vs Burnley (0-3-1)
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WEEK 5
9/16/17LIVERPOOL 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 2SCORING
- BURNLEY Gudmundsson 10’ (Lowton)
NEXT MATCH: Newcastle United (1-2-1) vs Stoke City (0-3-1)
- BURNLEY Gudmundsson 10’ (Lowton)
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WEEK 5
9/16/17NEWCASTLE 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 0SCORING
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NEWCASTLE
- Lascelles 29’ (Perez)
- Atsu 63’ FK
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STOKE CITY
- Choupo-Moting 78’ (Diouf)
NEXT MATCH: Watford, (1-1-2) vs Manchester City (3-1-0)
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WEEK 5
9/16/17WATFORD 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 2SCORING
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NEXT MATCH: West Brumwich (1-3-0) vs West Ham (2-1-1)
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WEEK 5
9/16/17WEST BROMWICH ALBION 3 - 1 WEST HAM
WEST BROMWICH ALBION (TR 2; DEF 1) WEST HAM (TR 2 DEF 1)
This match was pretty close all the way through until very late in the second half. Then, West Bromwich scored two goals within 5 minutes to pull away to a 3-1 win over West Ham.
Jose Rondon put West Bromwich on top, 1-nil at the 28’ mark with an assist fromJonny Evans. (It was Rondon’s second goal of the season and also the second assist of the easond for Evans). West Ham finally broke the ice with a goal at the 56’ byManuel Lanzini. The Argentinian scored his goal on a Free Kick after a foul by Rondon.
The match remained 1-1 until Grzegorz Krychowiak found the net at 87’ on a Corner Kick. It was his first goal of the season. Five minutes later Jay Rodriguez scored his 5th goal in 5 matches with a big assist from late replacement Allen-Romeo Nyom.
West Bromwich now has 9 Points, teo points back of both Manchester City and Southampton. Chelsea also has 9 Points. Chelsea playe Arsenal leter today.
WEST BROMWICH STATISTICS WEST HAM
9 SHOTS 7
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
3 GOALS 1
2 ASSISTS 0
11 FOULS COMMITTED 9
9 FOULS SUFFERED 11
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 2
2 CORNER KICKS 1
1 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFF-SIDES 1SCORING
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WEST BROMWICS
- Rondon 28’ (evans
- Krychowiak 87’ CK
- Rodriguez 92’ (Nyom
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West Ham
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Lanzini 56’ FK
NEXT MATCH: Tottenham (2-1-1) ve Swansea (1-2-1)
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WEEK 5
9/16/17TOTTENHAM NIL - 1 SWANSEA
TOTTENHAM (TR 4; DEF 4) vs SWANSEA (TR 2; DEF 2)
90,000 Totenham fans were stunned into silence as Swansea, an underdog, defeated Tottenham, 1-Nil. The game’s only score came in the first minute of play when Luciano Narsingh stuck a shot, (from E), that beat a surprised Tottenham Goalee, Paulo Gazzaniga.
Totenham kept pressing the first half but Swansea, who started the game with an Aggressive Offensive formation, would not bend.Swansea Goalee, Lukasz Fabianski turned away three goals, total, two in the first half.
Swansea swiched to a Defensive posture right at the beginning of the second half. Tottenham went to an Aggressive Offense formation at 61’ mark, but, as in the first half, Swansea would not break.
Swansea is sitting with 8 Points, three behid co-leaders Manchester City and Southampton.
TOTTENHAM STATISTICS SWANSEA
4 SHOTS 6
3 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 0
4 FOULS COMMITTED 4
4 FOULS SUFFERED 4
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
1 CORNER KICKS 3
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFF-SIDES 1SCORING:
- SWANSEA
- Narsingh 1’
-NEXT MATCH: Chelsea (3-0-1) vs Arsenal (2-1-1)
- SWANSEA
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WEEK 5
9/17/17CHELSEA 1 - 0 ARSENAL
CHELSEA (TR 4; DEF 4) vs ARSENAL (TR 2; DEF 2)
This was as entertaining a game as I’ve played all season. Chelsea dominated at times, but, periodically Arsenal would make a strong runs. It was scoreless, however, until Willian hammered his 4th goal of the season at the 84’ mark. It came off a Free Kick.
Arsenal tried to rally, getting two shots, one on goal, in the final 1.5 minutes of the game but Thibaut Courtois was up to the task.
The win moves Chelsea into first place with 12 Points here is Week 5.
CHELSEA STATISTICS ARSENAL
13 SHOTS 7
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
1 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
7 FOULS COMMITTED 11
11 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 3
5 CORNER KICKS 3
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFF-SIDES 1SCORING:
- CHELSEA
- Willian 84’
-NEXT MATCH: Manchester United (1-1-2) vs Everton (2-1-1)
- CHELSEA
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WEEK 5
9/17/17MANCHESTER UNITED 3 - NIL EVERTON
MANCHESTER U (TR 5; DEF 5) vs EVERTON (TR 2; DEF 2)
Showing signs of life ater starting the season with two straight losses. Man U had their bet match to date as they easily defeated and over-matched Everton squad. Jesse Lingard and Romelu Lukaku, along with Paul Pogba devastated Everton.
Lukaku scored the first goal of the match at 26 off a Corner Kick from Pogba. At the 40’ Lingard did the same, again off a Corner Kick from Pogba. Lingard then scored his 2nd goal of the game, and 2nd goal of the season, to cap the scoring at 3 - Nil.
MANCHESTER U STATISTICS EVERTON
16 SHOTS 3
9 SHOTS ON GOAL 0
3 GOALS 0
3 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
3 CORNER KICKS 0
2 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
2 OFF-SIDES 3SCORING:
- MANCHESTER U
- Lukaku 26’ PK (Pogba)
- Lingard 40’ PK (Pogba)
- Lingard 51’ (Lukaku)
- MANCHESTER U
