Premiership

Premier League Team of the Week Round 3/GW 3 2022-23 Season (August 20)

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Here is a look at the Premier League Team of the Week for Matchweek 3 (August 20/21/22 for the 2022/23 season). The week started with Spurs edging Wolves on Saturday afternoon and finished with United stunning Liverpool on Monday night.

Alan Shearer Team of the Week Gameweek 3 2022/23 season

Pope; Trippier, Saliba, Malacia; Almiron, Aaronson, Odegaard, Harrison; ASM, Rashford, Adams

Team of the Week EPL GW3 2022-23

Shearer’s TOTW has 3 Newcastle players and no MCFC ones- perhaps not a surprise after City dropped points in the North East over the weekend. His side also has Jack Harrison and Brenden Aaronson after they starred in Leeds United’s fine 3-0 win over Chelsea.

BBC TOTW Premier League Round 3 August 2022

Sanchez; Trippier, Saliba, Lisandro Martinez; ASM, Odegaard, Silva, Harrison; Adams, Mitrovic, Zaha

There are six common players between the PL and BBC’s team of the week- Trippier, Saliba, ASM, Odegaard, Harrison and Adams. Crooks has Lisandro Martinez after his fine performance against Liverpool (Shearer went for Malacia), and also has Mitrovic and Zaha upfront

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Blues go down to Leeds- the route forward for Tuchel?

Chelsea have had an interesting start to the season- they began with a 1-0 win over former manager Frank Lampard’s Everton on the opening weekend and followed it up with a 2-2 draw against city rivals Tottenham Hotspur. On Sunday though, the Blues suffered their first reverse, losing 3-0 to Jesse Marsch’s Leeds United at Elland Road.

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xG Manchester United vs Liverpool 2022 | Expected Goals Stats MUFC 2-1 LFC August 22

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Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Manchester United vs Liverpool on 22 August, 2021. United won 2-1 to move off the bottom of the league table- a much needed win for Erik Ten Hag’s side after losing to Brighton on the opening day of the season and being demolished 4-0 by Brentford in Week 2.

Liverpool dominated the stats (see below), but created fewer clear-cut opportunities- the two Man United ones where they nearly put into their own net (the almost Bruno own goal v Liverpool and the almost Martinez OG against LFC saved by De Gea) were probably closer chances than any the Reds themselves created. Both of those near own goals would obviously not count for xG though.

xG Man United 1.54- Liverpool 1.51 shots map

0-0 Elanga chance vs Liverpool xG 0.30 (hits woodwork)
1-0 Sancho goal vs Liverpool xG 0.41
2-0 Rashford goal vs Liverpool xG 0.33
2-1 Salah header goal vs Man Utd xG 0.10

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