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League Focus: 2015/16 Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed

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League Focus: 2015/16 Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed The Premier League season came to a head less than a month ago and already teams are looking to the upcoming campaign after the fixture list was announced on Wednesday. Clubs up and down the country will be planning for the start to the season in the hope of hitting the ground running to boost their...

Player Focus: Mourinho Tactics Inspire Terry's Return to Defensive Dominance

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Player Focus: Mourinho Tactics Inspire Terry's Return to Defensive Dominance On Sunday, John Terry played 90 minutes against Sunderland, meaning that he joined Gary Pallister as only the second outfield player since the Premier League began to play every minute of a title-winning campaign. By the end of the season, the sense was that he – and Jose Mourinho – were...

Match Report: Hazard Impresses as Title Winners Chelsea Reaffirm Champions Tag against Sunderland

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Match Report: Hazard Impresses as Title Winners Chelsea Reaffirm Champions Tag against Sunderland Chelsea received their third guard of honour of the campaign at Stamford Bridge on the final day of the season as Sunderland were welcomed to the home of the 2014/15 Premier League champions. The Black Cats avoided the furore of 'Survival Sunday' after drawing 0-0 with Arsenal on Wednesday night, a ...

Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared

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Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared Signing for a new team in January is always tough. Managers largely have their best team in place and, if a side has gained a head of steam following the hectic festive period, a starting XI is unlikely to change. However, the lack of activity in the January transfer window meant that the few new ad...

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: Gerrard Ovation the Highlight in Predictable Battle at the Bridge

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Match Report: Gerrard Ovation the Highlight in Predictable Battle at the Bridge Liverpool's season effectively came to an end with a draw against newly crowned champions Chelsea on Sunday. A superior goal difference all but secures a Champions League spot for Manchester United, currently lying in 4th. In a match that was fairly patchy, with neither side managing to sustain a pe...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Some of best odds you could pick across the whole season are available this weekend. But these fixtures accommodate them nicely, especially when the title is already decided or the teams involved are distracted by European commitments.LIKELY BETSOlympique Marseille vs Monaco: BOTH TEAMS TO SCORE @ 1...

Team Focus: Should Chelsea Really Play A More Possession-Based Game?

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Team Focus: Should Chelsea Really Play A More Possession-Based Game? The unrivalled success of Pep Guardiola's Barcelona team as well as the Spanish national team from 2008 through 2012 sparked a huge rise in the idealisation of their tika-taka style of play. Bayern Munich have become arguably the best club side on the planet, while Germany swiftly proved themselves ...

Team Focus: Have Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Actually Been Boring?

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Team Focus: Have Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Actually Been Boring? Last week I wrote a piece for the Guardian in which I described Jose Mourinho as a “fallen angel”; an extraordinary number of top-level modern coaches worked at Barcelona in the nineties – not only Mourinho but also Pep Guardiola, Luis Enrique, Louis van Gaal, Julen Lopetegui, Rona...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Bayern and Juventus could both be crowned league winners this weekend, while Chelsea can take a big step towards the Premier League title. A weekend full of derbies controlling the destinies of so many teams and European fixtures have just been played, which will be a factor that must be taken into ...