Still, the results have been good, even though they were fortunate enough to convert a combined xG of one to four goals against Brighton and Crystal Palace in Gerrard’s first two games. Somewhat counterintuitively, despite playing less risky and more straightforward passes, Gerrard has presided over Villa’s four games in which they have had the lowest possession stats. A few interesting statistical themes have emerged from Gerrard’s games in charge: All are in Villa’s five performances to feature the fewest long passes and fewest long pass attempts this season, and are among the six with the most short passes. Steven Gerrard returns to Anfield after four games and three wins in the Aston Villa dugout.
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City had already secured first place in their group, but only Zack Steffen’s saves kept them from taking much more on Tuesday. Admittedly, four of those matches ended in victories, with the only loss on the Champions League’s midweek trip to Leipzig. Manchester City have failed to keep their clean sheet in their last five games. As Claudio Ranieri said after their loss to Manchester City last weekend: “Our Premier League starts now, we have to score points.” SB 2) Defensive leaks are a concern for City
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Watford also suffers from significant injuries, notably from winger Ismaïla Sarr, and after a series of encouraging performances in extremely difficult matches, must seize the opportunity offered by their next matches to move away from the last three.
Brentford is going without Ivan Toney, who has tested positive for Covid, and Sergi Canós, suspended after securing a fifth booking of the season for removing his jersey during a goal celebration against Leeds last weekend.
The teams that finished second and third in the championship last season – and are now in the bottom four of the standings – meet in what appears to be a very important meeting. 1) Key conflict for sliding promoted sides
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