2023/24 Premier League Preview: West Ham United
West Ham United finished in a disappointing 14th place last season, scoring only 42 goals and conceding 55 goals. The Hammers, under the leadership of their coach David Moyes, need to make a great effort on both the offensive and defensive levels. In this scout report, we will provide an analysis of the strengths and [...]
Analysis
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Brentford Under Thomas Frank Tactics
Since winning the 2021 Championship Play-Off Final, all eyes have been on Brentford and Thomas Frank. Their data-driven recruitment model has been lauded by many, and alongside the manager’s tactical acumen, has seen The Bees record a 13th-place finish in their first season in the top flight as well as an impressive ninth-place finish last [...]
Player Analysis
U21 Player to Watch: Hugo Bueno Scout Report At Wolves – Player Analysis
Wolverhampton Wanderers are in the middle of a massive transition on the pitch. With manager Bruno Lage sacked last season and Julien Lopetegui appointed, several of their long-term players are also on the move. This transition started last summer but is in full swing this year. As part of that transition, Hugo Bueno was promoted [...]
Burnley FC
2023/2024 Premier League Preview: Burnley Under Vincent Kompany Tactics
All eyes are on Burnley, as peculiar as that sounds to say. The Clarets became synonymous with an unfashionable style and, under Sean Dyche, for defying the odds year after year. After their luck ran out and they were relegated, it was time for a revolution. Every adjective previously used to describe Burnley can be [...]
Analysis
U21 Player to Watch: Kevin Schade Scouting Report At Brentford 2023/2024
Brentford had an enjoyable 2022/23 season both on and off the pitch. The London club looked set to finish in one of the European spots, but a dip in form for some key players meant they finished ninth in the table — one point below Spurs. Among several other factors, the signing of Kevin Schade [...]
Arsenal
2023/24 Premier League Preview: Arsenal
Under Mikel Arteta's leadership, Arsenal are now reaping the rewards of their faith in the promising coach. After serving as Guardiola's assistant at Manchester City, Arteta has been heavily influenced by the Catalan coach’s style. He is currently forging his own path, relying on young talents to compete with the UEFA Champions League winners. The [...]
U21 Player to Watch: Crystal Palace – Malcolm Ebiowei
Crystal Palace had to fight off competition from Manchester United to sign Malcolm Ebiowei from Derby County last summer. Highly-rated Ebiowei felt that Crystal Palace, who have previously signed several young emerging talent from England’s lower divisions, were the right club for him. The 2023/24 season might be the season where we will see if [...]
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Chelsea
For Chelsea fans, 2022/23 will live long in the memory, but not for happy reasons. Instead, it will go down as the year when they went through a change of ownership, added around £600m worth of playing talent and achieved nothing, with their 12th place finish in the Premier League seeing them slip to their [...]
Analysis
2023/2024 Premier League Tactical Preview: Fulham
In recent years, Fulham have found themselves yo-yo-ing between the Premier League and the Championship, but last season they broke that trend in style, finishing 10th in the top flight in 22/23. One of the season’s surprise packages, along with the likes of Brighton and Brentford, Fulham may still face a rebuild if the reports [...]
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Crystal Palace
It’s pretty safe to say Crystal Palace have largely been a mixed bag in the 2022/23 Premier League season. Patrick Vieira’s stint ended in disaster as the Eagles had been flirting with relegation before the coach was sacked, and they had to start anew. And start anew they did, appointing Roy Hodgson as their new [...]
U21 Player to Watch: Fulham – Jay Stansfield
Not many expected Fulham to have the season they had last time out, with the Cottagers finishing in the top half of the table and going toe-to-toe with some of the big teams. However, this summer has gone differently than many expected it to go so far. With star striker Aleksandar Mitrović on the verge [...]
U21 Player to Watch: Nottingham Forest – Anthony Elanga
Anthony Elanga is one of the players to have risen to the big stage from the Manchester United academy in recent years. The Swedish international was one of the few positives of the ill-fated 2021/22 season when United sacked Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and appointed Ralf Rangnick to take care of the first team. However, the [...]
AFC Bournemouth
U21 Player to Watch: AFC Bournemouth – Dango Ouattara Scout Report
The Premier League’s 2023/24 season is almost here. It’s the time of the year when clubs plan to buy and sell players. Some clubs planned ahead and made signings for this season in January 2023, and the rest are chasing the pack to sign the leftovers. After an excellent few months, AFC Bournemouth managed to [...]
