Arsenal currently holds the record for the longest unbeaten run of matches in Premier League history. Arsene Wenger’s Gunners went 49 games without tasting defeat between 2003 and 2004. The current league leaders have gone 50 matches undefeated at home in the Premier League. If they avoid defeat against Sheffield United on 02 January 2020, they will have gone a full year unbeaten in the league both home and away……
Tag: English Premier League
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (Boxing Day edition)
Mikel Arteta and Carlo Ancelotti will make their bows as Arsenal and Everton new bosses on Boxing Day while Liverpool, Leicester City and Manchester City go in search of three points to strengthen their title bid in the festive period……
Premier League Festive Period Schedule
The Premier League teams and organizers have to be commended for providing Christmas holiday football for the lovers of the game. However, the busy schedule in this period due to television coverage will see some teams played two league matches in less than 48 hours…..
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (December Super Sunday edition)
Jose Mourinho welcomes one of his old team – Chelsea to his new home (Tottenham Hotspur Stadium) as the race for a top-four spot gets heated. Real Madrid face another tough test on Sunday when Champions League chasing Athletic Bilbao come calling at the Santiago Bernabeu…….
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (LaLiga double header edition)
Barcelona travel to San Sebastein to face Real Sociedad while Real Madrid have a difficult task at the Mestalla against Valencia. Meanwhile, Andre Villas-Boas Olympique Marseille can make in seven straight wins in Ligue 1 if they can overcome Metz FC at Stade Municipal Saint-Symphorien.
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (Manchester Derby edition)
Can Ole Gunnar Solskjaer inspire his Red Devils to victory at the Etihad? In the Italian peninsula, we have a double header – new league leaders Inter Milan host an in-form AS Roma at the San Siro while high flying Lazio welcome defending champions Juventus to the Eternal City for what should be a cracking game on Saturday night……
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (LaLiga blockbuster edition)
The biggest game in the Spanish top division this weekend sees FC Barcelona travel to the Spanish capital to face a struggling Atletico Madrid side that have five wins in their last 16 games. Will Newcastle make it back-to-back home wins against Manchester City?
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (Battle of the Blues edition)
Champions – Man City will be looking to rebound and overtake the Blues on the standings after their defeat to Liverpool last time out. Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid entertain Real Sociedad in the biggest game of week 13 in the Spanish top flight as Los Blancos aim to keep tabs with Barcelona at the top of the table. Can Juventus scale another difficult hurdle in Bergamo when they face Gian Piero Gasperini’s Atalanta?
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (Super Sunday edition)
24 hours before Super Sunday special in England, Italy, France and Spain, there is Der Klassiker – the German Clasico at the Allianz Arena. Premier League leaders Liverpool host defending champions Manchester City in a top of the table clash in the Premier League…….
Is VAR providing more questions than answers?
Is football broken or was football broken before the introduction of VAR? I do not think so but with the stakes getting higher by the minute, the authorities and stakeholders decided to introduce video assistant referee with the objective of operating with “minimal interference and providing maximum benefit”…….
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (Derby della Mole edition)
Serie A table toppers – Juventus will make a short trip downtown south of Turin to face local rivals Torino in Derby della Mole. Can Wolverhampton Wanderers heap more misery on Unai Emery and Arsenal when Wolves come calling at the Emirates stadim???
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (Le Classique and Ruhr Derby edition)
Mission Impossible is the task for Andre Villas-Boas and his Marseille team when they take on PSG in the French capital in a grudge French Clasico. It is all about local bragging rights between Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund fans during the Ruhr derby…….
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (North West Derby edition)
Despite Manchester United recent struggles, the North West Derby is still considered one of the biggest derbies in England and it sees English football’s two most successful sides clash at Old Trafford on Sunday…….
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (Derby d’Italia edition)
Derby d’Italia is the sternest test yet in the Serie A for Antonio Conte’s Inter Milan in a crunch week that has seen the Beneamata visit the Camp Nou for a Champions League game. After six rounds of Serie A football, Inter Milan have a perfect record and deservedly sit at the top of the table with 18 points……
2019-20 FESIG League Preview – (Madrid Derby edition)
El Derbi Madrileño also known as Madrid derby has returned to its former glory as one of Europe’s premier fixtures…….