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One to watch? Hot take?! Sky Sports writers give their PL predictions!
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Hellberg’s hot start & Foxes find feet – Aaron McLean’s EFL takeaways
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Of course, injury could definitively intervene in the destination of the Golden Boot, but there are two reasons why Haaland is such a strong favourite for the award so early.
First, the number of goals he has already scored – and, just as importantly, the number and quality of chances he is getting. And second, the slow start his usual rivals for the prize have made.
A player’s expected goals
Gyokeres’ former team-mates and coaches remember a young boy who cried when he lost. They talk about a “stubborn kid” who was “wild, really aggressive” and would occasionally come to blows with team-mates.
“I remember the older players were sometimes telling him to calm down a little bit, because he was always going all-in,” Magni Fannberg, who handed Gyokeres his first-team debut for Swedish club Brommapojkarna in 2015, told the
Isak himself was quick to praise his Magpies colleagues after Saturday’s victory – their sixth in a row in all competitions.
Aside from Isak’s goals, Sandro Tonali’s deep-lying role alongside midfield team-mates Joelinton and Guimaraes has been pivotal to Newcastle’s resurgence, as has the form of Gordon, Murphy and left-back Lewis Hall.
Martin Dubravka has deputised admirably for injured first-choice goalkeeper Nick Pope, while Sven Botman – who was such
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This season holds higher levels of
pressure and expectations than in recent memory for the Hatters.
When first promoted to the second tier
in 2018 the aim was survival and this was secured on the final day of the
season with a wage bill vastly smaller than most other Championship
clubs.
This time Luton Town
