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Premier League Matchweek 35 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 37 goals in ten matches.
Clean Sheets: Three of 20 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There were two draws in ten matches.
Possession: In six of eight matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.

Points of Interest

Manchester United have now qualified for the Champions League next season.

At the end of last season, Manchester United were 46 points behind Liverpool, United now sit six points clear of Liverpool.

Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo didn’t start one game under Ruben Amorim. He is now flourishing under Michael Carrrick.

Following a 3-1 win for Leeds United over Burnley, Leeds now sit on 43 points. No team has ever got relegated with that number of points in Premier League history.

Chelsea debutant Jesse Derry suffered a sickening head injury and had to be stretchered off late in the first half. Hopefully the 18-year-old is okay.

Chelsea goalkeeper Robert Sánchez had to be substituted off, after a clash of heads with Nottingham Forest midfielder Gibbs-White, who also had to be substituted off.

Chelsea striker João Pedro scored a consolation goal in the 93rd minute in a 3-1 loss to Nottingham Forest. The goal was the first for Chelsea in the Premier League in roughly 566 minutes!

Highlights

Viktor Gyökeres scored a brace in Arsenals’ 3-0 win over Fulham.

Kobbie Mainoo scored what proved to be the winning goal for Manchester United in a 3-2 win over Liverpool.

Conor Gallagher scored his first goal for Tottenham Hotspur, with a shot from distance to break the deadlock in a crucial 2-1 away win for them over Aston Villa.

Everton substitute Thierno Barry scored a brace in a 3-3 draw against Manchester City.

Manchester City winger Jérémy Doku scored a brace; his second goal was in the 97th minute helped City salvage a point.

Chelsea attacking midfielder/winger Cole Palmer had a penalty saved by Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels in first half stoppage time.

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Premier League Matchweek 34 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 18 goals in seven matches.
Clean Sheets: Four out of 14 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There were no draws in seven matches!
Possession: In five out of seven matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.
Teams that didn’t play: AFC Bournemouth, Brighton and Hove Albion, Burnley, Chelsea, Leeds United, Manchester City

Points of Interest

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has 19 assists this season, just one short of the record that Thierry Henry (Arsenal) and Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) share.

West Ham United captain Jarrod Bowen is almost single-handedly keeping his team out of the relegation zone. They sit just two points above Tottenham Hotspur.

Bowen has hit 20+ goal involvements in each of his last five seasons for West Ham United.

Liverpool left-back Andrew Robertson scored his first goal in 720 days.

Highlights

Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest) scored the second goal for Nottingham Forest in their 5-0 win against Sunderland. The New Zealand international scored his first Premier League goal in 215 days.

Jarrod Bowen provided two assists for West Ham United in their 2-1 over Everton.

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A-League Men Round 26 Review 2025/26

Facts and Figures

Goals Scored: There were 20 goals in six matches.
Clean Sheets: Three out of 12 teams that played kept a clean sheet.
Draws: There was one draw in six matches.
Possession: In two out of five matches where a team claimed three points, the winning team had less possession than their opponent.

Points of Interest

Marcus Younis (Melbourne City) should be in the Socceroos squad.

Damien Da Silva (Macarthur FC) and Josh Risdon (Perth Glory) both retired.

Matthew Jurman (Macarthur FC) got his first goal in 1106 days.

Juan Mata (Melbourne Victory) had 13 assists this season, that is the third-most of any player in an A-League season.

Sam Cosgrove (Auckland FC) and Luka Jovanovic (Adelaide United) shared the Golden Boot, with 11 goals.

Luka Jovanovic didn’t realise that he already had a yellow card and celebrated his second goal by taking his shirt off and got a second yellow card.

Highlights

Luke Brattan (Macarthur FC) scored a cracking goal from distance.

Bernardo Oliveira (Macarthur FC) made the score 4-0 with Macarthur FC against Wellington Phoenix. The 22-year-old’s brother Henrique provided the assist.

Sebastian Despotovski (Perth Glory) scored the goal of the week, with a superb shot from outside the box.

Ben Garuccio (Sydney FC) broke the deadlock with a great finish.

Guillermo May (Auckland FC) scored a brace in a 2-2 draw with Sydney FC.

Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United) played for the first time in 77 days and made the difference, in a 2-1 win over Melbourne City.

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