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Those two games are being played first because all the other teams have played 29 games. Those teams have played 28 games so it’s to bring everybody up to 29 games played.
Those two games are being played first because all the other teams have played 29 games. Those teams have played 28 games so it’s to bring everybody up to 29 games played.
Ah, that makes sense. Did seem a bit baffling that they'd play just those two first. As I said above, it seems like they're the only two games that have got the go ahead right now:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11598336/premier-league-fixtures-arsenal-man-city-aston-villa-sheffield-united/
@hilarious
Those two games are being played first because all the other teams have played 29 games. Those teams have played 28 games so it’s to bring everybody up to 29 games played.
Those two games are being played first because all the other teams have played 29 games. Those teams have played 28 games so it’s to bring everybody up to 29 games played.
Was wandering the same thing myself, thanks for clearing that up.
Can't wait for PL to start even though I will probably lose a shitload of money in the first few rounds until I get a feel what kind of impact has corona break done to the teams. We can see from German league restarts that a lot of teams break down after 75th minute or so. That can be only attributed to lack of fitness and/or match concentration and it seems that some teams are much more affected than the others.
Maybe lay off betting on the first few rounds as they could be unpredictable. There's usually always upsets at the beginning of the league. Maybe even considering backing some of the underdogs.
it seems that there will be more differences in quality. I did not see any effect of pause on Bayern players. They get others very easily just because other teams they did not recover best for the restart, especially teams from the middle of the table without an excessive need for competition.
PL teams were always in better shape than other leagues (one of the reasons for high popularity). Anyway, we have 17 days left
Bayern will beat most teams in their league quite easily, and so they should, regardless of how long they've been out. For most teams it shouldn't really matter that much and it's something every team has to deal with so it's equal/fair across the board, but we know players/managers like to blame their poor performances on something.
