European Top 5 Leagues Weekend: All Results and Most Interesting Facts (August 18-20)

2017-08-21 07:00

During the weekend in Europe, the last three Top 5 leagues on the continent started, and fans interested in the football championships of these countries were able to watch intense and interesting matches. Eurofootball.com presents you with all the results of this weekend's European Top 5 leagues and the most interesting facts of the weekend matches.

"Premier League"

Over the weekend, nine matches from the Premier League's second round were played, which featured both exciting victories and unexpected results.

The first team to start, Manchester United, struggled to break down Swansea's resistance, but three goals in the last 10 minutes resulted in a convincing 4-0 victory. By the way, in the first round United also beat West Ham with the same score.

After a draw in the first round, Liverpool finally managed to win at home against Crystal Palace after a tough battle. However, Arsenal, who managed to escape with a draw in the first round, failed to repeat their success and were defeated 1-0 by Stoke City in an away match.

The other two teams in the top three, West Bromwich Albion (who beat Burnley 1-0) and league newcomers Huddersfield (who also won 1-0 against Newcastle United), also secured their second victories in the competition.

The central match of the round on Sunday between last season's champions and runners-up ended in favor of Chelsea, who defeated Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 away.

The second round will conclude with the match between Manchester City and Everton on Monday evening.

All results of the second round of the Premier League:

"Swansea City" 0 : 4 "Manchester United"

"Bournemouth" 0 : 2 "Watford"

"Burnley" 0 : 1 "West Bromwich Albion"

"Leicester City" 2 : 0 "Brighton"

"Liverpool" 1 : 0 "Crystal Palace"

"Southampton" 3 : 2 "West Ham United"

"Stoke City" 1 : 0 "Arsenal"

"Huddersfield" 1 : 0 "Newcastle United"

"Tottenham Hotspur" 1 : 2 "Chelsea"

Interesting facts after the second round of the Premier League:

Defender Eric Bailly, who broke Swansea's defense, scored his first goal in the Premier League and only the second of his career. Previously, he had only scored in the Europa League representing Villarreal;

Javier Hernandez, who scored twice for West Ham United, now has 39 goals in the Premier League. All his goals were scored from inside the penalty area;

Manchester United made no substitutions in their lineup compared to the previous week, a first for the club since December 2016;

Sadio Mane, who scored in the weekend, now has 15 goals in the Premier League for Liverpool, surpassing all other Liverpool players since his joining the team;

Romelu Lukaku, who scored against Swansea, joined an elite club among Manchester United players. He scored in his first two Premier League matches for the club, a feat that had previously only been achieved by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Anthony Martial, Federico Macheda, and Louis Saha;

Hal Robson-Kanu became only the fourth player in Premier League history to come off the bench and score a goal while also receiving a red card;

Since August 2015, West Ham United has conceded 13 goals from penalties, more than any other team in the league;

After securing two wins in a row, West Bromwich Albion made history by starting two consecutive matches with victories, a first for the club in the Premier League;

Joe Hart currently has a poor stat for stopping shots - out of the last 27 shots he faced, he let in 17 goals;

Despite having 77.3% ball possession, Arsenal lost to Stoke City 1-0, marking the highest ball possession percentage for the team since the 2003-2004 season;

Arsenal has not started a season with two consecutive wins since the 2009-2010 season;

In his debut match for Liverpool, Andrew Robertson touched the ball 134 times, the most of any player on the team;

Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City scored the second-fastest goal of this season of the Premier League in just 52 seconds;

In the match between Burnley and West Bromwich Albion, fans had to wait 71 minutes for the first shot on target. This shot resulted in the only goal of the match, securing the win for West Brom;

In the first two Premier League matches, Henrikh Mkhitaryan already has four assists, twice as many as his closest competitors in this category;

Since joining Chelsea last summer, Marcos Alonso has already scored 8 goals in the Premier League, a feat unmatched by any other defender in England during this time;

All four goals conceded by Tottenham Hotspur from outside the penalty area were scored by Chelsea players;

Since the start of last season, Spurs have hit the woodwork 24 times, the highest in the league;

In the match against Chelsea, Harry Kane had 8 shots at goal but failed to score. He has never previously had so many unsuccessful attempts in a match where he did not find the net;

All nine Premier League teams that scored the first goal during the weekend matches won their games and earned three points;

In the 78th minute, Pedro made just one pass but it led to an important goal - Marcos Alonso's winning strike;

After the first two Premier League matches, the players with the most shots are: Harry Kane (14), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (9), Nathan Redmond (8), and Marcus Rashford (8). None of these players have scored a goal yet;

Tournament table:

"La Liga"

Last Friday, the Spanish top league clubs started their battles for the new season. If the favorites of the championship did not face major problems in the first clashes, then their closest pursuers failed to win in the first round.

