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 [...]

Despite being in possession of a great managerial record, Di Canio’s appointment at The Stadium of Light has been one of great controversy as his supposedly facist and racist beliefs have suddenly unearthed. The decision to bring in the ex-Swindon manager could prove to be a brilliant one as his fiery passion has summoned some [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This week Martin Lewis has a scouting report on Sunderland. This will not only be interesting for Sunderland supporters but also Manchester United supporters before the big game on Saturday. In fact supporters of any club that are yet to play Sunderland this season will find this in-depth tactical and statistical analysis interesting. Sunderland are [...]

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 [...]

Once again Harry Redknapp chopped and changed in terms of formation, selection and even strategy. First, the 4-1-2-3 shape that brought him success in the last game against Southampton was replaced by more of a 4-4-2, which looked like 4-2-2-2 given the wide men were playing on their wrong foot and looked to move infield all [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]