EPL 2017-18 REPLAY
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WEEK 2
8/19/17SWANSEA 3 - NIL MANCHESTER UNITED
SWANSEA (TR 2; DEF 3) vs MANCHESTER UNITED (TR 3; DEF 3)
Last weeks humiliating defeat of Manchester United by West Ham was surpassed this week when Swansea accumulated their first points of the season with a 3-Nil whitewashing of Man U. Manchester United has yet to score a goal this season.
Jordan Ayew scored all three goals for Swansea. His first came at 11’ with an assist fromTom Carroll. At the 66’ mark it was Ayew again, this time beating David de Gea with an assist fromKi Sung-Yeung. Ayeu’s ;ast goal came as time expired ad 90+2, again with an assist from Carroll.
Rumor has it there could be a change at goal for Man U, or a change in tactics, or both, but, either way, it is obvious Manchester United needs to turn things around quickly.
On the flip side Lukasz Fabianski, Swansea Goalie, stopped all five shots fired by Manchester United.
SWANSEA STATISTICS MANCHESTER UNITED
8 SHOTS 8
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 5
3 GOALS 0
3 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
2 CORNER KICKS 3
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY SHOTS 0
0 PENALTY SHOTS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 2SCORING
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- J Ayew 11’ (Carroll)
- J Ayew 66’ (Sung-Yeung)
- J Ayew 90+2 (Carroll)
NEXT MATCH: Bournemouth (0-0-0) vs Watford (0-0-0)
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WEEK 2
8/19/17BOURNEMOUTH NIL - 1 WATFORD
BOURNEMOUTH (TR 3; DEF 2) vs WATFORD (TR 2; DEF 2)
Both of these teams were looking to pickup their first points of the season. Watford did it with a 1-Nil win on the road at Dean Court in front of 11,360 dejected fans.
The first half was spirited; each team took four shots. None found the net. All told Bournemouth had eight shots, but, only one was on goal and none found the back of the net.
Roberto Pereyra did find the net for Watford one minute into the secon half. His shot beat Asmir Begovic after taking a splendid pass fromJose Holebas.
Watford’s Forward, Stefan Okaka was injured in the 69’ and left the game. He was replaced by Defender, Francisco Femenia.
BOURNEMOUTH STATISTICS WATFORD
8 SHOTS 10
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
9 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 9
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
3 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY SHOTS 0
0 PENALTY SHOTS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0SCORING
- WATFORD Pereyra 48’ (Jose Holebas)
NEXT MATCH: Burnley vs W Bromwich Albion
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WEEK 2
8/19/17BURNLEY 2 - 2 WEST BROMWICH ALBION
BURNLEY (TR 3; DEF 4) vs WEST BROMWICH (TR2; DEF 3)
These two teams played a wild first six minutes of the game. The 1’ mark saw West Bromwich on the board, 1-Nil when Jay Rodriguez took a pass from Matt Phillips and then beat Burnley Goalie, Nick Pope.
The 1 Nil lead lasted exactly one minute. Burnley scored on a Corner Kick by Johann Gudmundsson to tie the match at 1-1.
At the 6’ mark Jack Cork scored a goal beating Ben Foster with Jeff Hendrick getting an assist. Cork, at 3’ , got his first Yellow Card; he scored at 6’ and received his second Yellow Card, and was out of the match at the 7’ mark. Burnly held a 2-1 lead before an exhilarated crowd at Turf Moore Stadium.
West Bromwich took advantage of being a man up and tied the game when Rodriguez scored his 2nd goal with an assist from Jose Rondon at the 30’ mark. The score was now knotted at 2-2 and both teams went to the locker rooms tied at the end of the first half.
Burnley started the second half by adding a defenseman, Kevin Long, to replace forward Chris Wood to try ad counter being a man down. Countering, West Bromwich substituted forward Jake Livermore for Defender Craig Dawson to put pressure on the out-manned Burnley Defense.
