Archive for August 2014
La Liga round 2 goals review
14 goals were scored in the first half whilst 14 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 20 | |
| Home wins | 11 | 55.0 |
| Away wins | 3 | 15.0 |
| Drawn | 6 | 30.0 |
| Goalless draws | 1 | 5.0 |
| Goals | 48 | |
| Goals/game | 2.4 | |
| First half goals | 22 | 45.8 |
| Second half goals | 26 | 54.2 |
| Home team goals | 32 | 66.7 |
| Away team goals | 16 | 33.3 |
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Serie A round 1 goals review
9 goals were scored in the first half whilst 8 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 10 | |
| Home wins | 4 | 40.0 |
| Away wins | 2 | 20.0 |
| Drawn | 4 | 40.0 |
| Goalless draws | 2 | 20.0 |
| Goals | 17 | |
| Goals/game | 1.7 | |
| First half goals | 9 | 52.9 |
| Second half goals | 8 | 47.1 |
| Home team goals | 11 | 64.7 |
| Away team goals | 6 | 35.3 |
Ligue 1 round 4 goals review
8 goals were scored in the first half whilst 21 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 40 | |
| Home wins | 18 | 45.0 |
| Away wins | 13 | 32.5 |
| Drawn | 9 | 22.5 |
| Goalless draws | 4 | 10.0 |
| Goals | 98 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 41 | 41.8 |
| Second half goals | 57 | 58.2 |
| Home team goals | 59 | 60.2 |
| Away team goals | 39 | 39.8 |
Bundesliga round 2 goals review
10 goals were scored in the first half whilst 14 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 18 | |
| Home wins | 5 | 27.8 |
| Away wins | 4 | 22.2 |
| Drawn | 9 | 50.0 |
| Goalless draws | 3 | 16.7 |
| Goals | 45 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 18 | 40.0 |
| Second half goals | 27 | 60.0 |
| Home team goals | 22 | 48.9 |
| Away team goals | 23 | 51.1 |
EPL round 3 goals review
15 goals were scored in the first half whilst 17 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 30 | |
| Home wins | 9 | 30.0 |
| Away wins | 11 | 36.7 |
| Drawn | 10 | 33.3 |
| Goalless draws | 3 | 10.0 |
| Goals | 81 | |
| Goals/game | 2.7 | |
| First half goals | 40 | 49.4 |
| Second half goals | 41 | 50.6 |
| Home team goals | 39 | 48.1 |
| Away team goals | 42 | 51.9 |
Man City gets Bayern, CSKA again
The fourth team in that group is last seasons Serie A runners up AS Roma.
Defending champions Real Madrid were drawn to play Liverpool, Basel and Ludogorets Razgrad in Group B.
The runners up from last season and La Liga champions Atletico Madrid will face Serie A champions Juventus, Greek Super League champions Olympiakos and Swedish Allsvenskan champions Malmo.
This is the rest of the draw:
Group A
Atlético Madrid, Juventus, Olympiakos, Malmo FF
Group B
Real Madrid, Basel, Liverpool, Ludogorets
Group C
Benfica, Zenit St. Petersburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Monaco
Group D
Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Galatasaray, Anderlecht
Group E
Bayern Munich, Man City, CSKA Moscow, Roma
Group F
Barcelona, PSG, Ajax Amsterdam, Apoel Nicosia
Group G
Chelsea, Schalke 04, Sporting, NK Maribor
Group H
FC Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk, Athletic Bilbao, BATE Borisov
Arsenal reaches Champions League group stage
The first leg finished goalless in Turkey and ten men Arsenal only needed one goal to be in the draw for this seasons competition.
Here are the pots for teams in the draw:
Pot One: Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Benfica, Atletico Madrid, Arsenal, Porto.
Pot Two: FC Schalke, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Paris St-Germain, Basle, Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Zenit St Petersburg.
