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 […]
Everton looks like a drastically different team than it did two months ago, which is to say that Everton looks exactly as it has for much of its time in the Premier League — aspirational, but hardly among the league’s elite. Since legendary Italian manager Carlo Ancelotti took the reins after Christmas, the Toffees have […]
Through its first 22 games back in the Premier League, Sheffield United has amassed 32 points and sits in sixth place, ahead of both Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur. It’s the best 22-game start to a Premier League season for a newly promoted team since Birmingham City picked up 33 points in as many games in […]
If Liverpool wins its game against Crystal Palace at London’s Selhurst Park on Saturday, it will remain at least 8 points clear of its nearest title challenger at the top of the Premier League table. Only three teams in league history have built equal or larger gaps at the top of the table through match […]
The Chelsea Football Club appeared to be in turmoil before the 2019-20 Premier League season began. Enigmatic, chain-smoking manager Maurizio Sarri left the club after just one season at the helm, returning to Italy to coach Juventus; it sold its best player (and perhaps the best player in all of the Premier League), Eden Hazard, […]