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Match Focus: 5 Talking Points from Brazil's 7-1 Loss to Germany

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Match Focus: 5 Talking Points from Brazil's 7-1 Loss to Germany A nation is in shock. The people of Brazil, a country in which social and economic problems have taken something of a backseat to the main event that is a World Cup in the home of football, have been overwhelmed by hosting the biggest football tournament on the planet. There was, before Neymar's com...

Benfica vs Chelsea: Swapped Stars Compete in Key Battle

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Benfica vs Chelsea: Swapped Stars Compete in Key Battle When Chelsea and Benfica exited from the Champions League back in December the two were immediately installed at the upper end of the odds market to become Europa League champions. It should be no surprise then that arguably the two strongest teams to drop down from Europe's elite club competition w...

Fantasy Football Tipster: Gameweek 22

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Fantasy Football Tipster: Gameweek 22 Many Premier League managers are franticly chasing leads during the January transfer window and in the fantasy football stakes it’s no difference. Depending on your chosen platform, wholesale changes are possible to some this month and gameweek 22 may be a popular option due to an extra fixtur...

Fantasy Football Tipster: Gameweek 20

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Fantasy Football Tipster: Gameweek 20 Just past the halfway mark in the Premier League, it's fair to say your fantasy football leagues should be shaping up ahead of the New Year. Not top yet? Friends and colleagues writing you off early? Never fear. We're back with our fantasy football tipster ahead of gameweek 20 to try and ensure that...

Stats Analysis: Differing Tactics from Villas-Boas & Villa's Boss

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Stats Analysis: Differing Tactics from Villas-Boas & Villa's Boss With managers nowadays more open to attempting to find new solutions to problems on the pitch by tinkering with line-ups and formations, versatility is increasingly becoming a key trait to have in the modern game. However, if you take a straw poll of football fans from around the country the vast ma...

Player Focus: David Luiz

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Player Focus: David Luiz Spectators saw the best and worst of David Luiz on occasion in the hot-blooded West London derby between QPR and Chelsea last time out, which eventually saw the underdogs prevail thanks to two first half dismissals for Villas-Boas' side. For most teams, and indeed players, going down to 9-men would ...

Chelsea vs Birmingham Midweek Match

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Chelsea vs Birmingham Midweek Match Pre Match Build UpChelsea came into this game with strong league form; eight wins and two draws from their previous eleven league games was indicative of the champions’ recent domestic displays. With two away wins all season, Birmingham were always going to be heavy underdogs and so it proved,...