QPR 0-5 Swansea
Last year QPR really struggled to stay up, it appears they will again be struggling to stay in the Premier League despite making a number of notable signings over summer. The talking point here however wasn't QPR, but instead Swansea, who under new manager Michael Laudrup looked sensational.
New signing Michu opened the scoring for the Swansea in just 8 minutes announcing his arrival with a shot that just appeared to roll away from the keeper. He doubled his personal account early in the second with an excellent finish to cap off a wonderful counter attack by Swansea as QPR chased an equalised.
The second Michu goal appeared to open the floodgates for Swansea who were in a mood to fill their boots and that appeared to be what they did with Nathan Dyer netting twice himself before late substitute Scott Sinclair added a fifth and final goal for the Swans.
Despite the rumour of Scott Sinclair leaving Swansea in the near future this was a promising performance by the whole team who, under Laudrup looked genuinely sensational, especially on the counter. The Danish manager has made several very shrewd buys, including the signing of Michu who may end up being the buy of the season.
Mark Hughes appears to have a pretty good squad on paper, though it could take a while for his players to gel, this could be the big problem with QPR, however the bigger problem appears to be their finishing. With over 20 shots today QPR only managed to hit half of them on target, with 0 goals from 11 shots on target you need to wonder whether they have the strike force which can keep them up. The fact Swansea found it so easy to rip them apart on the counter should also be a very worrying sign for the Loftus Road club. This isn't how you start a season.
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Saturday, 18 August 2012
Premier League Week 1-Results (Saturday)
So the Premier League has finally kicked off and we've completed the first day of games with a number of surprises. For the sake of ordering the results I've listed them in order of goals scored below.
Fulham 5-0 Norwich City (Duff-26, Petric-41, 54, Kacanilik-66, Sidwell-87 Pen)
Queens Park Rangers 0-5 Swansea City (Michu-8,53, Dyer-63,71, Sinclair-81)
West Brom 3-0 Liverpool (Gera-43, Odemwinge-64 Pen, Lukaku-77), Agger Sent off 58
Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Ba-55, Ben Arfa-80: Defoe 76)
Reading 1-1 Stoke (Kitghly-34 : Fondre-89) Whitehead sent off 89
West Ham 1-0 Aston Villa (Nolan-40)
Arsenal 0-0 SunderlandAs you can see we've been treated to some real surprises (West Brom beating Liverpool being the stand out upset) as well as a huge number of goals (19 in total) and just a solitary 0-0 draw.
Below are the figures for the stat freaks, these will be done every weekend and hopefully add something for some fans:
Highest Scoring Games-5 Goals (Fulham v Norwich 5-0, QPR v Swansea 0-5)
Lowest Scoring Games-0 Goals (Arsenal v Sunderland, 0-0)
Top Scorer-2 Goals (Petric, Michu, Dyer)
Penalties-4:
Scored-3-(Odemwinge v Liverpool, Sidwell v Norwich, Ben Arfa v Tottenham Hotspur)
Missed-1-(Long v Liverpool)
Red Cards-2 (Agger, Whitehead)
Total Goals-19 (in 7 games so far)
Fulham 5-0 Norwich City (Duff-26, Petric-41, 54, Kacanilik-66, Sidwell-87 Pen)
Queens Park Rangers 0-5 Swansea City (Michu-8,53, Dyer-63,71, Sinclair-81)
West Brom 3-0 Liverpool (Gera-43, Odemwinge-64 Pen, Lukaku-77), Agger Sent off 58
Newcastle United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Ba-55, Ben Arfa-80: Defoe 76)
Reading 1-1 Stoke (Kitghly-34 : Fondre-89) Whitehead sent off 89
West Ham 1-0 Aston Villa (Nolan-40)
Arsenal 0-0 SunderlandAs you can see we've been treated to some real surprises (West Brom beating Liverpool being the stand out upset) as well as a huge number of goals (19 in total) and just a solitary 0-0 draw.
Below are the figures for the stat freaks, these will be done every weekend and hopefully add something for some fans:
Highest Scoring Games-5 Goals (Fulham v Norwich 5-0, QPR v Swansea 0-5)
Lowest Scoring Games-0 Goals (Arsenal v Sunderland, 0-0)
Top Scorer-2 Goals (Petric, Michu, Dyer)
Penalties-4:
Scored-3-(Odemwinge v Liverpool, Sidwell v Norwich, Ben Arfa v Tottenham Hotspur)
Missed-1-(Long v Liverpool)
Red Cards-2 (Agger, Whitehead)
Total Goals-19 (in 7 games so far)
Premier League Week 1-Predictions (Saturday)
Saturday 18th August
Arsenal V Sunderland (15:00)-Arsenal, playing for the first time since the transfer of Robin Van Persie to Manchester United may be expected to win here with relative ease, especially considering the transfer of players like Podolski however I can't help but think we may see a bit a shock here. I'll be betting on the draw here.
