Monthly Archives: January 2011

Serie A Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is the second installment of the statistics for games through this past weekend in Serie A. As expected, possession remains an important statistic for determining at the top. It does seem to pinpoint Inter’s struggles being at both ends

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Ligue 1 Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

This is a little late for December, but here are the statistics through January 9th for France’s Ligue 1. As far as some trends, it does seem possession is the most telling statistic as the top offensive and defensive effectiveness

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FIFA Announces End Of The Year Awards

FIFA announced their awards for 2010 including the FIFA Ballon D’or that combined the Ballon D’or and FIFA World Player Of The Year awards into a single award. Here is a complete list of the winners. FIFA Ballon D’or: Lionel

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FA Cup Fourth Round Draw

The draw for the Fourth Round of the FA Cup is out an there are some interesting match-ups with Everton vs. Chelsea the top game of the round. Here is a complete list of the match-ups which will take place

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Liverpool Lose On Kenny Daglish’s Return

The return of Kenny Dalglish went about as badly as one could have imagined. They conceded a penalty, albeit a very very soft one, that saw them behind after only two minutes. However, the game was ended as a contest

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Roy Hodgson Leaves Liverpool

The big news before the FA Cup started today was the exit of Roy Hodgson as manager of Liverpool. The exit comes after a terrible run including a 3-1 loss to Blackburn in the midweek. Kenny Dalglish takes over as

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FA Cup Third Round: Arsenal Held While Sunderland & Newcastle Fall

The FA Cup 3rd Round got started this weekend and there were a couple surprises with Arsenal almost falling short against Leeds before getting a late penalty to send the game to a replay. Premier League teams Sunderland and Newscastle

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Weekend Watch List: FA Cup 3rd Round

The French and German leagues (although the French has cup action) are still not back but the other three big leagues are back up and running. Here is a shortened list of the top games from the weekend including the

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Premier League Recap: United Rivals Drop Points

It was a great round of games for Manchester United as they won while the rest of the top five were unable to secure victories. The big game from the round was Arsenal hosting Manchester City, but the shock result

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Manchester United Grind Out Victory Against Stoke

It wasn’t pretty, but United maintained top spot with a 2-1 victory against Stoke City. Goals from Chicharito and Nani sandwiched an equalizer from Dean Whitehead. However, Manchester United were dominant throughout the game and really should have put the

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