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Match Focus: Arsenal Gunning for Glory on Unhappy Hunting Ground

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Match Focus: Arsenal Gunning for Glory on Unhappy Hunting Ground Boxing Day’s full fixture list ends at St. Mary’s when Southampton host Arsenal. The two teams come into the encounter in contrasting form. Saints have failed to win any of their last five league matches, with the 2-0 defeat to Tottenham their fourth defeat in that run. Conversely, the G...

Match Focus: Title Favourites Go Head to Head in Emirates Showdown

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Match Focus: Title Favourites Go Head to Head in Emirates Showdown There’s little doubt as to the tie of the upcoming round of Premier League fixtures, though we have to wait until Monday night for the mouth-watering prospect of Arsenal vs Manchester City. The two teams are heavily tipped to fight it out for the title this season, currently occupying second a...

Match Report: Five Observations From Arsenal's Win Over Bayern

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Match Report: Five Observations From Arsenal's Win Over Bayern All goalkeepers make mistakesOne of the main topics ahead of Arsenal’s welcome of Bayern was the return of Petr Cech after Arsene Wenger had opted to field David Ospina against Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiakos with calamitous results. While the change of tack was enforced as the Colombian sat out ...

Team Focus: Fierce Competition Apparent as France Brush Aside Denmark

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Team Focus: Fierce Competition Apparent as France Brush Aside Denmark Didier Deschamps came close to his Aimé Jacquet moment but the worst, it appears, has since passed. The run of three defeats in four games that led into the last international window hadn’t put the former Juventus, Monaco and Marseille boss in any serious danger - and he hadn’t ha...

You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 4

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You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 4 Ahead of the final round of Premier League fixtures before the international break, the WhoScored Expert returns with his XI ahead of gameweek 4. The aim of the game is to create the best possible team with the designated £100m budget over on MondoGoal to be in with a chance of securing a cash...

You vs WhoScored: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 32

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You vs WhoScored: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 32 It's that time of the week that we bring you our WhoScored.com form rankings in association with MondoGoal following the latest round of Premier League fixtures.Later in the week we’ll be revealing our WhoScored Expert’s fantasy football XI but first we give an extra helping hand ahead o...

You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 31

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You vs WhoScored: WhoScored Expert MondoGoal XI - Gameweek 31 Having announced our new fantasy football partnership with MondoGoal, this week we bring you the first of a weekly blog explaining our expert's choices ahead of gameweek 31 in the Premier League.You will then have the chance to try and outdo said expert by joining this week's free-to-play ‘You...

Player Focus: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 31

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Player Focus: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 31 As part of WhoScored.com’s new partnership with fantasy football platform MondoGoal we’ll be providing content twice a week to help you to choose the best available Premier League XI, giving you the chance to win some great prizes in the process.Later in the week we’ll be selec...

Player Focus: Same Old Arsenal but Different Giroud

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Player Focus: Same Old Arsenal but Different Giroud So Arsenal have done it again. They stumbled through another Champions League group stage before crashing out of the competition in the the most predictable style, failing gloriously after yet another unassailable first leg defeat. Whether or not this was a fault of their own or the doing of that da...

Player Focus: Typical Giroud Must Begin to Show Class When it Matters Most

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Player Focus: Typical Giroud Must Begin to Show Class When it Matters Most They were five days that seemed to sum up Olivier Giroud’s entire career at Arsenal.On Wednesday, with his side losing to Monaco in a Champions League tie that was finally supposed to see them end five years of last-16 frustration, the forward was presented with three big chances. He fluffed t...