Pot Three: Bayer Leverkusen, Olympiakos, CSKA Moscow, Ajax, Liverpool, Sporting Lisbon, Galatasaray, Athletic Bilbao
Pot Four: Anderlecht, AS Roma, Apoel Nicosia, Bate Borisov, Ludogorets, NK Maribor, Monaco, Malmo
Warnock back at Palace
Warnock was at Selhurst Park between 2007 and 2010 will be trying to guide the club to their first win of the season.
Last season Pulis managed to steer the side finish eleventh on the table.
The former Leeds and QPR manager joins the club with just a few days left before the transfer window closes.
Celtic out of Champions League
The two teams drew in the first leg and Celtic would have gone through had the second leg finished goalless.
The Scottish champions had been defeated 6-1 on aggregate by Legia Warsaw in their third-round match but had been handed a reprieve when the Polish champions were thrown out of the competition for fielding an ineligible player.
They will now drop into the Europa draw.
The other teams to progress to the group stages are Porto, BATE, APOEL and Zenit St Petersburg.
La Liga round 1 goals review
8 goals were scored in the first half whilst 12 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 10 | |
| Home wins | 6 | 60.0 |
| Away wins | 1 | 10.0 |
| Drawn | 3 | 30.0 |
| Goalless draws | 1 | 10.0 |
| Goals | 20 | |
| Goals/game | 2.0 | |
| First half goals | 8 | 40.0 |
| Second half goals | 12 | 60.0 |
| Home team goals | 14 | 70.0 |
| Away team goals | 6 | 30.0 |
EPL round 2 goals review
12 goals were scored in the first half whilst 11 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 20 | |
| Home wins | 6 | 30.0 |
| Away wins | 7 | 35.0 |
| Drawn | 7 | 35.0 |
| Goalless draws | 2 | 10.0 |
| Goals | 49 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 25 | 51.0 |
| Second half goals | 24 | 49.0 |
| Home team goals | 25 | 51.0 |
| Away team goals | 24 | 49.0 |
Ligue 1 round 3 goals review
6 goals were scored in the first half whilst 8 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 30 | |
| Home wins | 11 | 36.7 |
| Away wins | 12 | 40.0 |
| Drawn | 7 | 23.3 |
| Goalless draws | 4 | 13.3 |
| Goals | 69 | |
| Goals/game | 2.3 | |
| First half goals | 33 | 47.8 |
| Second half goals | 36 | 52.2 |
| Home team goals | 36 | 52.2 |
| Away team goals | 33 | 47.8 |
Bundesliga round 1 goals review
8 goals were scored in the first half whilst 13 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 9 | |
| Home wins | 4 | 44.4 |
| Away wins | 1 | 11.1 |
| Drawn | 4 | 44.4 |
| Goalless draws | 1 | 11.1 |
| Goals | 21 | |
| Goals/game | 2.3 | |
| First half goals | 8 | 38.1 |
| Second half goals | 13 | 61.9 |
| Home team goals | 12 | 57.1 |
| Away team goals | 9 | 42.9 |
EPL round 1 goals review
13 goals were scored in the first half whilst 13 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 10 | |
| Home wins | 2 | 20.0 |
| Away wins | 6 | 60.0 |
| Drawn | 2 | 20.0 |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 0.0 |
| Goals | 26 | |
| Goals/game | 2.6 | |
| First half goals | 13 | 50.0 |
| Second half goals | 13 | 50.0 |
| Home team goals | 10 | 38.5 |
| Away team goals | 16 | 61.5 |
Ligue 1 round 2 goals review
12 goals were scored in the first half whilst 16 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 20 | |
| Home wins | 8 | 40.0 |
| Away wins | 7 | 35.0 |
| Drawn | 5 | 25.0 |
| Goalless draws | 2 | 10.0 |
| Goals | 55 | |
| Goals/game | 2.8 | |
| First half goals | 27 | 49.1 |
| Second half goals | 28 | 50.9 |
| Home team goals | 30 | 54.5 |
| Away team goals | 25 | 45.5 |
Italy appoints Conte
Conte led Juventus to three consecutive Serie A titles and left at the end of last season.
