A look at the weekend which was in the Premier League.
LAS VEGAS — Matchweek Two in England’s Premier League has concluded. Round 2/38 saw plenty of action, plenty of highlights and leaves plenty to discuss heading into September on the Premier League calendar.
MW2 Results via http://www.premierleague.com
BHAMUN
- Brighton 2 Man Utd 1
- Possession: BHA 48% MUN 52%
- Shots on Goal: BHA 5 MUN 4
- xG: BHA 2.32 MUN 1.53
- Corners: BHA 4 MUN 4
- Tackles: BHA 18 MUN 18
- Yellow Cards: BHA 1 MUN 2
At Amex Stadium, Brighton & Hove, East Sussex: A Joao Pedro header at 90’+5 and a Danny Welbeck goal powered Brighton & Hove Albion to a 2-1 victory over Manchester United on Saturday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
31st minute: BHA ST Danny Welbeck scores his 100th club goal against the team with which he had won a Premier League title with previously.
MCIIPS
- City 4 Ipswich Town 1
- Possession: MCI 68% IPS 32%
- SOG: MCI 5 IPS 1
- xG: MCI 3.37 IPS 0.36
- Corners: MCI 10 IPS 1
- Tackles: MCI 15 IPS 17
- Yellow Cards: MCI 2 IPS 3
At Ethiad Stadium, Manchester: Erling Haaland netted a hat-trick and Kevin De Bruyne scored a goal to give Manchester City a resounding 4-1 win versus newly-promoted Ipswich Town on Saturday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
Minutes 12’-16’: The Citizens score three goals in four minutes to stun the Tractor Boys, including a sublime tally from Haaland in the 16th minute.
SOUNOF
- Southampton Nil Nottingham Forest 1
- Possession: SOU 60% NFO 40%
- SOG: SOU 1 NFO 8
- xG: SOU 0.1 NFO 2.2
- Corners: SOU 4 NFO 10
- Tackles: SOU 18 NFO 24
- Yellow Cards: SOU 3 NFO 3
At St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton, Hampshire: Morgan Gibbs-White scored a goal in the 70th minute to give Nottingham Forest a 1-Nil away victory at Southampton on Saturday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
70th minute: Gibbs-White breaks a Nil-Nil deadlock with his first goal of the new Premier League campaign which proved to be a game-winner.
TOTEVE
- Tottenham Hotspur 4 Everton Nil
- Possession: TOT 63% EVE 37%
- SOG: TOT 8 EVE 1
- xG: TOT 2.58 EVE 1.10
- Corners: TOT 12 EVE 5
- Tackles: TOT 20 EVE 28
- Yellow Cards: TOT 0 EVE O
At Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Tottenham, North London: Spurs star man Son Heung-min scored twice in addition to goals scored by Yves Bissouma and Cristian Romero in a 4-Nil obliteration of Everton on Saturday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
77th minute: The great Son gets his brace via a wonderful run by Spurs CB Mickey van de Ven. To be fair, once again, the Toffees were terrible on this day.
CRYWHU
- Crystal Palce Nil West Ham 2
- Possession: CRY 54% WHU 46%
- SOG: CRY 2 WHU 3
- xG: CRY 1.3 WHU 1.4
- Corners: CRY 3 WHU 3
- Yellow Cards: CRY 1 WHU 1
At Selhurst Park, Croydon, South London: Tomas Soucek and Jarrod Bowen each scored goals five minutes apart in the second half to power West Ham to Nil-2 success at Crystal Palace on Saturday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
72nd minute: Hammers FW/MF Jarrod Bowen opens his scoring ledger for the new Premier League term off a lovely feed from new signing Max Kiliman and puts CRYWHU on ice in the process.