Despite the West Bromwich more aggressive formation, neither team scored in the second half and the game ended in a 2-2, each team picking up one point.
BURNLEY STATISTICS WEST BROMWICH
5 SHOTS 7
3 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
2 GOALS 2
1 ASSISTS 2
7 FOULS COMMITTED 9
9 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
3 YELLOW CARDS 1
1 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 1
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 3SCORING
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Gudmundsson 2’
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WEST BRUNWICH
Rodriguez 1’ (Phillips)
Rodriguez 30’(Rondon)
NEXT MATCH: Leicester (0-0-1) vs Brighton (0-0-1)
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WEEK 2
8/19/17LEICESTER 0 - 0 BRIGHTON
LEICESTER (TR 3; DEF 3) vs BRIGHTON (TR 1; DEF 2)
Leicester should be embarrased. In the 36’ Brighton Midfielder, Solly March, was Red Carded. In the 57’ Brighton Jose Izquierdo was also Red Carded, so, for much of the game Leicester had a two man advantage. And with that advantage, Leicester failed to score.
In part Leicester failed to score because of the tremendous Goaleeping of Brighton’s Matt Gray. Leicester had five Shots On Goal and Gray stopped all of them and caught and held-on to three of them.
So each team picked up their first Point of the season but Leicester missed out on almost certain three points.
LEICESTER STATISTICS BRIGHTON
10 SHOTS 3
5 SHOTS ON GOAL 1
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
3 FOULS COMMITTED 12
12 FOULS SUFFERED 3
0 RED CARDS 2
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
3 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0SCORING - None
NEXT MATCH: Liverpool (1-0-0) vs Crystal Palace (0-0-1)
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WEEK 2
8/19/17LIVERPOOL 1 - 1 CRYSTAL PALACE
LIVERPOOL (TR 4; DEF 4) vs CRYSTAL PALACE (TR 2; DEF 3)
Liverpool dominated play all day, except on the scoreboard. Actually, Liverpool held a 1-Nil on the strength of an Emre Can goal in the 57’ with a huge assist from Mohamed Salas. Liverpool had 16 shots in the match; eight of them were on goal, but, Crystal Palace Goalie, Wayne Hennessey stopped seven of them.
Then, in the 89’ the improbable offurred. Patrick van Aanholt struck a long shot, (from Section F). To the shock of over 54,000 Liverpool fans the ball went past Loris Karius who had come out of goal further than he should have. The result was Crystal Palace picked up their first point of the season with a 1-1 tie.
Liverpool has two goals this season; both were scored by Can.
LIVERPOOL STATISTICS CRYSTAL PALACE
16 SHOTS 6
8 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
2 GOALS 1
2 ASSISTS 0
2 FOULS COMMITTED 4
4 FOULS SUFFERED 2
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
6 CORNER kICKS 3
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY LICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0SCORING
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LIVERPOOL - Can 57’ (Salah)
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CRYATAL PALACE - Van Aanholt 89’
NEXT MATCH: West Ham vs Southampton
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WEEK 2
8/19/17WEST HAM 1 - 3 SOUTHAMPTON
WEST HAM (TR 3; DEF 3) vs SOUTHAMPTON (TR 2; DEF 2)
Both teams started the season with wins in Week One, but, at the end of this match it was Southampton who now has Six Points after today’s 3-1 win against West Ham. West Ham had an uphill struggle when they lost two starters to injuries. A big loss was Manuel Lanzini; the Midfielder went down at 8’. Twenty-six minutes later, at the 34’ mark, Midfielder Mark Noble left the pitch with an injury. Still West Ham took a 1-nil lead in the 25’ makr on a goal by Marko Arnautovic.
It did not take long for Southampton to respond. At 27’ Soufiane Boufal scored to tie the game at 1-1. And that’s the way the score remained as the first half ended.
It became apparent that the loss of two starters, particularly Lanzini started to take it’s toll in the 2nd half. Dusan Tadic beat Adrian in the net at the 46’ mark with an assist from Shne Long to up the score to 3-1; that proved to be the final.
