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Weekend Watch List: Domestic Leagues Are Back

After a somewhat dull break of international games, all of the domestic leagues are back which is a relief. There are a lot of good games this weekend especially in Germany. Here is a look at the top games from

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English Premier League: Gameweek 4 I Know The Score

The Premier League returns this weekend with everybody chasing Chelsea in the table. The top game of the weekend is Everton vs. Manchester United. Arsenal vs. Bolton could be interesting as well given the battles they have had in the

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Premier League Transfers To Watch

The transfer window closed during the international break, so this will be the first chance for a lot of players to play for their new teams. Here is a look at some of the big names that will be making

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A Look At The Euro Qualifiers

Qualifying for the European Championships in 2012 got started last week and enters its second round of games tomorrow. The match-ups in these groups are not all that enticing and for the most part, the favorites all held on for

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Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies For The Premier League

Here is the fifth and final of my league wide offensive and defensive efficiencies. In this final one, I will take a look at the Premier League. Given there have only been three games, there may not be a whole

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Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies For Bundesliga And Ligue 1

Yesterday, I posted the efficiencies for Italy and Spain. I will post them for Germany and France here. Germany again will be a list as they have only played two games, but I will give a little bit of analysis

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Offensive and Defensive Effeciency For La Liga And Serie A

Last year I calculated the offensive and defensive efficiencies for the Premier League. This year I have decided to do this for England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France. I will try to do these at the end of each month.

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Premier League Teams Announce 25-Man Squads

This day seemed a lot more exciting than it really was. There were very few surprises with the only player of major note that was omitted from the squads was Jonathan Woodgate from Tottenham, which had to happen in order

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Transfer Window Closes With A Couple Big Moves

It was an active final day of the transfer window but most of the moves were small. The big moves of the day were Robinho moving from Manchester City to AC Milan and Sunderland getting Ghanian Asamoah Gyan from Rennes

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Atletico Madrid 4, Sporting Gijon 0: Atleti Start Season Impressively

Atletico were coming off an impressive 2-0 victory over Inter Milan in the UEFA Super Cup and they could have taken Sporting Gijon too lightly. However, they started the season impressively as they defeated the northern Spanish side 4-0 behind

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