Crystal Palace Enjoying The Game Away

In The 2015 No Team Has Pocketed More Points In Away Games Than Crystal Palace

In the match of the Barclays Premier League last weekend before the international break in September, some games will not be forgotten just including a victory Crystal Palace at home to Chelsea, West Ham United claim win at the headquarters of Liverpool for the first time since 1963, and Swansea City recorded a victory third straight 2-1 over Manchester United.

source:www.premierleague.com

Vital statistics for the whole of Matchweek 4 see below.

Saturday, August 29th

Newcastle United 0-1 Arsenal

- Arsenal have now won eight Barclays Premier League matches in a row against Newcastle United

- Arsene Wenger has won 10 of 11 meetings with Steve McClaren BPL (Lost 1)


Aston Villa 2-2 Sunderland

- Aston Villa won only one time clean-sheet of 11 last Barclays Premier League match at Villa Park

- Only two teams that conceded more penalties in BPL than Sunderland (six) since the beginning of last season (Tottenham Hotspur: eight; West Bromwich Albion: seven)


AFC Bournemouth 1-1 Leicester City

- AFC Bournemouth Striker Callum Wilson has scored four goals in his last two games BPL

- Jamie Vardy bagged three goals and one assist in his last five appearances in the league


Chelsea 1-2 Crystal Palace

- Overall Chelsea four points is the second lowest in the Barclays Premier League season up to this point, after the team of Blackburn Rovers (three) in the 1995-1996 season

- No team won more points away than Crystal Palace in BPL 2015 (25 - level with Arsenal)



Liverpool 0-3 West Ham United

- Manuel Lanzini goal for West Ham at home to Liverpool was the fastest goal in the Barclays Premier League 2015/16 season so far (2:28)

- This is the first league victory of the Hammers at Anfield since September 1963; end a record 42-match winless streak in major league


Manchester City 2-0 Watford

- Manchester City have become the ninth team to win the Barclays Premier League 10+ games in a row.

- Man City are unbeaten in their last 25 home games against a team in the BPL campaign (won 23, draw 2, Lost 0), where their last defeat was against Reading in February 2007.


Stoke City 0-1 West Bromwich Albion

- Solomon Rondon scored his first Barclays Premier League for West Bromwich Albion from all seven shots (including blocked)

- Two Stoke player sent off in the first round, this is the 10th time in the BPL where a team playing with nine players before halftime. This is the third fastest record, the team reduced to nine men in a single BPL matches (31 minutes)


Tottenham Hotspur 0-0 Everton

- Tottenham Hotspur have failed to win their first four games in the Barclays Premier League for the first time since 2008/09

- Mauricio Pochettino forces recorded 20 shots (including blocked) without netting, the highest record them without yielding a goal since registering 21 goals while against Manchester City in May


Sunday, August 30

Southampton 3-0 Norwich City

- Graziano Pelle has scored five goals in five appearances in the final of the Barclays Premier League St. Mary's Stadium, while 12 of the 14 league goal for Southampton occur at home (86%)

- Alex Neil suffered his first defeat away to Norwich City in 15 away matches in all competitions (won 10, draw 4)


Swansea City 2-1 Manchester United

- Two final defeat of Manchester United in the Barclays Premier League Swansea City occurred after winning first (2-1 in the month of Feb 2015)

Bafetimbi Gomis has scored nine goals in 10 games last BPL, and he was the first Swansea player who scored in each of their opening four games in the Barclays Premier League

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Dancing In The Rain Biritsh MotoGp 2015

The MotoGP™ World Championship has taken a critical turn after the Octo British Grand Prix as Rossi dances to victory.

Rain can produce peculiar results in motorcycle racing; with power more of a disadvantage, in the wet rider skill becomes even more important. Riders such as Chris Vermeulen became famous for their ability in the wet, the loveable Australian claimed his only MotoGP™ win in 2007 at a rain soaked French GP. As electronics have begun to play a bigger role, rain specialists have become a rarer and rarer breed. But racing in the beating rain is by no means easy, as two of the MotoGP™ championship challengers showed on Sunday.

 Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) went to bed on Saturday night performing a rain dance; his dry weather pace was simply not enough to keep with the likes of Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) and teammate Jorge Lorenzo. It seems that even Mother Nature is a Rossi fan as come Sunday morning Warm Up the heavens had opened and Silverstone lived up to Britain’s reputation of rain. Rossi led the session handily, heading, somewhat fortuitously, Danilo Petrucci (Octo Pramac Racing) as both Marquez and Lorenzo struggled.

Come race time, the rain had settled and wet tyres were fitted. Initially Marquez had been able to keep with Rossi, the pair breaking away, but the Spaniard found himself on the floor as he exited Turn 1. This DNF is the final nail in the coffin of Marquez’s 2015 title challenge. He now sits 77 points behind Rossi in the standings and though it is mathematically still possible for Marquez to claim a third MotoGP™ crown, a miracle is needed.

Marquez has never gone particularly well in the wet. Last year at Aragon he crashed while pushing slicks too hard on a track that was becoming colder and wetter with every lap. Back in 2011, Marquez failed to finish the British GP when racing in the Moto2™ class in similar conditions. Compared to Rossi, Marquez is still a relative newcomer to the premier class and wet weather riding is a skill that comes with experience.

