Tottenham Hotspur wide man Gareth Bale is among the many players being tipped for a possible transfer in the summer window.Here’s a breakdown of his numbers and a brief scouting guide to the Wales international, along with a few hints as to where he mi…
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Who Needs Strikers, Anyway?: Spurs v Southamption Tactical Analysis
There are some games that Tottenham have won this season that displayed what is frequently called a “winning mentality”. That drive and confidence that forces players on and up the pitch with the ball even when it seems like the footballing gods have no gifts to give you that day. Spurs have shown it time [...]
Stat Heaven: EA Sports Performance Index
As we enter the closing weeks of this Premier League season, fuel your pub knowledge with this week’s Stat Heaven, packed with so many decimal points we make Opta jealous.
Breaking Down Clint Dempsey’s Tottenham Stats This Season
As Clint Dempsey’s first season at Tottenham draws to a close and the summer transfer window nears, the American’s future at the club is in some doubt.Looking at the statistics of his season at Spurs, one can see why Dempsey’s place is in question.Demp…
The Future England Left-Back | Stats Comparison: Gibbs, Bertrand, Shaw & Rose
Ashley Cole has dominated the England left-back spot for many years, first breaking into the team against Albania in 2001, back when Sven was in charge. Wayne Bridge provided a little competition from 2002 until his last appearance in 2009. Since then we’ve seen Leighton Baines come into his own at Everton, being linked with [...]
The Future England Left-Back | Stats Comparison: Gibbs, Bertrand, Shaw & Rose
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Wigan Athletic 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 | Match Report & Stats
A much anticipated match at the DW stadium ended in a dismal 2-2 draw for Wigan and Spurs. Both teams urgently required that vital win however neither achieved the three points they so desperately needed as Wigan were looking to come clear out of the relegation zone and Tottenham were vying for the coveted 4th [...]
Wigan Athletic 2 Tottenham Hotspur 2 | Match Report & Stats
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EPL’s Under-rated Midfields | Tactical & Stats Comparison to Europe’s elite
Both West Brom and Southampton possess teams that are full of underrated or unheralded players. I have identified both as teams with criminally underrated players in the central midfield areas: Yacob and Mulumbu for West Brom; Cork and defensive stalwart Morgan Schneiderlin for Southampton. Within football circles all four players have impressed and we could well [...]
EPL’s Under-rated Midfields | Tactical & Stats Comparison to Europe’s elite
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Lewis Holtby: Breaking Down the Stats to See What the German Brings to Spurs
When Lewis Holtby transferred from Schalke to Tottenham for a transfer fee of just £1.5 million in January, the move was immediately lauded as a steal for the North London club.After all, the German was just 22 years old and had been showing…
The Rising Importance Of A Footballing Philosophy In The EPL
For the purposes of this article, a footballing philosophy is defined as: a set of beliefs about how football should be played on the field tactically. Football tactics are assumed to be that of the strategy(-ies) employed by a team to defend, attack and everything in between (the two transitions of losing the ball and winning the ball). The definition of [...]
The Rising Importance Of A Footballing Philosophy In The EPL
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How AVB Tinkered In All The Wrong Places Against Fulham
Although he denied that fatigue played a part in Tottenham’s languid performance as they lost 1-0 at home to Fulham this weekend, Villas-Boas probably knows deep down he’s telling white lies. After his side played two hours of intense end-to-end football against Inter Milan just a few days before this London derby, he made sweeping [...]
Spurs v Fulham: The Stats Don’t Lie
This afternoon’s match against Fulham at White Hart Lane probably constitutes, on paper, one of the easiest games left in Tottenham’s Premier League run. Why? The stats are so overwhelmingly in favour of Spurs, moreso than I’ve seen against any other club. Here’s a few. Spurs have the best record this season in London derbies, [...]
Gareth Bale V Theo Walcott | Ex-Saints Head 2 Head | Stats Comparison
This article is written in the light of former Southampton manager George Burley’s statement that he has always thought that Gareth Bale had greater potential than Theo Walcott. It surprised me that Mr. Burley said this after Bale struck into his present great form. Therefore, I compare the former Southampton talents to each other [...]
Gareth Bale V Theo Walcott | Ex-Saints Head 2 Head | Stats Comparison
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Premier League Form Guide Analysis | Manchester United, Spurs & City at Top
The Premier League table seems to take form after around ten games and not have many major changes throughout the season however the form guide is an interesting table to analyse every six games or so because of the radical changes that can occur. This season Manchester United have maintained the position of first or [...]
