The early part of a new season always throws up some statistical and tactical oddities - here are some of our favourites
From set-piece routines to unexpected tactical roles, the opening stages of a new campaign can be slightly disorientating, as weeks of pre-season planning begin to take shape on the field.explores some of the early eccentricities from the top to the bottom of the Premier League. Something to keep an eye on in the games this weekend.Few managers in English football history have made such a profound impact, in such a short space of time, as Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi.
To put that into perspective, let’s compare them with Nottingham Forest, who are the Premier League’s traditionalists when it comes to goal kicks. Twenty-nine of Forest’s 41 goal kicks have crossed the halfway line straight from the goalkeeper’s boot. Talking of managerial impacts, Unai Emery has left a similarly indelible mark on Villa, picking up the sixth-most points of any Premier League side since he arrived.
Ollie Watkins’s intelligent movement to stretch the opposition’s defensive line into deeper areas allows their supporting attacking midfielders — John McGinn, Leon Bailey or Moussa Diaby — to arrive late into the box with a free shot on goal.“We’ve been working on it for weeks during pre-season and to be fair to Leon Bailey, he put it on a plate for us,” McGinn said after his goal against Everton.
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