@sidewayssammy.bsky.socialPre-Match Diary: Aston Villa (H)
Featuring;
- A chance to test out new ideas to solve league form?
- The impact of another defensive rejig.
- What kind of Villa team can we expect?
@simongleave.bsky.socialCoventry City are the 5th team to open a top flight season with 4 defeats and 0 goals.
Surprisingly, two of the previous teams to start this way DID NOT get relegated.
Derby County in 1899/1900 finished 6th.
Crystal Palace in 2017/2018 finished 11th.
@sidewayssammy.bsky.socialIt was 75 league games up for Ephron Mason-Clark at the weekend, a look at someone who it feels could be crucial to the team's survival hopes.
@sidewayssammy.bsky.socialA look at Carl Rushworth after his 50th league appearance for the club after a testing start to life in the Premier League.
@simongleave.bsky.socialNo team scoring 90+ goals with a goal difference of 49 or more in their Championship promotion season has ever finished lower than 16th in the Premier League the following season.
Coventry City scored 97 goals with a goal difference of 52 last season.
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