Gameweek 3, Day 3, Key Notes:

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Gameweek 3, Day 3, Key Notes:

⏱️ Burnley 1-3 Aston Villa

⚙️ xG: 0.73 – 2.70

🔍Big Chances: 1-5

🚀 Shots (SoT): 9(2) – 16(6)

• Matty Cash scored two goals at Turf Moor, which coincided with him playing out-of-position on the right wing instead of Leon Bailey .

• Diaby has now scored in both of his away matches and also earned the assist for Cash’s second on Sunday.

• Ollie Watkins has three assists in three appearances so far this season, but he’s yet to score and has only found the net once in his last 10 Premier League matches.That’s despite racking up 4.81 xG in that period.

⏱️ Sheffield Utd 1-3 Man City

⚙️ xG: 0.67 – 3.60

🔍Big Chances: 1-5

🚀 Shots (SoT): 6(1) – 30(9)

• Erling Haaland missed a Premier League penalty for the very first time, with today’s his eighth taken for Manchester City. Indeed, the Norwegian had scored each of his last 13 league penalties for Borussia Dortmund/Man City combined before today, since last missing against 1. FC Union Berlin in April 2021.

• Erling Haaland has scored nine goals in eight Premier League appearances against promoted clubs, while he has now scored against 18 of the 21 clubs he has appeared against overall in the competition (86%).

⏱️ Newcastle 1-2 Liverpool

⚙️ xG: 1.99 – 0.88

🔍Big Chances: 1-1

🚀 Shots (SoT): 23(8) – 9(4)

• Salah has returned in his last 9 PL games bringing in 65pts. It is his 2nd longest consecutive streak since joining the club, only behind his purple patch of 21/22 (15 games, 148pts).

• Newcastle have kept only two clean sheets in their last 20 Premier League matches, a run that has seen them concede 24 goals.