"2018 EPL season." Topic

Starts August 10th. A Friday start with ManUtd./Leicester leading off. The Saturday openers,Newcastle/Spurs,Fulham/Palace,Watford/Brighton,Bournemouth/Cardiff,Huddersfield/Chelsea and Wolves/Everton. Sunday after,Liverpool/West Ham,Southampton/Burnley and Arsenal/ManCity.

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So this soccer thing is more than just a fad? :)

Dan

CC its not a fad its a religion at least in my neck of the woods…

Futebol e vida!

Community Shield this Sunday at 1500 UTC at Wembley. ManCity/Chelsea on the card.

And City wins 2-0;Aguero knocking in a brace.

And the new campaign kicks off at 1955 UTC with ManUtd./Leicester at Old Trafford.

And the Red Devils start it off with a win ,topping Leicester 2-1 on Friday.Saturday saw the first red card of the season issued,to Everton's Phil Jagielka for a foul against Wolves' Jota. That match ended in a 2-2 draw. Richardson( Toffees) scored a brace,and the Wolves caught up with an equalizer in the final minutes of the second half. Meanwhile ,Chelsea tops Huddersfield 3-0,Spurs 2-1 over Newcastle,Watford 2-0 over Brighton,ditto for Bournemouth over Cardiff and Palace over Fulham. Liverpool thumps West Ham 4-0 on Sunday,Not a sausage for Southampton/Burnley,and 2-0 to ManCity over Arsenal.

And now Week 2. Cardiff/Newcastle,Burnley/Watford,Everton/Southampton,Leicester/Wolves,Spurs/Fulham,West Ham/Bournemouth,Chelsea/Arsenal,ManCity/Huddersfield,Brighton/ManUtd., and Palace hosting Liverpool on Monday.

Week 2 results so far;Cardiff/Newcastle,not a sausage and the Geordies lose Hayden to a red card for a rather rough foul on the Bluebirds' Murphy.. Likewise Leicester holds on for a 2-0 win over the Wolves,in spite of Jamie Vardy being sent off in the 66th minute for a bad foul on the Wolves' Doherty. Everton tops Southampton 2-1,as do Bournemouth over West Ham and Spurs top Fulham 3-1 and Chelsea 3-2 over Arsenal.

Sunday saw ManCity continue it's drive for a repeat with Sergio Aguero knocking in a hat trick,for an eventual 6-1 win over Huddersfield(one City goal was an own goal by the Terriers' Kongolo),Brighton edged ManUtd. 3-2,and a 3-1 topping by Watford over Burnley. Monday,Liverpool dropped Palace 2-0,who played a man short when Wan-Bissaka was sent off for a serious foul in the 79th minute, against Mo Saleh.

This weekend's fixtures;Wolves/ManCity,Arsenal/West Ham,Bournemouth/Everton,Fulham/Burnley,Huddersfield/Cardiff,Southampton/Leicester,Liverpool/Brighton,Watford/Palace,Newcastle/Chelsea and on Monday,ManUtd./Spurs.

And the Chels are on top after dinging Newcastle 2-1(the Geordies' Yadlin with an own goal),followed by Liverpool who got a 1-0 win over Brighton. All square at 1 each for Wolves/ManCity,Arsenal gets it's first win of the season as the Goonahs top the Hammers 3-1. Not a sausage for Huddersfield/Cardiff,and a Terrier(Hogg)is sent off in the 67th minute. Leicester 2-1 over Southampton(Saints' Hojbjerg sent off),Watford over Palace 2-1,Fulham 4-2 over Burnley for the Cottagers' first win of the season and not only a 2-2 draw for Bournemouth/Everton,both sides had player sent off(Richarlison for the Toffees for foul against the Cherries' Adam Smith,but not long after,Smith is red-carded too.)

And Spurs thump ManUtd. 3-0 yesterday.

Week 4 action starts tomorrow. Leicester/Liverpool,Brighton/Fulham,Burnley/ManUtd.,Chelsea/Bournemouth,Palace/Southampton,Everton/Huddersfield,West Ham/Wolves,ManCity/Newcastle,Cardiff/Arsenal and Watford/Spurs.

Actually,that should be Saturday. My bad.

