Ghost Goal Podcast

Alex and Javier returned for Part 3 of their 4 part World Cup preview series before the tournament kicks off next Sunday. This time's two wide open groups as Spain, Germany, Japan, and Costa Rica make up Group E and Belgium, Croatia, Morocco, and Canada fill out Group F. The guys discuss the differences between styles of play in International competition as opposed to club football. Timestamps : D...

Alex and Javier returned to recap the final weekend of the Premier League action before the World Cup kicks off next Sunday as Manchester City were upset by Brentford after a late goal from Ivan Toney compounded their misery. Javier talked about Arsenal who sit five points atop the Premier League table going into the break, while Alex lamented his Chelsea side's recent results before both of the l...

Javier and Alex previewed the next two World Cup groups C and D which both contain some of the tournament favorites in Argentina & France. The guys give their predictions for who they think will win each group and Alex gives his surprise pick for who he thinks will win this World Cup. Timestamps : Argentina Preview - 0:35 Poland Preview - 9:55 Mexico Preview - 14:01 Saudi Arabia Preview - 19:4...

The guys are back for their group by group World Cup preview pods but this time it's two groups at a time starting with Groups A and B. Group A presents an interesting predicament for hosts Qatar as they seem the underdogs to join favorites Holland in the knockout stage with African champions Senegal and South American representatives Ecuador standing in their way in Group A. Then there's the enti...

Alex and Javier reacted to the fallout from Arsenal's big win at Chelsea earlier on Sunday, before discussing Liverpool's win at Tottenham and Unai Emery's red hot start to his return to the Premier League as his Aston Villa side walked out 3-1 winners over Manchester United at Villa Park. Timestamps : Chelsea-Arsenal Recap - 1:17 Newcastle-Chelsea Preview - 14:00 Tottenham-Liverpool Recap - 17:00...

Alex and Javier recapped the weekend's Premier League results such as Chelsea's 4-1 drubbing at Brighton and Leeds' late win at Liverpool before looking ahead to next weekend's Chelsea-Arsenal and Tottenham-Liverpool matches next Sunday. Timestamps : Brighton-Chelsea Recap - 1:49 Liverpool-Leeds Recap - 7:30 Bournemouth-Spurs Recap - 17:36 Man Utd-West Ham Recap - 25:00 Diego Costa’s Early Vacatio...

The boys are back to react to all the upsets and slip ups in the Premier League over the weekend as Liverpool continued their poor away form with a 1-0 loss at bottom side Nottingham Forest while Newcastle went to Spurs and handed them their first home loss of the season. Arsenal also couldn't manage to take all three points against bottom half side Southampton and Chelsea threw away three points...

Alex and Javier recapped Sunday's huge Liverpool-Manchester City matchup as well as Arsenal opening up a four point lead at the top of the table with their win at Leeds. Then the guys previewed Wednesday's huge clash between Manchester United and Tottenham before discussing the chances of a Chelsea slip up at Brentford in midweek. Timestamps : Liverpool-Man City Recap - 2:00 Leeds-Arsenal Recap -...

Alex and Javier discussed Arsenal's thrilling 3-2 victory over Liverpool at the Emirates before recapping plenty of the weekend's other Premier League results and looking ahead to next weekend's massive Liverpool-Manchester City matchup. Timestamps : Arsenal-Liverpool Recap - 1:00 Chelsea-Wolves Recap - 11:50 Everton-Man Utd Recap - 14:31 Brighton-Tottenham Recap - 19:52 Man City-Southampton Recap...

Javier and Alex recapped a goal-filled weekend of derbies as Arsenal ran out 3-1 winners on Tottenham in the North London Derby and Manchester City pumped their cross town rivals Manchester United in the Manchester Derby. Then they discussed where on the panic meter Liverpool should be after their shock 3-3 draw with Brighton at Anfield. The guys also discussed Chelsea late win against Crystal Pal...

Alex and Javier took some time to discuss the International Break as it related to November's World Cup in Qatar as dark horses like Switzerland and Denmark look in good form while juggernauts England, France, Spain and Germany stutter to poor results in their last games before tournament play. Then the guys did their wayyy too early previews for next weekend's Premier League derbies as Arsenal an...

Alex and Javier recapped the return of Premier League action as Tottenham ran out to a resounding 6-2 win over Leicester City after a thirteen minute hat-trick while Arsenal and Manchester City went to Brentford and Wolves respectively and both recording comfortable 3-0 wins. There was also plenty of action near the bottom of the table as Nottingham Forest threw away another lead at home against a...

