The 2025-26 Premier League season don start! All 20 teams don play their first matches. Manchester United get beat 1-0 by Arsenal for Super Sunday. E be like the biggest game of the weekend. Manchester City show say dem dey ready as dem beat Wolves 4-0 for Saturday evening.
Liverpool, the champions, show say dem wan win the title again. Arne Slot's boys win 4-2 against Bournemouth for Friday night. Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah score late goals give dem the win. If Chelsea wan be contenders, dem go need play better pass how dem draw 0-0 with Crystal Palace. VAR make plenty people vex for that match.
So, one week don pass, and 37 more rounds of matches dey come before the season end. But before we move forward, we go look the opening weekend of action. We go use stats from Opta to make table based on the expected goals for each team. Expected goals (xG) na metric wey dem dey use calculate the value of opportunities and shots on goal from each Premier League team. Plenty people dey use am to evaluate teams and how dem play. E dey give estimate of how many goals team suppose score.
Man City Top the xG Table
No be surprise say City dey top the xG table after dem beat Wolves well well for Molineux. Dem register...
Key Takeaways From Week 1:
- Manchester City dey look strong.
- Liverpool dey ready to defend their title.
- Manchester United need improve.
- Chelsea get work to do.
We go dey watch how the season go play out. Stay tuned for more updates!