League Focus: The Premier League Opening Fixtures Analysed
by Ben McAleer
at Wednesday, Jun 19 2013 15:40
With the Premier League fixtures now released, planning ahead to the 2013/14 season can begin. While the new campaign may not kick off for another 59 days, excitement levels are now beginning to rise as supporters of each respective team study their opponents and plan each three points that can be w...
League Focus: Differing Styles of Europe's Top 5 Leagues
by Alistair Tweedale
at Monday, Jun 10 2013 16:36
After barnstorming wins for Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund set up an all German Champions League final this season, much was made of the decline of Real Madrid and Barcelona, and indeed the rise of the Bundesliga. It was also only the second season out of the last nine without an English team i...
League Focus: The Premier League Team of the Season
by Alistair Tweedale
at Monday, May 20 2013 17:42
The Premier League has finally reached its rather anticlimactic end. Manchester United have long since been crowned champions, QPR and Reading were relegated weeks ago, Arsenal pipped Spurs to Champions League football, again, and Liverpool underachieved, again. Arguably the biggest surprise was tha...
Team Focus: The Preference To Pass To The Right
by Ben McAleer
at Friday, May 17 2013 17:12
As the domestic campaign in each respective league across Europe draws to an end, teams will naturally look at where to strengthen over the summer.For the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester City and Borussia Dortmund - each of whom finished second in their respective league having won the title last s...
Player Focus: Is Marouane Fellaini Good Enough For Manchester United?
by Ben McAleer
at Monday, May 13 2013 13:00
When Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed his intention to step down from his role with Manchester United at the end of the season, it was understandable to see the outpour of emotion from the footballing family, even from those that do not support the Manchester side.A career spanning 26 years at a single c...
League Focus: Is Serie A Still The Most Defensive League In Europe?
by Ben McAleer
at Monday, Apr 29 2013 17:20
In the 1960's, Inter Milan were highly revered as the greatest defensive team in world football. At the forefront of the Nerazzurri's success was Helanio Herrara. The Argentine moved from Barcelona to Italy after two rewarding years in Spain before he was forced out of the Camp Nou following several...
Premier League Focus: March Round-up & Team of the Month
by Martin Laurence
at Tuesday, Apr 2 2013 17:21
The Premier League entered its penultimate month of action over Easter and in this piece we'll take a look back at the top performers in March.We start with the team of the month based on our unique statistical ratings, with only those to have started over half of their respective side's league game...
Fantasy Football Tipster: Gameweek 31
by Martin Laurence
at Thursday, Mar 28 2013 16:29
After a long international break WhoScored's fantasy football tipster is back in full swing with this week's suggested XI ahead of match week 31. We line up in a 4-3-3 this time round, with a number of stand out statistics to consider when making your selections ahead of this weekend.Jan MuchaIt's f...
Fantasy Football Tipster: Gameweek 30
by Martin Laurence
at Friday, Mar 15 2013 13:23
Match Week 29 Round-upThere may have been only 6 games last weekend but there were still some standout performances in the Premier League. An unexpected double from Tottenham centre-back Jan Vertonghen earned the Belgian a leading WhoScored rating for the weekend of 9.67. His compatriot Christian Be...
Premier League Focus: Team Goal Times - Scored & Conceded
by Martin Laurence
at Thursday, Feb 28 2013 17:27
Many have all but written off any hopes of City catching United in the Premier League title race and if Ferguson's side do go on to win at the canter most expect them to, it could end up coming down to the way they've started matches this season, or perhaps more fittingly the way that City haven't.H...