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Who is the best Premier League right-back? | Stats Comparison

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When you’re sitting in the pub with your mates, picking your favourites of the Premier League, the one position that has to be the hardest to choose a winner for is the right-back. It is not in any way as easy as left-back, with Ashley Cole usually taking that spot, and Leighton Baines coming through [...]

Who is the best Premier League right-back? | Stats Comparison

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Top Counter Attacking Teams This Season | Opta Stats Analysis

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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 …

What if half-time didn’t exist… | Premier League Stats Analysis

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As I get older I am finding that I am becoming less interested in the players at clubs and much more interested in the managers.  What do they do?  Are they worth the money?  Are they actually needed at all? Once the team is picked and the tactics discussed, is there anything that a manager [...]

What if half-time didn’t exist… | Premier League Stats Analysis

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How efficient is your team at crossing? Premier League Crossing Stats

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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 [...]

How efficient is your team at crossing? Premier League Crossing Stats

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How well does your team convert chances? Premier League Stats Comparison

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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 [...]

How well does your team convert chances? Premier League Stats Comparison

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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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Tottenham Hotspur 2 Newcastle United 1 | Match Summary Stats

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The Gareth Bale show continued as he scored in three consecutive Premier League games for the first time in his career. Bale now has ten goals in his last twelve Premier League starts. Imagine how dangerous Tottenham would be with an in-form striker as…

Premier League Players of the Week | Top Passers, Creators & Goal-Scorers!

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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 [...]

Premier League Players of the Week | Top Passers, Creators & Goal-Scorers!

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How Have Sides Fared Against Top and Bottom Half Teams So Far?

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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 wh…

Dribbling Wizardry: Premier League 2012-13 so far | Stats Analysis

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Dribbling is a much-admired skill in football. The best in the game are fixed into the history of the sport: players like Stanley Matthews, George Best and Diego Maradona are remembered for their almost superhuman ability to leave defenders trailing in…

Which team creates & converts the most Clear Cut Chances? | Stats Analysis

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This article takes a look at which teams are creating the most clear-cut chances this season; which teams make the most of these chances; and which teams are the most reliant on clear-cut chances to score their goals. A clear-cut chance can be defined as a situation where a player should reasonably be expected to [...]

Which team creates & converts the most Clear Cut Chances? | Stats Analysis

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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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Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (11/12)

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Looking at last season’s data, we can see what seems like a radical change when we compare the graph with that of four years previous. The ‘tail’ of the correlation has disappeared completely and the entire line seems to be moving towards something more linear. This is the effect of teams such as Wigan, and more [...]

Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (11/12)

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How Well Does Your Team “Fightback” When Conceding 1st? I Stats Analysis

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The phrase “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” is certainly appropriate when discussing football data at a time when data is now readily available to the public should they be inclined to look at it. Manchester City have tried to raise the bar by offering data in the hope that [...]

How Well Does Your Team “Fightback” When Conceding 1st? I Stats Analysis

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Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (09/10)

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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 [...]

Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (09/10)

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Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (08/09)

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Four years ago Spain used a possession-based philosophy to win Euro 2008. Since then, Spain and Barcelona have been the dominant forces in world and European football, with much of their success attributed to this style. Two footballing clichés seem to underpin this. Firstly, that possession is ‘Nine Tenths of the Law’. Secondly, that over the [...]

Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (08/09)

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An Analysis of late goals in the Premier League

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In this article I am looking at the late goals in the EPL as historically more goals are scored 76-FT then any other time range. Currently there have been 124 goals scored 76-FT making up 20.8% of total goals and 2011 this was 22.3% and 2010 it was 23….

A review of final third passing data | Stats Analysis

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I wrote a few weeks ago about the correlation between goals and final third passing and I think it would be a good time to review the current data as we come to the end of the year. If you look at the table at the bottom of the page you will see that M…

The Dirtiest Teams In The Premier League | Stats Analysis

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Several teams in the Premier League have been branded as ‘dirty’ teams over the years, but which teams actually deserve the title of ‘dirtiest’ this season? We take a look at which teams have committed the most fouls this season, as well as which teams have received the most yellow cards. We have also looked [...]

