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

by Jonathan Wilson at Wednesday, May 27 2015 13:07
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...
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Match Report: Hazard Impresses as Title Winners Chelsea Reaffirm Champions Tag against Sunderland

by Ben McAleer at Sunday, May 24 2015 17:56
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

by Ben McAleer at Tuesday, May 19 2015 17:30
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...
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Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, May 18 2015 13:00
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...
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Match Report: Gerrard Ovation the Highlight in Predictable Battle at the Bridge

by Dinesh Hardayal at Sunday, May 10 2015 20:00
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...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, May 8 2015 16:21
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?

by Alistair Tweedale at Wednesday, Apr 29 2015 15:00
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 ...
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Team Focus: Have Jose Mourinho's Chelsea Actually Been Boring?

by Jonathan Wilson at Monday, Apr 27 2015 11:17
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...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Apr 24 2015 16:01
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 ...
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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

by Tancredi Palmeri at Friday, Apr 17 2015 17:20
WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips If there is a round of fixtures that ensure history and prestige across all of Europe, this is surely the one. Some of the games may well have been far more noteworthy in the past than they are nowadays, but there are still some tempting odds that highlight just why such matches are so tense.LIKELY ...
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