FULLEI
- Fulham 2 Leicester City 1
- Possession: FUL 53% LEI 47%
- SOG: FUL 6 LEI 4
- xG: FUL 1.8 LEI 0.6
- Corners: FUL 7 LEI 5
- Tackles: FUL 15 LEI 21
- Yellow Cards: FUL 2 LEI 2
At Craven Cottage, Fulham, West London: Alex Iwobi scored a game-winning goal in the 70th-minute and new signing Emile Smith Rowe scored another en route to a 2-1 victory over Leicester City on Saturday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
70th minute: The Iwobi GWG brought to you by skillful, fast transition. The celebration wasn’t too shabby either.
AVLARS
- Aston Villa Nil Arsenal 2
- Possession: AVL 43% ARS 57%
- SOG: AVL 3 ARS 4
- xG: AVL 1.81 ARS 1.22
- Corners: AVL 4 ARS 1
- Tackles: AVL 21 ARS 15
- Yellow Cards: AVL 1 ARS 3
At Villa Park, Aston, Birmingham: Leandro Trossard and Thomas Partey each scored second half goals to facilitate a Nil-2 win for Arsenal away at Aston Villa on Saturday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
53rd minute: ARS GK David Rays keeps Villa off the scoresheet keeping a deflection out and then making a masterful save all in the same sequence.
WOLCHE
- Wolverhampton 2 Chelsea 6
- Possession: WOL 47% CHE 53%
- SOG: WOL 4 CHE 8
- xG: WOL 2.11 CHE 1.65
- Corners: WOL 5 CHE 5
- Tackles: WOL 19 CHE 14
- Yellow Cards: WOL 2 CHE 3
At Molineux, Wolverhampton, West Midlands: Noni Madueke had a hat-trick and Nicolas Jackson, Cole Palmer and Joao Felix each added a goal en route to a 6-2 pounding of Wolverhampton in a very frisky, lively affair on Sunday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
45th minute: Chelsea star boy Cole Palmer scores another brilliant goal to take a (short lived as WOL scored a minute later) 2-1 lead over Wolves.
BOUNEW
- Bournemouth 1 Newcastle 1
- Possession: BOU 45% NEW 55%
- SOG: BOU 4 SOG 5
- xG: BOU 2.31 NEW 1.83
- Corners: BOU 8 NEW 9
- Tackles: BOU 22 NEW 21
- Yellow Cards: BOU 2 NEW 3
At Vitality Stadium, Bournemouth, Dorset: Marcus Tavernier scored a first half goal for Bournemouth and Anthony Gordon scored a second half goal for Newcastle to share the points in a 1-1 draw on Sunday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS
76th minute: NEW FW/MF opens his scoring ledger for the new Premier League term with a splendid goal at the back point to get The Geordies level 1-1 and share the points.
LIVBRE
- Liverpool 2 Brentford Nil
- Possession: LIV 59% BRE 41%
- SOG: LIV 8 BRE 2
- xG: LIV 2.83 BRE 0.39
- Corners: LIV 9 BRE 4
- Tackles: LIV 22 BRE 11
- Yellow Cards: LIV 2 BRE 3
At Anfield Stadium, Anfield, Liverpool: Luis Diaz and Mo Salah each scored goals in the first and second halves respectively to power Liverpool to a clinical 2-Nil defeat of Brentford on Sunday.
MOMENTS OF CLASS:
70th minute: Liverpool star man and Egypt International Mo Salah puts LIVBRE to bed with a calm finish to give The Reds a 2-Nil advantage over The Bees in Arne Slot’s home managerial debut.
TEAM OF THE WEEK
It’s Arsenal. The Gunners have earned 6 points in two matches whilst not conceding a goal and looking clinical in the process. To earn all three points at a quality side like Aston Villa, at Villa Park, gives The Gunners TOTW Honors for this week.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
It’s Erling Haaland. The City ST is a goal scoring machine the likes of which the Premier League has not seen previously. Skill, power, fitness, it’s all there. He’s averaging a hat-trick every 9.7 Premier League matches. Think about that for a minute…
STAT OF THE WEEK
KIT OF THE WEEK
BET OF THE WEEK
In my MW2 preview, readers were specifically instructed to play Son Anytime GS +120 as the PL MW2 Best Bet. My exact words were “He nets one, at least.” He netted two.
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