The 2022-23 Premier League season is almost upon us, meaning Fantasy managers around the planet are tinkering with their squads more often than Pep Guardiola on a Champions League semifinal night.
A well-oiled defense can be the difference between going out in the group stage and winning a tournament. Scoring four goals in a game is well and good until you turn around are realize the other team scored five. Every successful team needs to be able to keep the ball out of its own net. Defending is an art, and at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, many artists will be on display, putting their bodies on the line to ensure their team advances to the next round. But not all defenders are created equal.
One game into the 2022-23 season, a pair of South American newcomers have had a bigger impact for the Premier League’s top two teams than the summer’s biggest blockbuster signing. Liverpool’s Darwin Núñez and Manchester City’s Julián Álvarez were on the score sheet while City’s Erling Haaland struggled as Liverpool edged its rival 3-1 in the FA Community Shield on Saturday at King Power Stadium. A Haaland miss vs Liverpool was the biggest shock of the day.
England’s Championship division is one of the most intense seasons in Europe. The 46 games played, just in the league itself, give players more opportunities to perform well but also for a team’s season to come crashing down. While there are more games, every game means just as much in the Championship, if not more, as the teams compete for the right to move up to the Premier League.
Here in the good ol’ US of A, we’re in that terrible time of year where most sports are in the middle of their offseason. For action-starved Premier League fans, there's no NBA, no NFL and no NHL to turn to. Worst of all, there's no World Cup. On the soccer side of things, I would highly recommend giving the Women’s Euros, MLS and NWSL a chance if you haven’t already. But for fans looking to freshen things up, why not give Formula One a go?
Former Liverpool and Barcelona forward Luis Suárez has re-joined Uruguayan team Nacional on a free transfer, returning to the Montevideo-based club after 16 years in Europe.
The 35-year-old, who left LaLiga side Atlético Madrid at the end of last season, said on social media on Tuesday he had reached a pre-contract agreement with Nacional, where he started his professional career in 2005.
"Proud to wear my shirt again at @Nacional," Suarez wrote on Twitter on Wednesday. "Thank you all for the support! See you soon."
Opening Day in the Premier League — it doesn’t get much better than this. Besides being the only time of the year Arsenal sits atop the table, before a ball is kicked in EPL play, every team has high hopes for a new campaign. The18’s Premier League predictions 2022-23 show there remains a strong consensus of the top two or three teams, but after that it’s wide open how the season goes.
Below are the responses of The18 staffers on how we think the 2022-23 Premier League season plays out. Let us know how you feel about our Premier League predictions 2022-23.
Celebrating the release of the next-gen adidas X Speedportal cleats, the German brand has opted for something different — but entirely fitting — by showcasing the fastest boot "in all dimensions" with a little help from the portal hopping title characters of Rick and Morty.
If you've seen a single episode of the TV show, you'll know where this is headed. As far as boot advertisements go, it's up there with the best of them.
The summer 2022 transfer window has seen some major shakeups as some of the biggest names will call a new club home next season. This calls for a top five biggest summer transfers list.
Several things are taken into consideration to define what a “big” transfer means. Prominence, transfer fees, last season’s stats and the clubs that the player is transferring to and from are all taken into consideration.
If the player you wanted to see didn’t make the cut then perhaps they’re on the honorable mentions list at the bottom.
Liverpool unveiled its 2022-23 away kit Tuesday and promptly handed it a debut in a preseason friendly against Manchester United at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok. The thing might be cursed after Jürgen Klopp's side fell 4-0 to Erik ten Hag and The Revolution, but we should still celebrate a kit that celebrates nights of sweat dripping from the ceiling.