Match Week 23 Recap

EPL Match Week 24 - CleanSheet Recap

In Today’s CleanSheet:

• Headlines 📌

• Current Situation📈📉

• Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥-

• Off Island 🏝️ - AFCON Finals

• Best Bets 💰

Headlines 📌

• Best Result of Match Week 23. Villa 1-2 Man United. Quietly (is that possible with MU), that’s 13 points over the last 6, with two wins against Villa who remains ahead of them in the table. Rasmus Hojlund has now scored in 5 straight, and Scott McTominay continues to be a scoring machine as a late sub, this time a winner at 86’. The CleanSheet has talked about Villa’s home dominance recently, and, well, that seems to have ended. That’s three straight home losses at Villa Park and really the first time this year Unai Emery has some controversy to deal with. David Moyse, manager of the Hammers, was coaching for his job to start the season and took the Hammers to 8th in the table, but since the start of the new year that is 3 points in 5 matches with back-to-back blow outs. How long will West Ham ownership stick with Moyes, is there someone they are targeting waiting in the wings.

  • 5 in a Row. Hojlund on the board, fifth match straight. Gunners take the lead. (X 17s).

  • The Shimmy. Douglas Luiz with the equalizer. (X 33s)

  • Another Winner. Mctominay at 86’ to win. (X 30s)

  • ten Hag. Good to hear from the Gaffer. (X 2min)

• Not Since 1935. West Ham 0-6 Arsenal. Chant heard at London Stadium by Gunner fans…. 🎶🎶”Who put the ball in the Wesst Ham net? half the fn team did!” Well, not quite but 5 different people did score for Arsenal who led 4-0 at half. That is the largetst road W for the Gooners since 1935.

  • Declan Rice, former Hammer had a rocket of a goal for Gunners but had a very respectful celebration in front of his former fans.

  • Drive Home Safely. Or in a London Derby - “Tube Home Safely” (Tube is the London Underground). Not a good look when your fans leave at halftime. (X12s)

• At the Buzzer.  Maddison to Richarlson to Son to Johnson…..top of net game winner! (X 15s). Spurs with all three points over BHA 2-1. A great second angle. (X 15s)

Current Situation 📈📉

Clean Sheets Counter

Hot Topic 🔥🔥🔥

Goals Goals Goals.

Match Week 23 saw 2 Hat trick’s (wiki) - Phil Foden for City and Matheus Cunha for Wolves. That is not the most in a MW as MW7 saw 3 Hat Trick’s in one weekend. That is now ELEVEN Hat Trick’s at just over the seasons halfway point. Last year had 7 Hat Trick’s for the season.

Since 1992,

• 197 players have scored three goals in a single match, just over 6 per season.

• Liverpool has the most players with a hat trick since 1992, 42.

• Sergio Aguero has the most as a player, 12.

May, 1987 American Heavy Metal Band Motley Crue (wiki) released their fourth album, Girls, Girls, Girls and this Music Video (YouTube).

730 Goals have been scored this year through 228 Matches = 3.2 Goals Per Match. This number is significantly higher than any other PL season since 1992.

• Currently on pace for 1216 goals this season.

• Previously, the most goals in a season is 1084 in 2022/23, 2.85 G/M.

• The fewest goals in a season is 931, 2006/07, 2.45 G/M.

Clean Sheets DOWN, Goals UP. Why? CS will be looking into scenarios and reporting back in future issues.

On a related note - Over the last 30+ years goals have been increasing in the PL, along with warming temperatures as the earth is coming out of the Little Ice Age. As a result, Climate Scientists^** now claim that the number of goals being scored is causing more CO2 to be released into the air from fan and player celebrations and they have asked John Kerry to sanction teams for excessive celebrations - you know because - Climate Change.

This lesson in correlation of data can also be demonstrated here - GMO Corn Use in Minnesota has been reduced to stop the number of Pirate Attacks worldwide, as proven by the data.

Off Island 🏝️

AFCON - Ivory Coast

Nigeria take the lead

Ivory Coast equalize - and Drogba goes crazy

Ivory Coast - the winner.

this is the team that fired the manager aftger the first three matches.

Best Bets 💰

Good Week!

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