Analysis
2023/2024 Premier League Tactical Preview: Everton Under Sean Dyche Tactics
Everton are one of English football’s most iconic and successful football clubs. The Toffees are top-flight veterans, having been competing among England’s elite — whether that’s known as the Premier League as it is today or the old First Division — since earning promotion via a second-place finish in the Second Division under Cliff Britton [...]
Wolverhampton Wanderers
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Wolverhampton Wanderers & Julen Lopetegui
Wolverhampton Wanderers had a difficult start to the 2022-23 campaign, earning just 11 points from their opening 16 games. That run of form had Wolves stranded in the Premier League relegation zone leading to the dismissal of manager Bruno Lage. Spaniard Julen Lopetegui replaced the Portuguese. Lopetegui, appointed in November, used the World Cup break [...]
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Nine years ago, Mauricio Pochettinho took charge of Tottenham Hotspur after a promising season with Southampton that saw the young manager guide the South Coast side to an eighth-place finish. In his inaugural season at Spurs, Pochettino would finish fifth but with fewer points than the side had managed to accrue in the previous season. [...]
Manchester City
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Manchester City
Man City had one of their most successful campaigns in club history last season, winning the UEFA Champions League for the first time. As part of a historic treble, it rewarded Pep Guardiola and the team’s hard work over the last 4 years. In terms of expected points, City had 82, which was a +11.5 [...]
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Liverpool
The 2023/24 season is expected to be a season of change for Liverpool after their unconvincing performance in the last Premier League campaign. They parted ways with a few of the players that had a lot to do with their dominance in the previous few seasons which will expectedly lead to some interchanges, if not [...]
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Nottingham Forest
This season will mark Nottingham Forest’s second consecutive season in the Premier League, following a long absence from the top flight starting in the 1998/99 season. The Garibaldi finished last season with 38 points, four away from relegation, despite signing about 30 new players since their promotion in an attempt to rebuild the team. Unfortunately, [...]
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Newcastle
Eddie Howe's work was nothing short of a master class. The Englishman took over a faltering Newcastle side in November of 2021, with the club sitting 20th in the EPL table with six points from 12 matches. House management and significant investment in the January transfer window saw the club climb to 11th by season's [...]
U21 Player to Watch: West Ham United – Divin Mubama
West Ham United had a mixed season in 2022/23. Having stayed closer to the relegation places for most of the season, the Hammers finished 14th in the table. However, the most significant positive of their season was winning the UEFA Europa Conference league. After selling one of their most prized assets, Declan Rice, to Arsenal, [...]
Analysis
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Luton Town Under Rob Edwards Tactics
After a remarkable 31-year absence, Luton Town have earned a sensational return from Championship to the top flight of English football. Securing the coveted third and final promotion spot in the Premier League, they emerged victorious in the intense "most valuable game in the world" against Coventry City, triumphing 6:5 on penalties at the iconic [...]
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Aston Villa
Unai Emery's Aston Villa were one of the sensations of the Premier League 2022/23. After a very complicated start to the season that ended in the dismissal of Steven Gerrard as manager, the Spanish tactician arrived in November and, since the first game (a surprising 3-1 victory over Manchester United), managed to stamp his tactical [...]
Premier League
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Bournemouth
The 2022/23 was a roller coaster for Bournemouth, which ended with them staying in the Premier League, finishing in the 15th position. However, the start of that campaign wasn’t the happiest time for the team and fans, with the sacking of Scott Parker after losing against Arsenal, Manchester City, and Liverpool for a combined 16-0. [...]
Manchester United FC
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Manchester United
Manchester United come into the season off the back of their most successful season since 2016/17. In Erik Ten Hag’s debut season, he brought back silverware to Old Trafford with a Carabao Cup victory over Newcastle while helping the Red Devils rise to third in the league and reach the FA Cup final against Manchester [...]
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Sheffield United
After two years in the second tier of English football, Sheffield United are back in the Premier League. Under Paul Heckingbottom, the Blades had a total of 32 wins, eight draws and 13 losses in all competitions last season. Characterised by a three-at-the-back system, high intensity and aggressiveness, Sheffield United’s identity seemed intact throughout the [...]
Brighton & Hove Albion
2023/24 Premier League Tactical Preview: Brighton & Hove Albion
Last season was one that Brighton & Hove Albion fans will not forget about anytime soon. After an excellent start to the season under Graham Potter, the Englishman left the club to join Chelsea, leaving the Seagulls without a head coach only a month into the new season. However, Brighton moved quickly to replace him, [...]