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The Premier League Shockers – How common are the shocking upsets?

Andy Smith — Fri, 17 May 2013 06:21:38 +0000

Ok, so Landry was talking about the ‘other’ type of football, however the sentiment remains true for ‘real’ football. One of the most beautiful things about the beautiful game is the potential for a freak, unexpected result. An incredible, unbelievable result. There’s nothing that neutral football fans enjoy more than seeing an underdog grabbing a [...]

The Premier League Shockers – How common are the shocking upsets?
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Arsenal 4 Wigan 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis

Mihail Vladimirov — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:33:13 +0000

With the end of the season around the corner, both the Arsenal and Wigan managers kept largely the same XIs as in the past few weeks. For Arsenal the only change was Gibbs coming in to play at left back as Monreal played there in the previous game against QPR. Martinez named the very same [...]

Arsenal 4 Wigan 1: In-Depth Tactical Analysis
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What Would Roberto Martinez’s Everton Look Like? | Tactical Analysis

TPiMBW — Mon, 13 May 2013 07:08:02 +0000

Whilst David Moyes faces the impossible task of replacing Sir Alex Ferguson as the Manchester United manager next season (albeit under the guidance of Ferguson himself in his new role at Manchester United), Everton FC’s future is uncertain at best. Everton are faced with a few options: do they opt for a Moyes-like Malky Mackay? [...]

What Would Roberto Martinez’s Everton Look Like? | Tactical Analysis
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Scouting Report: Wigan | Stats & In Depth Tactical Analysis

martinlewis94 — Fri, 10 May 2013 06:57:55 +0000

This week Martin Lewis has a scouting report on Wigan Athletic. This will not only be interesting for Wigan supporters but also Manchester City supporters before the FA Cup Final on Saturday 11th May. In fact supporters of any club that are yet to play Wigan this season will find this in-depth tactical and statistical [...]

Scouting Report: Wigan | Stats & In Depth Tactical Analysis
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Promoted to the Premier League. Job done? | Stats Analysis

Andy Smith — Thu, 09 May 2013 06:38:15 +0000

“We are Premier League, we are Premier League” Being a Hull City fan, I heard this a lot over the weekend. A lot! And I loved every single chant of it. The incredible roller coaster ride that was the final day of the Championship season has been very well covered (Amber Nectar and From Boothferry to [...]

Promoted to the Premier League. Job done? | Stats Analysis
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Top Counter Attacking Teams This Season | Opta Stats Analysis

James Amey — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:41:44 +0000

Teams that can hit you on the counter attack at any moment are incredibly hard to defend against, especially when speed merchants such as Gareth Bale and Theo Walcott are running at your defence. So which teams have impressed in the counter attack and how have they been so successful? We can start to answer [...]

Top Counter Attacking Teams This Season | Opta Stats Analysis
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Relegated from the Premier League. So What Happens Next? Stats Analysis

Andy Smith — Thu, 02 May 2013 06:42:33 +0000

It is a sight no football fan wants to see. The dreaded ‘R’ next to your club in the league table. It is incredibly difficult for fans to prepare themselves for the emotions that they go through when relegation from the Premier League is sealed. Anger, frustration and even relief are just some of the [...]

Relegated from the Premier League. So What Happens Next? Stats Analysis
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Wigan 2 Tottenham 2 | Match Report & Stats

aidantscott — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:00:16 +0000

A much anticipated match at the DW stadium ended in a dismal 2-2 draw for Wigan and Spurs. Both teams urgently required that vital win however neither achieved the three points they so desperately needed as Wigan were looking to come clear out of the relegation zone and Tottenham were vying for the coveted 4th [...]

Wigan 2 Tottenham 2 | Match Report & Stats
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Do Substitutes Win Games? | Premier League 12-13 Stats Analysis

Andy Smith — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:00:28 +0000

We’ve all been there. Your team is a goal down, with 20 minutes to go and you know the only way to get a result is to make substitutions. But how many? And who? Once the changes have been made you can sit back and wait for the sub to score the goal that may salvage a [...]

Do Substitutes Win Games? | Premier League 12-13 Stats Analysis
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What if half-time didn’t exist… | Premier League Stats Analysis

Andy Smith — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 08:01:06 +0000

As I get older I am finding that I am becoming less interested in the players at clubs and much more interested in the managers. What do they do? Are they worth the money? Are they actually needed at all? Once the team is picked and the tactics discussed, is there anything that a manager [...]