1-1
Fulham V Norwich (15:00)-Despite Fulham playing at home I'm going to favour the away win here. The signings of Snodgrass and Turner will really bulk up the Norwich line up. Whilst Fulham have added the very good Hugo Rodellaga I expect he will take several weeks to get into the full swing of things.
1-2
QPR V Swansea (15:00)-Swansea have lost not only their manager but also their talisman in Joe Allen, they have however managed to acquire an extremely talented player in Michu. Sadly for Swansea however I can't see them getting anything from this one. The QPR squad has been strengthened massively since the end of last season and with this in mind I'll be backing QPR.
2-0
Reading V Stoke (15:00)-Going into this bout it could, genuinely a very close match, however with Pogrebnyak now amongst the Reading squad it's almost impossible to bet against Reading. Stoke are never an easy team to beat though they are a flawed tea.
2-1
West Brom V Liverpool (15:00)-Liverpool have arguably the most frustrating team for any fans in recent years as their team repeatedly fall short of expectation. With Bredan Rodgers in charge I know some people are massively excited, sadly however Rodgers seems to have done the same thing Kenny Dalglish did, he's over paid for players. Thankfully for Liverpool here West Brom haven't really improved their squad over Summer and I think Liverpool's players will get up for Rodger's first Premier League game in charge.
0-2
West Ham V Aston Villa (15:00)-West Ham's return to the Premier League seems to have been met by a lot of people predicting them to go down. Whilst they have improved their squad with Modibo Maïga and the re-signing of James Collins they may not have improved quite enough. Villa, a team I'd have predicted to struggle have added some brilliant players and I whilst they may not click straight away they will be a very good team when they start to click.
1-1
Newcastle V Tottenham (17:30)-The late kick off sees last years 4th placed team playing the 5th placed team in what promising to be a very interesting match up. Going into this match up you have to have a lot of questions-how will Spurs do with Harry and how will they do with Villas-Boas? How does Anita fit into Newcastle? This is by far the stand out match of the day and I expect it to live up to expectation
2-3
Arsenal V Sunderland (15:00)-Arsenal, playing for the first time since the transfer of Robin Van Persie to Manchester United may be expected to win here with relative ease, especially considering the transfer of players like Podolski however I can't help but think we may see a bit a shock here. I'll be betting on the draw here.
1-1
Fulham V Norwich (15:00)-Despite Fulham playing at home I'm going to favour the away win here. The signings of Snodgrass and Turner will really bulk up the Norwich line up. Whilst Fulham have added the very good Hugo Rodellaga I expect he will take several weeks to get into the full swing of things.
1-2
QPR V Swansea (15:00)-Swansea have lost not only their manager but also their talisman in Joe Allen, they have however managed to acquire an extremely talented player in Michu. Sadly for Swansea however I can't see them getting anything from this one. The QPR squad has been strengthened massively since the end of last season and with this in mind I'll be backing QPR.
2-0
Reading V Stoke (15:00)-Going into this bout it could, genuinely a very close match, however with Pogrebnyak now amongst the Reading squad it's almost impossible to bet against Reading. Stoke are never an easy team to beat though they are a flawed tea.
2-1
West Brom V Liverpool (15:00)-Liverpool have arguably the most frustrating team for any fans in recent years as their team repeatedly fall short of expectation. With Bredan Rodgers in charge I know some people are massively excited, sadly however Rodgers seems to have done the same thing Kenny Dalglish did, he's over paid for players. Thankfully for Liverpool here West Brom haven't really improved their squad over Summer and I think Liverpool's players will get up for Rodger's first Premier League game in charge.
0-2
West Ham V Aston Villa (15:00)-West Ham's return to the Premier League seems to have been met by a lot of people predicting them to go down. Whilst they have improved their squad with Modibo Maïga and the re-signing of James Collins they may not have improved quite enough. Villa, a team I'd have predicted to struggle have added some brilliant players and I whilst they may not click straight away they will be a very good team when they start to click.
1-1
Newcastle V Tottenham (17:30)-The late kick off sees last years 4th placed team playing the 5th placed team in what promising to be a very interesting match up. Going into this match up you have to have a lot of questions-how will Spurs do with Harry and how will they do with Villas-Boas? How does Anita fit into Newcastle? This is by far the stand out match of the day and I expect it to live up to expectation
2-3
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