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Form Guide: Is Van Dijk the Premier League's most underrated defender?

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Form Guide: Is Van Dijk the Premier League's most underrated defender? As Manchester City stuttered to a 1-1 draw, and with it, a fifth successive competitive match without victory, much of the focus was on their apparent struggles. Despite sitting top of the Premier League, Pep Guardiola is under pressure to oversee a return to winning ways, regardless of this being t...

The Expert: Could this Sunderland side be worse than last season's Villa?

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The Expert: Could this Sunderland side be worse than last season's Villa? Sunderland are used to things being bad at this stage of the season but they’ve never been quite this bad. Nine games in they’re bottom of the table, having picked up just two points and failed to keep any clean sheets. Worse than that, there’s a sense of inevitable drift about the...

The impossible football quiz - 24/10/16

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The impossible football quiz - 24/10/16 What was your score in this week's quiz? Let us know in the comments below...

Top Match Preview: Can Chelsea's three-man defence stop United?

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Top Match Preview: Can Chelsea's three-man defence stop United? At the core of Antonio Conte’s entire career, there is a curiosity - and it is not why he picked Stamford Bridge for a big project straight after the wreckage left by Jose Mourinho’s departure.The new Chelsea manager has always greatly preferred playing four at the back, to the point tha...

Fantasy Football tips ahead of Gameweek 9 in the Premier League

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Fantasy Football tips ahead of Gameweek 9 in the Premier League The WhoScored tipster is back with more pointers this weekend ahead of Gameweek 9 in the Premier League. There are plenty of fixtures of interest and the tipster is determined to provide you with the best picks to give you the advantage over your friends.KASPER SCHMEICHEL (LEICESTER)The Leicester Ci...

Deadwood: Has Sturridge been left behind at Liverpool?

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Deadwood: Has Sturridge been left behind at Liverpool? When the full time whistle blew at Anfield on Monday night to confirm Liverpool’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United, much of the focus was on Ander Herrera’s man of the match display. The Spaniard, to put it bluntly, was superb on Merseyside, as his WhoScored rating (9.70) suggests. He mad...

Exclusive Interview: Dusan Tadic on Puel, Saints' form & his future

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Exclusive Interview: Dusan Tadic on Puel, Saints' form & his future While managers and players alike have come and gone at Southampton in recent years for now the creativity of Dusan Tadic has remained. Now being utilised under a new manager in Claude Puel, we took the chance to speak to the Serbian after an excellent start to the season for both club and country ab...

Hot Streak: Klopp deserves credit for evolution of in-form Allen

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Hot Streak: Klopp deserves credit for evolution of in-form Allen There are a few in-form marksmen in the Premier League right now, but only one player has managed to score in each of his last three appearances. Having been targeted for somewhat harsh criticism at times during his time at Liverpool, Joe Allen is proving any doubters wrong with a purple patch in fr...

The impossible football quiz - 17/10/16

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The impossible football quiz - 17/10/16 How did you get on in this week's quiz? Let us know in the comments below...

West Ham left to rue Benteke snub as Palace profit

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West Ham left to rue Benteke snub as Palace profit In football, it takes only a second to put the ball in the back of the net. Just seven had past by the time Christian Benteke fired Belgium into a 1-0 lead at Gibraltar during the recent international break as the striker put the Red Devils on the front foot in their eventual 6-0 win. Benteke went o...