What if half-time didn’t exist… | Premier League Stats Analysis
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Hawk-Eye selected as provider for Premier League Goal-Line Technology

cody_bound — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:37:46 +0000

Hawk-Eye has been selected ahead of GoalControl as the provider of Goal-Line Technology for the Premier League next season, with clubs voting 20-0 in favour of Hawk-Eye. We all remember this moment: And there are plenty more to pick from, this incident coming in last year’s FA Cup semi-final: As clubs from the top division [...]

Hawk-Eye selected as provider for Premier League Goal-Line Technology
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Premier League Goal Of The Week Gameweek 32 | Vote Now

James Amey — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:48:16 +0000

After another weekend of Premier League goals and drama , it is now your chance to vote for your favourite goal of the week from the shortlist below (GIF Images from @feintzebra). The top 7 goals in Game Week 32 have been shortlisted below and it is now our chance to pick your favourite! Sergio Aguero scored [...]

Premier League Goal Of The Week Gameweek 32 | Vote Now
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EPL’s Under-rated Midfields | Tactical & Stats Comparison to Europe’s elite

TPiMBW — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 07:33:31 +0000

Both West Brom and Southampton possess teams that are full of underrated or unheralded players. I have identified both as teams with criminally underrated players in the central midfield areas: Yacob and Mulumbu for West Brom; Cork and defensive stalwart Morgan Schneiderlin for Southampton. Within football circles all four players have impressed and we could well [...]

EPL’s Under-rated Midfields | Tactical & Stats Comparison to Europe’s elite
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Most Creative English Players This Season | Opta Stats Analysis

James Amey — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 06:49:12 +0000

With England’s recent struggle against Montenegro we thought it would be interesting to take a look just how well the English players have fared in the Premier League this season. In this first article we have looked at which English players have been the most creative this season. We have also taken a look at [...]

Most Creative English Players This Season | Opta Stats Analysis
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Goal Distribution: Premier League first & second half goal stats

Statto — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:33:46 +0000

Yesterday we analysed which positions (defence, midfield or forwards) Premier League teams get their goals from so far this season (Premier League Goal Distribution by position article) and following on with the distribution theme we’ll today be looking at first half and second half goals so far this season. To start with here are some [...]

Goal Distribution: Premier League first & second half goal stats
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EPL Index Tactics Board Update – Eraser tool & Add Manual Player added

Statto — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 06:45:06 +0000

Last week we launched our brand new FREE tool called the EPL Index Tactics Board – full details here: EPL Index Tactics Board Launched. It allows you to predicted teams or to showcase your tactics for the teams you support in the Premier League. The squads available are from 2008/09 and it’s very simple and [...]

EPL Index Tactics Board Update – Eraser tool & Add Manual Player added
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Are Referees biased towards the Home Team? | EPL Stats Analysis

HarperM — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:46:15 +0000

Research has been conducted looking into whether referee’s are biased towards certain teams or individuals. Manchester United tend to have a reputation from rival supporters for ‘Fergie time’, gaining more penalties than other teams at home, especially with Howard Webb. Marouane Fellaini even stated that referee’s were biased towards English players following his head butt [...]

Are Referees biased towards the Home Team? | EPL Stats Analysis
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The EPLIndex Tactics Board: Draw your own tactics – squads since 08/09!

Statto — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:05:38 +0000

The team at EPLIndex.com are proud to bring a brand new feature on the website: The Tactics Board. A totally FREE feature for all bloggers or tacticians that wish to share their tactics with an easy to use tactics board. The tactics board uses drag and drop functionality making it very easy to place players [...]

The EPLIndex Tactics Board: Draw your own tactics – squads since 08/09!
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Ball retention & recycling | Noble compared to Arteta, Allen, Dembele et al

WHU_Stats — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:01:32 +0000

I’m a fan of Mark Noble and I don’t mind admitting, he’s proved me wrong this season and for me, he’s been excellent for West Ham. At the time of writing , and with Noble missing for 5 of West Ham’s 29 games through injury, no West Ham player has made more tackles than him [...]

Ball retention & recycling | Noble compared to Arteta, Allen, Dembele et al
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Can Wigan survive another year in the Premier League?