As Rossi cruised to victory, Lorenzo was battling vision problems and aggressive riders. Many of Lorenzo’s worse moments, including his famous Assen crash in 2013 that saw his collarbone shatter, have happened in the wet. These problems were made worse by a misting visor and saw Lorenzo miss out on valuable championship points. With a fourth place finish the Majorcan now sits 12 points behind his teammate.

Lorenzo himself admits that he did not have the pace to battle Rossi for the win: “Valentino and Marquez passed me and I was in third position losing time every lap. They had a better pace than me early on in the race and I couldn‘t do anything to follow them.”

Throughout his racing career Lorenzo has shown great mental fortitude, not only in over coming his Assen wet-race demons but also overcoming multiple severe injuries, continuing to push himself to the limit.

A 12-point advantage may seem small, but round 13 of the MotoGP™ World Championship takes place in Misano, Rossi’s backyard. A win and the championship lead will have Rossi on the crest of a wave, able to ride the success and confidence to the Rimini coastline. It will be a make of break round for Jorge Lorenzo, if he can de-throne Rossi at home and stop him from gaining any momentum.

Marquez could still play a significant role in the title battle; he now truly has nothing to lose. As such he can take even more risks, push even closer to the edge in races and no doubt steal race wins. Every point will matter in the title fight between the Yamahas and losing five, or more, to a rogue Honda could be costly. The championship will be decided by a mistake, the only question is who will make the mistake?
(source:www.motogp.com)

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Valentino Rossi Wins In The Wet At Silverstone:British MotoGP

Valentino Rossi won a rain-soaked British MotoGP at Silverstone to take over at the top of the world championship.

Yamaha rider Rossi, 36, secured his first Silverstone victory ahead of fellow Italian Danilo Petrucci, who claimed his first podium finish.

Rossi's win takes him above Jorge Lorenzo in the standings as he chases a 10th world title.

Defending world champion Marc Marquez started from pole but crashed out.

Marquez's exit, eight laps from the end of the 20-lap race, left Rossi clear at the head of the field and has all but ended the Spaniard's hopes of retaining his title. 

Petrucci cut into the lead on a Pramac Ducati but Rossi showed his mastery of the wet conditions to stay in control and complete his fourth win of the season and collect the 25 points.

Yamaha team-mate Lorenzo finished fourth and now trails Rossi by 12 points with six races remaining.

Works Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso finished third to complete an all-Italian top three with Britain's Scott Redding the top home rider.

Redding, 22, finished sixth for the Marc VDS Honda team after earlier announcing his move to Pramac for the 2016 season.

The LCR Honda pair of Cal Crutchlow and Jack Miller collided on the third lap to end their races early.

 

How The Race Was Won

Rossi was fastest in the wet warm-up session but started fourth on the grid following a delayed start to the race after the riders had to stop their warm-up lap to switch back to wet tyres.

He passed team-mate and title rival Lorenzo at Village corner and led by the end of lap two.

Rossi and Marquez broke away before Marquez crashed out at Copse on lap 13.

Petrucci was left in second and reduced the gap to just 1.6 seconds with two laps remaining before Rossi responded to a pit message and pulled away again to win by 3.010 seconds.

Britain's Danny Kent, 21, won the Moto3 race to extend his lead at the top of the championship.

He becomes the first British rider to win a lightweight grand prix at Silverstone.

Kent said: "It's the best win of my career. If there's a date on the diary you want to win, it's your home Grand Prix."

British MotoGP results:

1. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 46 minutes 15.617 seconds

2. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ducati 46:18.627

3. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati 46:19.734

4. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 46:21.343

5. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 46:26.749

6. Scott Redding (Britain) Honda 46:41.084

7. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 46:42.334

8. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 46:45.010

9. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Suzuki 46:54.432

10. Alvaro Bautista (Spain) Aprilia 46:57.329

11. Maverick Vinales (Spain) Suzuki 47:00.393

12. Nicky Hayden (U.S.) Honda 47:08.106

13. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati 47:26.828

14. Mike Di Meglio (France) Ducati 47:30.909

15. Alex de Angelis (San Marino) ART 47:33.480

MotoGP Standings after race 12 of 18:

1. Valentino Rossi (Italy) Yamaha 236

2. Jorge Lorenzo (Spain) Yamaha 224

3. Marc Marquez (Spain) Honda 159

4. Andrea Iannone (Italy) Ducati 150

5. Andrea Dovizioso (Italy) Ducati 120

6. Bradley Smith (Britain) Yamaha 115

7. Dani Pedrosa (Spain) Honda 102

8. Danilo Petrucci (Italy) Ducati 83

9. Pol Espargaro (Spain) Yamaha 81

10. Cal Crutchlow (Britain) Honda 74

11. Maverick Vinales (Spain) Suzuki 67

12. Aleix Espargaro (Spain) Suzuki 60

13. Scott Redding (Britain) Honda 47

14. Yonny Hernandez (Colombia) Ducati 41

15. Hector Barbera (Spain) Ducati 23


(source:http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/motorsport)

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