Premier League 2020/2021

[serghei]

Nice game Chelsea vs Tottenham, two most inform teams in England.

 

[jairzinho]

Nice game Chelsea vs Tottenham, two most inform teams in England.

Spurs are an insanely athletic team. Good mix of physical and technical qualities.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Both have the power to win the title

 

[Morten]

Mourinho will be perfectly happy with a draw here.

 

[Total-Football]

Worst PL game this season. Mourinho has a knack for making games duller than dull

 

[Morten]

Holy shit that was boring!
Peak Mourinho, 0-0 draw away, wouldn`t be surprised if he enjoyed watching that game.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Boriiiiing

 

[serghei]

Yea, game started well in the first 10 minutes but turned into a borefest after that.

 

[Fati_Future_BallonDor]

Good result for tottenham

 

[El Gato]

Well held. Mou had the tendency to prioritise not losing these.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

Well held. Mou had the tendency to prioritise not losing these.

When there's no crowd I think drawing these matches have become a worse strategy. Home edge is not as big as it used to be.

 

[Morten]

When there's no crowd I think drawing these matches have become a worse strategy. Home edge is not as big as it used to be.

Is there any real data to back this up?

 

[messi2140]

Is there any real data to back this up?

There have been more wins in away games than home games this season in the PL. (37% Home Wins-20% Draw- 43% Away Wins). In the previous seasons you usually had an average of give or take 50% Home wins.


Pretty good site (just found it) , you can also see those stats of the previous seasons.

https://www.soccerstats.com/latest.asp?league=england


Edit : La liga also seems to have an average of ~50% Home wins in previous couple of seasons. This season we are sitting at 38% Home Wins-30% Draw- 32% Away Wins

 

[El Gato]

When there's no crowd I think drawing these matches have become a worse strategy. Home edge is not as big as it used to be.

I wasn't alluding to Mou planning to draw a tough away game. He generally would prefer to not lose, unless he has to, for one reason or another, go for a win. It was his blessing and a curse. In this case, I think 0-0 here is better than killing oneself to get a result vs Chelsea and possibly not getting it. Provided this is a month where you have them, Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Leicester and Wolves (6 of top8-10). I think it's an optimistic 0-0. They may be kicking themselves if the gap stays narrow and the 2 points would be well in their favor, but Chelsea were on form and I dont think title is decided in H2H this season anyway.

 

[FinBarcelonafan]

I wasn't alluding to Mou planning to draw a tough away game. He generally would prefer to not lose, unless he has to, for one reason or another, go for a win. It was his blessing and a curse. In this case, I think 0-0 here is better than killing oneself to get a result vs Chelsea and possibly not getting it. Provided this is a month where you have them, Liverpool, City, Arsenal, Leicester and Wolves (6 of top8-10). I think it's an optimistic 0-0. They may be kicking themselves if the gap stays narrow and the 2 points would be well in their favor, but Chelsea were on form and I dont think title is decided in H2H this season anyway.

Good points. I didn't know they have such a terrible schedule coming up.