Fun facts about EPL gameweek 1 for your fantasy teams.
I would like to kindly thank KJIIOIIIKA for assisting with translation from Russian.
Stats taken from season 2014\15 onward and are only based on games played in the EPL.
Manchester United - Leicester
Jamie Vardy has missed 4 games in the last 2 seasons. Islam Slimani scored 3 goals in those, while Marc Albrighton scored 1 goal and assisted 2 times.
Juan Mata has 4 goals and 1 assist in his last 4 games against Leicester.
Manchester United scored 5 set-piece goals in their 4 last meetings (4 from corners, 1 from a direct freekick).
Newcastle - Tottenham
Two Newcastle players were sent off during in their last 2 home clashes against Tottenham (Shelvey, Mitrovic).
Tottenham kept 2 clean sheets against Newcastle in 2017/18 (2-0, 1-0).
Newcastle’s home record against top-6 sides in 2017/18: 3 wins (Manchester United 1-0, Chelsea 3-0, Arsenal 2-1), 1 draw (Liverpool 1-1), 2 losses (Manchester City 0-1, Tottenham 0-2).
Harry Kane has scored 0 goals in 12 games played in August (started 10 of those); Tottenham scored 15 goals across these matches.
Huddersfield - Chelsea
Willian had a goal and 2 assists in the same fixture last year.
Chelsea in gameweek 1 (last 4 seasons):
Forwards scoring or assisting on their EPL debut (Morata against Burnley in 2017\18, Batshuayi against West Ham in 2016/17, Costa against Burnley in 2014/2015);
Concede in every game, 7 goals overall;
3 red cards across last 3 opening games (Courtois, Cahill, Fabregas).
Watford - Brighton
Brighton had 2 clean sheets against Watford in 2017\18 (0-0, 1-0), conceding 1 shot on goal in two games.
Fulham - Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace in gameweek 1: 3 losses, 1 win.
Bournemouth - Cardiff
Bournemouth’s August record: 9 games - 7 losses, 1 draw, 1 win.
Wolverhampton - Everton
Richarlison in Marco Silva’s team: 103 FPL points in 24 games (4.29 points per game)
Everton against promoted teams in 2017/18: 5 wins, 1 draw.
Liverpool - West Ham
Liverpool has scored 4 goals in their last 3 meetings (1-4, 4-1, 0-4)
6 different players scored against West Ham in 2017/18 (Mane, Firmino, Salah, Can, Matip, Oxlade-Chamberlain).
Liverpool under Klopp in the opening weekend: 3-3 against Watford, 4-3 against Arsenal.
Manuel Pellegrini against Liverpool (season 2014/15 onward): 4 games - 3 losses, 1 win (10 goals conceded).
Michael Antonio has scored 3 goals in 5 matches against Liverpool.
Southampton - Burnley
Burnley scored in each of their last 4 games keeping 2 clean sheets in the process.
Arsenal - Manchester City
Arsenal in the opening weekend last 2 seasons: 4-3 against Leicester, 3-4 against Liverpool.
There has been at least 3 goals scored in theses sides’ last 6 EPL meetings.
6 different players scored for City against Arsenal in 2017/18 (Sane, D. Silva, B.Silva, De Bruyne, Aguero, Jesus).
Leroy Sane has 3 goals and 1 assist in his 4 games against Arsenal.
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