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Liverpool 0-2 Arsenal Passes 1. Mikel Arteta 87/92 – 94.6% 2. Joe Allen 69/74 – 93.2% 3. Santiago Cazorla 65/72 – 90.3% 4. Abou Diaby 58/64 – 90.6% 5. Glen Johnson 56/67 – 83.6% Liverpool 473/522 – 87% Arsenal 413/491 – 84% Attaching Third Passes 1. Glen Johnson 21/30 – 70% 2. Steven Gerrard 21/25 […]
Liverpool v Arsenal 13:30 • Liverpool came close to victory over reigning champions Manchester City after a very promising performance made up for their opening weekend defeat to West Brom • New signing Joe Allen was prominent throughout, and covered the most ground among the Liverpool players with 6.78 miles • That makes Allen’s performance […]
West Ham v Fulham – 12:45 • After a promising start to the season with a 1-0 victory over Villa, Swansea brought West Ham back down to earth subjecting them to a 3-0 defeat at the weekend • Mark Noble once again covered the most ground for the Hammers with 6.67 miles • Noble also […]
With the 2012-13 Premier League season now underway, I thought I’d take a look back through previous opening-day results to see how the eventual champions and relegated clubs have fared: Champions The following table shows how the eventual champions fared on the opening day of each of the 20 Premier League seasons: – The combined […]
Ahead of Saturday’s fixtures, EA Sports Player Performance Index have all the stats from the opening game of the season, looking at which players worked hardest offensively and defensively, how much ground they covered, how many fouls they were guilty of, amongst others. Swansea v West Ham 12:45 • Swansea showed great defensive determination last […]
With the 21st season of Premier League football almost upon us, I thought I’d take a look back at how each of the 20 member clubs fared last time around in a variety of scoring categories. It should be noted that the figures for Reading, Southampton and West Ham United are taken from a 46-game […]
When it comes to surviving in the Premier League, managers and pundits alike will often speak about reaching the magical 38-point mark. It is very rare, however, to hear talk of how many points will be needed to attain any other positions. With that thought in mind, I decided to look back through the Premier […]
I’ll be honest. I never used to like Brendan Rodgers. I used to think he thought he was special, because of his training under ‘The Special One’, but since he’s taken the helm at Liverpool, I’ve started to like him. For the way he plays his football (I knew this before of course, but I […]
Assists – 2011/2012 1. David Silva – 15 2. Antonio Valencia/Juan Mata – 13 4. Alexandre Song/Emmanuel Adebayor – 11 6. Nani/Gareth Bale – 10 8. Robin van Persie/Samir Nasri/Stéphane Sessegnon – 9 11. Ryan Giggs/Sergio Agüero/Theo Walcott – 8 Assists – 2010/2011 1. Nani – 14 2. Didier Drogba – 13 3. Wayne Rooney/Andrey […]