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WhoScored Tipster: Goals Galore Tipped in Weekend Bets

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WhoScored Tipster: Goals Galore Tipped in Weekend Bets It's the Serie A that will again be in the spotlight this weekend with two big fixtures, including Juventus facing a Fiorentina side that caused them the most problems last year. In the betting review it's a round where it's best to have a closer look out for the number of goals.LIKELY BETSArsenal v...

Player Focus: Is Giroud Already One of Europe's Leading Strikers?

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Player Focus: Is Giroud Already One of Europe's Leading Strikers? Perhaps the starkest aspect was how predictable it was.As Olivier Giroud wrapped the ball into the net to effectively secure Arsenal’s thoroughly convincing 2-0 win over Napoli, it was at the end of a move which he has already replicated several times this season. Rafa Benitez’s side cou...

Player Focus: Rampant Ramsey the Difference for High-Flying Arsenal

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Player Focus: Rampant Ramsey the Difference for High-Flying Arsenal The clamour surrounding the arrival of Mesut Özil, by some margin the most expensive Arsenal footballer of all time, has been subdued somewhat by the performances of a Welshman also playing in north London. For once, though, headlines are not being hogged by Gareth Bale's wondergoals, but inste...

Match Report: Aaron Ramsey Excels In Arsenal Win

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Match Report: Aaron Ramsey Excels In Arsenal Win A gritty performance from Arsenal ensured they secured all 3 points in their 3-1 win over Stoke City. Man of the moment Aaron Ramsey netted the opener early on, before Geoff Cameron equalised midway through the first half. However, Per Mertesacker's header 10 minutes from half time gave the hosts th...

Team Focus: Arsenal Win Midfield Battle in North London Derby

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Team Focus: Arsenal Win Midfield Battle in North London Derby The story of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur this season so far has been all about the respective central midfields. Tottenham have been powerful but not especially creative, while Arsenal had shown signs of an all too familiar flimsiness. On Sunday, when the sides met at the Emirates, though, there w...

WhoScored Tipster: Liverpool vs Man Utd & the North London Derby

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WhoScored Tipster: Liverpool vs Man Utd & the North London Derby We all missed the Premier League over the summer. The unrelenting reel of transfer gossip became rather tiresome without actual football to keep us sane and now with the season up and running we are getting used to a regular stream of matches once again. It's fair to say, though, that the 'Super Sun...

Team Focus: Arsenal's Transfer Failings Exposed

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Team Focus: Arsenal's Transfer Failings Exposed Imagine you hadn’t heard the final score. You pick up the basic match facts and you see that Arsenal had 64% of possession on Saturday. You look at the pass completion rates and see that while Arsenal’s was 87%, Aston Villa’s was only 70%. At first glance it seems like a fairly sta...

Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 1 - Arsenal and Aston Villa

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Team Focus: Premier League Preview Part 1 - Arsenal and Aston Villa Having pledged to spend big, by their standards at least, the break from football has been somewhat underwhelming for Arsenal's fans this summer. While they continue to pursue their interest in Luis Suárez, targets such as Jovetic (Man City) and Higuaín (Napoli) have moved elsewhere. Up front is cer...

Team Focus: Lack of Investment Not Disastrous for Arsenal

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Team Focus: Lack of Investment Not Disastrous for Arsenal A summer without a transfer saga involving a player leaving Arsenal isn't really a summer as we have come to know it. The outflux of first-teamers to Manchester City began the trend before Cesc Fábregas's drawn out transfer to Barcelona and Robin van Persie's move north last summer. And yet t...

Team Focus: Luis Suárez And Why Arsenal Are Ready To Spend Big On The Striker

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Team Focus: Luis Suárez And Why Arsenal Are Ready To Spend Big On The Striker Swath aside the on-field petulance, the allegations of racial abuse aimed towards Patrice Evra and the cannibalistic traits Branislav Ivanovic was on the receiving end of and you have Luis Suárez stripped down to his purest form - a stupendous footballer. However, there are some who believe h...