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League Focus: How Premier League Teams Fare When Falling Behind

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League Focus: How Premier League Teams Fare When Falling Behind There were some contrasting but equally unsurprising outcomes from the weekend's Premier League action. Leicester came from two goals behind to steal a point against Southampton while Aston Villa, having fallen behind for the 8th successive league match, failed to salvage anything after gifting Chel...

Match Report: 'Solid' Chelsea Display Leaves Villa in Desperate Position

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Match Report: 'Solid' Chelsea Display Leaves Villa in Desperate Position Despite Chelsea's recent woes it was a predictable outcome at Stamford Bridge on Saturday as they ran out 2-0 winners against Tim Sherwood’s struggling Villa side. It was a game that won’t live long in the memory but one that Jose Mourinho will be hoping can reverse his team’s fort...

Match Focus: Managers Under Fire as Chelsea Host Villa

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Match Focus: Managers Under Fire as Chelsea Host Villa There's little question as to the real high pressure game of the weekend with regards to the opposing managers at least. Aston Villa find themselves 4 points adrift of safety in the bottom three, with under-fire Tim Sherwood leading his side to Stamford Bridge this Saturday.Jose Mourinho's job is al...

Team Focus: Are Doubters of Sherwood's Tactical Nous Being Vindicated?

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Team Focus: Are Doubters of Sherwood's Tactical Nous Being Vindicated? The season started so well for Aston Villa. After a summer of comings and goings, with the likes of Idrissa Gana, Jordan Veretout and Jordan Amavi arriving at Villa Park in the wake of Christian Benteke’s big money move to Liverpool, fans were confident of bettering their 17th-placed finish la...

Player Focus: Amavi Rapidly Emerging as Villa Fan Favourite

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Player Focus: Amavi Rapidly Emerging as Villa Fan Favourite Three of Europe’s finest young left-backs moved on to pastures new over the summer. Baba Rahman secured a big money switch to Premier League champions Chelsea during the transfer window, while Layvin Kurzawa swapped Monaco for PSG. Then there was Jordan Amavi, who like Kurzawa departed the Fre...

League Focus: WhoScored Staff Premier League Predictions

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League Focus: WhoScored Staff Premier League Predictions CHAMPIONSMartin Laurence: Chelsea The Blues' may have had a quiet summer so far but you couldn't really expect much from them in the window after such a dominant season last time out. It will be much tighter this time around, with little to choose between City, Arsenal and United, but I expect Hazar...

Team Focus: Villa Sufficiently Replacing Key Midfield Departures

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Team Focus: Villa Sufficiently Replacing Key Midfield Departures Fabian Delph’s U-turn on his initial decision to remain at Aston Villa left supporters rather disappointed, to say the least. The Englishman effectively promised to remain at the club ahead of the new season, before securing a switch to title-chasing Manchester City. Sentimentally and from a f...

Player Focus: Austin Deserving of a Second Chance in the Premier League

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Player Focus: Austin Deserving of a Second Chance in the Premier League Of all the players relegated from the Premier League last term, many would have expected Charlie Austin to have remained in England’s top tier beyond the end of the campaign. The Englishman was one of the surprise packages in his debut season in England’s top division, netting a notewort...

Player Focus: Villa Must Line Up Alternatives to Inconsistent Adebayor

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Player Focus: Villa Must Line Up Alternatives to Inconsistent Adebayor Given his importance to Aston Villa maintaining their status as a Premier League outfit over the past three seasons, the task at hand for Tim Sherwood in replacing Christian Benteke may prove the most difficult and decisive for any manager this summer.The Midlands outfit are set to be without four f...

Player Focus: Is Christian Benteke Worth the Risk for Liverpool?

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Player Focus: Is Christian Benteke Worth the Risk for Liverpool? There has been a level of scepticism about the £32.5milion transfer of Christian Benteke to Liverpool that feels a touch surprising. The 24-year old is, on the face of it, just the profile of player Liverpool need to be signing: a striker who has scored goals consistently who has the potential...