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Stats Analysis: Foul Play - The Lucky and Not So Lucky

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jan 24 2012 16:59
Stats Analysis: Foul Play - The Lucky and Not So Lucky With tough tackling being clamped down on and perhaps even stamped out to some extent (not by Mario Balotelli), players are going into the referee's little black book more often and do well to avoid cautions.Gone are the days when a footballer could go through an entire career without picking up a b...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Most Successful Tacklers

by Martin Laurence at Wednesday, Jan 18 2012 14:31
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...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Top Stoppers

by Martin Laurence at Tuesday, Jan 17 2012 10:35
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...
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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Biggest Losers - of Possession

by Paul McKinnon at Friday, Jan 13 2012 13:33
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...
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Stats Analysis: Premier Passers

by Paul McKinnon at Thursday, Jan 12 2012 12:02
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...
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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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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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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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Bundesliga Boasting the Finest Finishers

by Martin Laurence at Monday, Dec 12 2011 17:42
Bundesliga Boasting the Finest Finishers With some sharp shooters already stamping their authority in Europe this season, WhoScored has undergone an analysis of individuals, and indeed league averages that stand out when it comes to shooting stats for the most prolific players for shots on target. Of the top 5 players in terms of total sho...
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