EPL 2017-18 REPLAY

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WEEK 7
10/1/2017

(9 of 10)

EVERTON Nil - 2 BURNLEY
EVERTON (2-2-2) vs Burnley (2-3-1)

EVERTON (TR 3; DEF 3) vs BURNLEY (TR 3; DEF 3)

It was going to be a long day for Everton when their top player, Dominic Calvert-Lewin was Red Carded at the 2’ o the first half. At the 11’ mark Ben Mee took a pass fromJohann Gudmundsson and beat Everton Goalie, Jordan Pickford, for a 1-0 Burnley lead. It was Mee’s first goal of the season.

Despite being a man down most of the match Everton played tough, but, Chris Wood took a perfect Corner Kick from Gudmundsson at 86’ for a 2-0 lead. At that point the game was effectively over. For Wood it was his second goal of the season. Burnley wins the match, 2- Nil.

Burnly has won three straight matches and sits in 4th place at the League Tables. Their position could change if Newcastle can beat Liverpool in the Week 7’s final match.

EVERTON STATISTICS BURNLEY
2 SHOTS 7
2 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
0 GOALS 2
0 ASSISTS 1
6 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 6
1 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
0 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 1
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFF-SIDES 0

SCORING:

• BURNLEY
  Mee 11’ (Gudmundsson)
  Wood 86’ Corner Kick

NEXT MATCH: Newcastle United (3-2-1) vs Liverpool (2-1-3)

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WEEK 8
10/14/2017

(1 of 10)

LIVERPOOL 1 - 1 MANCHESTER UNITED
LIVERPOOL (3-1-3) vs Manchester U (3-1-3)

LIVERPOOL (TR 4; DEF 4) vs MANCHESTER U TR 3; DEF 3)

Both teams came into today’s match with identical 3-1-3 records. Until the 90+2, right at the last tick, it looked like Man U would take three points and climb the ladder thanks to Jesse Lingard’s third goal of the season. It came in the 31’ on a perfect fee from Ashley Young’s second assist on the season.

Liverpool dominated much of the game but Manchester U’s Goalee was up to task on the first five shots that found the target. Just as time expired, however Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain blasted an unassisted shot past de Gea to tie the match as time expired. 54,074 fans erupted at Anfield Stadium as Liverpool stole a point at the very last second.

LIVERPOOL STATISTICS MANCHESTER U
10 SHOTS 5
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
1 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
7 FOULS COMMITTED 4
4 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
1 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 1
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFF-SIDES 1

SCORING:

• Liverpool

  • Oxlade-Chamberlain 90+2’

• MANCHESTER U

  • Lingard 31’(Young)

NEXT MATCH: Tottenham (3-2-2) vs Bournemouth (1-3-3)

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WEEK 8
10/14/2017

(1 of 10)

LIVERPOOL 1 - 1 MANCHESTER UNITED
LIVERPOOL (3-1-3) vs Manchester U (3-1-3)

LIVERPOOL (TR 4; DEF 4) vs MANCHESTER U TR 3; DEF 3)

Both teams came into today’s match with identical 3-1-3 records. Until the 90+2, right at the last tick, it looked like Man U would take three points and climb the ladder thanks to Jesse Lingard’s third goal of the season. It came in the 31’ on a perfect fee from Ashley Young’s second assist on the season.

Liverpool dominated much of the game but Manchester U’s Goalee was up to task on the first five shots that found the target. Just as time expired, however Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain blasted an unassisted shot past de Gea to tie the match as time expired. 54,074 fans erupted at Anfield Stadium as Liverpool stole a point at the very last second.

LIVERPOOL STATISTICS MANCHESTER U
10 SHOTS 5
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
1 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
7 FOULS COMMITTED 4
4 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
1 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 1
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFF-SIDES 1

SCORING:

• Liverpool

  • Oxlade-Chamberlain 90+2’

• MANCHESTER U

  • Lingard 31’(Young)

NEXT MATCH: Tottenham (3-2-2) vs Bournemouth (1-3-3)

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WEEK 8
10/14/2017

(3 of 10)

CRYSTAL PALACE Nil - 1 CHELSEA
CRYSTAL PALACE (1-4-2) vs CHELSEA (6-0-1)

CRYSTAL PALACE (TR3; DEF 3) vs CHELSEA (TR 3; DEF 3)

Chelsea continued their winnig way as they win 6th consecutive game by defeating a stubborn Crystal Palace 1- Nil. The lone goal of the game was scored by Davide Zappacosta, (his 1st of the season). The assist went to Cesar Azpilicueta. The goal came in the 39th minute.

