How Consistent Was Every Premier League Lineup This Season?What our newest metric STABLE can tell us about Arsenal’s surprising title challenge — and Chelsea’s face-plant. By Ryan Best Before the 2022-23 Premier League campaign kicked off, there was a buzz around St. James’ Park that hadn’t been felt in quite some time: optimism. After years […]
The 2022-23 Premier League season kicks off this weekend, and there’s one question on the minds of many soccer fans: Does any team other than Liverpool or Manchester City have a real shot at winning this thing? The northwestern rivals have been head and shoulders above the rest of England — and most of the […]
cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): Tony, Grace, Ryan — thanks for joining me for our final soccer chat of the season, a season that somehow ends with Chelsea as the best team in Europe?? When we talked after the semifinals you all thought Chelsea had a real shot to win the Champions League Final versus […]
cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): Folks, we’re back! But Frank Lampard is not. Chelsea’s manager was let go after just a year and a half on the job. In his place is Paris Saint-Germain’s former gaffer, Thomas Tuchel. Chelsea was underperforming, but was it underperforming badly enough to sack a manager? And how much was […]
cwick (Chadwick Matlin, deputy editor): Hello, and welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s soccer chats! They’re like our football chats, but about the other football, the better football. Every other week or so we’ll be discussing what’s happening in the English Premier League and Champions League. And who is that we? Three Liverpool fans and a Gunner. My […]