The Dirtiest Teams In The Premier League | Stats Analysis

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How important is the time of the first goal? | Stats Analysis

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I thought it would be interesting to review the games which took place on 29th and 30th of December, focussing on the time of the first goal. In six of these games the first goal was scored by the away side within the first 20 minutes; of the other fou…

Set plays & long balls | Newcastle stats compared to the Premier League

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A sullen first half or so of the season doesn’t look to be getting any brighter for Newcastle United – the 2-1 defeat to Fulham continuing Alan Pardew’s record of never coming from behind in a league game as Newcastle United manager, leaving the Toon with just 17 points after 16 games and 2 points [...]

Set plays & long balls | Newcastle stats compared to the Premier League

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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…

Newcastle United | A creativity comparison with Premier League rivals

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I think we can all admit that Newcastle haven’t exactly set the league alight this season! Following on from the successes of last season and attempting to show further progress was always going to be a tough ask. But, few would have predicted that t…

Long Ball Analysis in the Premier League – Part 2 | Stats Analysis

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The first part of this article was published after 6 games had been played in the Premier League – you can click here on the article titled: Long Ball in the Premier League (with no mention of Madrid or Barca) - part 2 is below. Long Ball Analys…

Which Teams Take Advantage Of The Counter Attack The Most? | Stats Analysis

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To be able to hit the opposition on the counter attack when you are being penned back is an important skill to have as a team in the Premier League. If a team can go up the other end at pace and get a shot on goal it is very hard for the opposition to …

A look at AVB after 10 games in charge at Spurs

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White Hart Lane has been home to a poisonous atmosphere this season. Boos were heard at half time in the very first home game of the season, when Spurs were unable to take the lead against West Brom. These boos were heard again against Norwich, and wer…

Has Your Team Improved This Season? | Points and Goals Analysis

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This article looks at how well all of the Premier League teams (apart from the promoted sides) have done so far this season by looking at how many points they have taken, how many goals they have scored, and how many goals they have conceded, compared …

EPL Form Guide Analysis | Chelsea, Spurs Impress & Curious Case of LFC

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With seven games gone in the 2012/13 Premier League we thought we’d analyse the current form guide to see which teams are in winning streaks and losing streaks. We’ll also look at the minor differences in the Form Guide and Premier League t…

EPLIndex Statistical Team of the Week: Round 6 Premier League

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Better late than never but here it is – EPLIndex’s Team of the Week using the EPLIndex.com’s Stats Centre (Subscribe for Access to the EPLIndex Stats Centre) A 4-3-3 Formation – here’s the reasoning for choosing this team!…

Long Ball in the Premier League (With no mention of Madrid or Barca) | Stats

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Earlier this week, Neil Ashton of the Daily Mail wrote an article that was errrr a little lacking in context, to say the least. The article looked at statistics that Ashton believed would show that West Ham weren’t a long ball team, as they only us…

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…

Newcastle 2 Spurs 1 | Stats and Tactical Analysis

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Newcastle started the 2012/13 season with a home fixture against Spurs. Newcastle started in a 4-4-2 formation with arguably their first choice team, bar missing captain Coloccini, who was injured in pre-season. New Spurs manager, Andre Villas-Boas had…

Who are the “dirtiest” players & teams in the EPL? Stats Comparison

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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 [...]…

Swansea City – A lovely, lovely team | Stats comparison to EPL Top 6

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“Everyone knows the style of football Swansea play and it suits my way of thinking” Michael Laudrup Much has been written recently about Michael Laudrup and Swansea City since his appointment as manager of the Welsh side. Perhaps amidst the […..

The Importance of Adebayor | Stats Comparison of Strikers From Top 6

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With two weeks to go until Tottenham face their season opener up at Newcastle, to say we are lightweight up front is an understatement. The only recognised strikers on the books are Jermain Defoe and the youngster Harry Kane. While [...]Written by Matt…