Four surprise Chelsea players named in combined XI with Man City
by Martin Laurence
at Alhamisi, Jun 25 2020 13:07
As Manchester City prepare for what could ultimately be one last title defence this season when they travel to Stamford Bridge, anything but a win would hand Liverpool their first ever Premier League trophy.It's an inevitability, of course, that the Reds will dethrone City, but the notion that Pep G...
Europe's elite progressive passers revealed and De Bruyne isn't among them
by Martin Laurence
at Jumamosi, Apr 25 2020 10:00
Scouring the stats from the season so far, last week we revealed that of all Premier League midfielders, Cheikhou Kouyate made the highest proportion of his total passes forwards (42 per cent), while Georginio Wijnaldum made the lowest (19.4 per cent). The Liverpool star, however, ranks third of all...
The top 50 players in Europe - De Bruyne and Ronaldo miss out on top 5
by Josh Wright
at Jumatano, Apr 8 2020 16:05
We've been building towards this moment for over a week now but we are finally here. Having run through 40 of the best players from Europe's top five leagues this season, it's time to get serious and break down the top 10. Edition nine of our 10-part series will reveal players ranked 10 to 6 before ...
Fantasy head-to-head: Fabregas vs Ozil at their playmaking peaks
by Martin Laurence
at Jumanne, Mac 31 2020 17:03
With 16 assists to his name, Kevin De Bruyne was well on track to becoming the first Premier League player to reach 20 in a single season since Thierry Henry in 2003 prior to the postponement of the campaign. The Belgian may still have the chance to do so, of course, but truth be told his figures we...
European Best XI: Neymar and Ronaldo miss out to emerging stars
by Josh Wright
at Jumanne, Mac 31 2020 16:23
As things stand it is not only unclear when the 2019/20 campaign will conclude but if at all. While Premier League clubs are determined to complete the season, that feeling is generally not shared in Italy, for example. The COVID-19 outbreak is at different stages around Europe and only time will te...
Manchester clubs dominate most improved Premier League XI
by Martin Laurence
at Alhamisi, Mac 26 2020 15:06
If you ever played competitive amateur football at any level, you would know that any award for the 'most improved player' isn't necessarily seen or taken as a compliment! A somewhat glorified participation acknowledgement in many cases, that's certainly not true of the following lineup.With an inde...
Salah pips Messi to spot in latest stat-themed European XI
by Martin Laurence
at Jumatano, Mac 25 2020 11:12
In the latest in our series of stat-themed XIs we reveal a lineup of the players to have attempted the most shots by playing position across Europe's top five leagues this season.In the interest of fairness - having done the same for our key pass XI - we're excluding set pieces, so in this instance ...
Alexander-Arnold and Messi miss out on Europe's most creative XI!
by Martin Laurence
at Ijumaa, Mac 13 2020 17:48
With Europe's top five leagues forced out of action by the Coronavirus outbreak, we're reflecting on the season so far with a new series of statistic-based XIs. The first in the series takes a look at key passes - as voted by our Twitter followers - while we took the decision to exclude set pieces f...
Champions League Team of the Round: Bayern dominate after Chelsea pounding
by Josh Wright
at Alhamisi, Feb 27 2020 12:46
We have now concluded the first legs of the last-16 stage in the Champions League with many ties evenly balanced. Atalanta will consider themselves home and dry after a 4-1 victory over Valencia, while defending champions Liverpool have it all to do after a 1-0 defeat away to Atletico. Here we run t...
Revealed: Stats emphasise Manchester United duo's staggering loss of form
by Josh Wright
at Jumatano, Feb 5 2020 12:40
It's around this time of year that we have the same discussion: Is to much asked of Premier League players around the festive period? Unlike other major European leagues, there is no break over Christmas for Premier League teams. The fixtures come thick and fast and the time for recovery is non exis...