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Weekend Watch List: North London Derby And More

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

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European Leagues Recap

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

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Barcelona 3, Villarreal 1: Messi Brace Separates The Sides

This was one of the top match-ups of the weekend as Villarreal looked to keep themselves in the race of the La Liga title. However, they were defeated 3-1 by Barcelona at the Camp Nou. Barcelona took the lead through

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Weekend Watch List: Big Clashes In Italy

There is a lot of big match-ups in Italy as the top 6 are playing amongst each other including the Milan derby. Here is a look at the rest of the games this weekend. Internazionale vs. AC Milan (Sunday 2:45

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Statistics: Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness Of Top European Leagues

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

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Real Madrid 2, Atletico Madrid 0: Real Madrid Dominate Early

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

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European League Round-Up

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

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Real Madrid 3, Hercules 1: Ronaldo Keys Comeback

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

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European League Recap

It was another fun week of European football. Most of the top teams won as they prepare for midweek European action. The big battles of the weekend was between AC Milan and Juventus in Italy and Barcelona and Sevilla in

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Barcelona 5, Sevilla 0: Barcelona Back To Dominant Ways

Barcelona got back to winnign in style with a 5-0 rout of Sevilla. Barcelona got braces from Lionel Messi and David Villa with Daniel Alves getting the other goal. Barcelona started in their usual 4-3-3 with Villa, Messi and Pedro

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