Player focus: Five Men Who Could Shape Brazil’s Relegation Battle
by Jack Lang
at Thursday, Sep 18 2014 11:39
Finally, after over a year of utter dominance, it looked as though Cruzeiro may have company at the top of the Campeonato Brasileiro table. The reigning champions were defeated 2-0 at the weekend by São Paulo, who then proceeded to lose to relegation candidates Coritiba, moving back to seven ...
Player Focus: Ageless Alex Flourishing with Coritiba
by Jack Lang
at Wednesday, Jul 10 2013 12:00
The Campeonato Brasileiro has a rather different relationship with age than most leagues. In Europe, the norm is that most players are in what we would consider the middle years of a playing career - around 25 to 30, say. The older or younger you go, the fewer players there are. The age/players grap...
Top 5 Premier League Centre Backs for Defensive Stats Combined
by Martin Laurence
at Tuesday, Jul 12 2011 15:12
According to WhoScored.com ratings it is decipherable to see the best defender's from last season with regards to purely defensive statistics, starting with the Premier League.The likes of Manchester City, Chelsea and Everton are all represented, while pressure from opposing sides also forced the be...