And here
are some early results. ManCity just finished with a 2-1 win over Newcastle,and no bookings in this particular match. Liverpool edging Leicester,also 2-1. 2-0 wins for Southampton over Palace and Chelsea over Bournemouth. 1-0 to the Wolves over West Ham. 1-1 draw for Everton/Huddersfield and all square at 2-2 for Brighton/Fulham.( Seagulls' Glenn Murray scoring a brace)

And Sunday's matches,Watford edged Spurs 2-1 with the Hornets' Doncoure making an own goal(Tottenham's lone goal). Arsenal dings Cardiff 3-2(7 yellow cards given,3 to the Bluebirds,4 to the Goonahs)and ManUtd hangs on to win 2-0 over Burnley,in spite of playing a man short when Rashford got a straight red card in the 71st minute. Both sides also had 2 yellow cards each.

Week 5 fixtures;Saturday the 15th,it's Spurs/Liverpool,Bournemouth/Leicester,Chelsea/Cardiff,Huddersfield/Palace,ManCity/Fulham,Newcastle/Arsenal and Watford/ManUtd.. Sunday-Wolves/Burnley and Everton/West Ham. Monday-Southampton/Brighton;but first,international break this week.

Early result;Liverpool edges Spurs 2-1;1st half,Cardiff behind Chelsea 2-1 ManCity 2-0 up on Fulham,and Bournemouth 3-0 up on Leicester; scoreless so far for Newcastle /Arsenal,but Palace pulled ahead of Huddersfield 1-0. Watford/ManUtd. later today.

Second half ,and Arsenal lights the board up with a goal,making it 1-0 ahead of Newcastle.

And,the Goonahs finish it with a 2-1 win,and nobody got booked. Chelsea thumped Cardiff 4-1,with Eden Hazard contributing a hat trick;no bookings. Bournemouth 4-2 over Leicester,,the Cherries' Ryan Fraser with a brace,but 3 yellows and the Foxes get 4 yellows and a red card for Wes Morgan(2nd yellow).Palace edges Huddersfield 1-0 with a yellow for the Terriers and 2 yellows for the Eagles. 3-0 clean sheet for ManCity over Fulham;no bookings. ManUtd drops Watford 2-1,even with a man short as Matic was sent off on second yellow/red,and the Hornets had 2 yellows as well. Wolves 1-0 over Burnley(Jimenez with the lone goal for Wolves, who also had 2 yellow cards to Burnley's 4 yellows) and West Ham gets it's first win of the season in over Everton ,3-1,but paid for it with Arnautovic being taken off the pitch with an injury,and 5 yellow cards to the Toffees' 2 yellows). Southampton/Brighton today about 2000 UTC.

And all square for the Saints and Seagulls,2-2 ;with a total of 5 yellow cards given out during the match..

And Week 6 fixtures have Fulham/Watford,Burnley/Bournemouth,Cardiff/ManCity,Palace/Newcastle,Leicester/Huddersfield,Liverpool hosting Southampton,ManUtd./Wolves,Brighton/Spurs,West Ham/Chelsea and Arsenal/Everton.

And Week 6 results; all square at 1-1 for Fulham/Watford,2 yellow cards(Cottagers) to 1 yellow card(Hornets). 1-1 draw for ManUtd/Wolves,and both get a yellow card each. Not a sausage for Palace/Newcastle,also w/ 1 yellow apiece,and West Ham/Chelsea,draw 0-0(Hammers w/ 2 yellows,Blues 1 yellow)Burnley(2 yellows) thumps Bournemouth(no bookings) 4-0. ManCity 5-0 over Cardiff,each getting 1 yellow card. Leicester(2 YCs) 3-1 over Huddersfield( 1 YC) Liverpool 3-0 over Southampton(2 YC for Saints),Spurs(1 YC) edge Brighton(2 YCs)2-1. And Arsenal tops Everton 2-1( 2 YCs for the Goonahs,1 YC for the Toffees).

Week 7 this weekend ,offers for Saturday;West Ham/ManUtd.,Arsenal/Watford,Everton/Fulham,Huddersfield/Spurs,ManCity/Brighton,Newcastle/Leicester,Wolves/Southampton. Sunday;Cardiff/Burnley and Chelsea/Liverpool. Monday,Bournemouth/Palace.

