January 21, 2025

Darwizzy magic! S6 E20

52 minutes

Welcome dear listener to the latest episode. I’m Paul and I am joined by Justin and Daz. The Reds win at Brentford with the Darwin Nunez late show. Big win especially after Arsenal dropped points. Top of the Premier League with a game in hand - 6 from Arsenal and Forest and 10 from Chelsea, 12 from surging Newcastle and reborn City. We’ll review Brentford and then talk about the upcoming Champions League game against Lille and the Premier League home against Ipswich plus a look around.

Part One - Brentford away - xG 3.43 vs. 0.77, although shot quality (37) wasn’t always great.

Diaz as a nine

In game dominance - front foot approach vs. more passive against Forest

The difficulty of scoring goals!

Set pieces

Subs - I hate taking Mac Alister off… but the changes worked

Clean sheet - Allison looked better

Part Two - Ipswich at home, Lille at home in the UCL

Background… Lille, currently 3rd in Ligue Un, 8th in the UCL. Only lost 3 games all season. Jonathan David.

Hopes, lineup and predictions

Ipswich - tonked 6-0 by City

Hopes, lineup and predictions

Part three - wider analysis:

We have 9 home games and 8 away. 12 wins would give us 86 points.

xG difference, according to Paul Tomkins is the 4th best since 2017.

Arsenal’s max points is 92, requiring them to win 16 games in a row… they are running at 2 points a game.

Man City wage system??

We will be back after January 26th with a review of Ipswich and Lille at home and previewing PSV, Bournemouth away and Spurs in the Carabao..Thanks to Justin and Daz for joining me, Paul. And most of all, thank you dear listener for joining us.

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