Just in case you needed a reminder of what we have to look forward to the new season ahead, Here we go!!!
Just in case you needed a reminder of what we have to look forward to the new season ahead, Here we go!!!
Fulham boss Marco Silva has a strong affinity for the first day of the season in any league…
Impressively, he remains UNDEFEATED in his last nine opening matches as a manager. Will that streak end today?
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New rules are set to be introduced for the 2024/25 Premier League campaign:
Semi-automated offsides will be introduced but won’t start until AFTER the international break in September, October or even November.
Only the captain can speak to the referee. Any other player will be automatically carded if they confront officials.
Referees will no longer automatically give a yellow card for non-deliberate handballs.
VAR officials will not get involved in subjective decisions: only CLEAR and OBVIOUS errors will be looked at.
Team news will now be released 75 minutes before kick-off.
No mid-season/Christmas break for the players
Stoppage time will be shorter.
There is a new Premier League Match Centre social-media account (@PLMatchCentre) that will communicate the facts regarding VAR decisions.
@TheAthleticFC
100 - 2024-25 will be @ManUtd’s 100th season in the English top-flight, the fifth different team to reach the milestone after Everton, Aston Villa, Liverpool and Arsenal. The highest a team has finished in their 100th such campaign is 5th (Arsenal in 2016-17). Centurions.
𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟: Rodri will miss Man City’s opening game against Chelsea.
He’s not ready, Pep Guardiola has confirmed.
Man Utd XI: Onana; Dalot, Maguire, Martinez, Mazraoui; Casemiro, Mainoo, Mount; Amad, Fernandes, Rashford
Fulham XI: Leno; Tete, Diop, Bassey, Robinson; Lukic, Pereira; Adama, Smith Rowe, Iwobi, Muniz
Lisandro Martinez has kept 7 clean sheets in his last 10 games for club and country.
89% pass accuracy
2 clearances
2 interceptions
2 recoveries
7.5 match rating
One of the best!
With only 12 touches vs. Fulham, Joshua Zirkzee scored the winning goal and was awarded Player of the Match
A dream debut
Kobbie Mainoo vs. Fulham:
100% accurate long balls
100% tackles won
5 interceptions
6 recoveries
13 duels won
Back like he never left
Joshua Zirkzee scored on his Premier League debut for Manchester United against Fulham
Just like his fellow Dutchman and coach Ruud Van Nistelrooy did in 2001 for the Reds
Most chances created vs. Manchester United in a Premier League game at Old Trafford since 2016/17:
◎ 6 - Kevin De Bruyne (16/17)
◎ 6 - Mark Noble (19/20)
◎ 6 - Dwight McNeil (23/24)
◉ 6 - Andreas Pereira (24/25)
Did all he could on his return to Old Trafford.
Casemiro’s game by numbers vs. Fulham:
81 touches
7 duels won
6x possession won
4 touches in opp. box
4 tackles
4 clearances
3 chances created
3 crosses
3 shots
Looking back to his best.
22 - Following Joshua Zirkzee’s winner this evening, 22 players have now scored in their first ever Premier League appearance for Man Utd, with only Chelsea (27) and Aston Villa (26) having more debutant scorers in the competition’s history. Introduction.
15 - Joshua Zirkzee is the 15th Dutch player to score on his Premier League debut, and the fourth to do so while at @ManUtd after Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alexander Büttner and Donny van de Beek. Oranje.