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“Put me in, Coach” | Grant Holt compared to England strikers via stats

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Norwich striker Grant Holt recently made headlines, when he criticized England manager Roy Hodgson’s team selection. Holt, an uncapped 31 year old from Carlisle, was coming off a season in which he had helped Norwich finish a surprising 12th in the English Premier League, bagging an impressive 15 goals in the process. While many players [...]

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Aston Villa’s Improvement from last season | Passing & Ball Retention

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Modern football is about mobility and versatility; independent skills, formerly divided between different positions on the pitch, have merged. Each player increasingly possesses ball control and passing as minimum requirements, as an ever-growing number of managers rely on a fluid, short-passing game. Spain are the paradigm of this multi-skilled, dynamic approach, but every big club [...]

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Everton 2 – 1 Sunderland: Stats & Match Analysis

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After four successive draws, Everton returned to winning ways against David Moyes’ favourite opposition. Since his arrival at Goodison Park, David Moyes is now unbeaten in 18 against Sunderland with Everton unbeaten in the last 19 meetings. Despite the three points, this was arguably Everton’s worst home performance of the season with disjointed the most [...]

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Betting Tips | Trading a game | How long can your team hold the lead?

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In this post I am going to explore the average time it takes a Premier League team to fight back from a goal down, comparing this to the average time that a Premier League team tends to hang on to a lead. Firstly, I’ll set out the parameters that I used in assessing these statistics: [...]

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