And the weekend's results; West Ham tops ManUtd 3-1(1 yellow to Red Devils)Arsenal 2-0 over Watford(2 yellows each),Everton thumps Fulham 3-0,with a brace from Sigurdsson;(3 yellows to Cottagers). Spurs 2-0 over Huddersfield(both w/ 2 bookings apiece)2-0 to ManCity over Brighton(Seagulls w/ 3 yellows)and moved the Sky Blues to the top of the table on goal difference just ahead of Liverpool. Leicester 2-0 over Newcastle(no bookings for either)Wolves top Southampton 2-0(Wolves 3 YC's to Saints 1 YC) All square 1-1 for Chelsea/Liverpool(2YC's to the Reds),2-1 win for Burnley over Cardiff(3 YC's for the Clarets,1 for the Bluebirds) and a 2-1 win for Bournemouth over Palace(3 YC's to the Cherries and 4 to the Eagles)

Weekend matches. Brighton tops West Ham 1-0,5 YC's issued(2 for the Hammers,3 for the Seagulls). Other matches tomorrow,Spurs/Cardiff,ManUtd./Newcastle,Everton/Leicester,Wolves/Palace,Buirnley/Huddersfield and Watford/Bournemouth. Sunday;Liverpool/ManCity,Fulham/Arsenal and Southampton/Chelsea

Today's matches saw Spurs ding ten man Cardiff 1-0( Bluebirds' Joe Ralls sent off w/ a straight red card in second half for bad foul,and an additional yellow for them,while the Spurs got 3 YC's)ManUtd. edged Newcastle 3-2 coming from behind after the half( 2 yellow cards apiece). Everton 2-1 over Leicester with Wes Morgan(Foxes) sent off after a second YC/RC for a bad foul,with 3 more YC's also,and the Toffees came away with a single YC. Wolves(4 YC's) 1-0 over Palace(3 YC's).All square 1-1 for Burnley/Huddersfield;both getting 2 YC's. Bournemouth(1 YC) thumped Watford(5 YCs/1 RC) 4-0. The red card for Kabasele(Hornets) in the 1st half for a bad foul,following a yellow for similar offense.

And Sunday's results,Arsenal(clean book) thumps Fulham(2 YC's) 5-1,with a pair of braces from Lacazette and Aubameyana. Not a sausage for Liverpool(1 YC)/ManCity(3 YC's),and 6 yellow cards and a 3-0 loss for Southampton to Chelsea(no bookings). International break this weekend ,league play resumes 10/20.

Week 9 fixtures; Saturday;it's Bournemouth/Southampton,Cardiff/Fulham,Chelsea/ManUtd.,Huddersfield/Liverpool,ManCity/Burnley,Newcastle/Brighton,West Ham/Spurs,and Wolves/Watford. Sunday-Everton/Palace and Monday-Arsenal/Leicester.

And here's the Week 9 results so far. Not a sausage for Southampton(2 YCs)/Bournemouth(1YC). 2-2 draw for Chelsea(2 YC's)/ManUtd.(5 YC's). Cardiff tops Fulham 4-2; first win of the season for the Bluebirds(both sides got 3 yellow cards each)Liverpool(2 YCs) edges Huddersfield 1-0;Mo Salah with the Reds' lone goal. ManCity thumps Burnley 5-0(both with a pair of YC's each)Brighton 2-0 over Newcastle( 2 YC's to the Seagulls)Spurs 1-0 over West Ham(3 YCs for the Hammers),Watford drops Wolves 2-0(Wolves get 3 YCs) and Everton(2 YCs) pulls off a late second half 2-0 win over Palace(1 YC)

And the Goonahs top Leicester 3-1;both sides booked twice;an own goal by Arsenal's Bellerin(for the Foxes' lone goal) and a brace by the Goonahs' Aubameyang .

Week 10 fixtures this weekend; Brighton/Wolves,Burnley/Chelsea,Palace/Arsenal,Fulham/Bournemouth,Leicester/West Ham,Liverpool/Cardiff,ManUtd./Everton,Southampton/Newcastle,Spurs/ManCity,and Watford/Huddersfield.

And Week 10's results,muted some by the death of Leicester owner Vichai Srivaddahanaprabha on Saturday following the match against West Ham( 1-1 draw)as he and his entourage left King Power Stadium by helicopter from the pitch,crashing outside the stadium in a car-park. No survivors. Brighton 1-0 over Wolves,Chelsea 4-0 over Burnley,2-2 draw for Palace/Arsenal,0-0 draw for Southampton/Newcastle,3-0 to Bournemouth over Fulham,4-1 to Liverpool over Cardiff ,3-0 to Watford over Huddersfield,and 2-1 to ManUtd. over Everton. Straight red card for Mark Noble (West Ham) for spiking Leicester's Ndidi,and Fulham's Kevin McDonald gets a red on a second yellow card. Nobody booked in Liverpool/Cardiff match

And ManCity edges Spurs 1-0. 2 yellow cards issued to both sides. City returns to top of table on goal difference above Liverpool.

