Team Focus: How to Win a Derby the Olympique Lyonnais Way
by Andy Brassell
at Monday, Nov 11 2013 17:45
“We’re at home without actually being at home.” The way Lyon’s Samuel Umtiti described how his team feels about playing at local rivals Saint Etienne’s Stade Geoffroy Guichard (‘Le Chaudron’, or ‘The Cauldron’, no less) must hurt Les Verts almost...
League Focus: Ligue 1's Top Defence
by Andrew Gibney
at Thursday, May 17 2012 13:58
Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage
by Martin Laurence
at Friday, Dec 30 2011 21:18
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...
Ligue 1's Most Fearsome Full-Backs
by Andrew Gibney
at Friday, Dec 9 2011 17:17
The Most Successful Dribblers in Each of Europe's Top 5 Leagues
by Martin Laurence
at Monday, Dec 5 2011 17:50
Having recently investigated the most accurate crossers of the ball in Europe, WhoScored decided that those who have been successful with the highest percentage of their attempted dribbles should go under the microscope.We looked at the most successful dribbler from each of Europe's top 5 leagues, f...
Ligue 1’s Top 5 Attacking Full-Backs for 2010/11
by Paul McKinnon
at Monday, Aug 1 2011 09:26