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Premier League Matchweek 28 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 36 goals in ten matches, which is the most goals scored in any Matchweek so far this season!
Clean Sheets: Two out of 20 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There was one draw in ten matches.
Possession: In four out of nine matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.

Points of Interest

Four of the ten games ended with the score line 2-1.

Bruno Fernandes has 13 assists, which is the most of any player so far this season.

Highlights

Wolverhampton Wanderers won just their second game of the season, with a 2-0 win over Aston Villa.

Mikkel Damsgaard scored a brace for Brentford against Burnley. The second goal he scored came in the 93rd minute, which meant Brentford won 4-3.

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A-League Men Round 19 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 12 goals in six matches.
Clean Sheets: Five out of 12 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There were three draws in six matches.
Possession: In two out of three matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.

Points of Interest

Logan Rogerson of Auckland FC scored his first goal of the season in their game against Melbourne City.

Jesse Randall of Auckland FC scored his ninth goal of the season. Randall has the most goal involvements of any player this season, with 14; nine goals and five assists.

Lachlan Brook had his first win against Melbourne City; the substitute was finally on the winning side in his eighth game against them.

VAR overturned a penalty awarded to Wellington Phoenix in the first half when the score was 0-0 against Sydney FC.

Highlights

Yaya Dukuly of Adelaide United made it 1-1 with a great finish in the 35th minute against Melbourne Victory.

Chris Long broke the deadlock in the 16th minute with a stunning strike, in the game between Brisbane Roar and Perth Glory.

Dylan Scicluna provided an exquisite assist, with Brandon Borrello the beneficiary, which made the score 4-0 in favour of Western Sydney Wanderers against Macarthur FC.

Ben Garuccio of Sydney FC helped his team break the deadlock with an assist for Alexandar Popovic.

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Premier League Matchweek 27 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 21 goals in nine matches.
Clean Sheets: Six out of 20 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There were three draws in ten matches.
Possession: In five out of seven matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had more possession than their opponent.

Points of Interest

James Milner has now played the most games of any player in Premier League history, as he played his 654th game on the weekend for Brighton and Hove Albion against Brentford.

Tottenham Hotspur and Nottingham Forest both lost with a new manager in charge, so perhaps the new manager bounce may be a myth.

Eberechi Eze has scored five goals in the two games that Arsenal have played Tottenham Hotspur this season.

Manchester United substitute Benjamin Sesko scored the only goal if the game in a 1-0 win over Everton.

Highlights

Alexis Mac Allister scored the only goal of the game for Liverpool in the 97th minute in a win over Nottingham Forest.

Eberechi Eze and Viktor Gyökeres of Arsenal both scored a brace in a 4-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the North London Derby.

James Ward-Prowse provided an assist from a corner to salvage a point for Burnley against Chelsea in the 93rd minute, with Zian Flemming scoring the goal.

Raul Jimenez scored a brace for Fulham in their 3-1 win over Sunderland.

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