Talking points from Premier League Gameweek Five

A peculiar pattern emerging?

The latest round of Premier League games saw only four home wins, with three of them coming courtesy of Arsenal, Chelsea and City and no draws, when there were five of them just last weekend. What it meant is that there was a whopping six away wins over the weekend, which is a massive figure, particularly given the cautious approach most managers take these days.

Although it has only been five weeks, this year has already seen a peculiar pattern emerge from the weekend’s results. The odd weekends have seen very few draws, with the first and third weekend of action having only a draw each, whilst the rest of the weekends have seen almost half the fixtures end in draws.

Whilst it might seem like nothing, it certainly looks like a pattern is emerging, in which visiting sides are throwing caution to the weekend every alternate weekend, starting from the opening weekend.