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Weekend Watch List: Big Clashes In England

For Americans, the College Cup is this weekend as well which will have some of the young American and future MLS talent on display. However, Europe has plenty to offer including two big games in England. Here are the top

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European League Round-Up

Here is a recap of the weekend’s action in Europe. England: Arsenal 2-1 Fulham Birmingham 1-1 Tottenham Blackburn 3-0 Wolverhampton Chelsea 1-1 Everton Manchester City 1-0 Bolton Wigan 2-2 Stoke City Blackpool vs. Manchester United (Postponed) West Bromwich Albion 3-1

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Bundesliga Effectiveness Through November

Here is a look at the statistics for the Bundesliga. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Bayer Leverkusen 0.9644 0.9784 53.3571 Bayern Munich 0.8369 1.0227 65.2857 Borussia Dortmund 1.1443 0.9411 52.7143 Borussia Monchengladbach 1.5287 1.0897 40.7857 Eintracht Frankfurt 0.9926

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European League Round-Up

El Clasico is being played later today, but here a look at the action from the top leagues in Europe. England: Aston Villa 2-4 Arsenal Bolton 2-2 Blackpool Everton 1-4 West Bromwich Albion Fulham 1-1 Birmingham Manchester United 7-1 Blackburn

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European Leagues Round-Up

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

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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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Borussia Dortmund 2, Hamburg 0: Dortmund Control Game

Borussia Dortmund maintained top spot in the Bundesliga getting a 2-0 victory over Hamburg on Friday. Dortmund got the opener just after halftime from Shinji Kagawa followed by a second goal in the 70th minute from Lucas Barrios. Hamburg started

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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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