He will taking over a team that failed to come out of the group at the just ended 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Conte replaces Cesare Prandelli who resigned as Azzurri coach after they were bundled out in the 2014 World Cup group stage.
Now he will have the job to make sure that Italy qualifies for the tournament to be hosted by France.
Here is some stats for Juventus in the 2013/14 season:
| Juventus and Conte 2013/14 | |
|---|---|
| Rank | 1 |
| Played | 38 |
| Points | 102 |
| Won | 33 |
| Drawn | 3 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Goal difference | 57 |
| Clean sheets | 22 |
| Failed to score | 1 |
| Goals scored | 80 |
| Goals conceded | 23 |
| Ave. goals scored | 2.1 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.6 |
| Biggest win | Juventus 4 - 0 Catania Juventus 4 - 0 Sassuolo |
| Biggest loss | Fiorentina 4 - 2 Juventus Napoli 2 - 0 Juventus |
| Scored 3 or more | 13 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 1 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 |
| Home matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 57 |
| Won | 19 |
| Drawn | 0 |
| Lost | 0 |
| Goal difference | 38 |
| Goals scored | 47 |
| Goals conceded | 9 |
| Ave. goals scored | 2.5 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.5 |
| Away matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 45 |
| Won | 14 |
| Drawn | 3 |
| Lost | 2 |
| Goal difference | 19 |
| Goals scored | 33 |
| Goals conceded | 14 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.7 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.7 |
Pulis leaves Crystal Palace
The former Stoke City manager took over Palace in November 2013 when the team was rooted to the bottom of the table.
He managed to get the team to finish eleventh by the end of the season.
The team plays Arsenal away for its first match of the season.
Martino takes over Argentina
Martino replaces Alejandro Sabella who took the South American nation to the final of the 2014 World Cup where they lost to Germany.
Martino left Barcelona after the Catalan club failed to win any piece of silver. Barcelona also finished second behind Atletico Madrid.
The former Paraguay coach will now be tasked with taking Argentina to glory at the 2015 Copa America.
Here is some stats for Martino at Barcelona in the 2013/14 season:
| Barcelona 2013/14 season | |
|---|---|
| Rank | 2 |
| Played | 38 |
| Points | 87 |
| Won | 27 |
| Drawn | 6 |
| Lost | 5 |
| Goal difference | 67 |
| Clean sheets | 16 |
| Failed to score | 6 |
| Goals scored | 100 |
| Goals conceded | 33 |
| Ave. goals scored | 2.6 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.9 |
| Biggest win | Barcelona 7 - 0 Levante Barcelona 7 - 0 Osasuna |
| Biggest loss | Sociedad 3 - 1 Barcelona |
| Scored 3 or more | 20 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 3 |
| Scored 5 or more | 4 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 |
| Home matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 50 |
| Won | 16 |
| Drawn | 2 |
| Lost | 1 |
| Goal difference | 49 |
| Goals scored | 64 |
| Goals conceded | 15 |
| Ave. goals scored | 3.4 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.8 |
| Away matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 37 |
| Won | 11 |
| Drawn | 4 |
| Lost | 4 |
| Goal difference | 18 |
| Goals scored | 36 |
| Goals conceded | 18 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.9 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.9 |
Ligue 1 round 1 goals review
15 goals were scored in the first half whilst 12 were scored after half-time.
Here is the league summary so far this season:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 10 | |
| Home wins | 3 | 30.0 |
| Away wins | 4 | 40.0 |
| Drawn | 3 | 30.0 |
| Goalless draws | 1 | 10.0 |
| Goals | 27 | |
| Goals/game | 2.7 | |
| First half goals | 15 | 55.6 |
| Second half goals | 12 | 44.4 |
| Home team goals | 12 | 44.4 |
| Away team goals | 15 | 55.6 |
French Ligue 1 kicks off
The defending got off with a point after trailing at 2-1 half-time.
The rest of the program concludes on Sunday with the match between Lorient and Monaco.
This season TipsChallenge will be running a Ligue 1 tipping competition for the first time.
