The Sunday Times - UK (2021-11-28)

2GS The Sunday Times November 28, 2021 27

BREAKING DOWN BRENDAN

Brendan Rodgers takes charge of Leicester

in the Premier League today against

Watford, one of six clubs he has managed.

Here is how his managerial record stacks up:

BRENDAN’S BRAGGING RIGHTS

RODGERS’S RECORDS

In all competitions, for club ... against club

Watford

2008-09

Reading

2009

Swansea

2010-12

Liverpool

2012-15

Celtic

2016-19

Leicester

2019-

F 46 A 47

W 13 D 6 L 12

Games

Goals

Win %

41.9

F 9 A 7

W 2 D 3 L 1

Games

Goals

Win %

33.3

F 29 A 36

W 6 D 6 L 11

Games

Goals

Win %

26.1

F 7 A 2

W 4 D 1

Games

Goals

Win %

80

F 293 A 201

W 83 D 41 L 42

Games

Goals

Win %

50

F 226 A 150

W 66 D 27 L 38

Games

Goals

Win %

50.4

F 7 A 2

W 4 D 1

Games

Goals

Win %

25

F 140 A 109

W 43 D 20 L 33

Games

Goals

Win %

44.8

F 377 A 136

W 118 25 26

Games

Goals

Win %

69.8

F 19 A 10

W 5 D 2 L1

Games

Goals

Win %

62.5

Celtic

Scottish Premiership (2017, 2018)

Scottish Cup (2017, 2018)

Scottish League Cup (2017, 2018, 2019)

Celtic

Liverpool

Watford

Leicester

Swansea

Reading

Leicester

FA Cup (2021)

Community Shield (2021)

Swansea

Championship playoffs (2011)

Liverpool

Highest PL finish (2013-14) 2nd

Premier League

ARSENAL 2 NEWCASTLE 0

Saka 56

Martinelli 66

HT: 0-0. Att: 59,886

BRIGHTON 0 LEEDS 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 31,166

CRYSTAL PALACE 1 ASTON VILLA 2

Guéhi 90+5 Targett 15

McGinn 86

HT: 0-1. Att: 25,203

LIVERPOOL 4 SOUTHAMPTON 0

Jota 2, 32

Alcântara 37

Van Dijk 52

HT: 3-0

NORWICH 0 WOLVES 0

HT: 0-0. Att: 26,911

Cinch Scottish Premiership

DUNDEE 3 MOTHERWELL 0

McCowan 19, Mullen 27

Sweeney 49

HT: 2-0. Att: 4,747

HEARTS 2 ST MIRREN 0

Mackay-Steven 61

Kingsley 75

HT: 0-0. Att: 17,311

Sent off: Shaughnessy (St Mirren) 90+5

ROSS CO 1 DUNDEE UTD 1

Baldwin 90+3 Appere 49

HT: 0-0

Sent off: Clarke (Ross Co) 75

ST JOHNSTONE 1 HIBERNIAN 2

Porteous (og) 40 Nisbet 83, Murphy 86

HT: 1-0

Sent off: Bryson (St Johnstone) 45+1

PWD L F AGDPts

Rangers 13 9 3 1 29 13 16 30

Hearts 15 7 6 2 25 14 11 27

Celtic 13 8 2 3 30 9 21 26

Dundee Utd 15 7 4 4 15 14 1 25

Motherwell 15 6 3 6 19 24 -5 21

Hibernian 13 5 3 5 17 17 0 18

St Mirren 15 3 7 5 16 24 -8 16

Aberdeen 14 4 3 7 15 19 -4 15

St Johnstone 14 3 5 6 9 14 -5 14

Livingston 13 3 4 6 11 17 -6 13

Dundee 14 3 4 7 14 27 -13 13

Ross County 14 2 4 8 19 27 -8 10

Scottish Cup: Third round Alloa 5

Bonnyrigg Rose 0; Arbroath 3 Forfar 0;

Auchinleck Talbot 1 Hamilton 0; Ayr 2

Albion 1; Banks O’Dee 2 East Fife 1; Civil

Service Strollers 0 Peterhead 3;

