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Mousa Dembélé – Underrated | Dembélé of Fulham & Tottenham Stats Analysis

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The first thing I noticed about Mousa Dembélé was his technique, every shot, touch and pass had something I haven’t seen in a player. Nothing was quaint or delicate, the ball was always moved deliberately and powerfully. He’s a great player to watch. Martin Jol has gone even further: He has definitely become an important [...]

Mousa Dembélé – Underrated | Dembélé of Fulham & Tottenham Stats Analysis

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Who is the Player of the Year? Suarez, Bale, RVP & Mata Stats

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There has been a lot of debate with regards to the Player of the Year for the 2012/13 season and with the debate in mind we thought we’d put together a brief statistical analysis of the players being mentioned and their form this season. We’ve predominantly used goals scored and clear-cut chances as the two [...]

Who is the Player of the Year? Suarez, Bale, RVP & Mata Stats

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EPL Players of The Week: Berbatov, Carroll, Bale, Gervinho & Young

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There were some exceptional performances on Match Day 31 in the Premier League. There were many supporters on our Twitter account surprised that Ashley Young created so many chances on the weekend. The stats don’t lie and Ashley Young created eight chances against Sunderland, two more than his closest rival Samir Nasri created against Newcastle [...]

EPL Players of The Week: Berbatov, Carroll, Bale, Gervinho & Young

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Time for a striker to Step Up for Spurs | Defoe & Adebayor Stats

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With only eight games left to go in the fight for a top four finish in the Premier League, Tottenham will be hoping that one of their strikers can find a bit of form to help them with their pursuit. There is no denying that both Jermain Defoe and Emmanuel Adebayor have struggled this term [...]

Time for a striker to Step Up for Spurs | Defoe & Adebayor Stats

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Premier League Talking Points | Super Jan, Lucas, Lukaku, Remy & Benteke

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Welcome to a weekly article on EPLIndex.com examining some of the statistical Talking-Points from the Premier League fixture week. This week Karsten looks at Super Jan, Lucas Leiva, Lukaku, Benteke, Remy and Norwich City. All of the Talking Points are below.  Super Jan for So-so Spurs It’s safe to say many expected a former Ajax [...]

Premier League Talking Points | Super Jan, Lucas, Lukaku, Remy & Benteke

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Can Spurs continue to be Bale’d out in chase for Champions League?

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Apologies for the corny title, all the hyperbole about Gareth Bale over the last few weeks in press is obviously having an effect on me. Along with the over excitement, there has also been many Bale related stats that have been mentioned in the press and on twitter at various points, including the following; “Gareth [...]

Can Spurs continue to be Bale’d out in chase for Champions League?

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Premier League Talking Points | Bale, Wigan, Kamara, Rodwell & Lampard

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Writer Karston Thot begins a weekly article on EPLIndex.com where he will look at some of the statistical talking points from the Premier League games on the weekend.  Bale Lethal from Anywhere Late game heroics from Gareth Bale allowed Spurs to come away from Upton Park with three points. Nearly as remarkable as Bale’s current [...]

Premier League Talking Points | Bale, Wigan, Kamara, Rodwell & Lampard

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Brilliant Bale at the Double | Comparison to Ronaldo at same age

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It is not all that long ago that Gareth Bale had an unwanted record – he had never finished on the winning side in a Spurs shirt. If you were told that stat once existed now, you would never believe it. He is the driving force behind Spurs’ push for Champions League football next season [...]

Brilliant Bale at the Double | Comparison to Ronaldo at same age

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Defensive Error Prone Players in the Premier League | Stats Comparison

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Whilst watching games we usually erupt at the sight of one of our defenders or midfielders giving the ball away which ultimately leads to conceding an attempt at goal or a goal itself. This can lead to broken Televisions, broken tables sometimes even a broken foot – it totally depends on your tolerance! Well you [...]

Defensive Error Prone Players in the Premier League | Stats Comparison

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Brilliant Bale Destroys Villa | Player Stats Analysis

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On the back of an 8-0 drubbing from Chelsea on the weekend before Christmas, Aston Villa’s youngsters can’t have been looking forward to the prospect of facing Tottenham’s Gareth Bale running at them. The Welshman was in scintillating form as Spurs ran riot, inflicting another heavy defeat on the midlands team. Bale seems to enjoy [...]

Brilliant Bale Destroys Villa | Player Stats Analysis

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Jermain Defoe – Has he progressed under AVB? | Stats Analysis

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Jermain Defoe has silenced his critics since the start of the season, with the striker firing nine goals into the net, keeping him near the top of the Golden Boot leader-board. But despite playing regular football under Andre Villas-Boas, has the Engli…

Deadly Defoe at the Double | Premier League Striker Stats Comparison

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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…

Mousa Dembele: How have Tottenham changed him from his Fulham days?

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Mousa Dembele was Tottenham’s biggest signing in the summer, bringing in the Belgium international from London rivals Fulham. With the North London club activating his release clause of £15 million, the midfielder has been considered as one of t…

EPL Players Of The Week | Man of The Match choices from Match Day 13

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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 Bro…

Steven Caulker: A leading defender for the future?

