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Player Focus: The Most Valuable Goal Contributors in Europe

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Player Focus: The Most Valuable Goal Contributors in Europe Lionel Messi's injury towards the tail end of the season rather upset Barcelona's canter towards the title in La Liga. Whilst not solely responsible for their Champions League drubbing at the hands of Bayern Munich (who were simply brilliant and should not be discredited), Messi's absence from the f...

Player Focus: Most Common Assist-Goal Combinations

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Player Focus: Most Common Assist-Goal Combinations When a player signs for a new club, it can more often that not take them a while to settle in. Sometimes players never find their feet with new teammates, with partnerships failing to form. Sometimes, though, players simply click, and form lethal duos in their new surroundings. More likely, however,...

Stats Analysis: Deadly from Distance

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Stats Analysis: Deadly from Distance WhoScored has scoured the top 5 leagues to evaluate the most prolific, most accurate and deadliest sharp shooter from distance this season. Investigating each league individually, we have only collected the players to hit the target with at least 10 shots from outside the box to prove their willingn...

Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage

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Ligue 1 Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage 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...

WhoScored's 2011 Ligue 1 Player and Young Player of the Year

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WhoScored's 2011 Ligue 1 Player and Young Player of the Year The third edition of our WhoScored Player of the Calendar Year feature takes us to France and Ligue 1, where a number of players who caught the eye last season have continued their form into this. There are also places on our top 10 leaderboard for a couple of players who have really impressed since...

Accurate and Prolific: Europe's Top Crossers

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Accurate and Prolific: Europe's Top Crossers WhoScored has decided to scour its plentiful statistics to ascertain the best crossers in Europe based on the accuracy of those who are most prolific across the top 5 leagues. Only 9 players made the grade in our search, filtering out all of those who haven't attempted at least 2 crosses per game an...

Contrasting Finishing Leaving Top Creators with Contrasting Figures

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Contrasting Finishing Leaving Top Creators with Contrasting Figures WhoScored has trawled through the stats once more to provide you with in depth data on the most creative players across Europe's top 5 leagues, based on key passes per game. To gain a greater understanding of the individuals who have consistently laid on chance after chance for teammates, only playe...

WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI for August

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WhoScored Ligue 1 All Star XI for August While Paris St Germain stole the summer headlines with an influx of big-money signings, the WhoScored ratings back up the idea they’ve yet to gel as a side. None of their players make our Ligue 1 XI for the month gone by, while surprise front pair Montpellier and Lyon supply two apiece. Champi...