Here is a round-up of the games from the weekend. England: Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham Birmingham 1-0 Chelsea Blackpool 2-1 Wolverhampton Bolton 5-1 Newcastle Manchester United 2-0 Wigan West Bromwich Albion 0-3 Stoke City Liverpool 3-0 West Ham Blackburn 2-0 Aston…
The weekend is headlined by the North London derby, but there are good match-ups in Europe especially in Spain and in Germany. Here is a look at the top games from the weekend. Arsenal vs. Tottenham (Saturday 7:45 am, ESPN2…
Here is a look at the action across the top leagues in Europe including a big weekend in Italy. England: Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United Manchester City 0-0 Birmingham Newcastle 0-0 Fulham Tottenham 4-2 Blackburn West Ham 0-0 Blackpool Wigan…
Here is a brief look at the midweek games in Europe where Italy and England had league games and Spain had cup fixtures. England: Stoke City 3-2 Birmingham Tottenham 1-1 Sunderland Aston Villa 3-2 Blackpool Chelsea 1-0 Fulham Newcastle 1-2…
I had calculated the offensive and defensive efficiencies, but this month I decided to use a slightly different metric known as effectiveness. It is calculated by taking all of the games from a given league and determining the average number…
The Madrid derby would be the first true test for Real Madrid in the league and they passed it with relative ease as they got early goals from Ricardo Carvalho and Mesut Ozil and were able to cruise comfortably from…
It was an interesting weekend throughout Europe. The big match-ups were Chelsea-Liverpool and the Rome and Madrid derbies. Here is a recap of the results from the weekend. England: Bolton Wanderers 4-2 Tottenham Birmingham 2-2 West Ham Blackburn 2-1 Wigan…
Hercules had one of the most surprising results early in the La Liga season when they defeated Barcelona 2-0 at the Camp Nou. With that result in mind, this could have been a tough test for Real Madrid especially after…
