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League Focus: What Worked and What Didn’t in the First Half of the Bundesliga Season

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League Focus: What Worked and What Didn’t in the First Half of the Bundesliga Season Bayern's all round threatThat Bayern Munich are in a league of their own is simultaneously the headline of the Bundesliga’s first half, and no news at all of course. With 17 games gone, Pep Guardiola’s side are top scorers (41), have the best defence (4 conceded) and are yet to lose, hav...

Player Focus: Europe Providing Respite for Adapting Immobile at Dortmund

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Player Focus: Europe Providing Respite for Adapting Immobile at Dortmund “I’d prefer not to,” Ciro Immobile told Tuttosport. He didn’t want Borussia Dortmund to draw Juventus in the last 16 of the Champions League. “Honestly, I’m hoping we meet later on,” he revealed, “perhaps in the semi-finals.” It would leave the s...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Marseille this weekend have the chance to not only beat Monaco's on their own turf but also establish themselves as the second team in Ligue 1 (though Bielsa will want even more than second place). Yet more importantly, it is a weekend that could put lump further pressure on Brendan Rodgers, while i...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Europe seems to relax a little before the final round of Champions League's group stage fixtures. There are no real classic clashes in any of the big leagues, aside from Friday's pre-emptively early game between Fiorentina and Juventus. Such a fixture list thus suggests selecting bets based on goals...

Match Report: Tale of Two Strikers as Arsenal Overcome Dortmund

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Match Report: Tale of Two Strikers as Arsenal Overcome Dortmund Any team will hope a victory of any sort will kickstart a run of form. Coming into this game, Arsenal had failed to win any of their previous 3 games in all competitions, so 3 points here was crucial. This run began with the 3-3 draw with Anderlecht in the Champions League at the beginning of the mo...

Match Focus: Old Favourites Still Key for Bayern and Dortmund

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Match Focus: Old Favourites Still Key for Bayern and Dortmund That Borussia Dortmund came up short at the Allianz Arena in Der Klassiker against Bayern Munich was not the biggest surprise of the weekend. It was still to come late on Sunday, when Vladimir Darida’s penalty winner for Freiburg at Köln sealed a first win of the season for Christian Stre...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips There are plenty of games to look forward to this weekend across the Premier League, Serie A and the Bundesliga, including the Manchester derby, Napoli-Roma and Der Klassiker in Germany. Each of those games could have consequences in their respective title races, and in each one there will be a team...

Team Focus: How Dortmund Have Regressed Since Their 2012 Title Win

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Team Focus: How Dortmund Have Regressed Since Their 2012 Title Win The game of football is all about cycles. A team can be deemed one of the best in the world, only to see their stock drop years later. It’s an inevitable, and ultimately disappointing, turn of events that football clubs often endure, but such is life. Borussia Dortmund, it can be said, are cur...

WhoScored Tipster: La Liga and Bundesliga Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: La Liga and Bundesliga Tips The underdogs are ready for a title challenge once again. Atlético Madrid and Borussia Dortmund begin their quests to show the world that they can win without the overpowering force of financial superiority. The Bundesliga and La Liga start this weekend and Klopp and Simeone's teams are the b...

Player Focus: Who is the More Suitable Lewandowski Replacement?

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Player Focus: Who is the More Suitable Lewandowski Replacement? On Monday, Borussia Dortmund confirmed the signing of Ciro Immobile from Torino, capturing one of the hottest striking talents in Europe from last season. His departure, however, means Serie A has now lost its top goalscorer for the last 3 successive seasons, with Immobile following in the footsteps...