Southampton is bow 2-0-0 with six points.
The injuries to Lanzini and Noble do appear to be serious enough where they will have to miss any games.
WEST HAM STATISTICS SOUTHAMPTON
8 SHOTS 10
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 7
1 GOALS 3
0 ASSISTS 1
5 FOULS COMMITTED 9
9 FOULS SUFFERED 5
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 3
2 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
5 OFFSIDES 1SCORING
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West Ham
- Arnautovic 25’
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SOUTHAMPTON
- Boufal 27’
- Tadic 46’
- Tadic (Long)
NEST MATCH: 8/20 - Huddersfield (1-0-0) vs New Castle (0-0-1)
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WEEK 2
8/20/17HUDDERSFIELD 1 - 2 NEWCASTLE UNITED
HUDDERSFIELD (TR 3; DEF 3) vs NEWCASTLE (TR 2; DEF 2)
Huddersfield, who opened with a win on the road las week against Crystal Palace, were looking for three more points against Newcastle in Huddersfield home opener. Newcastle and specifically Ayoze Perez and Dwight Gayle, had other ideas. Huddersfield dominated play in the first half but found themselves trailing, 1-0 going to the locker room. At 45+3 Ayoze Perez beat Jonas Lossl after taking a pass from Gayle to give Newcastle a 1-Nil lead.
The 53’ the duo hit yet again. Perez again Lossl with an assist from Gayle for a 2-nil Newcastle lead. Huddersfield was againg dominating play and finally scored a goal in the 77’ Tommy Smith beat Karl Darlow to cut the lead in half, 2-1/ Hudersfield woud get no closer.
In somewhat of a surprise move Darlow started in goal instead of Bob Elliot, who was in goal for Newcastle in their season opener. Darlow performed well, stopping three of the for SOG from Huddersfield.
HUDDERSFIELD STATISTICS NEWCASTLE
12 SHOTS 7
4 SHOTS ON GOALS 3
1 GOALS 2
0 ASSISTS 2
6 FOULS COMMITTED 8
8 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
7 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKE 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0SCORING
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HUDDERSFIELD
- Smith 77’
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NEW CASTLE
- Perez 45+3 (Gayle)
- Perez 53’ (Gayle)
NEXT MATCH: Tottenham (1-0-0) vs Chelsea (1-0-0)
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WEEK 2
8/20/17TOTTENHAM 2 - 1 CHELSEA
TOTTENHAM (TR 4; DEF 4) vs CHELSEA (TR 3; DEF 3)
Both team won in week one. Tottenham expected to win this one, and they did, but, not the way expected. Under the category “it’s better to be lucky than good”, Tottenham was very lucky. Chelsea scored two OWN GOALS, TWO. One by Marcos Alonso at 41’, and then, in almost an exact replay, Willian did it at the 74’.
How fortunate was Tottenham, they had two Red Cards against them. In the 8’ Moussa Dembele was Red Carded; At the 66’ mark Moussa Sissoko was Red carded. Given Tottenham was two men down, they were, indeed, lucky to win the match.
Chelsea did score one goal for themselves . Willian hit at the 70’ mark.
Tottenham had six Shots On Goal and Thibaut Courtois stopped all six.
TOTTENHAM STATISTICS CHELSEA
8 SHOTS 5
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 1
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
4 FOULS COMMITTED 7
7 FOULS SUFFERED 4
2 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 0
2 CORNER KICKS 0
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 3
0 OWN GOALS 2SCORING
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TOTTENHAM- two goals scored by opposing team
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CHELSEA
-Willian 70’ (Alonso)
NEXT MATCH: Stoke City (0-0-1) vs Arsenal (1-0-0)
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WEEK 2
8/20/17STOKE CITY 2 - 2 ARSENAL
STOKE CiTY - (TR 2; DEF 2) vs Arsenal (TR 2; DEF 2)
Stoke City was trying to earn their first points of the season and Arsenal was trying to stay in the win column for the second straight week. The two teams played to a 2-2 tie. Arsenal was fortunate to earn the tie as they played a man down from the 21’ when Henrikh Mkhitaryan was hit with a Red Card.
