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WhoScored Analyst: Defenders' Goals Becoming a Nice Habit

by Alistair Tweedale at Friday, Jan 6 2012 13:11
WhoScored Analyst: Defenders' Goals Becoming a Nice Habit As tactics evolve in the modern game, more often than ever we are seeing managers tinker with traditional formations of old in order to attack with as many players as possible. Barcelona are the team that springs to mind most readily here. On countless occasions this season, Pep Guardiola has fielde...
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Statistical Oddities: Five Serie A Surprises

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Jan 5 2012 12:14
Statistical Oddities: Five Serie A Surprises With Serie A away on its traditional Winter Break, fans of Italian football are reduced to searching for snippets of information on transfer rumours and training camps as the league builds up to its return this coming weekend. In an attempt to fill the void left by the absence of Calcio (which almos...
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La Liga Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jan 4 2012 17:26
La Liga Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage After a well-earned winter break, teams from the Serie A and La Liga are readying themselves for action again this weekend so we take the chance to analyse each of the league's best XIs of the season thus far, starting in Spain.It will come as no surprise to learn that the best possible side accordi...
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WhoScored's 2011 Premier League Player of the Year

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jan 3 2012 17:18
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...
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Premier League: Unexpected Stars with Unexpected Stats

by Paul McKinnon at Saturday, Dec 31 2011 12:59
Premier League: Unexpected Stars with Unexpected Stats As we prepare for yet another round of games in this week’s Premier League, WhoScored turn our attentions to some of the unsung heroes in England’s top-flight. While others hog the headlines with goals and match-winning displays, there are others who produce a consistency of performance ...
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Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Dec 30 2011 21:18
Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage As we approach 2012 the only players in Europe's top 5 leagues who aren't enjoying the festive break are plying their trade in the Premier League, so in the meantime we analyse the best XIs at the halfway stage of the season elsewhere.First up we look across the channel at France's Ligue 1, where PS...
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Title Deciders - Top Players from the Top Six

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Dec 30 2011 13:31
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 ...
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Hot Shots Part Two: Serie A's Most Prolific Midfielders

by Adam Digby at Thursday, Dec 29 2011 13:57
Hot Shots Part Two: Serie A's Most Prolific Midfielders Last week we looked at the most accurate strikers in Serie A, bringing you the seven most prolific front-men of the season so far. Yet in today's game it isn't just those hit-men who are responsible for scoring goals. With so many teams utilising a formation with just one man up front it is increasi...
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Premier League's Top Rated Bottom Half Players

by Paul McKinnon at Wednesday, Dec 28 2011 17:07
Premier League's Top Rated Bottom Half Players As the rest of Europe goes into hibernation over the festive period, there’s no let-up in the Premier League. As the fixtures come thick and fast, WhoScored looks beyond the upper echelons for this particular article and, analysing the bottom ten clubs, pinpoints a selection of outfield player...
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WhoScored's 2011 Serie A Player and Young Player of the Year

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Dec 27 2011 18:17
WhoScored's 2011 Serie A Player and Young Player of the Year In the penultimate edition of the WhoScored Player of the Calendar Year in each of Europe's top 5 leagues we analyse the top performers of Italy's Serie A since the beginning of 2011.While there are a number of predictable inclusions in our top 10, there is also a selection of high-profile absentees...
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