Before the game against Chelsea, Southampton’s midfielder Jack Cork started psywar  by stating that The Saints’ ace striker, Rickie Lambert is better than Fernando Torres. What Cork was saying could be perceived as nothing but a usual pre-battle war dance, but not only did Lambert play superbly in that game, the talisman scored the winning goal [...]

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 [...]

Wayne Rooney made a bold statement  that if there’s one team that he wants to beat this season, it’s Sunderland. Despite beating Sunderland 1-0 in the final game of last season, Manchester City’s comeback against QPR ensured the Premier League trophy went to the blue half of Manchester. In what was a tense and nervy [...]

After Wayne Rooney started on the bench for the second leg of the last-16 Champions League tie against Real Madrid, a media frenzy ensued with transfer rumours aplenty. Sir Alex Ferguson was reported to have been unhappy with the striker’s form and although he has since quashed such claims, the press continue to speculate. Of [...]

After Wayne Rooney was dropped by Sir Alex Ferguson for their crucial Champions League tie with Real Madrid on Tuesday, rumours started circulating that Rooney could find himself leaving Old Trafford in the summer. Although, Sir Alex has come out today saying that the England international will still be a Manchester United player next season, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sir Alex Ferguson will be arriving at The Liberty Stadium knowing that a tough 90 minutes lies ahead. Both teams possess free flowing passing abilities, with United boasting the highest pass success rate in the league – 87.4% and Swansea in third with 86.3%. Swansea have entered a slight sticky patch, losing their last 2 [...]

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 [...]

Welcome to the Players of the Week for Match Day 13 (last weekend’s matches). Please click on the page numbers below or use the easy navigation to find out who I’ve selected as the Man of the Match for your team! Sunderland 2 – 4 West Brom West Brom won their fourth game on the [...]