Premier League Form Guide Analysis | Manchester United, Spurs & City at Top
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Brilliant Bale at the Double | Comparison to Ronaldo at same age
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: Team Observations | Tactical Analysis
After last week’s look at Chelsea, Martin Lewis Tactically Analyses Tottenham Hotspur ahead of their game against Manchester United. Martin has included almost 30 Globall Coach images in this 3000 word article! A must read for all Spurs supporters (ensure you read all of the pages) – enjoy! Martin starts by looking at the team [...]
Tottenham Hotspur: Team Observations | Tactical Analysis
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Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (11/12)
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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Possession Football: How Spanish success changed the Premier League (09/10)
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)
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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2013 off to a bang
Happy New Year Spurs fans! I said at the start of the Christmas period before Tottenham were about to play Stoke City at home, that getting 10 points from the [...]
Brilliant Bale Destroys Villa | Player Stats Analysis
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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Deadly Defoe at the Double | Premier League Striker Stats Comparison
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…
How crucial is the first goal & the time of the first goal? | Stats
In this post I am looking at how often a team Win , Lose or Draw when scoring or conceding the first goal. I also want to look further into the time of the first goal so offer an info-graphic to show the time of the first goal in 15 minute bands. We …
Which Teams Take Advantage Of The Counter Attack The Most? | Stats Analysis
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 …
Premier League’s Top 5 Scorers, Creators, Passers & Tacklers so far!
As a preview to the Premier League’s return this weekend we’re going to be using our Opta Stats Centre to bring you the Top 5 Tacklers, Passers, Creators and scorers! Top Tacklers Mark Noble tops with the most attempted tackles however it …
The Dynamic Duo Driving Spurs Success | Stats Comparison
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…
Moussa Dembele – More than a Modric Replacement? | Stats Analysis
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…
Emmanuel Adebayor – The Profile
Name: Emmanuel Adebayor D.O.B: 26 February 1984 (28) Apps (Tottenham Hotspur): 37 Goals: 18 Apps (Total): 152 Goals: 44 Transfer fee: £5 million Nation: Togo Adebayor has never settled. After completing [...]
The Importance of Adebayor | Stats Comparison of Strikers From Top 6
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…
The Mercurial Luka Modric | Rival Play-Makers Compared Statistically
With Luka Modric seeming set to leave Tottenham in search of Champions League glory with Real Madrid, there has been plenty of discussion amongst Tottenham fans as to how important a player he is. I have been surprised to see [...]Written by Matt SwanT…
Gylfi Sigurdsson – The Profile
Name: Gylfi Sigurdsson D.O.B: 8 September 1989 (22) Apps (Swansea): 18 Goals: 7 Apps (Total): 130 Goals: 44 Transfer fee: £6.8 million Nation: Iceland Considering the former Reading player is [...]
Premier League Team of the Year 11/12 via Opta Stats | Part 3: Strikers
With our goalkeeper, defence and midfield already chosen for the Premier League team of the year (http://www.eplindex.com/14737/premier-league-team-year-1112-opta-stats-part-2-midfield.html) we now look at which two strikers made the line up and announ…
Premier League Team of the Year 11/12 via Opta Stats | Part 2: Midfield
The defence had already been chosen for the Premier League team of the year (http://www.eplindex.com/14552/premier-league-team-of-the-year-based-on-statistics-part-1-defence-opta-stats.html), but since then we have decided to change our scoring system …
Premier League Ultimate Team | Selected via Opta Stats Analysis
In my last piece: Premier League Ultimate Team: Defence we picked the goalkeeper and defenders for our Ultimate Team. We also established that we would pick a team based on a passing style of play and in a formation along the [...]Written by SMcCarthy…
Liverpool dominate & frustrate | EPL Striker Stats Comparison
“You drive for show but you putt for dough.” The quote, above, is by South African golfer Bobby Locke. You can bask in all the applause for a 300 yard drive off the tee, but there’ll be no one clapping [...]Written by Richard RobertsL…
Battle of N.London | Arsenal 5 Spurs 2
One of the best matches of the Premier League season ended 5-2, as Arsenal sensationally came back from two goals down to beat their North London rivals. It was an alarmingly open game, and not the first time this season [...]Written by Nishaad RaoBatt…