Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur, the two favourites to win the title at the start of the season, are currently third and ninth respectively. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Blues have a long history of problems, with more or less tensions between the management and the players and coaches since the club was bought by a Russian consortium more than a decade ago. Joseph's two previous departures are rumored to be related to discord at the club's top management. Last season, three of Chelsea's main players left the club without discussing contract extensions. Chelsea have also had to bring in new key players this summer, which has meant that Chelsea have made changes to their main squad despite not making any additions. Although there is not much change, the unbeaten record of 6 wins, 4 draws and 10 rounds at the beginning of the season is not bad, but this unbeaten unbeaten record is not so important compared to Manchester City.

Chelsea are just four points clear of the top of the table, a small margin, and arguably remain one of the top contenders for the title, but not Tottenham.

After spending a lot of money in the summer and bringing in several world-class top players, Tottenham was in full swing for a while. But now, Tottenham's extravagance has become a joke. Ten rounds of games, 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses, only 15 points in ninth place, 11 points away from the top of the table. Although this gap does not mean that Tottenham have no hope of competing for the title, it is really difficult for them to return to the first echelon. What's more, such results are not worthy of their strength at all, let alone the tickets they spent in the summer.

Compared to Tottenham and Chelsea, there is one team that is much better.

Bournemouth.

This small transparent team over the years has achieved an impressive record of 7 wins and 3 losses in the first ten rounds, including upset results over Tottenham and Everton, which can be described as a big dark horse. In addition to losing to Manchester United, Villa and Manchester City, Bournemouth won all the games in the face of Everton, which was not too strong, Tottenham, who had not yet completed the run-in, and several other weak teams. Behind this list of achievements is Bournemouth's extremely consistent performance, which is very different from Chelsea and Tottenham.

The other teams were in the middle of the pack.

Liverpool are fourth and fifth with Bournemouth on 21 points, followed by Manchester United with 20 points. Southampton are seventh with 16 points, while Arsenal are eighth with 15 points. The Gunners have also made a big move this summer, but as they are not favourites, expectations for Arsenal are not too great, and an eighth-place finish at the start of the season is acceptable.

The other two Championship qualifying teams have also performed well, with Brighton moving up to fourth from bottom after a narrow 1-0 win over West Ham United in the previous league round. Newcastle have fared better, with 3 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats, and are currently in 14th place. If you ignore the evil of Aston Villa, Newcastle and Brighton are really good as the Championship promotion teams.

When it comes to the relegation circle, we have to talk about another team, Hull City.

In the second half of last season, Hull City successively overturned strong teams such as Manchester United and Liverpool, not only successfully relegated with these games, but also won the title of "strong team nemesis". Unfortunately, they have not had a stunning performance this season, with only 4 points from 8 losses in 10 games, ranking at the bottom of the table.

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Eyes turn back to our protagonist, Aston Villa.

Villa suffered another two-day double at the start of November, but this time it was a good idea that both of these games were at home.

Of course, that doesn't mean Villa's schedule is any easier.

On November 4, in the fourth game of the Europa League group stage, Villa easily drove away Plzen 5:0.

The next day, Villa welcomed their third strong opponent of the season, Liverpool.

Despite Villa's victory over Liverpool in the Carabao Cup last season, the Liverpool team was only a semi-main and the attacking trident was unplayed. And today Villa will face the Reds in their prime, whether it is for the shame of a snow, or for the league standings, there is no reason why Liverpool should not go all out.

Trident, that is, Liverpool's three strikers, Wang Shuai only got the truth from the system this season. Although none of these three are at the master level, of course, there are no master players in the Liverpool team. But all three of them are masters in their own right, and any one of them can take on the heavy duty of the Terminator, and they can also be in the rear to deliver ammunition to the other two.

At the same time, the three of them have been with Liverpool for seven years and have long been close to each other. The triangle offensive tactics tailored for the three of them are far from being as simple as one plus one equals two.

It can be said that the trident of the Red Army is not a master but a master, and it is the object of headaches for clubs in the Premier League and even the whole of Europe.

And now, the headache has become Wang Shuai.

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As early as two rounds before the league round, Wang Shuai began to prepare for today's game.

When the team stabilized in the top three of the league, the seed of the championship in Wang Shuai's heart began to sprout. It's just that Wang Shuai also knows that in the Premier League, where the strong are like forests, it is difficult for Villa to compete for the championship. And now the first goal is to grab points from the strong teams.

Losing to Tottenham and drawing with Everton, Villa have picked up just one point from their two tough meetings this season. Although the current ranking is very gratifying, Wang Shuai knows that if this continues, the team will definitely not be able to maintain its current ranking, and even miss out on the Champions League qualification area. Then this game with Liverpool has naturally become the object of Wang Shuai's contention.

Then, how to resist the attack of the Trident has become the primary problem now.

Regional joint defense is definitely not good, and the triangular offense, which has speed and pass control, is precisely the natural enemy of regional joint defense. Although this year's Villa's defense has been fully replaced, the actual defensive intensity has not improved, only the average age has been reduced, so with Villa's existing defensive strength, it is impossible to keep an eye on the opponent.

Then there is only one solution left, the crowd tactic.

If one person can't withstand it, then add one more person, and if it's not enough, add more. So where did the people who added come from? Naturally, it's the midfielder.

Villa now have four people in midfield, Wang Shuai, Zhou Aniu, David and Laurie. David and Laurie can be ruled out, after all, both are offensive wingbacks and are not good at defending. Then the only ones who can participate in the defense are Wang Shuai and Zhou Aniu, fortunately, the defensive ability of these two people is not covered, Wang Shuai himself needless to say, Zhou Aniu After so many years of training, his defensive ability is even stronger than that of the guard.

But after Wang Shuai and Zhou Aniu both go to participate in the defense, there will be a lot of space left in the midfield. Faced with this situation, Wang Shuai had to make adjustments to the starting list for this game, replacing Ibrahimovic with Greenhouse to fill the vacancy in the midfield.

Although this will reduce the team's attacking intensity, but against Liverpool last season, the Reds' main midfield and backfield did not change much, and Wang Shuai also clearly felt that Liverpool's defensive ability and its attack did not match. So even if Villa's attacking intensity is reduced, it doesn't necessarily mean that Liverpool's defense can't be broken.

What's more, Villa no longer have to face fitness problems in this game, so in the second half, Villa's physical advantage will be shown again, even if Greenhouse is replaced, maybe he can withstand Liverpool's attack. Ibrahimovic who came off the bench will also bring a strong addition to Villa's attack, and when that happens, it will be the moment to decide the trend of the game.