The Belgians are coming, you have been warned. If we didn’t already know about the remarkable number of talented players coming out of Belgium in recent years we do now. Many people have already earmarked them as dark horses for next year’s World Cup with a view to them becoming genuine contenders for the European [...]

There have been some interesting statistics on Twitter of late about “Goals Involved” in. This is when you combine the goals and assists of a player and create a percentage over the team’s total goals. It’s an interesting statistic that can show a variety of attributes for teams and players. Firstly it can show how [...]

One of the favourite comparisons on the site is between strikers in the Premier League. One stat that we haven’t yet implemented onto our Stats Centre, is the the Shots per Goal stat. This statistic shows how effective strikers are in the Premier League with the less shots per goal the better. The table below [...]

On Saturday afternoon at Craven Cottage, a brace for Defoe took him to four goals in a week and his tally for the season up to 9. Aside from the goals, Defoe had a relatively quiet game, making just 14 passes in the entire 90 minutes. Defoe is a player who splits opinion amongst Spurs [...]

    David Moyes’ Everton side travel to the Etihad Stadium this weekend looking to extend their impressive run against the champions this weekend. Moyes has a knack for outwitting Mancini, instilling a hard-working mentality amongst his players. However the fixture has come at a sticky time for the toffees who have picked up only [...]

Welcome to the EPLIndex Statistical Team of the Week! Another exciting week comes to an end and it’s time I got to work and give you the Team of the Week. I’ve opted for a 3-4-3 formation and here’s why..   Jaaskaleinen [Clean Sheet + Saves] Jaaskaleinen managed to make 8 saves against the likes of [...]

Everton‘s 2-2 draw at Fulham signalled the ten game point of the season, generally the time managers and players finally deem it acceptable to begin judging their work. Sitting fourth in the table, the Toffees have started unusually well. They are playing some attractive football and dominating most games, although four consecutive draws have slightly checked their recent progress. [...]

The 219th Merseyside Derby finished all square after Everton fought back from a two goal deficit the level the game. Luis Suarez, Leighton Baines (own goal), Leon Osman and Steven Naismith scored the goals in a game which wasn’t short of controversy. But let’s focus on the football … First Half The game started with [...]

Match Day 9 has been completed in the Premier League and, despite their first loss yesterday, Chelsea are still on top of the league. With both of their Manchester rivals winning Chelsea are now a solitary point ahead as the title race hots up coming into November. With almost a quarter of the season gone [...]

Last week we looked at which players were “fouled” the most in the Premier League according to the Opta Stats from our EPLIndex Stats Centre so today we thought we’d do a quick review of the “dirtiest” players in the Premier League, i.e. those players that concede the most fouls. Firstly let’s have a look [...]