Weekend 32 results – review

In this section, you can find Streakon’s summary of each round for the top five European football leagues: the British Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish LaLiga, Italian Serie A and French Ligue 1.

Premier League | Round 1

Premier League streaks available before round 1 vs. finished streaks – 152 / 37

Arsenal

At the season’s opener, Brentford had not played a top division match since 1947. Streakon has identified 13 of Arsenal’s reliable streaks, including its 5-game 1st half non-draw streak at away games and its 9-game streak without 3 or more goals in the 1st half (keeping in mind that Arsenal started the season against a promoted 2nd division team).

Look at Arsenal’s following streaks achieved in this game:

• No away loss, 7 games
• No 1^st half loss, 9 games
• No away 2^nd half loss, 8 games
• Less than two allowed goals at home, 8 games
• Less than two allowed goals away, 4 games
• No allowed goals in the 1^st half at home, 9 games
• No more allowed goals in the first half of an away game, 4 games

A very conservative bet on one Brentford scored goal in this game would cover all the above listed.

It’s a devastating loss, not only from a statistical perspective. While Arsenal will face Chelsea and then City, this season does not seem better than the last one for the Gunners.

Chelsea

The Blues ended 2 out of 6 of their actual streaks by scoring two goals in the first half, then another in the 2^nd, winning the game 3 – 0 against Crystal Palace.

During this game, they ended a four-game streak without a win in the 1^st half and their seven-game streak of less than 2 scored goals in a game.

Everton

The Toffees had an impressive start to the new season under new manager Rafa Benitez. Trailing after the 1^st half against the Saints during a home game in Goodison Park. Three scored goals in the 2^nd half without a single allowed one led to their opener win and brought the following four relatively long streaks to an end:

• Less than 3 goals during the 2^nd half of a home game, 17 games
• Less than 2 scored goals, 7 games
• Less than 2 goals scored during the 2^nd half, 17 games
• Less than 2 goals scored in 2^nd half of a home game, 17 games

Leicester

The Foxes hosted the Wolves and Jamie Vardy’s goal in the 1^st half gave them a first-season win. If you had your Streakon account active, you would know about Leicester’s 8 active streaks. After this game, they ended 4 of their streaks:

• No 1^st half win, 6 games
• No game with less than 3 goals, 4 games
• No home game with less than 3 goals, 4 games
• No home game with less than 2 or more scored goals, 4 games

LaLiga | Round 1

LaLiga’s streaks available before round 1 vs. finished streaks – 129 / 18

Alaves

Alaves had a tough start to the season when they faced Real Madrid at their own Mendizorrotza Estadio. They prevented their opponents from scoring more than one goal in the 2^nd half while playing at home in the last 13 consecutive games, but not on August 14. No one scored a goal in the 1st half, but Madrid scored four in the second. Game over.

FC Barcelona vs. Real Sociedad San Sebastian

There is only one team in the top European leagues as anticipated as FCB, both for the same reason – the Leo Messi factor. We read how Gerard Pique supported his team by decreasing his income so FCB could sign on three more players.

The new Barcelona leader took the right course by scoring a header for a kick-off game. FCB’s 4 – 2 win against San Sebastian put an end to two of FCB’s streaks:

• No home win, 3 games
• Less than two scored goals in the 2^nd half of a home game, 3 games

In the same game, San Sebastian’s away game streak without 3 or more goals in the 2^nd half ended after 15 games.

Villarreal vs. Granada

Result-wise this game was quite boring. A scoreless draw, a disappointing result in the football league, brought 6 streaks to an end. Let’s start with Villarreal:

• No draw, 14 games
• No home draw, 8 games
• No 2^nd half draw, 3 games

Granada’s low-goal game respectively brought the following streaks to an end:

• No away draw, 8 games
• No 1^st half draw during away game, 8 games
• No away game with less than 3 goals, 11 games

Bundesliga | Round 1

Bundesliga’s streaks available before round 1 vs. finished streaks – 134 / 21

Borrusia Monchengladbach

Bundesliga started with an impressive season opener at Borrusia-Park while Gladbach hosted FC Bayern. Each team scored two goals in the first half, but none in the second. The very first game of the season resulted in a tie.

This draw brought an end to 6 streaks:

• No draw, 6 games
• No home draw, 11 games
• No 1^st half draw, 9 games
• No 2^nd half draw, 13 games
• No 2^nd half draw at home, 11 games
• No game without at least 3 goals, 10 games

Augsburg vs. Hoffenheim

Why is one of Bundesliga’s regular matches worth mentioning in our review? Well, 7 streaks ended in this game and none of these was a big surprise.

Augsburg’s following defensive streaks came to an end:

• No 2^nd half loss, 4 games
• No 2^nd half with 2 or fewer allowed goals, 8 games
• No 2^nd half with 2 or fewer allowed goals at home, 9 games

Hoffenheim ended their offensive streaks (which would be easy to recognize in Streakon’s Head-to-Head comparison):

• No away win, 8 games
• No 2^nd half during away game with 3 or more goals, 9 games
• No away game with 2 or more scored goals, 6 games

Ligue 1 | Round 2

All Ligue 1’s streaks available before round 2 vs. finished streaks – 98 / 17

Marseille vs. Gironden Bordeaux

The last match of round 2 in the French Ligue 1 was a riveting one for the 50,000 people in Stade Velodrome. However, the match did not end well for the hosts.

The two goals Marseille scored in the 1^st half gave them perhaps too much satisfaction because Bordeaux scored twice in the 2^nd half within six minutes, resulting in a tie and the following streaks:

• Marseille ended its 7-home-game streak of a 2^nd half without a loss
• Bordeaux ended its 13-game streak without a draw and 10-game away streak without a draw

PSG

Any of PSG’s matches will draw a lot of attention since Leo Messi has joined this team. Messi, Gigi Donnarumma, Georginio Wijnaldum and Sergio Ramos made this team invincible with the whole lineup PSG had before – at least, on paper. The 1^st half of their home opener indicated on Saturday how successful they might be. They scored 3 goals, which is more than a decent preliminary result. But much more impressive was the way PSG scored their goals. 

Their streak of fewer than 3 goals scored in the first half ended after their 14^th match.