Tom_Westcott — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:50:39 +0000

So here we are again. With just nine games to go before the end of the season Wigan Athletic Football Club find themselves in yet another relegation scrap. Sound familiar? The Latics currently sit 18th in the league table on 27 poins, four above Reading and QPR and just three points away from safety . [...]

Can Wigan survive another year in the Premier League?
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The Linear Relationship Between Possession & Goals | Premier League Stats

HarperM — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:48:25 +0000

Last weeks article showed how inefficient crossing is, especially from open play due to the low accuracy levels across the league. The focus of this article is the relationship between possession and goals scored, conceded and both combined. I will look to compare all three, as well as focusing on the correlations depending on league position. Firstly, [...]

The Linear Relationship Between Possession & Goals | Premier League Stats
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How efficient is your team at crossing? Premier League Crossing Stats

HarperM — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:46:53 +0000

With the Premier League now entering the last 10 games of the season it is the perfect time to use statistics to draw conclusions about why your team produced success/failure. Last week my focus was on chance conversion rate. This week the focus is on crossing accuracy. The table directly below portrays the total crosses performed [...]

How efficient is your team at crossing? Premier League Crossing Stats
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EPL Passing Accuracy & Consistency: 2012/13′s Best & Worst Performers

datamonkey — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:53:49 +0000

I’ve been working on a pet project recently, trying to simulate the results of football matches, using player performance data from EPLIndex.com. It’s starting to yield reasonable results and the background analysis to get there has thrown up some interesting statistics on the consistency of different players’ performances, that I’d like to share today. Specifically, I’m [...]

EPL Passing Accuracy & Consistency: 2012/13′s Best & Worst Performers
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How well does your team convert chances? Premier League Stats Comparison

HarperM — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 07:20:09 +0000

Of course, I don’t need to tell you that the more chances a team creates the more likely they are of scoring. But do the teams creating the most chances score the most goals? The stats below show the chance conversion rate for each individual team. Not surprisingly, top of the league Manchester United also [...]

How well does your team convert chances? Premier League Stats Comparison
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Wigan 0 Liverpool 4 | Stats & Tactical Analysis

Kate Cohen — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 07:37:51 +0000

Liverpool came out comfortable winners thanks to an early Stewart Downing goal and a hat-trick from Luis Suarez. New signing Philippe Coutinho also provided a brace of assists against an out-of-sorts Wigan side, who struggled with defensive discipline and defensive roles in a changed system. Teams With the injury to Daniel Sturridge, Liverpool were forced [...]

Wigan 0 Liverpool 4 | Stats & Tactical Analysis
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One Man Teams in the Premier League | An Objective Stats Analysis

WHU_Stats — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 08:50:24 +0000

I haven’t written anything for far too long ( a four letter word called work ) so thought I’d have a look at something that has been a pretty big topic of conversation in the Premier League as we get to the business end of the season, just which team are actually a one man [...]

One Man Teams in the Premier League | An Objective Stats Analysis
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Passes per Chance Created | Alternative look at Premier League Creativity

Statto — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:06:25 +0000

A quick analysis for you today – we’ve recently been analysing players using a statistic that indicates which players are creating chances with the least number of passes. Each chance has to be created via a pass and this is an interesting way to see which players are creating chances the most often in terms [...]

Passes per Chance Created | Alternative look at Premier League Creativity
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Premier League Talking Points | Bale, Wigan, Kamara, Rodwell & Lampard

Karsten Thot — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:25:47 +0000

Writer Karston Thot begins a weekly article on EPLIndex.com where he will look at some of the statistical talking points from the Premier League games on the weekend. Bale Lethal from Anywhere Late game heroics from Gareth Bale allowed Spurs to come away from Upton Park with three points. Nearly as remarkable as Bale’s current [...]

Premier League Talking Points | Bale, Wigan, Kamara, Rodwell & Lampard
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Premier League’s Top Goal Scorers | Shots Per Goal Stats Analysis

Statto — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:50:23 +0000

Our first look at shots per goal came back in December where Theo Walcott and Javier Hernandez were the most efficient players requiring the least amount of shots to score a goal whilst Adam Le Fondre was at bottom of that list. Have things changed? All of the stats are below and we’ve used only players [...]

