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Real Madrid: A Third of a Champion?

by Javier Hernandez at Tuesday, Nov 29 2011 16:51
Real Madrid: A Third of a Champion? After 13 weeks of football in La Liga, Real Madrid are ahead of Barcelona and sit at the top of the table for the first time since Pep Guardiola arrived at their bitter rivals. Jose Mourinho’s team have played some breathtaking football in the first third of the season and are currently on a n...
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Torrid Travellers - Europe's Rotten Away Records

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Nov 29 2011 15:19
Torrid Travellers - Europe's Rotten Away Records With Europe’s respective league seasons now around a third of the way through their duration, every team in the top 5 leagues has had the chance to build up a decent run of form, be it at home or away. However, WhoScored investigates the teams who will be damning their form on the road having ...
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Accurate and Prolific: Europe's Top Crossers

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Nov 28 2011 17:17
Accurate and Prolific: Europe's Top Crossers WhoScored has decided to scour its plentiful statistics to ascertain the best crossers in Europe based on the accuracy of those who are most prolific across the top 5 leagues. Only 9 players made the grade in our search, filtering out all of those who haven't attempted at least 2 crosses per game an...
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Top & Bottom Feature in Premier League Trends - Gameweek 12

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Nov 18 2011 11:37
Top & Bottom Feature in Premier League Trends - Gameweek 12 WhoScored looks ahead to this weekend in the Premier League, analysing the trends in fixtures gone by between some of the opposing sides in Gameweek 12. While 1st play 3rd at the Etihad, there is an arguably more important match-up at the foot of the table, with Wigan hosting Blackburn. We also advi...
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Goal-less La Liga

by Javier Hernandez at Wednesday, Nov 16 2011 11:50
Goal-less La Liga The beautiful Spanish game, the famous ‘tiki-taka’, and arguably the greatest show in football in the last five years is undergoing a torrid time in front of goal, particularly when disregarding the two big teams in La Liga; Real Madrid and Barcelona.Real Madrid and Barcelona have scored...
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Blackburn & Sunderland Aiming to Overturn Woeful Records

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Nov 4 2011 16:05
Blackburn & Sunderland Aiming to Overturn Woeful Records WhoScored looks ahead to this weekend in the Premier League, with three sides desperate to end their opponent's respective records, be it from this season or past encounters between the teams. This Saturday, Everton travel to St. James' Park to play a Newcastle side who are unbeaten all season, whil...
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Europe's Underachievers: Ligue 1 - Marseille

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Oct 19 2011 16:13
Europe's Underachievers: Ligue 1 - Marseille Our final look into the top 5 European league's underachievers takes us to the division which is shaping up the most having already seen 10 rounds of fixtures played. While the likes of Lille, Lyon and big spenders PSG take their familiar place at the top of the Ligue 1 table, one side in particular...
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Higuain Leads the Way of Europe's Deadliest Finishers

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Oct 18 2011 16:35
Higuain Leads the Way of Europe's Deadliest Finishers It is fair to say that all of Europe's top 5 divisions are in full flow now, with most forming some sort of semblance to years gone by in terms of the clubs leading the way, with a few surprises thrown in. The majority of the top teams from each division have been aided by the goalscoring exploits o...
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Serie A: Europe's Tightest League?

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Oct 18 2011 15:20
Serie A: Europe's Tightest League? Last weekend saw Serie A live up to the stereotype of old, with an incredible twelve teams failing to find the net over the round of ten fixtures. Half of the matches finished goalless and with 49 yellow cards in addition to 4 players seeing red, Italy’s top division is proving to be a hard-fo...
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Rotation, Rotation, Rotation: The Premier League's Tinkermen

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Oct 17 2011 16:11
Rotation, Rotation, Rotation: The Premier League's Tinkermen After Manchester United decided to rest the likes of Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez, Nani and Anderson in their fierce rival clash with Liverpool this weekend, WhoScored investigates the sides in the Premier League who are utilising their squad depth the most, and for very different reasons.We look ...
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