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Team Focus: Saint Etienne Praying for Goals

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Team Focus: Saint Etienne Praying for Goals If there was ever a word to describe Saint-Etienne’s season so far then “mediocre” couldn’t be further from the truth. Sitting smack bang in the middle of the table with a record of four wins, four defeats and five draws. There was hope that this season was going to promise s...

Clinical Finishers Key to Europe's Shot Shy Sides

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Clinical Finishers Key to Europe's Shot Shy Sides Last week’s article on the lowest-scoring team in each of Europe’s top five divisions had us thinking. Rather than do the obvious and analyse the top scorers in each of the leagues, WhoScored picked out those clubs who are racking up the goals almost in spite of themselves.Here, we focus...

Player Focus: Shot Shy Villa Profiting from Gift of the Gab

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Player Focus: Shot Shy Villa Profiting from Gift of the Gab The story of the local boy turned good is a heartwarming one for a fan of any club, and the affinity between Gabby Agbonlahor, Aston Villa and its fans is one that is rekindling this season. The Erdington-born forward broke into the Villa side at such a young age, it is easy to forget that he is sti...

National Team Focus: France, Italy, and Germany

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National Team Focus: France, Italy, and Germany As Europe's clubs take a break from competitive action, much like the players on international duty, WhoScored.com never rests! Having analysed the best available England and Spain XIs ahead of their mouthwatering showdown on Saturday from the squads selected, we compare the likes of France, Italy a...

PSG & Barca Falter on the Road while Wolves Finally Win

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PSG & Barca Falter on the Road while Wolves Finally Win Our weekly round-up focusing on some of the significant streaks that have ground to a halt over the last few days sees WhoScored first turn our attentions to PSG. The Ligue 1 leaders were held at Bordeaux but, with none of the top six winning, results elsewhere went in their favour and they still le...

WhoScored Pits England's Best Available XI vs Spain

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WhoScored Pits England's Best Available XI vs Spain The international breaks have been coming thick and fast, and too much so for many of the club managers' liking, though November's friendlies will be the last for a considerable period. With that in mind WhoScored will be analysing, throughout the week, what is undoubtedly one of the most mouth-wate...

Juventus Looking to Defend Away Record at Napoli

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Juventus Looking to Defend Away Record at Napoli Juventus’ record as the last remaining unbeaten team in Serie A will be firmly put to the test this weekend when they travel to the Stadio San Paolo to take on Napoli. After a promising start to the season, Walter Mazzarri’s side have somewhat stalled of late, winning just one of their l...

Blackburn & Sunderland Aiming to Overturn Woeful Records

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Blackburn & Sunderland Aiming to Overturn Woeful Records WhoScored looks ahead to this weekend in the Premier League, with three sides desperate to end their opponent's respective records, be it from this season or past encounters between the teams. This Saturday, Everton travel to St. James' Park to play a Newcastle side who are unbeaten all season, whil...

The Wide Angle: Stephan Lichtsteiner, Giorgio Chiellini & Christian Maggio

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The Wide Angle: Stephan Lichtsteiner, Giorgio Chiellini & Christian Maggio The problems Juventus have endured over the past few seasons, through a string of poor quality fullbacks, has been well documented and earlier in the season this blog focused on the investments made by the club in that position over the summer. It looked specifically at the arrival of Swiss internat...

Failures in Front of Goal Costing Flailing Five

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Failures in Front of Goal Costing Flailing Five For every Manchester City, there’s a Wigan Athletic. For every Bayern Munich, an Augsburg. We’re talking about goalscoring here. As the leading lights steal the headlines while racking up the goals, further down the table an inability to find the net is proving costly. Some only have the...