Top four credentials to be tested as West Ham face Leicester City

West Ham and Leicester City go head-to-head this weekend in a game that could be a potential Champions League decider. Both clubs enter the weekend in the top four and three points are paramount if either of these sides wants to play in Europe’s premier competition. Mark Smith and Sarah Winterburn are here to talk […]

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The ten PL defenders least dribbled past this season…

Remember all the fuss when Virgil van Dijk hadn’t been dribbled past for 16 years, or something? We took a look at which defenders this season have been dribbled past the least. Any player must have made a minimum of 20 appearances to qualify… 0 – No opposition player has completed a dribble past Virgil […]

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Gossip: Man Utd want Rice in Lingard deal, Leeds eye Aguero

Man Utd reckon Jesse Lingard can help them land Declan Rice, while the Red Devils are also chasing a Fulham loanee…   UNITED TO USE LINGARD AS MAKEWEIGHT FOR RICE The whispers on Thursday suggested there was the will from all sides to make Jesse Lingard a West Ham player on a permanent basis. The […]

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West Ham v Leicester City: The Champions League showdown

West Ham v Leicester City is probably bigger than we would ever have imagined in 2020…   Tactical pattern This one is essentially a showdown for a place in the top four; if West Ham are to qualify for the Champions League they will most likely have to usurp the other underdog, Brendan Rodgers’ Leicester […]

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Leicester star will continue to ‘elevate’ his game, says Ndidi

Leicester City forward Kelechi Iheanacho has been “unfairly criticised” at times and he will just get better and better, according to Wilfred Ndidi. Iheanacho joined Manchester City in 2014 and he made his debut during the 2015/16 season. He scored 21 times from 64 outings for them before leaving in 2017. Leicester saw enough from […]

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Nine highest xG performances of the Premier League season

Newcastle racked up an xG of 4.30 in their 2-2 draw against Spurs. That number, coupled with the late nature of Newcastle’s equaliser to deny Spurs an absurdly undeserved victory, ensured nobody was really happy after the Misery Derby. But which other performances have produced eye-wateringly high xG numbers? Several other teams have managed to […]

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F365 says: Leicester are more than top four raiders

Leicester’s reported interest in Naby Keita may be little more than a spurious rumour. But whether it has any basis in fact is almost irrelevant: Leicester are being linked with a £50million midfielder, who has shown – admittedly in short glimpses – that he is worthy of such a price tag. It’s not gossip that […]

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Top ten Premier League signings of the season

West Ham and Aston Villa are the only clubs to feature twice on a list of the Premier League’s ten best signings of the entire season.   10) Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa) There remains six outfielders in the top flight not to have missed a single Premier League minute for their respective clubs this season. […]

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Pundit claims Arsenal star is a ‘second Ozil’ and ‘far worse’ than Vardy

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is turning into a “second Mesut Ozil” at Arsenal, according to former Chelsea forward Tony Cascarino. The Gabon international blanked for the fourth Arsenal match on the bounce as the Gunners lost 3-0 to Liverpool on Saturday evening. Aubameyang has only scored nine Premier League goals in 25 appearances this campaign, well down […]

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Early winners: Any and every witness to that De Bruyne pass

Pass of the season? Probably. Kevin de Bruyne conjured a moment of effortless brilliance at Leicester to keep Manchester City ploughing on.   “Well he doesn’t get the assist, Kevin de Bruyne, but this goal’s all about him,” said Jamie Carragher, for whom watching Manchester City double their lead against Leicester at the King Power […]

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