EPL 2017-18 REPLAY

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

CRYSTAL 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 0

SCORING - NONE

NEXT MATCH: Huddersfield (1-0-1) vs Southampton (2-0-0)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

HUDDERSFEILD 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 0

SCORING

• SOUTHAMPTON
  • Redmond 51’ (Tadic)

NEXT MATCH: NEWCASTLE UNITED (1-0-1) vs WEST HAM UNITED (1-0-1)

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A two day business trip will shelve this until Tuesday or Wednesday. Then, back to the pitch.
Jim

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

NEWCASTLE 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 0

SCORING

• NEWCASTLE

  • Perez 25’,35’

• WEST HAM

  • Lanzini 2’
  • Antonio 75’

NEXT MATCH: Tottenham (2-0-0) vs Burnley (0-1-1)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

TOTTENHAM 0 - 0 BURNLEY

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

Tottenham and Burnley each played a lackluster game and it was reflected in the score - no goals were scored. Tottenham did have two player ineligible due to ed Cards from their last match Mousa Dembele and Moussa Sissoko. Jack Cork was ineligible for Burnley due to a Red Card in his last match. This was a loss for Burnley.

Hugo Lloris stopped all five Shots On Goal thrown at him.
TOTTENHAM STATISTICS BURNLEY
6 SHOTS 6
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 5
0 GOALS 0
0 ASSISTS 0
7 FOULS COMMITTED 9
9 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 2
2 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CK 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 1
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0

SCORING: NONE

NEXT MATCH: Watford (1-0-1) vs Brighton (0-1-1)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

WATFORD Nil - 1 BRIGHTON

WATFORD (TR 3; DEF 2) vs BRIGHTON (TR 2; DEF 2)

Brighton surprised Watford and played the part of the rude guest as Brighton defeats Watford, 1-Nil. This was an especially satifying victory for Brighton because two of their player, Solly March and Jose Izquierdo were ineligible due to Red Cards the previuos match.

The only goal of the match came at the 45’ mark when Brighton stole a ball and managed to get it to Pasal Gross in the Penalty area. Gross beat Heurelho Gomes for the only goal of the match.

Watford’s record now stands at 1-0-2 while Brighton is now at 1-1-1.
WATFORD STATISTICS BRIGHTON
5 SHOTS 7
1 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
0 GOALS 1
0 ASSISTS 0
8 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 8
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
4 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0

SCORING

• Brighton
• Gross 45’

NEXT MATCH Manchester Unite(0-0-2) vs Leicester City (0-1-1)

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WEEK 3
8/26/17

MANCHESTER UNITED 2 - 1 LEICESTER CUTY

MANCHESTER U (TR 5; DEF 5) vs LEICESTER C (TR 2 DEF 1)

No one expected Manchester U to start the season 0-2 with no goals. Today, Man U earned their first points of the season with a win over Leicester City, 2-1. While the score was close, the game was not and Manchester dominated play, continuing winning loose balls and dominating the field of play. It was a credit to leicester that they hung in to make it a match.

Manchester scored their first goal of the season. It came in the 17’ off the foot of Alexis Sanchez with an assist from Luis Valencia. Their second goal came in the 43’. It was scored by Juan Mata with an assist by Paul Pogba.

In the 51’ Wes Morgan scored for Leicester, amking the Man U extremely nevous, but, that was all Leicester could muster.
MANCHESTER U STATISTICS LEICESTER C
10 SHOTS 5
7 SHOTS ON GOAL 3
2 GOALS 1
2 ASSISTS 0
5 FOULS COMMITTED 9
9 FOULS SUFFERED 5
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
2 CORNER KICKS 2
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
3 PENALTY KICKS 0
PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
OFFSIDES 1

SCORING

• MANCHESTER U

  • Sanchez 17’ (Valencia)
  • Mata (43’ (Pogba)

• LEICESTER C

  • Morgan 55’

NEXT MATCH: West Bromwich (1-1-0) vs Stoke City (0-1-1)

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WEEK 3
8/27/17

WEST BROMWICH 3 - 3 STOKE CITY

WEST BROMWICH (TR 2; DEF 2) vs STOKE CITY (TR 2; DEF 1)

Stoke City either played wonderfully to a 3-3 draw OR West Bromwich failed to win a game they should have won. Either way it was a wild game with the final two goals being scored within three minute of each other.

