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Tottenham target Eze and 4 more Championship stars ready for Premier League football

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Tottenham target Eze and 4 more Championship stars ready for Premier League football Jarrod Bowen is the fourth best rated player in the Championship this season. The striker left Hull for West Ham in January having landed a WhoScored rating of 7.35 this season, enough to feature in the WhoScored Championship best XI of 2019/20 so far. The 23-year-old marked his first Premier League...

Joe Lolley interview on scapegoating footballers, finishing the season and Forest form

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Joe Lolley interview on scapegoating footballers, finishing the season and Forest form While the inactivity of the game itself continues and will do for the next month across Europe at least, it's been a big week of news in English football.From Liverpool announcing that they would furlough staff only to reverse their decision after a backlash from fans, to FA chairman Greg Clarke cla...

WhoScored speaks with Swansea captain Matt Grimes on promotion potential

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WhoScored speaks with Swansea captain Matt Grimes on promotion potential It was good to get the three points, and to carry that momentum through the Christmas period will be massive. Matt Grimes spoke candidly as WhoScored sat down with the Swansea captain this week. A 3-1 win over Middlesbrough on Saturday ended a six-match winless run to leave the team outside of the p...

Revealed: Just two Championship stars in August EFL Team of the Month

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Revealed: Just two Championship stars in August EFL Team of the Month To celebrate the fact that we have added English League One and League Two to our extensive statistical coverage, we’ve compiled an EFL Team of the Month for August, including those from the Championship.This is not a comparison between the leagues - in which the degree of quality obviously di...

Aston Villa back in the Premier League as unheralded stars step up

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Aston Villa back in the Premier League as unheralded stars step up After the heartache of a playoff final in which they failed to do themselves justice this time last year, Aston Villa were not in the mood to allow history to repeat itself.That defeat to Fulham was in stark contrast to the victory over Frank Lampard’s Derby, notably because star man Jack Grea...

Derby 0-1 Leeds: Rams must step up to avoid crashing out with whimper

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Derby 0-1 Leeds: Rams must step up to avoid crashing out with whimper While Marcelo Bielsa’s Leeds are a side capable of restricting their opponents to little by way of meaningful possession or chances, Derby looked completely out of ideas for much of their clash. After a strong start from Frank Lampard’s side it was the visitors who were in control for th...

Villa, Derby, West Brom and Leeds all feature in best rated Championship play-off XI

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Villa, Derby, West Brom and Leeds all feature in best rated Championship play-off XI With the upcoming Championship semi-finals in mind, we take a look at the highest rated XI of those teams taking part, and it makes for an impressive lineup.As one might expect, Leeds are represented more than their competitors having finished third, while Derby, who only secured a top-six spot on t...

Grealish stars as big names miss out on Championship team of the season

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Grealish stars as big names miss out on Championship team of the season As the announce their Championship team of the season, we at WhoScored.com unveil our highest rated XI of the campaign, with some big names missing out on a place in the side.Unsurprisingly Norwich, Sheffield United, Leeds and in-form Aston Villa are all represented, but there are also spots in the ...

Seven worthy candidates for Championship signing of the season

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Seven worthy candidates for Championship signing of the season There have been some outstanding performers in the Championship this season, and just how many of those have been new signings is quite remarkable as we approach the end of the campaign.Indeed, half of the top 14 players in England’s second tier according to WhoScored.com ratings only arrived ...

The Championship run-in round up: What’s at stake and for whom?

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The Championship run-in round up: What’s at stake and for whom? With just eight games remaining in the regular Championship season for the majority of sides, as is customary in England’s second tier all is still to play for.We run through the teams involved in the battles for the key positions in the table, which only leaves a handful now coasting to the c...