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Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Top Rated Centre-Backs

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Stats Analysis: WhoScored's Top Rated Centre-Backs WhoScored continues our series of articles, as we rundown the top five players per position across Europe’s main five leagues. We’ve had a look at the goalkeepers and full-backs in the past, so this time round it’s time to turn our attentions to the centre-backs. It’s a Serie...

Player Focus: Another Hat Trick For Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic?

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Player Focus: Another Hat Trick For Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic? The three midweek fixtures in Serie A on Wednesday meant that finally the league table had parity restored as all the matches cancelled due to bad weather were played at last. This provides us with, after weeks of various teams having games-in-hand, an opportunity to assess where the clubs sit with ...

Player Focus: Does Kaká Have A Place in the Same Side as Özil?

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Player Focus: Does Kaká Have A Place in the Same Side as Özil? Real Madrid's 5-0 win over Espanyol on Sunday night was unremarkable in many ways. It was Real's 12th win in 13 home league games and the 14th time they've scored four or more goals this season, but one standout point was the fabulous performance of Kaká.The Brazilian playmaker hasn't had the...

Player Focus: Martin Harnik (Stuttgart)

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Player Focus: Martin Harnik (Stuttgart) VfB Stuttgart will be content with their season at this stage with a place in the UEFA Europa League well within their reach, if they can maintain their excellent current form in the Bundesliga.Stuttgart currently sit in eighth place after 24 matches but with a gap of just four points separating the...

Stats Analysis: Premier League's Gulitiest Culprits - Big Chances Missed

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Stats Analysis: Premier League's Gulitiest Culprits - Big Chances Missed In the Premier League this weekend we may have witnessed one of the misses of the season as QPR's Akos Buszaky struck a post with the goal gaping from all of 5 yards. At WhoScored we don't like to heap misery on any one player who has had the misfortune to make such a gaffe, so we have focused on 6 ...

Player Focus: Etienne Capoue (Toulouse)

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Player Focus: Etienne Capoue (Toulouse) In the aftermath of France’s 2-1 victory over Germany last week in Bremen the stories coming out of the France camp were that, realistically, 20 places for Les Bleus Euro 2012 squad have already been filled. One guaranteed pick is that of 21-year old Yann M’Vila as Laurent Blanc seems se...

Stats Analysis: Premier League Penalty Woes - Keepers on Top

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Stats Analysis: Premier League Penalty Woes - Keepers on Top In the Premier League this weekend there were two crucial penalties misses, or, if you're of an Arsenal or Sunderland persuasion, crucial penalties saves in huge games for the respective sides. Wojciech Szczesny's double save to deny Dirk Kuyt would eventually help earn Arsenal a win at Anfield, whi...

Match Analysis: Youthful Spurs Midfield Undone by United’s Young Gunner

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Match Analysis: Youthful Spurs Midfield Undone by United’s Young Gunner Manchester United's clinical nature in front of goal won through in today's top three clash at White Hart Lane, with the reigning champions running out far from comfortable 3-1 winners.Alex Ferguson's side have had the ruthlessness in front of goal that has seen them win 19 top flight titles in the ...

Player Focus: Hugo Campagnaro - From Nightmare To Neapolitan Dream

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Player Focus: Hugo Campagnaro - From Nightmare To Neapolitan Dream At first glance there was very little significance about the sixty-sixth minute goal. A defender tapping in at the far post to give a Champions League contender and title hopeful a 2-1 lead away to one of Serie A’s minnows is about as routine as it gets. Yet as Napoli’s Hugo Campagnaro w...

Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Defenders

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Stats Analysis: Europe's Best All-Round Defenders The art of defending can come in many forms. It can be made into a simple one, as it is at clubs such as Stoke, with the 'put head/body in way' approach paying dividends in the most part, though the classic all-round defender is lost to many these days. With defensive partnerships meaning that one p...