Monthly Archives: April 2017

Premier League Week 33 in review

Welcome to our weekly review of some of the leading stats and facts from the latest round of Premier League games. The 150th league meeting between Manchester United and Chelsea, and their 50th encounter in the Premier League, saw the title-chasing Blues fail to keep a clean sheet in ten consecutive games in the Premier League for the first time since December 1996. (more…)
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European World Cup qualifying: the road to Russia

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia. For teams that are members of UEFA, there are thirteen available slots not including Russia. As the World Cup host, Russia will be given an automatic berth. As you know, there are dozens of teams that are members of UEFA, and all will be competing for just over a dozen spots in the Cup. They will all have to compete in the European qualifying rounds. (more…)
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The Champions League Quarterfinals: the Road to Cardiff

With only 57 days left before the 2017 Champions League final, the lineup for the quarterfinal stage of the competition has already been made known to the public. Monaco and Atletico Madrid keep up the hope of reaching the 2017 final in Cardiff by overpowering Man City and Bayer Leverkusen respectively. Such domination will help them continue on to the quarterfinals of the 2017 competition. Both teams were successful, beating out the competition 3-1 and 4-2 respectively, meaning they both…
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Premier League Week 32 in review

Welcome to our weekly review of some of the leading stats and facts from the latest round of Premier League games. Tottenham Hotspur’s unstinting pursuit of title favourites Chelsea has seen them equal a club record of 11 consecutive home victories in the top division in the same season. They also achieved the feat in 1921-22 when they finished as runners-up to Liverpool under manager Peter McWilliam. Spurs’ Watford win on Saturday lunchtime briefly reduced the gap to a tantalising…
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