Match Week 16 Recap

EPL Match Week 16 - CleanSheet Recap

In Today’s CleanSheet:

• Headlines 📌

• Current Situation📈📉

• Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥- December Momentum

• Off Island 🏝️ - FINAL European Group Games

• Best Bets 💰

Headlines 📌

• Best Result of Match Week 16. Villa v Arsenal 1-0. Really a 2 match best result - winning 1-0 against the top 2 teams in the table. Villa really dominated play against City but against Arsenal it was a much more even match. Villa played a very “high-line” (website) in both matches and the aggressiveness paid off and kept the Gunners and City off score sheet.

  • 15. That’s 15 home wins in a row for Villa.

  • Pitch Side. Great view (x 30s) of the goal and just how fast these guys move.

  • 1 is all you need. Villa at home - 4, 3, 3, 6, 4, 3, 3, goals scored. But, keep a Cleansheet and 1 is all you need.

  • Determination. Good 5 min breakdown (X) regarding the match by Robbie Earle and Phil Neville.

• Fulham. Back-to-back 5-0 CleanSheets at Craven Cottage.

  • Maybe the best (X) of the 10 goals by Harry Wilson.

  • Another view (X) from a fans Mom 😄.

• Best Ever PL Win. After starting the season winless in 9, and 1 win thru 11, Bournemouth have not lost in 5, with 4 wins. Is this the best Bournemouth win in the PL ever, 3-0 at Old Trafford? Player Adam Smith thinks so - “I think it’s got to be our best-ever Premier League win. It’s the theatre of dreams and we’ve never won here. I think the lads will remember it for a long time and it was unbelievable for the fans.”

  • That’s 14 goals in 6 matches.

  • Speed to the ball (X).

  • Out jumping United (X).

  • Wide open (X).

• 1962/1963. Man United have allowed 3 or more goals in 5 home games in all competitions for the first time since 1962/63. Interestingly, the latest loss came just after Man United won the player, manager (X) and goal of the month for November.

• Everton. Sean Dyche has his team playing well with 3 wins in a row and 5 in 7. Would be sitting 10th without the 10-point deduction.

  • Doucoure puts Everton on top (X).

  • Lewis Dobbins first goal with the club (X)

• A Foot. Erling Haaland was a surprise scratch this weekend. He is dealing with a foot injury. He will most likely be rested for a couple weeks. NBCSports Article.

• Tired Legs. Newcastle looked tired and Spurs took it to them. For those who follow closely, Spurs made a change by moving Son to the left wing. It paid off, as he contributed to 3 of the 4 goals.

  • Son assist on goal 1 (X).

  • Soon assist on goal 2 (X).

  • Great touch by Richarlison for goal 3 (X).

• 1 of 33. Had to double and triple check this stat. When Son took the Penalty (X) and scored the 4th goal of the match for Spurs against Newcastle, it was the first Penalty for Spurs all season. They have scored a lot of goals, 33, and only 1 is a penalty.

  • There are 2 other teams yet to have a Penalty shot this season: Everton, they’ve scored 20 goals on the season and Bournemouth, they’ve scored 21.

  • Chelsea and Arsenal have taken the most penalties, 6 each.

  • Here is a link to the data (Website).

Current Situation 📈📉

Clean Sheets Counter

Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥

December Momentum.

Teams returned to action after the International Break and played 3 PL matches in 1 week. Let’s see who made the most of the break and created some momentum for their busy December 7 match run. December includes Match Week 14 thru 20 and takes us past the halfway point of the season.

• Liverpool & Bournemouth took 6 points on the road.

• All three home teams who took six points, did so with back-to-back CleanSheets.

  • Fulham 5-0 & 5-0.

  • Everton 3-0 & 2-0.

  • Villa 1-0 & 1-0.

• Palace and Luton Town took no points at home.

• 8 of the 10 home teams took at least 3 points.

• There were only 2 draws in the 20 matches.

• The City of Liverpool had a great week!

• Bournemouth and Everton want as far away from Relegation as possible.

• Moral victories for the Hatters will not move them up the table.

• Palace and Forest fans are getting impatient.

• 6 of the 20 teams feel pretty good on the points they took from the other 12.

Off Island 🏝️

The 6th and final group stage matches are this week. The Draw for the “knock out” round takes place 12/18.

For more detail, here is a link to EUFA Champions League coverage, Europa League, and Europa Conference.

Standings & Scenarios with 1 match remaining in the Group Stage.

Europa League - all matches Thursday

• West Ham host Freiburg. The Hammers need a win to win the group. Both have advanced to the knockout stage.

• Liverpool travel to Brussels to take on Union SG. Liverpool have won the Group and will most likely rest starters for the match.

• BHA host Marseille. BHA wins the group with a win. Both teams have advanced to the knockout stage.

Europa Conference - all matches Thursday

• Aston Villa travel to Croatia to play Zrinjski. Villa will win the Group with a win or draw.

Champions League. Europa League. Europa Conference. Check out the Off Island section of the match week 4 preview clean sheet for more on The Champions League.

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