Clydebank 2 Clyde 0; Cove Rangers 2

Queen of South 2; Dalbeattie Star 1 East

Kilbride 2; Dumbarton 3 Sauchie 1; Falkirk

1 Raith 2; Gala Fairydean 0 Annan Athletic

1; Inverness CT 1 Morton 1; Kelty Hearts 0

Montrose 0; Lothian Thistle 1 Edinburgh

City 2; Queen’s Park 0 Kilmarnock 1;

Stenhousemuir 0 Airdrieonians 2; Stirling

Albion 4 Tranent 0.

PREMIER LEAGUE AND SCOTLAND

Total Home Away

P W D L F A P W D L F A P W D L F A GD Pts

1 Chelsea 12 9 2 1 30 4 6 4 1 1 17 3 6 5 1 0 13 1 26 29

2 Liverpool 13 8 4 1 39 11 7 4 3 0 18 5 6 4 1 1 21 6 28 28

3 Man City 12 8 2 2 25 6 6 4 1 1 15 2 6 4 1 1 10 4 19 26

4 West Ham 12 7 2 3 23 14 6 3 1 2 12 9 6 4 1 1 11 5 9 23

5 Arsenal 13 7 2 4 15 17 7 5 1 1 12 6 6 2 1 3 3 11 -2 23

6 Wolverhampton 13 6 2 5 12 12 6 3 0 3 5 6 7 3 2 2 7 6 0 20

7 Tottenham 12 6 1 5 11 17 6 4 0 2 6 8 6 2 1 3 5 9 -6 19

8 Brighton 134631214 72326 8 623 1 6 6 -2 18

9 Man Utd 12 5 2 5 20 21 6 2 1 3 10 11 6 3 1 2 10 10 -1 17

10 Crystal Palace 13 3 7 3 19 19 7 2 4 1 10 6 6 1 3 2 9 13 0 16

11 Aston Villa 13 5 1 7 18 21 6 3 1 2 11 8 7 2 0 5 7 13 -3 16

12 Everton 12 4 3 5 16 19 6 3 1 2 10 8 6 1 2 3 6 11 -3 15

13 Leicester 12 4 3 5 16 21 6 2 1 3 7 10 6 2 2 2 9 11 -5 15

14 Southampton 13 3 5 5 11 18 6 2 3 1 5 4 7 1 2 4 6 14 -7 14

15 Brentford 12 3 4 5 16 17 6 1 1 4 7 9 6 2 3 1 9 8 -1 13

16 Watford 12 4 1 7 16 20 6 2 1 3 8 12 6 2 0 4 8 8 -4 13

17 Leeds 13 2 6 5 12 20 6 1 3 2 6 9 7 1 3 3 6 11 -8 12

18 Burnley 12 1 6 5 14 20 6 1 3 2 8 8 6 0 3 3 6 12 -6 9

19 Norwich 13 2 3 8 7 27 7 1 2 4 5 11 6 1 1 4 2 16 -20 9

20 Newcastle 13 0 6 7 15 29 6 0 3 3 10 16 7 0 3 4 5 13 -14 6

PREMIER LEAGUE

WEEK 13

GENERAL RESULTS

CRICKET

First Test matches: Kanpur (third day of

five): India 345 (S S Iyer 105, S Gill 52, R A

Jadeja 50; T G Southee 5-69) and 14-1; New

Zealand 296 (T W M Latham 95, W A Young

89; A R Patel 5-62). Chittagong (second

day of five): Bangladesh 330 (Liton Das

114, Mushfiqur Rahim 91; Hasan Ali 5-51);

Pakistan 145-0 (Abid Ali 93 not out,

Abdullah Shafique 52 not out).

GOLF

DP World Tour Joburg Open

(Johannesburg): Leading final scores

(reduced to 36-hole tournament; SA unless

stated): 130 T Lawrence 65 65. 134 Z

Lombard 67 67. 135 S Norris 68 67, A

Chesters (Eng) 66 69. 136 F Lacroix (Fr) 67

69, A Hidalgo (Sp) 65 71. 137 H Du Plessis

67 70. 138 J Ritchie 72 66, K Horne 71 67, Y

Paul (Ger) 68 70, H Bruiners 68 70.