At the half Stoke City had a 2-nil lead on the strength of a goal by Kurt Zouma, (Ryan Shawcross), at 22’ and a goal by Eherdan Saqiri, (Shawcross) at 38’.

Things started to unravel for Stoke in the second half. At 57’ Stoke City’s Mame Diouf headed a ball into his own goal, and suddenly the Stoke lead was cut to 2-1. At 67’ Jay Rodriguez scored for West Bromwich on a Corner Kick with an assist from Matt Phillips. It was now, 2-2.

Stoke rallied, however. Ryan Shawcross scored at 82’ and Stoke City regained the lead, 3-2. Their euphoria was short-lived. Phillips scored just three minutes to knot the score at 3-3; that was the final.

Stoke City’s Erik Pieters, was Red Carded at 58’. West Bromwich was a man up for 34’. While they scored three times in the 2nd half to earn a tie, they could have won this match.
WEST BROMWICH STATISTICS STOKE CITY
6 SHOTS 7
3 SHOTS ON GOAL 5
3 GOALS 3
2 ASSISTS 2
7 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 7
0 RED CARDS 1
1 YELLOW CARDS 0
1 CORNER KICKS 1
1 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OWN GOALS 1

SCORING

• W BROMWICH

  • Rodriguez 67’ (Phillips)
  • Phillips 85’

• STOKE CITY

  • Zouma 22’ (Shawcross)
  • Saaqiri 38’ (Shawcross)
  • Shawcross 82’
  • Diouf 57’ OWN GOAL

NEXT MATCH: Liverpool (1-1-0) vs Arsenal (1-1-0)

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WEEK 3
8/27/17

LIVERPOOL 2 - 3 ARSENAL

LIVERPOOL (TR 4; DEF 4) vs ARSENAL (TR 2; DEF 2)

The final match of Week 3 saw Arsenal ride a strong first half, when ther scored three goals, to a 3-2 win against favored Liverpool. Henrikh Mkhitaryan scored at the 4’ with an assisted by Ignacio Monreal.

Liverpool’s Roberto-Firmino tied the match at 21’ with a great pass from Mohamed Salah. The ie lasted just three minutes when Arsenal retook the lead, 2-1, when Alexandre Lacazette beat Loris Karius, assisted by Salah. Arsenal then scored their third goal at 29’ Alex Iwobi, assisted by Aaron Ramsey, for a 3-1 Arsenal lead. Arsenal had 11 SOG in the first half.

Liverpool pulled to within a goal at the 49’ mark on aCorner Kick Header by Emre Can. Liverpool started to show some dominance until Salah went down with an injury at 59’. Liverpool’s fate was sealed when Can received a second Yellow Card at 88’.

Salah is not expected to miss the next match

LIVERPOOL STATISTICS ARSENAL
9 SHOTS 15
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 6
2 GOALS 3
2 ASSISTS 3
4 FOULS COMMITTED 3
3 FOULS SUFFERED 4
1 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
4 CORNER KICKS 7
1 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 2

SCORING

• LIVERPOOL

  • Roberto-Firmino 21’ (Salah)
  • Can 49’ (Salah)

• ARESENAL

  • Mkhitaryan 4’ (Monreal)
  • Lacazette 24’ (Mkhitaryan
  • Iwodi 29’ (Ramsey)

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TABLE START OF WEEK 4

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

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WEEK 4 FIXTURES
Saturday, 9 September 2017

