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The 2018 Big Fat Football Quiz of the Year

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The 2018 Big Fat Football Quiz of the Year And so it ends. 2018 has been quite the year for football, with record breaking champions, World Cup winners and a new Ballon d’Or champion to celebrate, but how closely were you paying attention throughout the year.We’ve compiled a 36-question quiz (three for each month of the year) to ...

Man of the match roundup: World Cup winning pair end 2018 on a high

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Man of the match roundup: World Cup winning pair end 2018 on a high After four matches on Sunday the Premier League is officially closed for business for 2018, with Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United all ending the year on a high.We take a look at the man of the match performances from the day’s action in England’s top-flight.N’Golo Kan...

Serie A roundup: The team, player, youngster and signing of the season

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Serie A roundup: The team, player, youngster and signing of the season At the midway point in the Serie A campaign it’s the same old story at the top of the table. In fact, Juventus have only strengthened their stranglehold of the Scudetto this season, with a nine-point gap to Napoli - once again the Old Lady’s closest competition - in second.Indeed, a tota...

Tottenham star soars to top of Premier League player form rankings

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Tottenham star soars to top of Premier League player form rankings Following consecutive thumping wins there is a Tottenham star atop the player form rankings in the Premier League, while there are new representatives in the top ten from the likes of Everton, West Ham, Manchester United and Leicester too.10) Ricardo Pereira (Leicester) - Weighted rating 7.60Followi...

The Premier League team of the season at the halfway point

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The Premier League team of the season at the halfway point Now at the halfway point in the 2018/19 Premier League campaign, we run through the WhoScored.com team of the season so far.Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham) - 7.08It’s been a season of two tournaments for Lloris so far, whose Champions League performances have been dismal at times but when ...

Premier League roundup: The team, player, youngster and signing of the season so far

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Premier League roundup: The team, player, youngster and signing of the season so far There may still be one gameweek still to play in the Premier League in 2018 but the Boxing Day fixtures - and clash between Southampton and West Ham the following day - brought an end to the first half of the campaign.Every team has now pitted their wits against one another and, at the midway point ...

Salah and Kane back to their best in player form rankings, while Messi marches on

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Salah and Kane back to their best in player form rankings, while Messi marches on After yet another goal at the weekend there is no prizes for guessing Europe’s most destructive player right now, in fact, that Lionel Messi only had a hand in one goal last time out was something of an underperformance by his standards.Still, the Argentine found the net for the third game run...

Championship roundup: Team, player, youngster and surprise package of the season so far

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Championship roundup: Team, player, youngster and surprise package of the season so far At the halfway point in the Championship campaign, we review the season so far as Leeds top the tree heading into the Boxing Day fixtures.When Marcelo Bielsa took the reins in the summer the consensus was that it could go terribly wrong or incredibly well, but entertainment was assured. Well, the la...

Manchester United soar up latest team form rankings following Mourinho departure

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Manchester United soar up latest team form rankings following Mourinho departure While there is no change at the top of the team form rankings from Europe’s top five leagues after this weekend’s fixtures, two Premier League sides soar into the top ten following convincing victories.It’s Barcelona that still lead the way following a fourth successive league win ...

Man of the Match round-up: Arsenal, United and Palace stars shine in Saturday action

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Man of the Match round-up: Arsenal, United and Palace stars shine in Saturday action On a day that proved to be one full of red festive cheer for the likes of Arsenal, Manchester United and indeed Liverpool, Manchester and Chelsea were left feeling blue. We round up the star performers from all eight matches in the Premier League on Saturday.Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (8.35 rating): ...