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Player Focus: Chelsea Have the Brains but Not De Bruyne

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Player Focus: Chelsea Have the Brains but Not De Bruyne Stamford Bridge isn't exactly a happy place right now, despite a fourth successive home league win putting Chelsea back in the driving seat to finish third in the Premier League. The Blues are in fact unbeaten at home since early January, winning 6 and drawing 2 of their 8 matches in all competition...

WhoScored Tipster: Big Match Betting

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WhoScored Tipster: Big Match Betting As the seasons wear on across Europe's major leagues, likely title winners are giving themselves increasingly good chances of holding off the competition in the run-in, but there is still a great deal to be decided and important points to be won. Here, the WhoScored Tipster takes a look at 4 of the ...

WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting Across Europe

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WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting Across Europe After the midweek drama of Champions and Europa League action, teams from across the continent return to domestic action once again this weekend, and here we take a look at the best of the bets from Sunday's top games.Lyon vs MarseilleRounding off the weekend's Ligue 1 action is a game that pits tog...

Team Focus: The Worrying Lack of Progress at Chelsea

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Team Focus: The Worrying Lack of Progress at Chelsea Rafa Benitez has been fighting an uphill battle at Stamford Bridge ever since his appointment as interim manager back in November, his affiliation with Liverpool simply too much for many fans to overcome. Results echoed these problems, with away performances and results significantly better than in ...

WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting Across Europe

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WhoScored Tipster: Sunday Betting Across Europe Sunday sees a whole host of top games to choose from across Europe's top leagues, though a large proportion of the attention could well be on a cup game, as Bradford take on Swansea at Wembley in the Capital One Cup final. With the underdogs on a record breaking run of 9 consecutive penalty shootout...

Premier League Focus: Records Against the Top 10

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Premier League Focus: Records Against the Top 10 What usually separates teams at the top of a league is not results against the so-called 'lesser' teams but instead how they fare against the teams around them in the table. Of course, by beating a near rival, not only are you gaining three points but you are also denying them any gain, making those...

WhoScored Tipster: Super Sunday Betting

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WhoScored Tipster: Super Sunday Betting As long as the relentless snowfall across England does not wipe out the weekend's football schedule, the Premier League should see another exciting round of fixtures in the coming days. In spite of what was something of an anticlimax last week, expectations of drama will still be high this 'Super Su...

WhoScored Tipster: Premier League Betting

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WhoScored Tipster: Premier League Betting While the seasonal winter break is fast approaching across Europe, English football is gearing up for the most hectic part of its schedule, with 4 games for each team between now and the 2nd of January. The depth of squads will be tested to their limits, and managers will need to rotate effectively ...

Player Focus: Eden Hazard

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Player Focus: Eden Hazard Eden Hazard is standing at the penalty spot, his hands on his hips. It's 0-0 in the 35th minute. The Chelsea No.17 had just tried to give the Nordsjælland goalkeeper Jesper Hansen the 'Baggio' eyes, looking intently at one corner before aiming a shot at the other.He had also maybe heard from P...

Player Focus: Fernando Torres

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Player Focus: Fernando Torres Roberto Mancini revealed yesterday that he almost signed Fernando Torres for £50m from Liverpool in January 2011. What a lucky escape. Back then he was one of the most feared strikers in football, scorer of Spain's only goal in the final of Euro 2008 and everyone, including Manchester Cit...