The Sky Blues stay on top after their win at Nottingham Forest, which is their sixth on the bounce. It took some Ollie Watkins heroics, but Villa kept their historic winning streak alive against Chelsea. The Gunners have had to grind out results lately, but they just keep doing so.

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A new year brings new hopes, new dreams and new expectations for football clubs and fans alike. For some, though, it will look like the coming 12 months will bring nothing but doom. The Premier League has a reputation for delivering the unexpected, and ...

Just one Premier League game will be played on Boxing Day due to constraints with European competition this season

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Premier League clubs have voted to retain VAR for the 2024-25 season, as a motion by Wolverhampton Wanderers to abolish the video review system was roundly defeated at the league's annual general meeting. CBS Sports understands that Wolves were the only ...

Arsenal are winning games via own goals and penalties these days. Can they hold off surging Manchester City for the Premier League title if Viktor Gyokeres (or someone else) doesn't start firing?

It’s been a typically busy summer for Premier League clubs so far, with over $2.34 billion (£1.77 billion) spent on transfers, as per from Transfermarkt. Liverpool set a new British transfer record by signing Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen for $158 ...

Who's leading after MD17? And what do our writer, the algorithm, a child and this week's subscriber expect to see on Matchday 18?