139 J Veerman (USA) 72 67, D Frittelli 67

72, L Brown 70 69, J Prinsloo 72 67, MJ

Viljoen 71 68, O Strydom 73 66, M

Kawamura (Japan) 68 71, J Brun (Fr) 71 68,

C Hanna (US) 69 70, A Cockerill (Can) 69

70, L Scalise (It) 67 72. 140 M Muthiya

(Zam) 71 69, J Harding 69 71, J Blaauw 72

68, J van Zyl 73 67, M Schmid (Ger) 73 67,

D Drysdale (Eng) 71 69, S Tarrio (Sp) 69 71,

P Angles (Sp) 67 73, B Easton 71 69.

Women’s Andalucia Costa Del Sol Open

(Marbella): Leaders after third round:

206 C Ciganda (Sp) 70 66 70. 209 A

Thitikul (Tha) 72 70 67. 211 M Stark (Swe)

74 68 69, U Wikstroem (Fin) 72 68 71. 212 F

Fernandez (Sp) 69 68 75. 213 W Hillier

(Aus) 72 70 71. 214 S Kyriacou (Aus) 74 69

71, M de Roey (Bel) 69 72 73, J Karlsson

(Swe) 72 74 68. 215 A Pelaez (Spa) 71 70

74, L Gomez (Sp) 76 71 68, C Hedwall

(Swe) 71 74 70, L Boqvist (Swe) 76 66 73.

RUGBY UNION

Women’s international

Barbarians 60 South Africa 5

Gallagher Premiership

Harlequins 19 London Irish 22

Newcastle 24 Worcester 24

Greene King IPA Championship Ampthill

24 Hartpury 39, Bedford 40 Nottingham 9,

Doncaster 22 Ealing 5, Jersey 15 Cornish

Pirates 5, London Scottish 36 Coventry 23.

National League One Blackheath 16

Bishop’s Stortford 6, Caldy 20 Rosslyn Park

26, Cambridge 15 Leeds Tykes 17, Chinnor

22 Taunton Titans 5, Cinderford 15 Sale 19,

Tonbridge Juddians 12 Plymouth Albion 10.

League Two: North Chester 14 Sedgley

Park 42, Huddersfield 23 Harrogate 7,

Loughborough Students 5 Rotherham 71,

Luctonians 15 Fylde 14, Tynedale 24

Wharfedale 13. South Barnes 33 Barnstaple

8, Clifton 22 Canterbury 19, Henley 33

Dings Crusaders 22, Old Albanians 14

Leicester Lions 16, Redruth 10 Worthing 24,

Westcliff 9 Bury St Edmunds 17.

United Rugby Championship Benetton 19

Glasgow Warriors 18, Dragons 14

Edinburgh 30, Leinster 10 Ulster 20.

Women’s Allianz Premier 15s Exeter 14

Loughborough 7, Gloucester-Hartpury 21

Saracens 24, Sale 10 Harlequins 36.

SNOOKER

Cazoo UK Championship (York Barbican):

Second round (England unless stated;

* denotes amateur): K Wilson bt J Jones

(Wales) 6-0, Wu Yize (China) bt H Miah 6-4,

B Woollaston bt Yan Bingtao (China) 6-3, R

O’Sullivan bt R Williams 6-2, M Selt bt J

Perry 6-2, A Hicks bt M Holt 6-5, D Dale

(Wales) bt *Si Jiahui (China) 6-4, J Lisowski

bt M O’Donnell 6-4.

TENNIS

Davis Cup: Group C (Innsbruck): Great

Britain bt France 2-1 (D Evans bt A

Mannarino 7-5 6-4, C Norrie bt A

Rinderknech 6-2 7-6; J Salisbury and N

Skupski lost to N Mahut and Rinderknech

6-1 6-4).

PUNDIT

BY PAUL T

& DOUG

Numbers in the box