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League Focus: Serie A Team of the Season

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League Focus: Serie A Team of the Season The 2011/12 Serie A season has been dominated by Antonio Conte’s Juventus side in his first season in charge at the Turin club. It is true that no club drew more games than The Old Lady, and it is also the case that AC Milan actually won more games, but the outstanding fact remains that Juve w...

League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season

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League Focus: Premier League Team of the Season We hope to have given all of you Premier League lovers enough time to get your breath back after yesterday's unbelievable events on a day that saw glory snatched from the grasp of United by noisy neighbours City before unveiling our Team of the Season as rated by, well, us.In the race for the Champi...

League Focus: Bundesliga Team of the Season

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League Focus: Bundesliga Team of the Season The Bundesliga came to a close last weekend (Final League Table), with Borussia Dortmund retaining their crown following an unbeaten streak of 28 league games, running until the end of the season. They beat Bayern to the title relatively comfortably in the end, with an 8-point gap at the top. Undoub...

Stats Analysis: Costly Errors (Leading to Goals)

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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...

Team Focus: Werder Bremen - Youngsters Coming Through

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Team Focus: Werder Bremen - Youngsters Coming Through Werder Bremen have been under the stewardship of Thomas Schaaf for nearly 13 years and his reign has brought a series of ups-and-downs for the Werder faithful.The 50-year-old has been at the Weser Stadion since 1978, where he made nearly 300 appearances as a player, before coaching the Werder youth ...

Stats Analysis: Serie A’s Set-Piece Specialists

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Stats Analysis: Serie A’s Set-Piece Specialists With Milan having stumbled at home to Fiorentina last week and thus holding a title-deciding door open for Turin’s Old Lady, Juventus kicked off against Palermo last Saturday evening knowing a win would take them top of the table for the first time in over two months. The opening goal in a gam...

Stats Analysis: Premier League Big Chance Conversion

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Stats Analysis: Premier League Big Chance Conversion There have been some glaring misses in the Premier League this season, with a Dirk Kuyt scoop straight out of the Mr Whippy masterclass against Aston Villa ending up in the stands from just a couple of yards out recently. Fernando Torres' head in hands moment against Manchester United also stands lo...

League Focus: Alternative Premier League Team of the Season

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League Focus: Alternative Premier League Team of the Season We have decided to take a look at what would be a worthy, if unlikely, team of the season come the end of the campaign. With the Premier League players currently wracking their brains as to who to vote for in the PFA awards, we at WhoScored thought it best to give them a little advice over players w...

Stats Analysis: The Premier League's Most Involved - Touches per Minute

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Stats Analysis: The Premier League's Most Involved - Touches per Minute It's fair to say that while some roles require less of an apparent involvement in play in terms of time spent on the ball, there are certainly a number of players who feel the need to make themselves available to a teammate at every opportunity. These are, in turn, the individuals that colleagues ar...

Player Focus: The Premier League's Most Improved Players

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Player Focus: The Premier League's Most Improved Players WhoScored has decided to look into our own category ahead of the illustrious end of season awards, focusing on the most improved players from the previous campaign. We have judged this by the greatest increase in a player's WhoScored rating from last season to this, with a mandatory cap of at least ...