Manchester City (2-1-0) v Liverpool (1-1-1)
Arsenal (2-1-0) v AFC Bournemouth (0-0-3)
Brighton (1-1-1) v West Bromwich Albion (1-2-0)
Everton (1-1-1) v Tottenham Hotspur (2-1-0)
Leicester City (0-1-2) v Chelsea (2-0-1)
Southampton (3-0-0) v Watford (1-0-2)
Stoke City (0-2-1) v Manchester United (1-0-2)
Sunday, 10 September 2017

Burnley (0-2-1) v Crystal Palace (0-2-1)
Swansea City (1-1-1) v Newcastle United (1-1-1)
Monday, 11 September 2017

West Ham United (1-2-0) v Huddersfield Town (1-0-2)

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WEEK 4
9/17/17

MANCHESTER CITY 3 - 2 LIVERPOOL

MANCHESTER CITY (TR 5; DE 4) vs LIVERPOOL (TR 3; DEF 3)

The game got off to a horrible start for ManC when Robero Firmino scored in the first minute. It got worse for the home team as 55,097 Man U fans were horrified when Liverpool went up 2-0 in the 22’ when Kevin DeBruyne headed a ball into his own goal. You could hear a pin drop at american Express Community Stadium. But Man U is a resilient team.

At 34’ DeBruyne went from goat to hero with a goal directly from the corner on a Corner Kick. Man C then tied the game at 43’ when Fernandinho tied the game with an assist from Leroy Sane.

It began to look like this match might endin a tie. Manchester C started to dominate about 3/4 of the way through the second half, and, in the 88th minute, it paid off when Raheem Sterling took a corner from DeBruyne and beat Loris Karius for a 3-2 Manchester City lead. That proved to be the final.

DeBruyne leads Man C with three goals.
MANCHESTER CITY STATISTICS LIVERPOOL
13 SHOTS 5
6 SHOTS ON GOAL 4
2 GOALS 1
2 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
3 CORNER KICKS 1
2 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
1 OFFSIDES 1

SCORING

• MANCHESTER C

  • DeBruyne 34’

  • Fernandinho 43’ (Sane)

  • Sterling 88’ (DeBruyne)

  • Debruyne 22’ OWN GOAL

• LIVERPOOL

  • Roberto Firmino 1’

NEXT MATCH: Arsenal (2-1-0) vs Bournemouth (0-0-3)

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WEEK 4
9/17/17

ARSENAL 1 - 2 BOURNEMOUTH

ARSENAL (TR 5; DEF 3) vs BOURNEMOUTH (TR 2; DEF 2)

Bournemouth came into this game as the nolt team without any points on the Table; they left the game with three points with a stunning 2-1 win over Arsenal. Bournemouth started fast with Felix Stanislas taking a Corner from Josh King and beating David Ospina with a header for a 1-0 Bournemouth lead. Somewhat stunned Arsenal allowed another goal, this one by Dan Gossling, also on a Corner from King. Bournemouth held a 2-nil.

Arsenal perked up at 27’ Alex Iwobi beat Asmir Begovic with an assist from Granit Xhaka. The half ended with Bournemouth on top, 2-1.

The second half saw Arsenal being a bit more dominant, but, Bournemouth held firm. Neither team a scored in the second half.
ARSENAL STATISTICS BOURNEMOUTH
6 SHOTS 7
3 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
1 GOALS 2
1 ASSISTS 2
8 FOULS COMMITTED 5
5 FOULS SUFFERED 8
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 1
2 CORNER KICKS 4
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 2
0 PENALTY KICKS O
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE O
0 OFFSIDES O

SCORING

• ARSENAl

  • Iwobi 27’ (Xhaka)

• BOURNEMOUTH

  • Stanislas 9’ (King)
  • Gossling 21’ (King)

NEXT MATCH: Brighton (1-1-1) vs W Brumwich (1-2-0)

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WEEK 4
9/17/17

BRIGHTON & HOVE ALBION 1 - 1 WEST BROMWICH ALBION

BRIGHTON (TR 3; DEF 3) vs W BROMWICH (TR 2; DEF 3)

Brighton dominated play, especially in the 2nd half, but, they did not dominate on the scoreboard as the two teams played to a 1-1 tie.

