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League Focus: La Liga 2014/15 Winter Break Statistical Roundup

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League Focus: La Liga 2014/15 Winter Break Statistical Roundup A look around the statistics as La Liga heads into its winter break shows the expected big stars right at the top of the most important areas, while also highlighting the displays of some of the more low-profile players who have impressed through the first five months of the 2014/15 season.Cristiano...

WhoScored Exclusive: Roberto Trashorras Talks Styles, Stats & Barca with WhoScored

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WhoScored Exclusive: Roberto Trashorras Talks Styles, Stats & Barca with WhoScored Last September’s meeting between Rayo Vallecano and Barcelona was among the most commented upon games of the entire campaign, especially for those observers with an interest in statistics.For the first time since Pep Guardiola doubled down on the club’s historical focus on retaining poss...

Team Focus: Sticking to Principal Paying off for Paco Jémez at Rayo

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Team Focus: Sticking to Principal Paying off for Paco Jémez at Rayo There is no club in Spain’s top flight that has battled against the odds – and continues to do so – like Rayo Vallecano in recent years. With the smallest budget in La Liga (around €18m) the Vallecas outfit take the field every week 30 times worse off than Barcelona and Real M...

Team Focus: Possession Counting for Little for Wasteful Rayo

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Team Focus: Possession Counting for Little for Wasteful Rayo Rayo Vallecano’s hard-fought win last weekend away to Getafe was their first in 2014, and their first overall since November 9th 2013. It was also only their 5th victory in the league all season. Rayo have learned over the years since their promotion not to take the small victories for granted...

Europe's Unluckiest Squad Players

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Europe's Unluckiest Squad Players With almost half of the 2011/12 season now having been played, it is fair to say that most managers in Europe have settled on their preferred XIs up-to-now. With that in mind, WhoScored has decided to take a closer look at the players who are perhaps a little unfortunate not to be in their manager's...