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Team Focus: Sevilla Lacking Goals from All Areas

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Team Focus: Sevilla Lacking Goals from All Areas Marcelino became the latest victim of the La Liga chopping block this week as just over halfway thought the season, Sevilla became the eighth side to change their manager.The decision was hardly surprising, Marcelino himself had acknowledged before Sunday’s 2-1 defeat at home to Villarreal tha...

La Liga Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage

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La Liga Team of the Season at the Halfway Stage After a well-earned winter break, teams from the Serie A and La Liga are readying themselves for action again this weekend so we take the chance to analyse each of the league's best XIs of the season thus far, starting in Spain.It will come as no surprise to learn that the best possible side accordi...

WhoScored's 2011 La Liga Player and Young Player of the Year

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WhoScored's 2011 La Liga Player and Young Player of the Year Following on from yesterday's feature detailing the top rated players according to WhoScored in the Bundesliga for the calendar year of 2011, we analyse the best performers in the other league that is already taking a winter break.It is now 16 games through Spain's La Liga campaign and Real Madrid l...

Bundesliga Boasting the Finest Finishers

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Bundesliga Boasting the Finest Finishers With some sharp shooters already stamping their authority in Europe this season, WhoScored has undergone an analysis of individuals, and indeed league averages that stand out when it comes to shooting stats for the most prolific players for shots on target. Of the top 5 players in terms of total sho...

Real Madrid: A Third of a Champion?

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Real Madrid: A Third of a Champion? After 13 weeks of football in La Liga, Real Madrid are ahead of Barcelona and sit at the top of the table for the first time since Pep Guardiola arrived at their bitter rivals. Jose Mourinho’s team have played some breathtaking football in the first third of the season and are currently on a n...

Torrid Travellers - Europe's Rotten Away Records

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Torrid Travellers - Europe's Rotten Away Records With Europe’s respective league seasons now around a third of the way through their duration, every team in the top 5 leagues has had the chance to build up a decent run of form, be it at home or away. However, WhoScored investigates the teams who will be damning their form on the road having ...

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...

Serie A: Europe's Tightest League?

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Serie A: Europe's Tightest League? Last weekend saw Serie A live up to the stereotype of old, with an incredible twelve teams failing to find the net over the round of ten fixtures. Half of the matches finished goalless and with 49 yellow cards in addition to 4 players seeing red, Italy’s top division is proving to be a hard-fo...

Europe's Underachievers: La Liga - Athletic Bilbao

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Europe's Underachievers: La Liga - Athletic Bilbao Our look at the biggest underachievers in each of Europe’s top five leagues sees WhoScored turn our attention to La Liga. Following on from Arsenal and Hamburger SV in the Premier League and Bundesliga respectively, Athletic Bilbao come under the spotlight for their performances in the six rou...

WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweeks 4-5

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WhoScored La Liga All Star XI - Gameweeks 4-5 Real Betis top the table after five rounds of La Liga matches, though just two points separate them from 7th-placed Valencia, in what has been a refreshing start to the Spanish season. Barcelona lead the chasing pack though, just one point off the summit after another Lionel Messi hat-trick ended At...