Premier League’s Top Goal Scorers | Shots Per Goal Stats Analysis
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Premier League Form Guide Analysis | Manchester United, Spurs & City at Top

Statto — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:56:10 +0000

The Premier League table seems to take form after around ten games and not have many major changes throughout the season however the form guide is an interesting table to analyse every six games or so because of the radical changes that can occur. This season Manchester United have maintained the position of first or [...]

Premier League Form Guide Analysis | Manchester United, Spurs & City at Top
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Premier League Top Players So Far | Top Scorers, Creators, Most Woodwork Hits & Fouls Conceded

Statto — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:41:02 +0000

Welcome to our monthly article of Premier League’s Top Players! We take images from our members only Stats Centre to update you on how the players are performing. Seeing as there is no full fixture list until the weekend of the 23rd February (only Liverpool Vs Swansea on Sunday this weekend) we thought it was [...]

Premier League Top Players So Far | Top Scorers, Creators, Most Woodwork Hits & Fouls Conceded
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Chelsea 4 Wigan 1 | In-Depth Match Summary Stats

Statto — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 17:55:54 +0000

Chelsea survived a scare of the possibility of losing a two goal lead for the third time in 2013 by taking their chances and giving Rafa Benitez a rare Stamford Bridge win. Goals from Ramires, Hazard, Lampard and Marin handed the hosts a score-line that looks like a one-sided affair. It wasn’t as clear-cut as [...]

Chelsea 4 Wigan 1 | In-Depth Match Summary Stats
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Premier League Players of the Week | Top Passers, Creators & Goal-Scorers!

Statto — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:15:47 +0000

Another excellent week of Premier League football has come and gone! We’re going to look at some of the top performers of the week – see how all the top players compared. We first look at goal scorers. There were four players that bagged a brace at the weekend: Beneteke, Kebe, Fellaini and Sissoko. Jimmy [...]

Premier League Players of the Week | Top Passers, Creators & Goal-Scorers!
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Premier League January Transfer Window Roundup & Analysis

Nick Collins — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:12:22 +0000

The January transfer window is now closed, Sky Sports News are reporting a total spend of £127.8m by Premier League clubs. This is more than double the 2012 January transfer window but around half of the spend from 2011 – although that was largely due to Chelsea and Liverpool spending over £100m between them! The graph below [...]

Premier League January Transfer Window Roundup & Analysis
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How Have Sides Fared Against Top and Bottom Half Teams So Far?

James Amey — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:17:19 +0000

This article looks at how well each Premier League team has fared against the teams in the top half and the bottom half of the league this season. We take a look at which teams have taken the most points against the teams in the top half, as well as which teams have scored and [...]

How Have Sides Fared Against Top and Bottom Half Teams So Far?
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Dribbling Wizardry: Premier League 2012-13 so far | Stats Analysis

@ChrisJLilley — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 09:42:33 +0000

Dribbling is a much-admired skill in football. The best in the game are fixed into the history of the sport: players like Stanley Matthews, George Best and Diego Maradona are remembered for their almost superhuman ability to leave defenders trailing in their wake. Beating defenders one-on-one excites a crowd in a way only shots and [...]

Dribbling Wizardry: Premier League 2012-13 so far | Stats Analysis
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Which team creates & converts the most Clear Cut Chances? | Stats Analysis

James Amey — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 08:36:40 +0000

This article takes a look at which teams are creating the most clear-cut chances this season; which teams make the most of these chances; and which teams are the most reliant on clear-cut chances to score their goals. A clear-cut chance can be defined as a situation where a player should reasonably be expected to [...]

Which team creates & converts the most Clear Cut Chances? | Stats Analysis
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Defensive Error Prone Players in the Premier League | Stats Comparison

Statto — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:31:29 +0000

Whilst watching games we usually erupt at the sight of one of our defenders or midfielders giving the ball away which ultimately leads to conceding an attempt at goal or a goal itself. This can lead to broken Televisions, remotes flying (maybe even some head injury compensation) sometimes even a broken foot – it totally depends [...]

Defensive Error Prone Players in the Premier League | Stats Comparison
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Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (11/12)

Tom Forrest — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 07:45:04 +0000

Looking at last season’s data, we can see what seems like a radical change when we compare the graph with that of four years previous. The ‘tail’ of the correlation has disappeared completely and the entire line seems to be moving towards something more linear. This is the effect of teams such as Wigan, and more [...]

Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (11/12)
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Why Redknapp needs to find a striker for QPR | Stats Comparison

Maria Rowe — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:51:34 +0000

With half of the transfer window period already gone, Harry Redknapp has flown all over in his desperate bid to beef up the imbalanced Queens Park Rangers squad he inherited from Mark Hughes. To no one’s surprise, players are hesitant to join the London club that is now slightly adrift at the bottom of the [...]

Why Redknapp needs to find a striker for QPR | Stats Comparison
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How Well Does Your Team “Fightback” When Conceding 1st? I Stats Analysis

Jonny Grossmark — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 08:19:37 +0000

The phrase “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” is certainly appropriate when discussing football data at a time when data is now readily available to the public should they be inclined to look at it. Manchester City have tried to raise the bar by offering data in the hope that [...]

How Well Does Your Team “Fightback” When Conceding 1st? I Stats Analysis
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Premier League Strugglers set for Dog Fight

Statto — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 14:54:13 +0000

With the Premier League fight for survival just past the halfway stage of the 2012/2013 campaign, history suggests that there is no hope for Reading, while it is a case of déjà vu for the likes of Queens Park Rangers and Wigan Athletic. Relegation follows certain clubs around and avoiding it can feel like winning [...]

Premier League Strugglers set for Dog Fight
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Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (09/10)

Tom Forrest — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:50:44 +0000

In this article, I will be moving on from the 2008/09 season (Part 1) to look for some similarities or trends. In the 2009/10 season there is a similar curve in the line of best fit, and teams that are relegated could be accused of being inefficient. However, there is the beginning of a change in [...]

Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (09/10)
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Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (08/09)

Tom Forrest — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:43:30 +0000

Four years ago Spain used a possession-based philosophy to win Euro 2008. Since then, Spain and Barcelona have been the dominant forces in world and European football, with much of their success attributed to this style. Two footballing clichés seem to underpin this. Firstly, that possession is ‘Nine Tenths of the Law’. Secondly, that over the [...]

Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (08/09)
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Room at the top: experimental Premier League tables | Stats Analysis

@ChrisJLilley — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:32:53 +0000

In this post I have published a few simple Premier League team stats with consideration to the insight they provide in relation to the current league table. It can be an interesting exercise to review certain measures and analyse their efficacy in explaining team performance. These types of stats should be taken with a decent [...]

Room at the top: experimental Premier League tables | Stats Analysis
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Premier League’s Top Players so far | Top 5 scorers, creators & passers

Statto — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 08:26:06 +0000

Another quick look at the top players in the Premier League after 21 games (last fixtures were on New Years). It’s pretty self explanatory with some of the top names in the Premier League dominating each section. Please use the Quick Navigation below to navigate or use the page numbers at the bottom of the [...]

Premier League’s Top Players so far | Top 5 scorers, creators & passers
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An Analysis of late goals in the Premier League

Jonny Grossmark — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 12:16:38 +0000

In this article I am looking at the late goals in the EPL as historically more goals are scored 76-FT then any other time range. Currently there have been 124 goals scored 76-FT making up 20.8% of total goals and 2011 this was 22.3% and 2010 it was 23.2% and 2009 it was 23.6% and [...]

An Analysis of late goals in the Premier League
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Possession, creating chances, and goals | EPL Stats Analysis

nufc_stats — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:01:46 +0000

Much is said about a team’s ability to hold onto the ball nowadays. Playing a ‘ tiki taka’ possession game is all the rage in the modern-day game and such a style is commonly laid out as the foundational philosophy many clubs and their youth sides. Keeping the ball makes a lot of sense and is a [...]

Possession, creating chances, and goals | EPL Stats Analysis
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A review of final third passing data | Stats Analysis

Jonny Grossmark — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:21:30 +0000

I wrote a few weeks ago about the correlation between goals and final third passing and I think it would be a good time to review the current data as we come to the end of the year. If you look at the table at the bottom of the page you will see that Man [...]

A review of final third passing data | Stats Analysis
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The Dirtiest Teams In The Premier League | Stats Analysis

James Amey — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 12:00:54 +0000

Several teams in the Premier League have been branded as ‘dirty’ teams over the years, but which teams actually deserve the title of ‘dirtiest’ this season? We take a look at which teams have committed the most fouls this season, as well as which teams have received the most yellow cards. We have also looked [...]

The Dirtiest Teams In The Premier League | Stats Analysis
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