Crystal Palace are under new management — long-time Arsenal great Patrick Vieira. Thus far, Crystal Palace have lost once (Chelsea), drawn twice (West Ham and Brentford), and won once — last week’s 3-0 over Spurs. I actually watched that game today, to get a sense of how this new version of CP plays. I figure they are likely to …
These two clubs have met only twice — both times in Champions League finals. In 2005 there was the Miracle in Istanbul, and Milan got its revenge two years later in Athens. That was an era when AC Milan spent several years at the top of world’s football food chain. AC Milan was managed by Carlo Ancelotti, and led by …
LFC travel to Leeds on Sunday for a Premier League football match. Leeds is managed by the legendary Argentinian Marcelo Bielsa. They are, in my opinion, the most fun team in the Premier League to watch, outside of the so-called “Top Six.” They press intensely, using unusual “man-marking” principles (i.e., man-to-man defense), and their off-the-ball movement offensively is both unusual and …
The European Champs are comin’ to town. They come into Anfield having won their first two matches by scores of 3-0 and 2-0 (over Crystal Palace and Arsenal, respectively) — exactly the same as the Reds. Chelsea’s xG difference is better — they are at 3.88 xG differential; we’re currently sitting on a 2.41 xG differential. Currently, Chelsea is ranked …
For the first time since we were there for the Atletico Madrid match, LFC will play football in front of a (nearly) full Anfield. Thus, this is also the first time a real Anfield crowd (as opposed to the few thousand fans that saw a couple of games last season) will have seen LFC play since they were crowned league …
Norwich City returns to the Premier League after spending one season in the Championship, earning their second Championship title in three years, sandwiching a relegation season in the Premier League. Coincidentally, LFC also opened the 2019-20 league-winning campaign against Norwich City (that one was at Anfield). Norwich returns with many of the same group that were relegated two seasons ago. …