Alex and Javier returned after a weekend of no Premier League football to recap the Champions League midweek fixtures before taking a look at a few of the Premier League's upcoming matches as league play returns this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The guys also discuss what we've seen so far of Graham Potter's new look Chelsea side as they drew RB Salzburg at home in their second Champions League g...

Alex and Javier recapped Manchester United's monumental 3-1 win against Arsenal on Sunday as they handed the Gunners their first league defeat of the season while racking up their fourth win in a row to turn around a cataclysmic start to the season. Then the guys discussed both Manchester City's and Liverpool's slip ups to Aston Villa and Everton respectively as they both drew away from home again...

Javier and Alex recapped Liverpool's record setting day as they defeated newly promoted Bournemouth 9-0 at Anfield to get their league campaign rolling, while Manchester City came back from 2-0 down to defeat Crystal Palace 4-2 behind Erling Haaland's first hat-trick for the club. Arsenal and Chelsea overcame initial setbacks against Fulham and Leicester respectively to win 2-1 at home and Manches...

It was a big week for some of the "Uniteds" in the Premier League, as Manchester United got their season back on track with a home win over heavy favorites Liverpool, Newcastle United sprinted out to a 3-1 lead over leaders Manchester City before settling for a hard fought 3-3 draw at home, and Leeds United record their first league win over Chelsea in over 20 years with their 3-0 win at Elland ro...

Alex and Javier discussed Manchester United and Liverpool's continued underwhelming starts to their Premier League seasons before covering an eventful London Derby as Chelsea and Tottenham played to a 2-2 draw Sunday.  Timestamps : 1:55 - Brentford-Man Utd 7:34 - Liverpool-Palace 14:00 - Man Utd-Liverpool Preview 16:04 - Chelsea-Tottenham 27:10 - Arsenal-Leicester 35:40 - Nottingham Forest-We...

Javier and Alex recap the opening weekend's results as the Premier League returned to provide upsets like Brighton's win at Manchester United and Fulham's excellent performance to earn a point at home against Fulham. Meanwhile Erling Haaland made the expected impact with a brace on his debut for Manchester City against West Ham and Liverpool's Darwin Nunez managed a goal on his debut as well. Then...

Alex and Javier are back on the podcast feed to preview which London clubs will join Manchester City and Liverpool in finishing in the top 4 this season. Arsenal will look to break in after falling short to Chelsea and Tottenham last term, but have their London rivals strengthened enough keep the Gunners at bay? After a summer of underwhelming transfer business Manchester United look to rebuild un...

Alex and Javier discussed some of the Premier League's biggest recent signings since their last transfer check in including Kalidou Koulibaly to Chelsea, Lisandro Martinez to Manchester United, and Oleksandr Zinchenko to Arsenal before hitting on some Europe's biggest clubs and their wheelings and dealings in the transfer market. Barcelona have moved mountains in order to play catchup to Real Madr...

Javier and Alex are back to debate their hot takes for the upcoming season and football in general as each bring two to the table to make their case and provide rebuttals.  Timestamps: 2:15 - Tottenham will win their 1st Trophy & Challenge for the League (Javier) 11:11 - Brighton will be relegated this season (Alex) 18:40 - Ronaldo is a cancer to title winners at this point (Javier) 31:38...

Alex and Javier return to check in on all the Premier League's most notable transfers to date including three major center forward signings as Manchester City strengthened further with the acquisition of Erling Haaland, Liverpool looked to keep pace with young Uruguayan star Darwin Nunez, and Arsenal brought Gabriel Jesus amongst plenty of other interesting signings for those sides. Meanwhile Chel...

Alex and Javier continued their season recaps by giving grades to the Premier League's top half teams from the 2021/2022 season. Timestamps: 0:17 - Intro 3:36 - Wolves 7:34 - Brighton 13:23 - Leicester 18:13 - West Ham 23:13 - Man Utd 30:45 - Arsenal 34:55 - Tottenham 38:40 - Chelsea 45:13 - Liverpool 50:50 - Man City Email : ghostgoalpod@gmail.com Social Media : Twitter | Instagram Featuring Alex...

Alex and Javier returned to discuss the recent World Cup Qualifiers as Wales sealed their place in Qatar while Javier's Peru will face Australia and Costa Rica will face New Zealand for the final two places in November's tournament. Then the guys turned their attention towards recapping the Premier League as they gave their grades for the 20th through 11th placed teams in part one with their top h...

Alex and Javier recapped last weekend's Champions League and Championship playoff finals before discussing a few of the early movers in the transfer window from the Premier League. Aston Villa signed highly touted defensive prospect Boubocar Kamara from Marseille as well as Brazilian centerback Diego Carlos from Sevilla to bolster their defense, while Tottenham added one of Antonio Conte's favorit...