📍 Rio de West Ham

IN-THE-INBOX: 2-MINS

It’s a bit of a manager merry-go-round this weekend.

Forest manager Sean Dyche visits his old side Everton, Unai Emery hosts Arsenal and Thomas Frank gets to show Brentford what they’re missing…

 
🗓️ Friday 5th December

1. The Big Facts: Isak, Welbeck and Wolves 📊

2. The Big Tips: Are Man United due a win? 💰

3. The Big Funnies: Rio’s forgotten beginnings 📍

    
   

THE BIG FACTS

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🐺 Wolves now have the fewest points (2) from 14 games in Premier League history. What’s the punishment for that?! 👆

🍬 Everton haven’t had a goal or assist from ANY of their subs this season.

😲 Arsenal have broken the Premier League record for most consecutive games (108) without conceding three goals, dating back to 2023 in a 4-3 thriller with Luton.

📉 Chelsea are four points worse off this season than they were at the same stage last year, despite Maresca saying they were better than a year ago.

🪶 Danny Welbeck has averaged ~6 goals a season for Brighton in his last five seasons. He’s on 7 already this season after just 14 games.

🐦 Alexander Isak has created just two chances this season, bettered by 258 players.

THE BIG TIPS

Howling Wolves

3 points: Man United to beat Wolves
Odds ☞ 5/6
💭 If Man United don’t win here, Ruben Amorim may as well zip up his already packed bags. As we said earlier, and we repeat: Wolves are on the lowest points tally in history after 14 games. United have shown mild improvement in recent games, despite results not painting the full picture.

3 points: Joachim Andersen Over 78.5 passes
Odds ☞ 5/6
💭 Andersen, who boasts one of the highest passing averages in the League, racked up 105 passes against Man City in midweek. To add to this, an opposing centre-back has hit this line in over half of Palace’s games this season.


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THE BIG FUNNIES

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⚒️ Rio Ferdinand, who started his professional career at West Ham with 127 appearances, tweeted “FFS” when West Ham equalised against Man United last night. Never forget where you came from!

😳 Mikel Arteta has challenged Declan Rice to take the next step in his development… and become a “long throw expert”.

📈 Jack Hall, a random FPL player, was 12th in the global Fantasy Football League in November despite not making a single change to his team since the start of the season.

THE BIG POLL

THE SOFA SCHEDULE

SATURDAY
12:30 Aston Villa vs Arsenal | TNT Sports
17:30 Leeds vs Liverpool | Sky Sports

SUNDAY
14:00 Brighton vs West Ham | Sky Sports
16:30 Fulham vs Palace | Sky Sports

MONDAY
20:00 Wolves vs Man United | Sky Sports

THE BIG DRAW

One of our readers and friends has put up 2 x table seats to the World Darts Finals! To enter the live draw, follow this link.

(All profits go to the Newton Amateur Boxing Club, supporting youth and adult lives 🙌)