Premiership

xG Man Utd vs Liverpool 2024 Attendance 73,738 | Expected Goals Stats MUFC 0-3 LFC

Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Man U vs Liverpool (Official attendance of 73,738 at Old Trafford on 1 September, 2024). A comfortable 3-0 win for Liverpool as they capitalised on United errors in midfield

xG Man United 0.72- 1.06 Liverpool shots map (Actual score MU 0-3 LFC)

0-1 Diaz header goal vs Man United xG 0.35
0-2 Diaz second goal vs MU xG 0.08
0-3 Salah goal vs MUFC xG 0.11

xG Manchester United vs Liverpool 2024

Not much for United in terms of chances on xG apart from one Zirkzee header (63rd minute) from close range that was saved by Alisson. The chance accounted for most of United’s xG- the rest of the ones weren’t really high percentage opportunities.

United had only two shots in the first half (both to Mazraoui), and their first shot came after half an hour.

Liverpool also had a first half Trent Alexander Arnold goal disallowed for Salah being offside.

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New Champions League format draw- Whom will the Premier League clubs be facing in the group stage?

The Champions League returns this year with a radically different format, one that sees each team play EIGHT group games. The 8 will be split into four home games and four away ones, but you don’t play the same team home and away- instead there are 8 different group opponents.

The group stage in 24/25 has 36 teams this year (up from 32 in previous years), and the table will be one big, combined log. Teams that finish 1-8 will directly progress to the knockout stages, while 9-24 will face each other in a playoff. 25-36 will be eliminated from Europe altogether (no EL for them)

Premier League opponents in UCL this year (2024/2025)

Man City (Home): Inter, Brugge, Feyenoord, Sparta
Man City (Away): PSG, Juventus, Sporting Lisbon, Slovan Bratislava

Liverpool (Home): Real Madrid, Leverkusen, Lille, Bologna
Liverpool (Away): Leipzig, AC Milan, PSV, Girona

Arsenal (Home): PSG, Shakhtar, Dinamo Zagreb, Monaco
Arsenal (Away): Inter, Atalanta, Sporting Lisbon, Girona

Liverpool appear to have the toughest draw on paper, although City have some tricky fixtures away from home. Arsenal have a very winnable fixture list.

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Referee announced for Chelsea vs Crystal Palace- Same one who was in charge of epic 4-3 game v Man Utd

The referee for Chelsea’s weekend clash against Crystal Palace has been officially announced as Jarred Gillett. The 37-year-old Australian was in charge of Arsenal’s 2-0 opening day win over Wolverhampton Wanderers, and was also the man in the middle for the Community Shield clash between Man Utd and Man City earlier this month- a fixture the Citizens won on penalties.

Blues fans will remember him as the ref for their epic league clash against Manchester United last season- a seven goal thriller that the hosts won after Cole Palmer scored in the 100th and 101st minutes.

Chelsea have a pretty decent record under Gillett as referee- they’ve lost only once in 7 games with him in charge.

Jarred Gillett Referee

CFC games with Jarred Gillett as referee

Chelsea 4-3 Man Utd (2023/24)
Brentford 2-2 Chelsea (2023/24)

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