Here is a look at the Premier League table after GW4 (the standings after Spurs v Arsenal) in the 24/25 season (after Week 4). This match week had the North London derby, which was won 1-0 by Arsenal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the season in this round, also conceding their first goal in the process. Nottingham Forest’s 1-0 win over the Reds took them to 7th in the table.
Man City remained the only unbeaten team with a 100% record after matchday 4.
Here is a look at the xG (expected goals) stats from Liverpool vs Nottingham Forest (official crowd attendance of 60,344 at Anfield on September 14, 2024). This is a new record Premier League attendance for a Premier League game at Anfield, but it saw the Reds slump to their first defeat under Arne Slot- LFC were unbeaten and hadn’t conceded a goal at the end of Week 3.
Some interesting stats from the game
Nottingham Forest had 0 xG in the first half- no shots whatsoever from NFFC till half time.
Coming into the game, NFFC had registered the most shots of all PL teams till GW3 (53)
The first shot of the game came from LFC in the 17th minute (through Luis Diaz)
The big game of the weekend in the Premier League was the one at Old Trafford between great rivals Manchester United and Liverpool. It turned out to be a rather tame one-sided affair, with Liverpool coasting to victory and scoring 3 unanswered goals in the process. Here are our talking points from the fixture.
Casemiro has a stinker; Colyer-Mainoo in the centre of the park in the second half
Casemiro had an absolute shocker of a first half for United, and two of his mistakes directly led to first-half goals for Liverpool. The Brazilian midfielder was one of the best in the world at Real Madrid, but has looked like a pale shadow of his former self at Old Trafford, and his performance on Sunday was so bad that manager Erik Ten Hag was forced to sub him off at half-time, and bring 20-year-old Toby Collyer (on Premier League debut) in midfield alongside teenager Kobbie Mainoo.