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Stats Analysis: The Premier League's Most Involved - Touches per Minute

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Stats Analysis: The Premier League's Most Involved - Touches per Minute It's fair to say that while some roles require less of an apparent involvement in play in terms of time spent on the ball, there are certainly a number of players who feel the need to make themselves available to a teammate at every opportunity. These are, in turn, the individuals that colleagues ar...

Stats Analysis: Passing Differences - Attacking Intent

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Stats Analysis: Passing Differences - Attacking Intent Much is often made of wasteful play or a lack of ambition in central midfield. The likes of Michael Carrick and Gareth Barry amongst others are habitually criticised for a deficiency in the attacking threat they provide, and thus their worth in the teams they play for. WhoScored.com has therefore de...

Stats Analysis: Premier Passers

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Stats Analysis: Premier Passers In a series of articles focussing on a specific area of the WhoScored statistics, we turn our attentions to the top seven players for most passes per game during the first half of the Premier League season. As Arsenal and Man City are the top two teams for average possession, with 58.7% and 57.3%, i...