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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season

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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season We hope to have given all of you Premier League lovers enough time to get your breath back after yesterday's unbelievable events on a day that saw glory snatched from the grasp of United by noisy neighbours City before unveiling our Team of the Season as rated by, well, us.In the race for the Champi...

Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Top Rated Forwards

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Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Top Rated Forwards The final instalment in WhoScored’s series of articles highlighting the top five players per position in Europe’s elite leagues sees us turn our attentions to the forwards. There are four different countries represented here; France is the only one to miss out, with England’s top-f...

Stats Analysis: Europe's One-Footed Wonders

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Stats Analysis: Europe's One-Footed Wonders Some of the world's best players have been extremely reliant on their favoured foot over the years, with Lionel Messi joining a long line of greats who produce the majority of their magic with their left foot, and Robin van Persie doing the same in the Premier League - or is he?Well when it comes to...

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...

WhoScored's 2011 Premier League Player of the Year

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WhoScored's 2011 Premier League Player of the Year In the final instalment of our feature focusing on the best players per division based upon WhoScored ratings over the calendar year of 2011, we analyse the Premier League that, unlike any of the other top leagues in Europe, has had no rest bite over the winter.The winner of our award is perhaps ine...

Title Deciders - Top Players from the Top Six

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Title Deciders - Top Players from the Top Six As we approach the halfway stage of the Premier League season, there’s something of a familiar ring to the top six. Despite a strong first half of the season from Newcastle and, to a lesser extent, Stoke, it’s the usual suspects that lead the way going into the New Year. As the race for ...

Key Battles All Over the Pitch in City-Arsenal Showdown

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Key Battles All Over the Pitch in City-Arsenal Showdown There’s little doubt what match is the main attraction in this weekend’s Premier League calendar. The Etihad Stadium encounter between Man City and Arsenal promises to be a fascinating battle on Sunday afternoon, with City potentially entering the game in second place, providing Man Unit...

WhoScored Premier League All Star XI - Gameweek 6

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WhoScored Premier League All Star XI - Gameweek 6 Big home wins for both Chelsea and Arsenal saw the pair bounce back from defeats in the previous gameweek. The sides produced five players in the WhoScored All Stars XI, while fellow Londoners Spurs made it three wins in a row to continue their strong recent form. Man City caught Man United at the t...

Can Williams Stop Van Persie at the Emirates?

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Can Williams Stop Van Persie at the Emirates? Arsenal will be looking to bounce back from their 8-2 mauling by Man United as Swansea make their way to the Emirates. Arsene Wenger has boosted the Gunners ranks with a number of signings and will be looking for a response against the newly-promoted side. Swansea have failed find the net in their t...

Premier League Top 10 Talismen

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Premier League Top 10 Talismen What makes a talisman? The phrase, bandied about with a certain regularity, tends to be applied to Carlos Tevez more than most Premier League players. Does the likes of Tevez give his team a better chance of winning, does him being on the pitch guarantee more goals or does his presence lift the side...