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WhoScored Tipster: Big Match Betting

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WhoScored Tipster: Big Match Betting This weekend's fixture list reaches a crescendo on Sunday night, with top of the table clashes in both Spain and France as second placed Atlético travel to Camp Nou to face title favourites Barcelona and big-spending Paris Saint Germain host Lyon. With the games being played simultaneousl...

Team Focus: Is Barca's Start Superb or Suspect?

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Team Focus: Is Barca's Start Superb or Suspect? Over the summer much was made of how Barcelona would adapt to life post Pep Guardiola; the popular opinion being that while the players and the style would remain the same, the attention to small but significant details that Guardiola was famed for might start to slip.There was certainly evidence to...

WhoScored Tipster: Big Match Betting

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WhoScored Tipster: Big Match Betting An enticing feast of football awaits us this weekend, culminating with the best of the action late on Sunday. The anticipation surrounding the customary clashes will be dwarfed that of by the Milan derby and the first La Liga instalment of El Clasico this season, with those two games drawing the wee...

Player Focus: September All Star Team of the Month

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Player Focus: September All Star Team of the Month With September now having come and gone there were a number of standout performances over the top 5 leagues during the last 30 days. Here we compile our team of the month with those with the best average WhoScored ratings since 1st September making the grade.Those to perform consistently well over t...

Player Focus: Fabregas' Flop in Form

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Player Focus: Fabregas' Flop in Form This time last year things could hardly have been better for Cesc Fabregas. He wasn’t even a month into his second spell at Barcelona, but he had returned home with a bang, winning as many trophies in two games with the Catalans as he had in eight years at Arsenal.He even scored in the second ...

League Focus: Possession Means Little in La Liga

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League Focus: Possession Means Little in La Liga If this summer's European Championship seemed to tell us anything it was that Spanish teams and Spanish players love possession. Having the ball and being in control of the game is when they feel most comfortable.Even if it wasn't always dazzling up until the demolition of Italy in the final, it was...

Stats Analysis: Costly Errors (Leading to Goals)

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Stats Analysis: Costly Errors (Leading to Goals) The individual error is often the most frustrating aspect of a game for fans and managers alike, allowing your opponent to score through no real skill or exertion of their own. It is fair to say that they can be hugely costly in matches and therefore always play their part in where a title or battle...

WhoScored Tipster: Top Tips this Weekend

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WhoScored Tipster: Top Tips this Weekend Wigan vs Newcastle - Match PreviewThis meeting sees two of the Premier League’s form sides lock horns with both having much to play for. Hosts Wigan are desperately fighting against relegation and despite looking doomed only a few weeks ago, four wins from five – including memorable vict...

Team Focus: Barcelona's Failings

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Team Focus: Barcelona's Failings In just four days Barcelona have kissed goodbye to the two major trophies they won last year and whilst their first home defeat since September 2010 to Real Madrid, followed by a barely believable elimination by Chelsea from the Champions League 3-2 on aggregate, came as a shock, some of the factors...

Match Analysis: Barca & United Streaks End

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Match Analysis: Barca & United Streaks End WhoScored’s usual round-up of those significant streaks that have come to an end in the previous round of matches takes place in La Liga and the Premier League. Both matches have had a huge bearing on matters at the top of their respective tables. In Spain, Barcelona tasted defeat at the Nou C...