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Premier League Quiz - Gameweek 37

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Premier League Quiz - Gameweek 37// Premier League Quiz - Gameweek 37Q1: Aston Villa became the sixth team to have a hat-trick scored against them this season but who are the only team to have been on the wrong end of an opposition treble more than once? QPR Sunderland LeicesterQ2: Leandro Bacuna...

Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored

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Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored One of the stranger conclusions of Charles Reep, the first man in Britain to take seriously the collation of football data was that, as teams scored, on average, with one in nine shots, they should shoot more, even if that meant taking almost indiscriminate pot-shots from 40 yards. Even if it didn&r...

Match Report: Defeat at Spurs Leaves Toothless Hull on the Brink of Relegation

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Match Report: Defeat at Spurs Leaves Toothless Hull on the Brink of Relegation Back-to-back wins over Crystal Palace and Liverpool had given Hull hope of avoiding relegation, but defeats to Arsenal and Burnley prior to Saturday left them in the mire as they made the trip to the capital. Steve Bruce's side had overcome just one of the current top-10 sides this season coming int...

Player Focus: Kolarov Taking Chance to Nail Down City Starting Berth

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Player Focus: Kolarov Taking Chance to Nail Down City Starting Berth There’s no denying that Sergio Agüero is the Premier League’s in-form frontman at this current time. It was something of a travesty that the Argentine was overlooked for a PFA Player of the Year nomination, while many felt that striker at least warranted a place in the team of the y...

Match Report: Young the Star as Manchester United Defeat Battling Palace

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Match Report: Young the Star as Manchester United Defeat Battling Palace The race for the fourth and final Champions League spot in England's top tier before today was one that had the potential to go down to the final game of the season. Manchester City and Arsenal are effectively guaranteed a return to Europe's elite competition, with Manchester United and Liverpool in...

League Focus: The Battle to Stave Off Relegation

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League Focus: The Battle to Stave Off Relegation May is always a month to look forward to for the British public. The days are longer, the evenings brighter and the weather warmer with summer just around the corner. For teams at the wrong end of the Premier League table, however, May can be a month of despair in a battle to secure top-flight safet...

Premier League Quiz - 08/05/2015

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Premier League Quiz - 08/05/2015 Think you can get all 5 in this week's Premier League quiz? Test yourself ahead of the weekend......

You vs WhoScored: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 36

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You vs WhoScored: Premier League Form Rankings Ahead of Gameweek 36 The culmination of gameweek 35 confirmed what was perhaps the worst kept secret in Premier League football as Chelsea secured the 5th top-flight title in their history. With the Blues awarded their crown, attention now turns to the race for the three remaining Champions League places and the battle ...

Match Report: Familiar Foe Aguero Puts End to Spurs Season

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Match Report: Familiar Foe Aguero Puts End to Spurs Season In a fixture which has seen 17 goals over the last 3 meetings, with Manchester City coming out on top as comfortable victors on each occasion, a solitary goal this time around sufficed as sufficient winning margin over Tottenham - but although the outcome of the match remained the same, this was by ...

Team Focus: Ings Can Only Get Better But Not Soon Enough For Battling Burnley

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Team Focus: Ings Can Only Get Better But Not Soon Enough For Battling Burnley At such a crucial stage of the season, now is not the time to lose form. That, though, is what has happened to Burnley. The Clarets have lost 4 of their last 5 Premier League games and have scored just 1 goal in their last 8 league matches. George Boyd’s winner against Manchester City last mon...