Premier League 2018/19 Season Preview
After an enormously entertaining World Cup full of drama and decadence, we the football faithful have been cast into the darkness of a month without the beautiful game. This has not stopped the majority of the big Premier League clubs from making money moves in anticipation. Ahead, we preview what to expect from them this season.
Arsenal
Arsenal’s relatively early business in securing the tenacious Lucas Torreira (aptly auto-corrected to terrier), supplemented with the earlier additions of Borussia Dortmund’s spine, …
2018-19 Premier League fixture reaction. The season we win it?
With the recent disappointment of the proposed Nabil Fekir signing falling through, Liverpool fans have been in need of a distraction to take their minds off the circus that the transfer window rumour mill. Not only is the World Cup due to begin today (hooray football is back!), but the 2018-19 Premier League fixture list has also been released. As a fan base, we have the tendency to dwell on frustrations of the past, so the 2018-19 fixture list is …
Observations as Reds secure Top 4 with an Anfield thrashing
Liverpool booked a place in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League for next season, with an easy 4-0 win over Brighton at Anfield. Mo Salah and Dejan Lovren put the Reds in command at half-time, before Dominic Solanke and Andy Robertson scored their first goals for the club, to put the gloss on a commanding performance on the final day of the season.
Here are a few talking points from the game.
Mo Salah breaks the record
The …
Liverpool 4-0 Brighton: Match Review as Reds Sign Off In Style as Kiev Awaits
Jurgen Klopp was adamant attentions must be solely placed on Brighton this week, waving away the English media who were fixated on a date with destiny in Kiev.
His players duly responded, signing off their Premier League campaign in perfect style as they dominated Brighton from start to finish. There were yet more individual records broken with Liverpool preserving their unbeaten record at home in the league this season; the only team to have managed such a feat in the …
Liverpool v Brighton Preview - Key Battles
It is the last game of the season, and Liverpool have their Top 4 destiny in their own hands. However, it is something that the Reds should have signed off and sealed a few weeks ago.
In the middle of the exertions in continental competition, Jurgen Klopp's men have only picked up 6 points in the last 5 Premier League games - a record which needs setting right at Anfield on Sunday afternoon.
David Wagner's Huddersfield did Liverpool a huge …
Liverpool v Brighton Preview - One Last Push
The Details
Venue - Anfield, Liverpool
Referee - Kevin Friend
Date & Time - Sunday, May 13th @ 15:00
Current Odds - Liverpool 1/7, Draw 13/2, Brighton 16/1
Form
Liverpool Form
Probably the only disappointing aspect about Liverpool FC at the moment is their form. But, as we all know, there is a reason for this drop-off. This isn't a team of robots, it's a team of men, of top athletes. They can only give so much on a consistent basis. We have seen …
Don't Panic... Liverpool WILL Secure a Top-Four Finish
Wasn’t that Chelsea defeat an appalling watch on every level?
After the meteoric high of reaching the Champions League final later this month, the entire game felt like a drag more than anything.
The sun was shining, with beer gardens, beaches and parks with our names all over them, but we had to watch the Reds battle their way through a lifeless performance.
This was all to be expected of course, with the effort levels in Rome last week taking …
Key Stats from Brighton 1-5 Liverpool
Liverpool vs Brighton – The Key Stats
The Reds won 5-1 on the South Coast to move 4th in the Premier League, but which stats (or sets of stats), stood out for me?
Coutinho Samba
Whilst Coutinho’s two main stats in this game speak for themselves – one goal and three assists – his underlying stats are exceptional too. Three chances created is very good anyway, but the fact that that culminated in an xA of 0.93 is fantastic; comfortably …
Brighton vs Liverpool Preview - Key Battles
After letting two leads slip at the death in two straight games against Sevilla and Chelsea, Liverpool got two late goals of their own to embellish a 3-0 win on a stereotypical "cold, Wednesday night in Stoke". Mo Salah continued his fantastic form with two more goals, and Jurgen Klopp also managed to rest Philippe Coutinho altogether as the rotation of the squad continued.
But there are no breaks in December, and next up on Saturday is a trip to …
Brighton & Hove Albion v Liverpool Preview - December at the Beach
The Details
Venue - Amex Stadium, Brighton & Hove
Referee - Graham Scott
Date & Time - Saturday, December 2nd @ 15:00 BST
Current Odds - Brighton 11/2, Draw 7/2, Liverpool 4/9
Form
Brighton Form
Chris Hughton will be very happy with how things are going for his men in the Premier League, so far. After a difficult baptism at home to Manchester City and away to Leicester, Hughton's team have only tasted three defeats in their twelve league matches since then.
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