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Player Focus: Pantilimon the Premier League's Goalkeeping MVP Over De Gea & Co.

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Player Focus: Pantilimon the Premier League's Goalkeeping MVP Over De Gea & Co. It wasn't quite the great escape we witnessed last season but Sunderland have done it again, avoiding the drop ahead of the final day of the season after what looked likely to be a troubling end to the campaign. The Wearsiders certainly have Dick Advocaat to thank for arresting their slump of just 1...

Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared

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Player Focus: How the Premier League's January Signings Have Fared Signing for a new team in January is always tough. Managers largely have their best team in place and, if a side has gained a head of steam following the hectic festive period, a starting XI is unlikely to change. However, the lack of activity in the January transfer window meant that the few new ad...

Player Focus: United Would be Wise to Cut Van Persie Ties This Summer

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Player Focus: United Would be Wise to Cut Van Persie Ties This Summer Much was made of Manchester United’s strike force when Falcao joined last summer. After a hugely underwhelming 2013/14 campaign by United’s usual high standards, the acquisition of the Colombian, coupled with the signings of Ander Herrera, Luke Shaw and Ángel Di María, had ...

Premier League Quiz - Gameweek 37

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Premier League Quiz - Gameweek 37// Premier League Quiz - Gameweek 37Q1: Aston Villa became the sixth team to have a hat-trick scored against them this season but who are the only team to have been on the wrong end of an opposition treble more than once? QPR Sunderland LeicesterQ2: Leandro Bacuna...

Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored

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Team Focus: The Correlation Between Shots Per Game and Goals Scored One of the stranger conclusions of Charles Reep, the first man in Britain to take seriously the collation of football data was that, as teams scored, on average, with one in nine shots, they should shoot more, even if that meant taking almost indiscriminate pot-shots from 40 yards. Even if it didn&r...

Match Report: Defeat at Spurs Leaves Toothless Hull on the Brink of Relegation

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Match Report: Defeat at Spurs Leaves Toothless Hull on the Brink of Relegation Back-to-back wins over Crystal Palace and Liverpool had given Hull hope of avoiding relegation, but defeats to Arsenal and Burnley prior to Saturday left them in the mire as they made the trip to the capital. Steve Bruce's side had overcome just one of the current top-10 sides this season coming int...

Player Focus: Kolarov Taking Chance to Nail Down City Starting Berth

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Player Focus: Kolarov Taking Chance to Nail Down City Starting Berth There’s no denying that Sergio Agüero is the Premier League’s in-form frontman at this current time. It was something of a travesty that the Argentine was overlooked for a PFA Player of the Year nomination, while many felt that striker at least warranted a place in the team of the y...

Match Report: Young the Star as Manchester United Defeat Battling Palace

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Match Report: Young the Star as Manchester United Defeat Battling Palace The race for the fourth and final Champions League spot in England's top tier before today was one that had the potential to go down to the final game of the season. Manchester City and Arsenal are effectively guaranteed a return to Europe's elite competition, with Manchester United and Liverpool in...

League Focus: The Battle to Stave Off Relegation

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League Focus: The Battle to Stave Off Relegation May is always a month to look forward to for the British public. The days are longer, the evenings brighter and the weather warmer with summer just around the corner. For teams at the wrong end of the Premier League table, however, May can be a month of despair in a battle to secure top-flight safet...

Premier League Quiz - 08/05/2015

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Premier League Quiz - 08/05/2015 Think you can get all 5 in this week's Premier League quiz? Test yourself ahead of the weekend......