This series of articles will look at how each team in the Premier League has compared to last season. (Please note Norwich, Swansea and QPR will not be included as they were in the Championship last season). With Manchester City fighting Manchester United for the title. Arsenal, Spurs, Newcastle and Chelsea battling it out for third [...]

When considering how Liverpool have struggled in the last two months following their last gasp defeat to Arsenal at Anfield, a look at the statistics makes one thing very clear: their opponents have been much more effective in front of goal recently. The following graph shows how many shots per game (SPG) both Liverpool and [...]

Prior to yesterday’s game against Swansea, Manchester United had scored an average of three goals per game in Premier League matches played at Old Trafford this season. Following Manchester City’s earlier two goal win up at Newcastle to place them firmly in the driving seat for the title race, the only chance for United to [...]

Arsenal’s hopes for third place in the Premier League were dented, after they were held to a dramatic 3-3 draw by Norwich City at Emirates Stadium on Saturday. The Gunners made a stunning start with Yossi Benayoun curling in a shot with barely a minute gone but this was just the beginning of a see-saw [...]

Norwich make their first trip to the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, aiming to spring a surprise against an Arsenal team looking to secure Champions League qualification for next season. Arsenal had a very inconsistent start to their season, with the humiliating 8-2 reverse against Manchester United being the low point. However, they have recovered really [...]

Who is the Premier League’s Best Striker? This is a question argued amongst Premier League supporters all the time. This season Robin van Persie has scored the most goals and stake’s a claim to the title. However Wayne Rooney’s 26 Premier League goals are threatening Van Persie’s crown with two games to go. In his [...]

With England’s best XI already chosen (http://www.eplindex.com/14112/england-xi-part-3-strikers-opta-stats-analysis.html) we will now look at whether any of the players that haven’t been mentioned by the media for an England call up would make the starting XI. We have compared these players against the player that was chosen for the starting XI in the previous article. We have again given [...]

Manchester City have overturned an eight point deficit and are now top of the Premier League on goal difference. Three weeks ago it seemed unlikely, impossible in fact as Manchester United were on a streak where they’d won six games in a row and not conceded in any of those six games. However as Manchester [...]