Small teams are flying high in the Premier League

EFFECTIVE PLAY

Bournemouth had to say goodbye to goalkeeper Kepa and 3 key defenders in the last transfer season. Just look at the next address to see the importance of those defenders. Dean Huijsen moved to Real Madrid, Milos Kerkez to Liverpool, Illia Zabarnyi to PSG!

Những đội bóng nhỏ đang bay bổng ở giải Ngoại hạng- Ảnh 1. — AFC Bournemouth surprisingly rose to second place in the Premier League

Surprisingly, the team did not collapse, but instead soared with the best start in the club's history in the Premier League. They are currently in second place after 9 rounds, and are the team with the fewest losses in the league (only 1 match, equal to Arsenal). The interesting similarity is that both Arsenal and Bournemouth only lost to Liverpool (at a time when Arne Slot's team was winning like a knife), and both lost only in the final minutes.

The top 4 of the Premier League right now has another name that is more surprising than Sunderland - the newly promoted team. Over the past 2 seasons, newly promoted teams at the highest level of English football have all been immediately relegated. Now, Sunderland is the leading flag, able to inspire both Leeds and Burnley in the relegation race this season. Last weekend was the first time in 5 years that all three newly promoted teams won in a round of Premier League matches. The most notable was Sunderland's 2-1 victory at Chelsea.

The obvious strength of both Sunderland and Bournemouth is their very effective playing style. Not only are they successful, they also contribute to creating a new trend in tactics, making the "big guys" panic - copying their playing style, or having a hard time dealing with them. That is the style of play that favors long passes and little possession that is currently taking the English football field by storm.

Of course, to play any style, you need to have enough strength. But in theory, the direct playing style of Sunderland and Bournemouth does not require sophistication, nor does it require too high a level of technique. Even MU or Man.City this season are influenced by the trend of direct playing. They both keep the ball less, pass long more.

B OURNEMOUTH SPECIALIZES IN "PRE-ACTION"

Bournemouth's first win of the season was a 1-0 win over Wolverhampton, with the only goal coming in the 4th minute. In the next match, they scored the only goal in the 5th minute, beating Tottenham 1-0. Bournemouth always start the game with a rush, accelerating very early. Their most recent match (a 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest) was considered over in the first half.

Statistics show that in the first 5 minutes of the match, Bournemouth is always the team that runs the most in the Premier League, much more than the next team and more than double the last team on the list. This is also a new, noteworthy detail about the playing style this season. Right behind Bournemouth in terms of the distance traveled by the whole team in the first 5 minutes are Leeds, Arsenal, MU - these are all successful teams after 9 rounds.

Without wasting time probing the opponent or "warming up" themselves, Bournemouth always reach their best form very early. Up to the 30th minute of each match, Bournemouth has won 6, drawn 3 of the past 9 matches, better than the top team Arsenal (won 1, drew 7, lost 1). Surely coach Andoni Iraola must prepare very carefully for tactics and his players must practice hard to have this unique feature every time they take the field.

On an individual level, Bournemouth striker Antoine Semenyo is one of the best players on the English pitch at the moment. Sunderland has the midfield duo Granit Xhaka and Noah Sadiki as their main players. After 9 rounds, Xhaka and Sadiki are the only two players to have covered over 100 km in total distance. The way the midfield duo Xhaka and Sadiki have been used also speaks to the coaching talent of coach Regis Le Bris, a character that almost no one knows about. This young French coach with a doctorate has just arrived in England last season and immediately helped Sunderland get promoted. Now, there was a time when Sunderland reached second place in the Premier League.

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