Week 11 fixtures;Saturday-Arsenal/Liverpool,Bournemouth/ManUtd.,Cardiff/Leicester,Everton/Brighton,Newcastle/Watford,West Ham/Burnley and Wolves/Spurs. Sunday-Chelsea/Palace and ManCity/Southampton. Monday-Huddersfield/Fulham.

And the results so far;1-1 draw for Liverpool/Arsenal-both sides booked once. 6-1 thumping by ManCity over Southampton(1 YC each),Wolves(1 YC) get dropped by Spurs(2YC's) 3-2,ManUtd.(3 YCs) tops Bournemouth(4 YCs) 2-1. Leicester(1 YC) edges Cardiff(2YC's)1-0. Chelsea manages a 3-1 win over Palace(the Eagles booked once). 3-1 to Everton over Brighton(Seagulls only booked once),Newcastle tops Watford 1-0(,with 1 yellow to the Geordies,5 to the Hornets)And West Ham(1 YC) 4-2 over Burnley(3YCs)

And Huddersfield dings Fulham 1-0(courtesy of an own goal from the Cottagers'Timothy Fosy-Mensah in the 29th minute,and a few minutes after,being one of two Cottagers' booked,while the Terriers got 1 yellow card.)

Week 12,Remembrance Day weekend matches. Arsenal hosts Wolves,Cardiff/Brighton,Chelsea/Everton,Palace/Spurs,Huddersfield/West Ham,Leicester/Burnley,Liverpool/Fulham,the Manchester Derby(United/City),Newcastle/Bournemouth and Southampton/Watford.

Apologies for the delay,been busy elsewhere. But here are the weekend's results. 1-1 draws for Arsenal/Wolves(2 yellows each),same for Huddersfield/West Ham(1 YC each)and Ditto for Southampton/Watford(3 YC's-Saints,2 for Hornets),two not a sausage draws for Chelsea/Everton(4 YC's-Blues,3 for Toffees).and same for Leicester/Burnley,(only Foxes getting 2 YCs) Cardiff tops Brighton 2-1(YC's-Seagulls,1 and 1 straight red for Dale Stephens,and 2 YCs for Bluebirds) Spurs ding Palace 1-0(both being booked once)Liverpool 2-0 over Fulham(each booked once),ManCity 3-1 over United in the 177th Manchester Derby (also 1 booking each) and 2-1 to Newcastle over Bournemouth(2YCs-Geordies,1 for Cherries)International break this weekend. League play resumes 11/24.

And now to this weekend's matches;Bournemouth/Arsenal,Brighton/Leicester,Burnley/Newcastle,Everton/Cardiff,Fulham/Southampton,ManUtd./Palace,Spurs/Chelsea,Watford/Liverpool,West Ham/ManCity,and Wolves/Huddersfield.

Newcastle/Burnley play today 2000 UTC. Meanwhile,results from the weekend;Arsenal topped Bournemouth 2-1,1 given to the Goonahs came from a Jefferson Lerma(Bournemouth) own goal.1-1 draw for Leicester/Brighton(Foxes'James Maddison being sent off after a second yellow card(red),and another Leicester player taken off due to injury. Everton dings Cardiff 1-0 ,Fulham gets it's first win in a while,3-2 over Southampton,not a sausage for ManUtd/Palace,Spurs hand Chelsea it's first loss,3-1. Liverpool tops Watford 3-0,but the Reds lose Jordan Henderson on a red card(2nd YC),ManCity keeps it's lead in the tables with a 4-0 thumping of West Ham(2 coming from a Leroy Sane brace),and Huddersfield gets it's first win in a while 2-0,over Wolves,and moves into 14th spot for now with Mooy(Terriers) knocking in a brace.

