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Stats Analysis: Europe's Most Accurate Finishers

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Stats Analysis: Europe's Most Accurate Finishers The art of finishing is one that has been flaunted to the fullest over Europe's top 5 leagues this season, with 22 players having already scored more than 10 goals thus far. WhoScored has decided to look at a facet to the top scorers shooting that has not yet been analysed - accuracy - as well as re...

Match Focus: Spurs Out for Revenge at the Etihad

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Match Focus: Spurs Out for Revenge at the Etihad This weekend sees Tottenham afforded the chance to avenge their early season humiliation at the hands of Manchester City as Harry Redknapp takes his side to the Etihad Stadium. Spurs’ 5-1 home defeat at the hands of Roberto Mancini’s league leaders was, unsurprisingly, their heaviest def...

Player Focus: If in Doubt, you can Count on Ibisevic

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Player Focus: If in Doubt, you can Count on Ibisevic Hoffenheim are well-known for their footballing philosophy which was implemented originally by former head coach Ralf Rangnick as the blue steam-train stormed its way into the German Bundesliga.Bankrolled by Dietmar Hopp, Hoffenheim earned promotion to the Bundesliga in 2008 and have since held thei...

Player Focus: Loic Has Been the Remy-d for Marseille

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Player Focus: Loic Has Been the Remy-d for Marseille The summer of 2010 saw a young Loic Remy linked with a number of English clubs. Liverpool, Arsenal and Spurs all seemed to be interested in bringing the former Lyon forward to the Premier League. Bizarrely Remy actually turned up at Stoke City’s training ground ready to do a deal with the Pott...

Stats Analysis: Premier League's Most Successful Tacklers

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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Most Successful Tacklers While it takes bravery to commit to tackling as often as some of the players do in the Premier League, there is a real skill to winning the ball more often than not, with WhoScored investigating those players who not only throw themselves into tackles with superb regularity but come away with the ba...

Stats Analysis: Premier League's Top Stoppers

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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Top Stoppers When it comes to statistical analysis there are often a number of players who are overlooked - possibly to their relief - but WhoScored has taken the time to look into the efficiency of the rare breed that is goalkeepers! Studying the stoppers to have made more than 5 starts in the Premier League, w...

Stats Analysis: Premier League's Biggest Losers - of Possession

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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Biggest Losers - of Possession Following on from yesterday’s Premier League piece focussing on the seven top passers in England’s top-flight, we take an entirely different approach for our next WhoScored analysis. We turn the idea on its head and analyse those players who have lost possession the most over the first h...

The Milan Derby: City Rivals By The Numbers

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The Milan Derby: City Rivals By The Numbers Sunday evening will see two of European football's grandest clubs meet in one of the most high profile matches of the year as Milan face Inter in the 205th Derby della Madonnina. As rivalries go it is also one of the closest; Milan have won on 72 occasions, just one more than their city cousins, wit...

Stats Analysis: Premier Passers

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Stats Analysis: Premier Passers In a series of articles focussing on a specific area of the WhoScored statistics, we turn our attentions to the top seven players for most passes per game during the first half of the Premier League season. As Arsenal and Man City are the top two teams for average possession, with 58.7% and 57.3%, i...

Team Focus: Sunderland - The O'Neill Factor

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Team Focus: Sunderland - The O'Neill Factor When looking at the form guide in the Premier League over the last 6 games it is not Manchester City, United or even Tottenham that sit top, but Sunderland. The fact that Martin O'Neill arrived at the Stadium of Light to take charge of his first match - you guessed it - six games ago is indicative o...