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Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Midfielders

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Mar 26 2012 15:51
Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Midfielders Having recently looked into the best 'all-round' defenders in Europe in the aptly named article 'Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Defenders', we have decided to take a similar approach in an attempt to gauge the most effective midfielders, going both forwards and backwards.We, at WhoScored, h...
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Stats Analysis: Frequent Shooters - Minutes per Shot

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Mar 22 2012 13:00
Stats Analysis: Frequent Shooters - Minutes per Shot On March 20, 2012, Lionel Messi became FC Barcelona's all-time record goalscorer at the age of just 24. His 6th league hat-trick of the season against Granada, and 9th over all competitions so far, took him to 34 goals and the top of La Liga goalscoring charts.The fact that his unbelievable record t...
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Player Focus: The Premier League's Big Dippers

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Mar 19 2012 17:11
Player Focus: The Premier League's Big Dippers Having focused on the Premier League's Most Improved Players last week it seems only fitting for the ever-judgemental WhoScored to analyse the individuals to have gone through the biggest decline this season. To do so we have calculated the greatest decrease in their WhoScored rating from last seaso...
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Player Focus: The Premier League's Most Improved Players

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Mar 15 2012 14:05
Player Focus: The Premier League's Most Improved Players WhoScored has decided to look into our own category ahead of the illustrious end of season awards, focusing on the most improved players from the previous campaign. We have judged this by the greatest increase in a player's WhoScored rating from last season to this, with a mandatory cap of at least ...
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Player Focus: The Premier League's Top January Signings

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Mar 12 2012 17:28
Player Focus: The Premier League's Top January Signings Now well into the month of March, the Premier League is hotting up and, in turn, WhoScored has deemed enough time to have passed to judge the starts made by some of the January transfer signings.Here we will look at the top 5 newcomers according to WhoScored ratings of players to have featured from ...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Gulitiest Culprits - Big Chances Missed

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Mar 6 2012 16:35
Stats Analysis: Premier League's Gulitiest Culprits - Big Chances Missed In the Premier League this weekend we may have witnessed one of the misses of the season as QPR's Akos Buszaky struck a post with the goal gaping from all of 5 yards. At WhoScored we don't like to heap misery on any one player who has had the misfortune to make such a gaffe, so we have focused on 6 ...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League Penalty Woes - Keepers on Top

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Mar 5 2012 17:39
Stats Analysis: Premier League Penalty Woes - Keepers on Top In the Premier League this weekend there were two crucial penalties misses, or, if you're of an Arsenal or Sunderland persuasion, crucial penalties saves in huge games for the respective sides. Wojciech Szczesny's double save to deny Dirk Kuyt would eventually help earn Arsenal a win at Anfield, whi...
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Match Analysis: Youthful Spurs Midfield Undone by United’s Young Gunner

by Martin Laurence at Sunday, Mar 4 2012 20:43
Match Analysis: Youthful Spurs Midfield Undone by United’s Young Gunner Manchester United's clinical nature in front of goal won through in today's top three clash at White Hart Lane, with the reigning champions running out far from comfortable 3-1 winners.Alex Ferguson's side have had the ruthlessness in front of goal that has seen them win 19 top flight titles in the ...
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Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Defenders

by Martin Laurence at Thursday, Mar 1 2012 17:51
Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Defenders The art of defending can come in many forms. It can be made into a simple one, as it is at clubs such as Stoke, with the 'put head/body in way' approach paying dividends in the most part, though the classic all-round defender is lost to many these days. With defensive partnerships meaning that one p...
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Stats Analysis: Europe's One-Footed Wonders

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Feb 27 2012 18:08
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...
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