MB Scouting

  Leicester City vs Nottingham Forest (1-3) King power stadium Friday 25 th October, 20:00 Premier league Referee: Craig Pawson   General information Opposition: Nottingham forest Manager: Nuno Espirito Santos Last 5 matches: W,D,L,D,W (unbeaten in 4 away games) Injuries / suspensions: -           Morgan Gibbs – White -           Danilo -           Ibrahim Sangare General observations -           Pace on the wings with a target man up front, look to play through middle and final thirds quickly and precisely. -           Very strong on attacking turnovers and counter attacks -           Corners: Wood, Milenkovic, Murillo danger men – attack penalty spot. Elanga takes majori...

Aston Villa corners Aston Villa have had one of their best seasons in recent years, confirming champions league football for the first time in their history and top European football for 40 years. However, the defensive side of things, especially set pieces, is something that can be improved on over the summer. Villa are ranked 17th for headed clearances with 281, only Brighton, Arsenal and Man city have a worst record. Villa are also ranked 19 th in aerial duels won winning 334 duels – only Man City had less 325. In comparison, the 1 st place team, Everton, won 676 aerial duels.  Team Set plays conceded League position Burnley 16 19 th Aston Villa 16 4 th Sheffield 17 20th Luton 19 18 th Nottingham Forest 22 17 th Villa conceded 16 goals from set plays, the 4 th wo...

Chelsea had a tough start to the season only winning 1 out of their opening 6 matches against Luton.  They drew against Liverpool and Bournemouth and lost to West ham, Aston villa and Nottingham Forest. Since they lost to Aston villa on 24 th  September Chelsea have won 3, drew 2 and only lost once. The defeat came from Brentford, the draws from: Man City and Arsenal, and wins against Fulham, Burnley, and Tottenham.  24 players have left Chelsea this summer and the club has had a change of manager so it was always likely they would have a slow start to the season. Chelsea’s average age of their summer signings was 21 with a large majority of the players they bought in having little to no experience of the Premier league.  Formations   In the first few games, Pochettino experimented with players and formations while he tried to find the right balance of the team. In the first few fixtures Pochettino used a back 3 with Gusto and Chilwell deployed as wing back...