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Player Focus: Fabregas' Flop in Form

by Kieran Canning at Wednesday, Sep 5 2012 10:42
Player Focus: Fabregas' Flop in Form This time last year things could hardly have been better for Cesc Fabregas. He wasn’t even a month into his second spell at Barcelona, but he had returned home with a bang, winning as many trophies in two games with the Catalans as he had in eight years at Arsenal.He even scored in the second ...
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League Focus: Possession Means Little in La Liga

by Kieran Canning at Wednesday, Aug 22 2012 12:07
League Focus: Possession Means Little in La Liga If this summer's European Championship seemed to tell us anything it was that Spanish teams and Spanish players love possession. Having the ball and being in control of the game is when they feel most comfortable.Even if it wasn't always dazzling up until the demolition of Italy in the final, it was...
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Stats Analysis: Costly Errors (Leading to Goals)

by Martin Laurence at Friday, Apr 27 2012 16:12
Stats Analysis: Costly Errors (Leading to Goals) The individual error is often the most frustrating aspect of a game for fans and managers alike, allowing your opponent to score through no real skill or exertion of their own. It is fair to say that they can be hugely costly in matches and therefore always play their part in where a title or battle...
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WhoScored Tipster: Top Tips this Weekend

by Ed Malyon at Friday, Apr 27 2012 11:53
WhoScored Tipster: Top Tips this Weekend Wigan vs Newcastle - Match PreviewThis meeting sees two of the Premier League’s form sides lock horns with both having much to play for. Hosts Wigan are desperately fighting against relegation and despite looking doomed only a few weeks ago, four wins from five – including memorable vict...
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Team Focus: Barcelona's Failings

by Kieran Canning at Wednesday, Apr 25 2012 17:07
Team Focus: Barcelona's Failings In just four days Barcelona have kissed goodbye to the two major trophies they won last year and whilst their first home defeat since September 2010 to Real Madrid, followed by a barely believable elimination by Chelsea from the Champions League 3-2 on aggregate, came as a shock, some of the factors...
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Match Analysis: Barca & United Streaks End

by Paul McKinnon at Tuesday, Apr 24 2012 11:23
Match Analysis: Barca & United Streaks End WhoScored’s usual round-up of those significant streaks that have come to an end in the previous round of matches takes place in La Liga and the Premier League. Both matches have had a huge bearing on matters at the top of their respective tables. In Spain, Barcelona tasted defeat at the Nou C...
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WhoScored Tipster: El Clasico Leads Weekend's Best Bets

by Ed Malyon at Friday, Apr 20 2012 16:06
Barcelona vs Real Madrid - Match PreviewThere is no way around it; this will be the game that decides the La Liga title. A repeat of this fixture could well be what decides the Champions League, but that will be a one-off in a neutral venue. This is a game in front of a hostile Catalan crowd and Bar...
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WhoScored Tipster: Pogrebnyak Leads List of Best Bets

by Ed Malyon at Friday, Mar 9 2012 10:59
WhoScored Tipster: Pogrebnyak Leads List of Best Bets Aston Villa vs Fulham - PreviewIt may have only been against relegation strugglers Wolves, but Fulham’s thumping victory last Sunday really made everyone aware of quite how good their current form is. Winning four of their last six games, Martin Jol’s side are taking some serious form in...
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Team Focus: Barca's Away Day Blues

by Kieran Canning at Tuesday, Jan 31 2012 16:20
Team Focus: Barca's Away Day Blues Barcelona’s latest failure on the road this weekend in the 0-0 draw with Villarreal saw them fall seven points behind Real Madrid and even with 18 games to go the task of replicating Johann Cruyff’s dream team’s achievement of four successful titles already appears beyond them.So w...
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Match Analysis: Inter, Barca & Rennes Streaks End

by Paul McKinnon at Monday, Jan 30 2012 14:44
Match Analysis: Inter, Barca & Rennes Streaks End Lecce, Villarreal and Marseille are the headline-makers as WhoScored takes our regular early-week look at those significant streaks that have been brought to an end over the past weekend. Lecce’s shock home win over Inter saw the visitors fail to pick up the three points for the first time in ...
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