Tag: Stars of the Week

The Premier League is back, and from what feels like a relatively long break as well. Following game after game after game in December, the close of the festive period gave way to the usual early year domestic cup…

Well, that’s the festive fixture schedule wrapped up for another year, and what a ride it has been. We haven’t seen a full round of ten matches in the Premier League for quite some time now, over a month…

Penalties, penalties galore. Spot kicks were very much the dominant theme in Matchweek 16 of the Premier League season, with eight awarded in total – increasing this season’s tally of total penalties awarded by nearly a quarter, from 33…

As we come to the end of a third full round of Premier League matches in the space of just over a week, the drama certainly isn’t beginning to wear thin. The big story was written by the time…

The days between Matchweeks are shrinking and the action is intensifying – both fitting reminders as we enter December that the busiest period in the football calendar will soon be upon us. With the hazardous weather retreating, for the…

It’s a bit early for match postponements, isn’t it? We’re just over a third of the way into the season, and Matchweek 13 has already brought us our first such match cancellation between Burnley and Tottenham due to snow…

Isn’t it so nice to know that the annoyingly frequent international breaks are now behind us and that we now have uninterrupted Premier League football until March? Despite crucial international fixtures being played into the middle of last week,…

As the Premier League returned following the second international break already this season, there were certainly no signs of hangover amongst the league’s many returning footballers, as the competition burst back into life for Matchweek 8. The big headline…

The curtain falls on another extended weekend of Premier League action, and it is hard to believe that we’ve already reached the end of the second month of this fledgling but a fascinating season. With exhilarating clashes and eyebrow…