Jean-Eric Choupo-Moting gave Stoke City a 1 - Nil lead at the 11’ mark with an assist from Erik Pieters. when Mkhitaryan was Red Carded in the 21’ Stoke City fans had hopes for a three point day, but, it did not materialize.
Danny Welbeck tied the score in the 27’ with an assist from Aaron Ramsey.
Ramsey gave Arsenal a 2-1 lead with an unassisted goal in the 60’. A Trap was attempted by Stoke City, but, it failed and the no flag went up as Ramsey beat Jack Butland.
Just one minute later Kurt Zouma scored the tying goal assisted by Peter Crouch. The game ended in a 2-2 tie.
STOKE CITY STATISTICS ARSENAL
10 SHOTS 3
5 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
2 GOALS 2
2 ASSISTS 1
6 FOULS COMMITTED 2
2 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 1
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
1 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFFSIDES 0SCORING
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Choupo-Moting 11’ (Pieters)
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ARSENAL
Welbeck 27’ (Ramsey)
Ramsey 60’
NEXT MATCH: Manchester City (1-0-0) vs Everton (1-0-0)
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WEEK 2
8/21/17MANCHESTER CITY 1 - 1 EVERTON
MANCHESTER CITY (TR 5; DEF 4) vs EVERTON (TR 2; DEF 2)
One play made the difference between Everton getting no points fo the week and getting one point by earning a surprising 1-1 tie with Man C. For Man C this was a highly disappointing game. They fully expected three points.
THE PLAY - Manchester City attempted a trap, and it failed miserably. Morgan Schneiderlin perfectly timed the play as Dominic Calvert-Lewin perfectly timed and placed pass led to a 1-0 Everton lead.
Manchester City had seven shots on goal, but, Everton Goalee, Jordan Pickford, stopped all but one frustrating Man C as the game wore on.
Each team now has four points at the end of week two.
MANCHESTER C STATISTICS EVERTON
9 SHOTS 5
7 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
1 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 1
5 FOULS COMMITTED 3
2 FOULS SUFFERED 5
0 RED CARDS 0
2 YELLOW CARDS 0
2 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 1SCORING
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MAN C
Sane 49’ (De Bruyne) -
EVERTON
Schneiderlin 24’ (Calvert-Lewin)
WEEK 3 STARTS
NEXT MATCH: Bournemouth (0-0-2) vs Manchester City (1-1-0)
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SHORT FORM TABLE
Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts 1 Southhampton 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 6 2 “Tottenham Hotspur” 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 6 3 Everton 2 1 1 0 4 1 3 4 4 “Manchester City” 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 4 5 Arsenal 2 1 1 0 4 3 1 4 6 “West Bromwich Albion” 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4 7 Liverpool 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 4 8 Swansea 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 3 9 Huddersfield 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 10 “Newcastle United” 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 11 “West Ham” 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3 12 Chelsea 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3 13 Watford 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 14 Burnley 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1 15 “Crystal Palace” 2 0 1 1 2 3 -1 1 16 “Leicester City” 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1 17 “Brighton & Hove Albion” 2 0 1 1 0 2 -2 1 18 “Stoke City” 2 0 1 1 2 5 -3 1 19 Bournemouth 2 0 0 2 0 2 -2 0 20 “Manchester United” 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 0 -
LONG FORM TABLE:
Pos Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD Pts 1 Southhampton 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 3 6 2 “Tottenham Hotspur” 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 6 3 Everton 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 4 “Manchester City” 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 4 5 Arsenal 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 6 “West Bromwich Albion” 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 4 7 Liverpool 2 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 8 Swansea 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 3 9 Huddersfield 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 10 “Newcastle United” 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 11 “West Ham” 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 12 Chelsea 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 13 Watford 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 Burnley 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1 15 “Crystal Palace” 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 1 -1 1 16 “Leicester City” 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 -1 1 17 “Brighton & Hove Albion” 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 -2 1 18 “Stoke City” 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 3 -3 1 19 Bournemouth 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 0 20 “Manchester United” 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 -5 0 -
WEEK 3
8/26/17BOURNEMOUTH 1 - 3 MANCHESTER CITY
BOURNEMOUTH (TR3; DEF 2) vs MANCHESTER CITY (TR 5; DEF 4)
Manchester City, (2-1-0), had Rasheem Sterling in the lineup today after missing Week Two’s match due to a Red Card in Week 1. He was no real factor but his presence did seem to invigorate his mates as they win handily, 3-1. Kyle Walker got the Man C off to a quick start with a goal in the 7’ with an assist from David Silva.
