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Mbappe and Haaland in a race to beat Ronaldo and Messi

With Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in the latter stages of their illustrious careers, football needs some new superstars to replace them. Given their respective goalscoring exploits to date, Kylian Mbappe and Erling Braut Haaland are destined to do just that. Ronaldo and Messi are the only players to rack up more than a century of goals in the Champions League, but Mbappe and Haaland are well on course to emulate them. A quick look at the sportsbooks featured on…
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Erling Braut Haaland’s path to Premier League records

Manchester City striker Erling Braut Haaland continued his explosive start to life in the Premier League with yet another goal on Saturday. The Norwegian netted against Southampton to take his tally for the season to 15 goals in nine appearances – the fastest any player has reached that total since the EPL’s inception. All new betting sites rate Haaland as a banker bet to win the Golden Boot and his final tally could blow the previous record out of the…
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Which teams have the best World Cup records – and how will they fare in Qatar?

It’s great to have a World Cup on the horizon, and in these difficult times, we all wish that every international rivalry could be so easily settled in 90 minutes on the field of play. The biggest tournament of them all is one in which form only counts for so much. There are some teams that always seem to bring their best to the World Cup. Let’s check which of them have the best records and how their chances are…
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World Cup appearances – one record which won’t be broken in Russia

Very few players get to play in the World Cup finals on five occasions. Only three have been named in their National Team's squad five times and only two of those played in all five. However, at this year's World Cup in Russia, one player has missed out on setting a unrivalled record in World Cup appearances. Gianluigi Buffon is that player and the only thing broken this summer is his heart after the Azzurri missed out on qualification after…
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Premier League Week 24 in review

Welcome to our weekly review of some of the leading stats and facts from the latest round of Premier League games. By leading 4-0 at the interval at Crystal Palace, Sunderland scored as many away goals in the first-half of this game as they had in their preceding nine Premier League away games. (more…)
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Ronaldo, a season of records

After a mixed season which included narrowly missing out to Barcelona in the Liga BBVA, Ronaldo played a significant role in Real Madrid winning its 11th Champions League title. As well as making a great contribution to the team effort and he also beat several individual records this season. (more…)
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Teams that won with huge goal margins

It was once said that football is a game of two halves. Unfortunately, that is not always the case and sometimes one team simply takes an absolute hammering at the hands of the opposition. Here, we will take a look at five of the biggest winning goal margins in football. Brazil 1-7 Germany, 8th July, 2014 In what was one of the most spectacular one-sided games in football history, 2014 FIFA World Cup hosts Brazil welcomed eventual winners Germany to…
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