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The 20-year-old Englishman has been one of many beneficiary’s under new boss Andre Villas-Boas’ reign as Tottenham boss. Since leaving his loan spell at Swansea last season, the Tottenham Hotspur academy graduate has been a starting defende…

Players of the week | Man of the Match from Match Day 11 Games

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Welcome to this week’s Player of the Week feature on EPLIndex.com where we choose a man of the match from each of the games played. This week it’s Match Day 11 in the Premier League. To view a match of your choice please scroll to the botto…

Players of the Week | Man of the Match picks from last week

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Previous1 of 10Next Navigate through pages using Next/Previous buttons It’s late this week but might turn out to be a good preview for this weekend’s matches! To navigate through each game please use the navigation quick links at the bottom…

Why Tom Huddlestone is 3rd choice in AVB’s line-up | Stats Comparison

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Tom Huddlestone is set to spend a large amount of the season on the sidelines as Scott Parker, Moussa Dembele and Sandro all continue their rehabilitation processes on following a range of different injuries. The Englishman has been used by Andre Villa…

The Dembele effect: Why Tottenham are missing Moussa | Stats Analysis

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A strong attacking start from Andre Villas-Boas’ squad has disguised the defensive flaws in the 35-year-old’s methods at Tottenham, where his patient and gradual style has led to a relaxed approach from the team, most notably at the cost o…

Premier League Players of the week for Match Day 9 | Player Stats

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Welcome to EPLIndex’s weekly article for players of the week. Each week we will be looking at every match in the Premier League and picking a Man of the Match from each of the games. You can use the quick links below to navigate through the match…

The Dynamic Duo Driving Spurs Success | Stats Comparison

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Totalling just two points from the opening three games of the season (with both points earned in disappointing home draws), the press seemed all too willing to put Tottenham Hotspur manager Andre Villa Boas under increasing scrutiny. Fleet Street favou…

Premier League’s Most Creative Defenders | Opta Stats Analysis

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The phenomenal Leighton Baines has inspired a post dedicated to the most creative defenders to ply their trade in the Barclays Premier League this term. We’ve take a look at a number of statistics including passing, dribbles attempted, chances …

Poachers | TOP Premier League Finishers | Stats Analysis

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Goal scoring is a skill. Players who can create something from nothing, providing a timely tally for their side, are frequently the difference between one and three points. Players like Robin van Persie — 92 chances created in 2011-12 season &#82…

England – A Case for Baines over Cole | Opta Stats Analysis

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An ankle injury to Ashley Cole means Leighton Baines is poised to win his tenth cap for his country in England’s World Cup qualifier against Moldova. In any normal circumstance this would be viewed as a chance to impress and [...]Written by Matt …

Moussa Dembele – More than a Modric Replacement? | Stats Analysis

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With the long awaited transfer of Luka Modric to Real Madrid finally completed last weekend, all eyes turned to who his replacement would be at Spurs. Having witnessed the first two games of the new season it is evident that [...]Written by Matt SwanMo…

David de Gea – Future United Legend | Statistically compared to rivals

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Signed for a British record fee for a goalkeeper at around £17 million, David de Gea joined Manchester United last season with an enviable reputation. He helped Athletico Madrid win both the UEFA Europa League 2009-2010 and the UEFA Super [...]Written…

Ledley King Tottenham’s Rock At The Back | Opta Stats Comparison

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Many Spurs fans believe that Ledley King would have gone on to be one of England’s finest centre halves if it wasn’t for his long-term knee problems that recently forced him to retire from the beautiful game. Even with his knee [...]Written by Jam…

Top Target: Joe Allen – Statistically Compared to Rivals

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It’s been reported that Liverpool are very close to signing or having a fee agreed for Joe Allen so we thought an analysis comparing Joe to rival midfielders would be of interest. Joe Allen is a player that Brendon Rodgers [...]Written by Anfield…

Premier League Midfield Enforcers | Statistical Comparison

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The holding midfielder has become a prominent role in the majority of sides in the Premier League. In our opinion the lack of a “midfield enforcer”, effectively, cost Manchester United the title last season. I’ve heard a lot of Manche…

David Silva Vs Juan Mata | Stats Comparison 2010-12

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Reading through a recent post published on EPL Index titled “Premier League 2011/12 – Top Creators & Their Positions”  the top 2 chance creators last season were David Silva and Juan Mata for Manchester City and Chelsea respectively. Ind…

Can Friedel Survive Villas-Boas at Tottenham? Compared to Petr Cech

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Brad Friedel is a survivor. The American international has started every Premier League match for his club side since the start of the 2004-05 season with Blackburn Rovers and holds the EPL record for most consecutive appearances – a run [...]Wri…

Gylfi Sigurdsson Joins Spurs | Stats Comparison to Spurs & LFC Players

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There was a lot of surprise that Gylfi Sigurdsson would choose to join Spurs over Liverpool as Gylfi’s previous manager, Brendon Rodgers, is now at the helm at Anfield. Everyone thought it was a foregone conclusion however Spurs have trumped [……

Everton – Steven Pienaar: Vital or Dispensable | Opta Stats

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For Everton and their fans, the sense of déjà vu gets stronger by the season. Another dysfunctional summer led to the customary slow start with Everton winning just five of their first 15 league games. Dismal defeats to Bolton and [...]Written by Luk…

EPL Reliance upon Clear-Cut Chances | Opta Stats Analysis

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Premier League strikers are usually judged on their goals scored per games ratio. However, thanks to Opta Stats, we’re now able to take the analysis further by analysing whether these goals were scored by easy chances put on a plate [...]Written …

Bale too direct for Swansea | Opta Stats

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Over the past few games, Gareth Bale has been tried in a number of positions by manager Harry Redknapp. He’s been seen on his preferred left-wing, running centrally behind the strikers and most noticeably (in a bad way…) on the [...]Written by Tom …