It was a very physical game with Crystal Palace amassing 8 fouls, including Yellow Cards by Patrick van Aanholt and Joel Ward. Chelsea amassed even more fous - 13 in all, but, no Yellow or Red Cards.

Chelsea sits atop the League Table with 21 points. No team will displace them this week.

CRYSTAL PALACE STATISTICS CHELSEA
8 SHOTS 5
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
8 FOULS COMMITTED 13
13 FOULS SUFFERED 8
0 RED CARDS 0
2 YELLOW CARDS 0
3 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFF-SIDES 1

SCORING:

• Chelsea
• Zappascosta 39’ (Azpilicueta)

NEXT MATCH: Manchester City (4-2-1) vs Stoke City (0-4-3)

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WEEK 8
10/14/2017

(4 of 10)

MANCHESTER CITY 2 - 1 STOKE CITY
MANCHESTER CITY (4-2-1) vs STOKE CITY (0-4-3)

MANCHESTER CITY (TR 5; DEF 4) vs STOKE CITY (TR 2; DEF 1)

This match was much closer than expected considering the relative strengths of each team both offensively and defensively, but, close it was. Manchester City, coming off a loss to Chelsea last week, desperately needed a win this week. They got the 2-1 win, but, it was a tussle. It was a struggle for Man U even though Stoke City startng Midfielder, Choupo- Moting, was Red Carded 19’ into the game. At the half the neith team had scored.

56’ into the second half Peter Crouch scored on a Corner Kick from Xherdan Shaqiri for a 1-Nil Stoke City lead. It was his first goal of the season. This seemed to wake up Man C.

David Silva scored on a Corner Kick at the 59’ mark. Just six minutes later Raheem Sterling also scored off a Corner Kick for a 2-1 Machester City lead. That proved to be the final. It was Sterling’s second goal of the season and Silva’s first goal of the season.

Manchester City remains in second place in the Table, four points behind first place Chelsea.

MANCHESTER CITY STATISTICS STOKE CITY
7 SHOTS 5
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
2 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 0
5 FOULS COMMITTED 3
3 FOULS SUFFERED 5
0 RED CARDS 1
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
3 CORNER KICKS 2
3 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 1
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFF-SIDES 0

SCORING:

• MAN C

• D Silva 59’ Sterling 65’

• STOKE C

• Crouch 56’

NEXT MATCH: Burnley ((3-3-1) vs West Ham United (2-3-2)

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WEEK 8
10/14/2017

(5 of 10)

BURNLEY 3 - NIL WEST HAM UNITED
BURNLEY (3-3-1) vs WEST HAM (2-3-2)

BURNLEY (TR 3; DEF 4) vs WEST HAM (TR DEF 1)

Burnley played host to West Ham United and were favored to win the game and they did not disappoint the 21,401 fans at Turf Moor Stadium. West Ham played surprisingly tough for the vast majority of the first half, but, Burnley, who have now won their last four games, wore them down. At 45’+1’ Johann Gudmundsson buried a shot past West Ham Adrian for a 1-Nil lead. Chris Wood got the save. It was Gudmundsson’s third goal of the season.

The second half of the match belonged to Burnley. They dominated. It’s almost as if the last first half goal of Burnley took the air out of the sails of West Ham.

Ashley Barnes, who had been scoreless through the first seven matches this season, hit a Corner Kick at 72’ for a 2- Nil Burnley lead. It was the first of two goals for Barnes today. Barnes scored again at 83’ with another assist from Wood. That capped the scoring for the day at 3-Nil.