Adam Smith gave Manchester Cuty fans a few gray hairs when he tied the game at 1-1 with an assist from Joshua King at the 37’. After that, the game belonged to Manchester City.
Sergia Aguero put Man C on top in the 54’ with an unassisted goal, then in the 73’Danilo scored to ice the match; Leroy assisted.
Bournemouth are still looking for the first points of the season as they currently stand 0-0-3. Smith’s goal is the only goal of the season for Bournemouth.
BOURNEMOUTH STATISTICS MANCHESTER CITY
4 SHOTS 9
2 SHOTS ON GOAL 6
1 GOALS 3
1 ASSISTS 2
3 FOULS COMMITTED 3
3 FOULS SUFFERED 3
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 0
1 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTHY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 3SCORING
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BOURNEMOUTH
- Adams (37’ (King)
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MANCHESTER CITY
- Walker 7’ (Silva)
- Aguero 54’
- Danilo 77’ (Sane
NEXT MATCH: Chelsea (1-0-1) vs Everton (1-1-0)
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WEEK 3
8/26/17CHELSEA 4 - 2 EVERTON
CHELSEA (TR 4; DEF 4) vs EVERTON (TR 2; DEF 2)
Chelsea came into the match as the favorite and they lived up to the bill with a 4-2 win, but, Everton played them tougher than expected, expecially in the first half. Willian scored fir Chelsea in the 9’ with an assist from Alvaro Morata. It was Willian’s second goal of this young season.
Calvert-Lewin tied the match with an unassisted goal in the 25’.
Marcos Alonso gave Chelsea a 2-1 lead with a goal in the 35’ with an assist from Cesar Azilpcueta. Eveton fought back hard and in the 41’ Idrissa Gueye was awarded a Penalty Kick and made good on it to tie the game at 2-2.
Not to be outdone Chelsea’s Eben Hazard scored on a Penalty Kick of his own in the 43’ and Chelsea went into the locker room with a 3-2 lead. After the Hazard goal Everton seemed to falter.
At 90+1 Morata scored Chelsea’s 4th goal; it was unassisted as Chelsea wins it, 4-2.
CHELSEA STATISTICS EVERTON
6 SHOTS 7
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
3 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 0
7 FOULS COMMITTED 4
4 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 0
3 CORNER KICKS 3
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
1 PENALTY KICKS 1
1 PENALTY KICKS MADE 1
2 OFFSIDES 1SCORING
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CHELSEA
- Willian 9’ (Morata)
- Alonso 35’ (Azpilicueta)
- Hazard 43’ PENALTY KICK
- Morata 90+1
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EVERTON
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Calvert 25’
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Gueye 41’ PENALTY KICK
NEXT MATCH: Crystal Palace (0-1-1) vs Swansea City (1-0-1)
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WEEK 3
8/26/17CRYSTAL PALACE 0 - 0 SWANSEA CITY
CRYSTAL PALACE (TR 3; DEF 3) vs SWANSEA CITY (TR 2; DEF 2)
Crystal Palace, (0-2-1), fresh off last weeks 1-1 tie with Liverpool, were hoping to win their first match of the season. Swansea, (1-1-1), having surprised Manchester with a 3-nil last week, were hoping to add three more points. Neither team accomplished their goal becasue, wee, there were no goals as this match ended a 0-0.
