The Premier League is set to restart on June 17 when Aston Villa and Sheffield United square off behind closed doors at Villa Park. As far as pivotal opening matches go, the league could certainly do worse: Villa currently occupies the 19th position in the table and desperately needs every point it can pick up […]
Professional soccer in England is on hold until at least April 3 because of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, though even that date is far from certain: It’s unclear at the moment if and when play will resume — and how leagues will handle matters of promotion and relegation if it does not. What […]
The Premier League has felt more like a coronation than a competition this season. Liverpool opened up a gap at the top of the table as wide as the River Mersey and will almost certainly win its first Premier League title — and its first English top division title in 30 years. In lieu of […]
Going into the English Premier League’s winter break two weekends ago, the only interesting race was for the final spot for the 2020-21 Champions League season — and even that race was a bit ho-hum. But all of a sudden, there’s a wide-open contest for not one but two spots. On Friday, Manchester City was […]
Aston Villa is in danger of being relegated from the Premier League to the second division of the English soccer pyramid for the second time in five years. The Villans have amassed just 25 points from a possible 75 and sit in 17th place, just 1 point clear of the relegation zone. FiveThirtyEight’s model doesn’t […]