Burnley sits in 3rd place with 15 Points. Southampton, who plays New Castle United later today, could catch Burnly if they win.
BURNLEY STATISTICS WEST HAM
11 SHOTS 1
7 SHOTS ON GOAL 0
3 GOALS 0
2 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 10
10 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 3
5 CORNER KICKS 0
1 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFF-SIDES 0

SCORING:

• BURNLEY
• Gudmundsson 45+1 (Wood)
  Barnes 72’ CK
  Barney 83’ (Wood)

Swansea City (2-3-2) vs Huddersfield Town (1-1-5)

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WEEK 8
10/14/2017

(6 of 10)

SWANSEA CITY 1 - 1 HUDDERSFIELD
SWANSEA CITY (2-3-2) vs HUDDERSFIELD (1-1-5)

SWANSEA CITY (TR2; DEF 3) vs HUDDERSFIELD (TR 2; DEF 2)

Swansea City should have won this game. They were their own worst enemy. Ki Sung-Yueng’s second goal of the season came at the 18’ mark off a Corner Kick to give Swansea City a 1-nil lead. He then did the unthinkable at the 35’ mark - he was Red Carded. Still Swansea City held their own until their second huge mistake of the game. Midfielder Samuel Clucas headed the ball in the wrong direction scoring an “Own Goal” and tying the match at 1-1 at 82’. A bitter ending for Swansea who had hopes of moving up in the Tables farther than one point

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

SCORING:

• SWANSEA

• Sung-Yueng 18’

• HUDDERSFIELD
  Clucas - 82’ OWN GOAL

NEXT MATCH: Watford (2-3-2) vs Arsenal (3-2-2)

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WEEK 8
10/14/2017

(7 of 10)

WATFORD 0 - 0 ARSENAL
WATFORD (2-4-1) vs ARSENAL (3-3-1)

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

Not much to write about as this ws a pretty lackluster match. It did get a bit a of dram with 30 seconds remainingArsenal’s Granit Xhaka fird a shot on goal after a steal to Area B, but, as he did four other times, Heurelho Gomes stopped the shot and preserved the scoreless tie.

Due to a Red Card in Aresnal’s previous match, Defender Sead Kolasinac was ineligible for today’s match.

WATFORD STATISTICS ARSENAL
4 SHOTS 8
3 SHOTS ON GOAL 5
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 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
3 OFF-SIDES 0

SCORING: NONE

NEXT MATCH: BRIGHTON (1-4-2) vs EVERTON (2-2-3)

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WEEK 8
10/15/2017

(8 of 10)

BRIGHTON Nil - 1 EVERTON
Brighton (1-4-2) vs Everton (2-2-3)

BRIGHTON (TR 3; DEF 3) vs Everton (TR2; DEF 2)

A very “quiet” match as both teams seemed to content to just run up and down the pitch. EVerton scored the only goal of the match when, at the 52’ mark, Seamus Coleman scored his first goal of the season with an assist Gylfi Sigurdsson. Everton improves their record to 3-2-3 while Brighton drops to 1-4-3.

Brighton Forward, Glen Murray, was injured at the 40’ and left the game. He is not expected to miss any time. Countering that, Everton Forward, Dominic Calvert-Lewin was ineligible for today’s contest due a Red Card he received last match.
BRIGHTON STATISTICS EVERTON
5 SHOTS 3
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
2 FOULS COMMITTED 7
7 FOULS SUFFERED 2
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
0 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFF-SIDES 0

SCORING:

• Coleman 52’ (Sigurdsson)

NEXT MATCH: Southampton (3-3-1) vs New Castle United (3-2-2)

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WEEK 8
10/15/2017

(9 of 10)

SOUTHAMPTON 1 - NIL NEW CASTLE
Southampton (3-3-1) vs New Castle U (3-2-2)

SOUTHAMPTON (TR2; DEF 3) vs NEW CASTLE (TR 2; DEF 2)

Sometimes it is better to be very lucky than good. Case in point - Southampton’s 1- Nil victory over NewCastle United at St. Mary’s Stadium with 32,505 delirious Southampton fans left happily stunned. With the tick on the clock a lonh header by Southampton was redirected in the wrong direction by Newcastle Midfielder, Jonjo Shelvey. The ball whizzed by stunned Newcastle Goalkeeper ,KArl Darlow as time expired. It was an “Own Goal” for Shelvey.

Southampton now sits with Burnley tied for third, both with 15 points.

SOUTHAMPTON STATISTICS NEW CASTLE
8 SHOTS 10
0 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
9 FOULS COMMITTED 5
5 FOULS SUFFERED 9
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
2 CORNER KICKS 3
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
4 OFF-SIDES 0

SCORING:

• NEWCASTLE - Shelvey (90+2 - OWN GOAL)

NEXT MATCH: Leicester City (0-3-4) vs West Bromwich (2-4-1)