This has been the lowest scoring start to a Premier League season for over a decade. A greater competitive edge, due to heavy investment in the upper and lower echelons of the League, seems to be the most obvious reason for the average goal-rate being so markedly down. Look at […]
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The evening kick off this Saturday sees this season’s unlikely frontrunners, Arsenal and Liverpool, come head to head in North London at the Emirates Stadium. Only nudged down to 3rd place by Chelsea on goal difference, Brendan Rogers’ Liverpool will look at this away game as a fantastic opportunity to […]
As the FA of England still celebrates it’s 150th centenary year, the most commonly played fixture in English football History is meetings between Aston Villa and Everton, this Saturday afternoon being the 215th. This game usually promises goals as well as entertainment; the five previous Premier League meetings have seen […]
Sunday’s early afternoon kick-off sees the two very organised outfits of Stoke City and Norwich City come head to head at the Britannia Stadium. Norwich’s third consecutive season in the top flight since promotion in 2011 will mean a fifth League meeting between the clubs in two years, the previous […]
Everton look to continue their unbeaten start to the season this Saturday afternoon with a trip to East London to face Sam Allardyce’s robust West Ham side. The Toffee’s have kept a clean sheet in 6 of their previous 8 Premier League matches, and have crucially not conceded in their […]
Saturday’s tea-time kick off at Villa Park sees Paul Lambert’s vibrant Aston Villa host Liverpool in what should be a highly entertaining contest. Both sides like to attack with speedy incisive passing moves; as witnessed when Villa counter-attacked Arsenal last weekend in their 3-1 win, and when the teams met […]
We could be in for a genuine Premier League title race involving more than two clubs for the first time since the mid-1980’s. Although, we did say this last year after Chelsea had been crowned European Champions and Man United had wrestled the title back from their Sky Blue neighbours. […]
This Friday night sees an exciting match-up between two of South America’s most talented teams as Argentina take on Colombia in World Cup qualifying. The South American section (CONMEBOL) is an eleven team league where the four highest placed nations qualify automatically for next year’s tournament and the fifth must […]
With Wigan now the first ever team to win the FA Cup and be relegated in the same season, the final day drama of this Sunday’s Premier League fixture list, which promised so much a few weeks ago, now has a very underwhelming look to it. There will be no […]
Demba Ba’s well taken volley against Manchester United proved to be the difference on Easter Monday, as Chelsea booked their place into the last four of the competition. The Blues will face Manchester City in just over a week’s time, but manager Rafa Benitez must manage his squad well over […]
Aston Villa’s fight against relegation continues this weekend as they look complete their third successive Premier League victory. The struggling midland club have found their best form in recent weeks, after recording two consecutive wins for the first time in the 2012/13 League campaign. This Sunday’s visitors to Villa Park […]
We have an International break underway at present, with the entire world’s top flight divisions suspended until the weekend beginning 31st March. European World Cup qualifiers make up half the fixture list, while Africa and South America roughly make up the rest of the games. With around fifty competitive matches […]
The previous ten encounters between Manchester United and Chelsea (in all competitions) have produced 41 goals, an average of 4.1 goals per game. This weekend they meet at Old Trafford in the FA Cup quarter-final, and if it resembles anything like their last meeting in a cup competition (a 9 […]
In today’s world of elaborate statistical analysis, football is one of many fields to have grown exponentially since the rise of the internet, with organisations such as Opta and Prozone providing valuable information for professional managers and betting punters alike. It was refreshing this week to hear the Tottenham Hotspur […]
England’s two richest clubs will face off against each other this Sunday in the mid-afternoon match at the City of Manchester stadium. The visitors, Chelsea, have scored 16 goals in their previous 6 Premier League outings, while hosts, Man City, have registered an average of 2.2 goals per game at […]