And a 2-1 win for Newcastle over Burnley. First goal to the Geordies came from a Burnley own goal in the 4th minute by Ben Mee. Only one Newcastle player got booked;in the last minute of second half stoppage time. And this weekend,Cardiff/Wolves on Friday. Saturday;Palace/Burnley,Huddersfield/Brighton,Leicester/Watford,ManCity/Bournemouth,Newcastle/West Ham and Southampton/ManUtd.. Sunday is the Merseyside Derby with Liverpool hosting Everton,and London sees some good action with Chelsea/Fulham,and Arsenal/Spurs,as well as the aforementioned Palace/Burnley match.

To begin with,Cardiff topped the Wolves 2-1 last Friday. Saturday,a 2-1 win for Brighton over 10 man Huddersfield(Steve Mounie of the Terriers being sent off 32 minutes in for spiking a Brighton player),2-0 to Palace over Burnley,ditto Leicester over Watford(who also was short when Hornet Etienne Capoue was given a red card in the 90th minute. ManCity over Bournemouth 3-1(no bookings),West Ham thumps Newcastle 3-0,all square 2-2 for ManUtd./Southampton. Sunday;Arsenal 4-2 over Spurs, in the North London Derby. Spurs were short a man as Jan Vertonghen was sent off.In West London,Chelsea delivers a 2-0 win over Fulham,and in Merseyside,Liverpool1-0 over Everton in a really intense match ,as Origi gives the 3 points to the Reds in the final minute of second half stoppage time(96 minutes) with a header following an attempted save by Everton's keeper. Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp was so excited with the goal,he ran onto the pitch to congratulate Origi,with the clock still running. Klopp apologized for his conduct,possibly facing some sort of disciplinary action for leaving the technical area prematurely.

And we have some midweek matches tonight and tomorrow. Bournemouth/Huddersfield,Brighton/Palace,Burnley/Liverpool,Fulham/Leicester,Watford/ManCity,West Ham/Cardiff,Wolves/Chelsea,ManUtd./Arsenal,Everton/Newcastle,and Spurs/Southampton.

And the results for those mid-week matches;Bournemouth 2-1 over Huddersfield,Brighton drops Palace 3-1 even after losing Shane Duffy to a red card following a head-butt to Eagles Patrick VanAanholt in the first half. Liverpool also takes down Burnley 3-1,as does West Ham, 3-1 over Cardiff and Spurs top Southampton 3-1. 2-2 draw for ManUtd/Arsenal(one for the Goonahs being an own goal by United's Marcos Rojo) and 1-1 draws for Everton/Newcastle and Fulham/Leicester. ManCity tops Watford 2-1. And this weekend(12/8-10)it's Bournemouth/Liverpool,Arsenal/Huddersfield,Burnley/Brighton,Cardiff/Southampton,Chelsea/ManCity,Everton/Watford,Leicester/Spurs,ManUtd./Fulham,Newcastle/Wolves,and West Ham/Palace

Apologies for the delay;but here are last weekend's results;Arsenal 1-0 over Huddersfield,Liverpool thumped Bournemouth 4-0 courtesy of a Mo Saleh hat trick and a Cherries' own goal by Steve Cook.. Burnley dings Brighton 1-0 as does Cardiff to Southampton. Chelsea hands ManCity it's first loss of the campaign,2-0(and putting Liverpool at the top of the table for now), 2-2 draw for Everton/Watford,in part from a last minute equalizer by the Toffees,and also from a Toffees' own goal by Seamus Coleman .Spurs top Leicester 2-0,ManUtd. 4-1 over 10 man Fulham(as Anguissa was sent off). Wolves 2-1 over 10 man Newcastle(DeAndre Yedlin sent off)and West Ham edge Palace 3-2. Next up; Brighton hosts Chelsea,Leicester at Palace,Fulham/West Ham,Huddersfield/Newcastle,Liverpool/ManUtd.,ManCity/Everton,Southampton/Arsenal,Spurs/Burnley,Warford/Cardiff.and Wolves/Bournemouth.

And here are the results for Week 17. Chelsea edged Brighton 2-1,Palace 1-0 over Leicester,same for Spurs over Burnley and Newcastle over Huddersfield. West Ham tops Fulham 2-0,as do Wolves over Bournemouth. 3-1 wins for ManCity over Everton,and Liverpool over ManUtd.(Fellaini apparantly sporting a new haircut),with the Reds still atop the table by a point over City. 3-2 wins for Watford over Cardiff and Southampton over Arsenal,bringing the Saints out of the drop zone on goal difference ,conceding 1 fewer than Burnley.