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League Focus: Questioning the Importance of the Goals Against Column

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League Focus: Questioning the Importance of the Goals Against Column Who’s got the worst defence in the Premier League? In some ways, that’s an easy question to answer. Look at the table and you see Queen’s Park Rangers have let in 27, Leicester City 26 and Burnley 24. They lie, respectively, 17th, 20th and 19th in the table. In fact, as you’d...

Match Report: Sánchez the Saviour Again as Arsenal Outgun Resolute Saints

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Match Report: Sánchez the Saviour Again as Arsenal Outgun Resolute Saints Southampton were hoping to re-establish their credentials as potential contenders for a Champions League spot after being brushed aside by champions Manchester City over the weekend. Fraser Forster produced a stouthearted display, earning him the WhoScored.com man of the match award, but it would pr...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips This weekend the games with the best atmosphere and most history once again hail from Serie A, but they could be more predictable than in the past, while La Liga plays host to the biggest match of the weekend.LIKELY BETSValencia vs Barcelona: AWAY WIN @ 1.53The start to the season that Valencia have...

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...

Team Focus: Wasteful Arsenal Made to Rue More Missed Chances

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Team Focus: Wasteful Arsenal Made to Rue More Missed Chances In some games you sense the pattern early. Arsenal missed a couple of early chances and then a third and there was a strange inevitability about the fact that they would go on missing chances and that Manchester United would then score with their first clear chance of the game. As it turned out, it ...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips There are tense feelings looming over a number of old rivalries in this weekend's fixtures. Serie A, the Premier League and La Liga are in the spotlight for three showpiece games, two of which feature the fallen almighty, while the latter represents a challenge from an underdog on the quest to be mo...

Match Report: Spirited Anderlecht Stun Mentally Weak Arsenal

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Match Report: Spirited Anderlecht Stun Mentally Weak Arsenal Arsenal's last home Champions League encounter proved to be something of a false dawn. The 4-1 victory over Galatasaray brought to an end a 3-game winless streak at the Emirates, only for them to falter when they hosted Hull City 17 days later. Last gasp goals from Kieran Gibbs and Lukas Podolski in...

Player Focus: Alexis Quickly Taking Lead Role at Arsenal

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Player Focus: Alexis Quickly Taking Lead Role at Arsenal Over the last few days, following some big performances, there’s been some big claims made about Alexis Sánchez. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain compared the Chilean to Luis Suarez. Mathieu Flamini said he was like Thierry Henry and Robin van Persie.While such calls may be premature, and Sanche...

Player Focus: Interest in Imbula High Following Strong Start to the Season

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Player Focus: Interest in Imbula High Following Strong Start to the Season While a video of their hugely popular manager Marcelo Bielsa was doing the rounds on social media this weekend Marseille were easing to an eighth successive Ligue 1 victory against Toulouse. It was the display of a side now well versed in their coach's philosophy, playing at the very top of their ga...

Match Report: Bruce The Happier of The Two Managers as Hull Secure Point at Arsenal

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Match Report: Bruce The Happier of The Two Managers as Hull Secure Point at Arsenal In a repeat of last season's FA Cup final, Arsenal welcomed Hull City to the Emirates Stadium, though it was the visitors who headed home the happier of the two teams after another entertaining encounter in the capital.The Gunners took the initiative this time round courtesy of summer arrival Alexis...