EPL 16-18th January 2016
EPL 16-18th January 2016
Another look at some of the simple statistics underlying the matches in the English Premier league. A weekend that saw Manchester City claw back two points on Arsenal and Leicester who remain on top of the league separated only by goal difference and then only by a point to Manchester City.
%matplotlib inline
import league_analysis
from IPython.display import display, HTML
epl = league_analysis.epl
league_analysis.blog_weekly_header(epl, '16/01/2016', '18/01/2016')
Aston Villa 1-1 Leicester
Aston Villa have not managed to out-shoot many teams this season, so to do so against (one of) the league leaders is possibly a sign of improvement. Which makes it a bit of shame that they are now further from safety than previously due to those closest to them having good weekends, notably Newcastle and Swansea.
Bournemouth 3-0 Norwich
Bournemouth continue to improve and that result sees them leapfrog Norwich into 15th. Again because of the good weekends for Newcastle and Swansea they are still quite far from a comfortable position. Norwich beginning to slide rather worryingly.
Chelsea 3-3 Everton
A very entertaining game with a bit of controversy at the end. However, it's hard to make the case that Chelsea didn't deserve a draw overall. On a non-stat related note, I don't have much love for John Terry, but I was surprised that no-one on MOTD mentioned that although his draw-saving goal was clearly off-side, it was a pretty good finish.
It's hard to really see Chelsea as relegation candidates, but it's hard not to comment on the fact that they are just 4 points from safety. However, they are equally just 5 points from 10th placed Southampton. Chelsea are currently 8th for team rating, and it does not seem entirely unlikely that they could end the season there. Whilst Southampton and Liverpool stand between Chelsea in 8th there is a trio of teams above 8th who could slip back in Crystal Palace, Stoke City and West Ham United.
Manchester City 4-0 Crystal Palace
The two Manchester teams managed 5 shots on target between them and scored all five of them. In truth though the sky blue half of Manchester were entirely on top here and were always going to win. Crystal Palace are having a tough time of it at the moment.
Newcastle 2-1 West Ham
A deserved victory for Newcastle, something I don't think we've said so far this season.
Southampton 3-0 West Brom
Interesting one, both teams had nine shots, but West Brom did not manage a single shot on target whilst Southampton managed 5. It is clear who deserved this one.
Tottenham 4-1 Sunderland
About as one-sided as it gets. Worrying times for Sunderland, who might have thought the 4-2 victory over Swansea could have represented a rise in form. Not on this evidence. Having said that Tottenham are one of the best teams in the league, so perhaps away to Tottenham is just not the kind of game relegation scrappers have much hope for.
Liverpool 0-1 Manchester United
Not much less one-side than the Tottenham, but in this case Liverpool lose. The big difference here is the shots on target, 4-1 is not that large an advantage.
Stoke 0-0 Arsenal
Bit of a slip up this for Arsenal and Stoke, if anything, deservered a win.
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