The fouls analysis: how Liverpool and Arsenal are treated by referees

Commentary by Tony Attwood, analysis by Nitram I mentioned in a recent article that PL statistics include virtually everything you can imagine except fouls.  Which is rather odd given the importance of the award of fouls by referees can be in a match. Which made me wonder why this is the case.  Why, when the …

Does the start of the season predict anything? Here are the facts.

by Tony Attwood So, looking back at the opening of other seasons… 2018/19: The opening two games resulted in two defeats and Arsenal were 17th.  We ended the league in 5th, 1 point off 4th place. 2017/18 We started with a 4-3 home win over Leicester followed by a 1-0 away defeat to Stoke.  We …