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Goal-less La Liga

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Goal-less La Liga The beautiful Spanish game, the famous ‘tiki-taka’, and arguably the greatest show in football in the last five years is undergoing a torrid time in front of goal, particularly when disregarding the two big teams in La Liga; Real Madrid and Barcelona.Real Madrid and Barcelona have scored...

Blackburn & Sunderland Aiming to Overturn Woeful Records

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Blackburn & Sunderland Aiming to Overturn Woeful Records WhoScored looks ahead to this weekend in the Premier League, with three sides desperate to end their opponent's respective records, be it from this season or past encounters between the teams. This Saturday, Everton travel to St. James' Park to play a Newcastle side who are unbeaten all season, whil...

Team Focus: Swansea City - Just Like Watching Barca?!

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Team Focus: Swansea City - Just Like Watching Barca?! So often it is that a promoted side is branded as a breath of fresh air into the Premier League that the phrase starts to lose its meaning, but if one side epitomises the term in this season or indeed recent years, perhaps it is Swansea City.At times it appears that the first Welsh side to have reac...

Goodison Goals Among Likely Occurrences in the Premier League

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Goodison Goals Among Likely Occurrences in the Premier League WhoScored.com looks ahead to this weekend's Premier League games, predicting a number of likely occurrences based on games gone by. While match-ups such as Chelsea-Arsenal standout for more obvious reasons, we analyse some eye-catching trends to give insight into how the points might be spread acros...

Rotation, Rotation, Rotation: The Premier League's Tinkermen

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Rotation, Rotation, Rotation: The Premier League's Tinkermen After Manchester United decided to rest the likes of Wayne Rooney, Javier Hernandez, Nani and Anderson in their fierce rival clash with Liverpool this weekend, WhoScored investigates the sides in the Premier League who are utilising their squad depth the most, and for very different reasons.We look ...

The Cleanest vs Clumsiest Premier League Tacklers

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The Cleanest vs Clumsiest Premier League Tacklers As WhoScored continues to entertain itself with interesting stats and findings from the first two months of the season in the absence of club football over the last week, we have compiled two very different Premier League teams. Whilst we applaud those players who have been most effective in the tac...

The Most Aerially Dominant Premier League XI

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The Most Aerially Dominant Premier League XI With much often made of the playing style of some of the Premier League's physically dominant teams, WhoScored investigates the best XI from the division by position (in a 4-4-2 formation) for aerial duel success.As many players maintain high records due to the limited number of aerial challenges th...

WhoScored's Premier League Most Creative XI

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WhoScored's Premier League Most Creative XI With 2 months and 7 games of the Premier League season now over, WhoScored investigates the division’s best creators by position to assemble the Premier League's Most Creative XI.Basing our findings on key passes over the course of the season thus far, or passes which directly lead to a goal-s...

WhoScored Premier League All Star XI - Gameweek 6

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WhoScored Premier League All Star XI - Gameweek 6 Big home wins for both Chelsea and Arsenal saw the pair bounce back from defeats in the previous gameweek. The sides produced five players in the WhoScored All Stars XI, while fellow Londoners Spurs made it three wins in a row to continue their strong recent form. Man City caught Man United at the t...

WhoScored Premier League All Star XI - Gameweek 5

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WhoScored Premier League All Star XI - Gameweek 5 Man United’s win over Chelsea saw them take a two-point lead at the top of the Premier League on Sunday afternoon. Fulham’s Craven Cottage comeback against Man City deprived Roberto Mancini’s side of all three points, with the visitors having to settle for a draw despite Sergio Agu...