Click the sign-up box below to receive The Score newsletter every Monday morning this season The 2024-25 season is underway, and there were handsome wins for new managers in Arne Slot and Fabian Hurzeler at Liverpool and Brighton respectively. Brighton in particular looked mighty impressive in their victory over Everton, who will already be worrying about another long season. Manchester City’s title defence got off to the perfect start as they ruined Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca’s first game in charge at Stamford Bridge.
Aston Villa picked up where they left off last season, inflicting a loss on Julen Lopetegui on his West Ham bow thanks to Jhon Duran’s late winner. Both of the promoted clubs in action lost, with Southampton’s defeat at Newcastle United coming despite playing against 10 men for more than half of the game. Scroll down for our verdict on every team (listed in table order).
Gameweek 1 results Friday 16 August Saturday 17 August Sunday 18 August Brighton If you were told at the start of the summer that one Premier League club would appoint a 31-year-old German manager, it would have taken roughly 0.2 seconds for everybody to shout the word “BRIGHTON”. If there was one club who you would back to make a gamble work out well, the same answer.
Initial evidence backs up the wisdom of the crowd principle. We already know what to expect from Fabian Hurzeler. He will use wingers as his principal creative threat and outlets, telling them to stay very high and .