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La Liga: xG vs GF – Analysing Team Performance

La Liga has kicked off in some style, as the best clubs in Spain battle for the prestigious league title. Here we have a chart of every La Liga club comparing their xG (expected goals) vs GF (goals for), up to matchday 5. Also read: The Spanish Take: La Liga Roundup Matchday 5 Celta Vigo […]
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Transfer Window Ranking: Arsenal

With the transfer window slamming shut earlier this month, we’ve had time to sit back and analyse all the moves made by the top 6 teams in their attempt to their squad & challenge for honours. Here’s our ranking for Arsenal. Also read: Transfer Window Ranking: Spurs Arrivals: Gabriel Jesus (£45m) Fabio Viera (£34m) Oleksandr […]
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Transfer Window Ranking: Spurs

With the transfer window slamming shut earlier this month, we’ve had time to sit back and analyse all the moves made by the top 6 Premier League teams in their attempt to bolster their squad & challenge for honours. Here’s our ranking for Spurs. Also read: The Spanish Take: La Liga Roundup Gameweek 5 Arrivals: […]
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The Spanish Take: La Liga Roundup Matchday 5

Valverde’s wonder strike sees Madrid maintain their perfect record, Barca game overshadowed by a medical emergency, and Atleti bounce back from the draw in style. With the lack of Premier League action this week, a lot more eyes were on the La Liga action this weekend as Prem fans look for their football fix elsewhere. […]
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Other Leagues Watch – Bundesliga(GW 6), Serie A(GW 6), Ligue 1(GW 7) 2022/23

No Premier League? No problem. The German, Italian, and French leagues produced some absolute crackers during the weekend in the absence of English football to satiate the thirst of football fans worldwide. We take a look at the most exciting games from gameweeks 6 of the Bundesliga and Serie A, and gameweek 7 of Ligue […]
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Liverpool Create Unwanted Record For English Clubs With Loss Against Napoli

In their 4-1 defeat at the hands of Napoli in their first game of the new Champions League season, Jurgen Klopp’s side faced the heaviest ever defeat a Premier League side has faced since Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat against Inter Milan. Also, this was Liverpool’s joint biggest defeat in this competition’s history. The game underwent the […]
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Since Raphael Meade vs Panathinaikos In September 1981, Arsenal’s Marquinhos Creates New Record

After scoring Arsenal’s opening goal against FC Zurich in their first game in the Europa League this season, Marquinhos became the first player since Meade to score on his European debut. This goal is not just huge for Marquinhos but is massive for Arteta and Arsenal as the worry about the lack of depth in […]
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UCL: Top Performers Of UCL Matchday 1

The UEFA Champions League kicked off in midweek, and boy was it an exciting round of games. Europe’s premier club competition returned with a lot of surprising results and upsets. Here are our picks for the top performing players, teams, and managers from matchday 1. Also read: UCL Watch: Top Games To Watch From UCL […]
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The Ultimate xG Resource – What Is xG? Understanding xG, Misconceptions, Variance & Use Of xG

When it comes to analysing football matches, teams, and players, xG plays a significant role in estimating team performance based on probability. xG was first introduced by Opta’s Sam Green in 2012 and has expanded going into much more detail as a tool of analysis in the last decade. Nowadays, xG has become a vital point […]
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Analyzing Thomas Tuchel’s Record vs Former Chelsea Bosses Conte, Sarri & Lampard

We breakdown and crunch the numbers as we analyze and compare the performances of the recently-sacked former Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel, and other former managers of the Blues since Antonio Conte’s appointment in 2016, that include managers Maurizio Sarri and Frank Lampard as well. In the chart below, we analyse Tuchel vs the other three […]
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