Crystal Palace dominated play and managed 12 shots with four on goal but, Swansea Goalie, Lukasz Fabianski, turned away all four shots on goal. Crystal Palace managed 8 shots with 3 on gioal, but, Wayne Hennessey, like Fabianski, turned away all three.
So, each team managed to eek out one point.
CRYSTAL PALACE STATISTICS SWANSEA
12 SHOTS 8
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
4 FOULS COMMITTED 5
5 FOULS SUFFERED 4
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
4 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0SCORING - NONE
NEXT MATCH: Huddersfield (1-0-1) vs Southampton (2-0-0)
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WEEK 3
8/26/17HUDDERSFEILD Nil - 1 SOUTHAMPTON
HUDDERSFIRLD (TR 3; DEF 3) vs SOUTHAMPTON (TR 2; DEF 2)
Southampton looked to remain unbeaten as they invaded Kirklees Stadium, home of Huddersfield. Southampton did just that as they edged the home town heros, 1-Nil. The goal was scored on a SP; the ball was stolen deep in Southampton’s territory and eventually found it’s way to the foot of Nathan Redmond who beat Jonas Lossl in the 51’. Dusan Tadic gave Redmond a perfect pass.
Soouthampton made it tough on themselves when Tadic was Red Carded in the 83’. Still, Southampton hung on for the hard-fought win. Losing Tadic for Southampton’s next match will make it more difficult for them to remain undefeated.
Huddersfield had one last chance to tie the game in the 88’. Tom Ince was awarded a Penalty Kick - and missed. That ened the hpes of the 24,121 Huddersfield fans.
HUDDERSFIELD STATISTICS SOUTHAMPTON
7 SHOTS 4
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 1
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 1
5 FOULS COMMITTED 10
10 FOULS SUFFERED 5
0 RED CARD 1
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
0 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
1 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFFSIDES 0SCORING
- SOUTHAMPTON
- Redmond 51’ (Tadic)
NEXT MATCH: NEWCASTLE UNITED (1-0-1) vs WEST HAM UNITED (1-0-1)
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WEEK 3
8/26/17NEWCASTLE UNITED 2 - 2 WEST HAM UNITED
NEWCASTLE (TR 3; DEF 4) vs WEST HAM (TR 2; DEF 1)
Newcastle had an expectation of winning this match, but, it did not materialize as the two teams played to 2-2 draw. West Ham shocked Newcastle with a goal by Manuel Lanzini at 2’ on a SP Steal. Still, Newcastle felt confident.
At 25’ Ayoze Perez scored his 3rd goal of the season to tie the match at 1-1. Matt Ritchie was awarded the assist. Perez delivered his EPL leading 4th goal of the season at 35’ and Newcastle now held a 2-1 lead. Christian Atsu assisted on the goal. Then, disaster. Jamaal Lascelles was Red Carded at the 45’ mark. Newcastle was forced to play shorthanded for four minutes stoppage time in the first half and all second half.
Newcastle toughed it out and was hanging on to their 2-1 lead until Michail Antonio, who was all over the pith all game, scored the tying goal at the 75’ mark. That capped the scoring for the day.
NEWCASTLE STATISTICS WEST HAM
7 SHOTS 6
4 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
2 GOALS 2
2 ASSISTS 0
7 FOULS COMMITTED 7
7 FOULS SUFFERED 7
1 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
1 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 3
1 HANDBALLS 0SCORING
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NEWCASTLE
- Perez 25’,35’
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WEST HAM
- Lanzini 2’
- Antonio 75’
NEXT MATCH: Tottenham (2-0-0) vs Burnley (0-1-1)
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