GWT: PL Matchweek 5

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Saturday
Liverpool v Newcastle
9/14/19, 7:30am ET

Liverpool are unbeaten in 23 Premier League home matches against Newcastle and have scored in each of those fixtures, netting 58 times while keeping 12 clean sheets.

Tottenham v Crystal Palace
9/14/19, 10:00am ET

Spurs have won their last eight PL matches against Crystal Palace. Their only longer top-flight winning runs have been nine matches against Blackpool and 10 against Birmingham City, both ending in 1964.

Man United v Leicester City
9/14/19, 10:00am ET

Since Brendan Rodgers’ first match in charge on 3 March, Leicester have secured 25 points. Only Liverpool and Man City have banked more, with 40 and 37 respectively. Pogba, Martial and Shaw out injured.

Wolves v Chelsea
9/14/19, 10:00am ET

Tammy Abraham can become only the third player aged 21 or younger to score at least two goals in three consecutive Premier League matches, after Cristiano Ronaldo, in December 2006, and Dele Alli in January 2017.

Brighton v Burnley
9/14/19, 10:00am ET

Ashley Barnes has had 31 per cent of Burnley’s shots in the Premier League this season. Only Norwich’s Teemu Pukki has had a higher share of his team’s attempts, with 34.

Sheffield United v Southampton
9/14/19, 10:00am ET

Of the 14 Premier League debuts given to Englishmen this season, six (43 per cent) have been handed out by Chris Wilder and Sheffield United.

Norwich City v Man City
9/14/19, 12:30pm ET

Sergio Aguero has been involved in eight goals in his five Premier League starts against Norwich, scoring five and assisting three.

Sunday
Bournemouth v Everton
9/15/19, 9:30am ET

Joshua King has been directly involved in seven goals in his seven Premier League matches against Everton, with four goals and three assists.

Watford v Arsenal
9/15/19, 11:30am ET

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been involved in 44 PL goals since his debut in February 2018, with 35 strikes and nine assists. Only Mohamed Salah has been involved in more in that time, with 52.

Monday
Aston Villa v West Ham
9/16/19, 3:00pm ET

West Ham have made their best start after four matches of a Premier League season since 2012/13, when they also picked up seven points under Sam Allardyce.

Stole the blurbs from the PL site.
 

robertmac43

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I got a good feeling about Saturdays game v Burnley. One downside is the creative void that will be there because of the Trossard injury. Hopefully someone can step up.
 

PeteWorrell

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That paper thin squad is going to cost United. They successfully managed to lower their wage bill by letting go players that earned way too much but that also destroyed their depth.
 

Blender

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Looks like Rudiger will be back for Chelsea, which is massive, but Kante is still out. Wolves are in shambles right now, so Chelsea better capitalize on that.
 

Pensionsraddare

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I really don't think Arsenal is dropping anything to Watford this weekend. They cannot defend to save their lives.

Agree. Three wins and one loss against Watford since they were promoted and that loss was a crazy one where they were awarded a penalty that was beyond weak and a late offsidegoal by Cleverley. We missed a bunch of chances aswell. Even without Laca it shouldn’t cause too much trouble here.
 
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Ajacied

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I remember when Jetro Willems was #9 on my prospect list years ago. Even started for Oranje at LB during the WC shortly after as a 17 year old. Save to say his career path has been rather disappointing. Just lacks football smarts. Quite a goal with his weaker foot here, however.
 

AB13

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Looking at today really makes me happy we sold Oxlade-Chamberlain.
 

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