West Bromwich scored forst. It came in the 6’ mary with Jay Rodriguez beating Matt Ryan with an assist from Jose Rondon. Rodriguez now has four goals on the season and is tied with Ayoze Perez of Newcastle United - each with four goals.

Jose Izquierdo scored at the 60’ mark assisted by Pascal Gross. Izquierdo did not start the game. He started the second half and replaced Anthony Knockaert, who was hit with a Yellow Card at the 20’ mark. The move payed off.
BRIGHTON STATISTICS W BROMWICH
13 SHOTS 4
5 SHOTS ON GOAL 1
1 GOALS 1
1 ASSISTS 1
9 FOULS COMMITTED 5
5 FOULS SUFFERED 9
0 RED CARDS 0
1 YELLOW CARDS 0
8 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 0

SCORING

• BRIGHTON

  • Izquierdo 50’ (Gross)

• W BROMWICH

  • Rodriquez 6’ (Rondon)

NEXT MATCH: Everton (1-1-1) vs Tottenham (2-1-0)

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WEEK 4
9/17/17

EVERTON 1 - 0 TOTTENHAM

EVERTON (TR 3; DEF 3) vs TOTTENHAM (TR3; DEF 3)

Everton picked up three points by defeating Tottenhme Hot Spur, 1- Nil. The winning goal, and only goal, was scored by Indrissa Gueye; it came in the 48’ with an assist from Gylfi Sigurdsson.

Despite the 1-Nil score this was a spirited game. Much of the action took place A,B and C sections, but, results, other than the Gueye goal, were non-existent.

Tottenham missed a huge opportunity. Dele Alli was awarded a Penalty Kick in the 79’. EVerton fans were ear splitting as Dele Alli kick missed wide.

Both Everton and Tottenham have 7 Points.
EVERTON STATISTICS TOTTENHAM
6 SHOTS 6
3 SHOTS ON GOAL 2
1 GOALS 0
1 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 5
5 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
3 CORNER KICKS 1
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 1
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
0 OFFSIDES 3

SCORING

• EVERTON
  • Gueye 48’ (Sigurdsson)

NEXT MATCH: Leicester (0-1-2) vs Chelsea (2-0-1)

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WEEK 4
9/17/17

LEICESTER CITY 1 - 2 CHELSEA

LEICESTER CITY (TR 3; DEF 3) CHELSEA (TR 3; DEF 3)

Leicester City gave up two, quick early points to Chelsea. Willian scored only three minutes into the game when his strike hit the top of the crossbar and rebounded past Kasper Schmeichel. The second Chelsea goal was driven in by Eden Hazard. This was a cris, clean shot that beat Schmeichel. After that, Leicester played fairly well.

Jamie Vardy scored on a Free Kick at the 70’ mark to cut the leadt to 2-1, Chelsea. That also proved to be the final.

Hazard’s goal give him two on the season while Willian’s goal give him three for the season.

Chelsea has won two straight matches. Leicester City still has only a single Point in the Table after four matches.
LEICESTER STATISTICS CHELSEA
10 SHOTS 15
5 SHOTS ON GOAL 6
1 GOALS 2
0 ASSISTS 0
6 FOULS COMMITTED 6
6 FOULS SUFFERED 6
0 RED CARDS 0
0 YELLOW CARDS 1
2 CORNER KICKS 5
0 GOALS OFF CORNER KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS 0
0 PENALTY KICKS MADE 0
3 OFFSIDES 1

SCORING

• LEICESTER

  • Vardy 70’

• CHELSEA

  • Willian 3’
  • Hazard 8’

NEXT MATCH: Southampton (3-0-0) vs Watford (1-0-2)

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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

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