Despite all the problems surrounding Barcelona, the Catalans got off to a good start. They secured a 2-0 home victory against Real Betis and allowed the team members to relax a bit and break the unsuccessful start of the season.

The Spanish champions, Real Madrid, also got their first victory of the season by beating Deportivo 3-0 away. With a three-goal margin of victory, the Madrid club was able to celebrate the first place in La Liga after the first round.

The season started off more difficultly for Atletico Madrid and Sevilla. Atletico fell behind 0-2 against the newcomers Girona, while Sevilla lost points at home with a 1-1 draw against Espanyol.

All results of the first round of La Liga:

"Leganes" 1 : 0 "Alaves"

"Valencia" 1 : 0 "Las Palmas"

"Celta" 2 : 3 "Real Sociedad"

"Girona" 2 : 2 "Atletico"

"Sevilla" 1 : 1 "Espanyol"

"Athletic" 0 : 0 "Getafe"

"Barcelona" 2 : 0 "Real Betis"

"Deportivo" 0 : 3 "Real Madrid"

Yet to be played:

August 21st (Monday) 22:00 "Levante" - "Villarreal"

August 21st (Monday) 23:00 "Malaga" - "Eibar"

Interesting facts after the first round of La Liga:

Girona won their first points ever in La Liga history but could hardly celebrate after the match against Atletico. They had a 2-0 lead until the 78th minute, but Atletico managed to score twice in the remaining time, leaving the Girona fans waiting for their first victory;

Returning after the break to La Liga, Cristhian Stuani, who played in the championship debut, proved to be the new team leader by scoring two goals in his first game for the squad;

Real Madrid continues their streak of scoring goals in La Liga matches. They have scored at least one goal in 69 consecutive matches. They have achieved this feat matter in hand that last season they triumphed 13 times and played 3 times in a draw;

Lionel Messi took 10 shots against Real Betis, while all the other players of both teams combined took only 8 shots. However, Messi's efforts did not lead to any goals;

Gareth Bale ended his 10-game goalless run in La Liga matches for Real Madrid. It was the longest such streak since he joined the Madrid club;

Marcelo, who made an assist, now has 11 assists since the beginning of last season. No other defender in the Top 5 European leagues has achieved the same number;

Gareth Bale has now scored the first goal for Real Madrid in the La Liga for three consecutive seasons;

Sergio Ramos received his 18th red card in the history of the Spanish championship, moving him to first place in this statistic;

Atletico players dropped points again when facing newly promoted teams, as in the current season and at the start of the previous season, Atletico lost points against newly promoted teams before finishing matches equally;

For the first time in his La Liga career, Atletico forward Antoine Griezmann received a red card. He was sent off the field after falling in the opponents' penalty area;

Both the newly promoted teams played to a draw in their first matches and opened their points tally. Girona was joined by Getafe, playing to a draw with Athletic. The third new team Levante will start their matches on Monday;

Out of the 18 goals scored over the weekend, only 3 were scored by Spaniards. 14 goals were scored by foreign players, while one was an own goal;

After scoring three goals in the match, Mathew Leckie is the top scorer in the championship standings. It's worth noting that before this, the Australian had only scored three goals in 71 Bundesliga matches;

The Bundesliga champions have not lost in 16 consecutive matches on the opening weekends of the league. In the winning spell, they have won 13 times and drawn 3 times;

In the opening match of the season, Hoffenheim's all 10 of their shots on goal were from outside the penalty area. This tactic paid off, as their only goal was scored from long distance. They were the only team in the first Bundesliga round to score from outside the box;

Robert Lewandowski became the first player in Bundesliga history to win the opening match for seven consecutive seasons;

Heiko Herrlich, the Bayer coach, who experienced defeat leading the team in the top flight for the first time since 2011;

Tournament table:

"Serie A"

In Italy, the football championship finally saw the first round of matches, where the favorites of the championship started confidently.

Juventus began the season with a comfortable victory of 3-0 against Cagliari, while Napoli also secured a 3-1 away win against Verona.

Monaco also achieved a victory as they got a 1-0 win away against Metz.