UEFA Champions League: Barcelona Stroll While United Get Road Win

It was another exciting day in the Champions League as Barcelona secured a 5-1 victory over Shakhtar Donetsk. Manchester United ended its poor run at Stamford Bridge as they won 1-0 behind a Wayne Rooney goal but were lucky with

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UEFA Champions League: Quarterfinal 1st Leg Preview, Part 2

Here is a look at the second set of games on Wednesday for the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona vs. Shakhtar Donetsk: Formations: Pyatov Srna–Rakitiskiy–Chigrinskiy–Rat Hubschmann–Mkhitaryan Jadson–Willian–Costa Adriano Shakhtar will be in a 4-2-3-1. Chigrinskiy is an injury concern and it

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UEFA Champions League: Real Madrid And Schalke Take Advantage In First Legs

The quarterfinals had two surprising results as Real Madrid dominated Tottenham while Schalke took a big advantage by winning at the San Siro. Here are some observations from the two games today. Real Madrid 4, Tottenham 0 The early Crouch

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CONCACAF Champions League: Semifinal 2nd Leg Preview

This is a big time for MLS as they try to send a team to the final of the CONCACAF Champions League. Both first legs were won by the home teams, but they aren’t insurmountable leads, so there is everything

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UEFA Champions League: Quarterfinal First Leg Preview, Part 1

The quarterfinals start up this week and on Tuesday there are to big games as Inter host German side Schalke. In the other game, Tottenham head to Madrid against a Real Madrid side that has struggled with injuries. Here is

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Weekend Action Recap

Here is a brief recap of the weekend’s games in the top European Leagues and MLS. England: West Ham 2-4 Manchester United Birmingham 2-1 Bolton Everton 2-2 Aston Villa Newcastle 4-1 Wolverhampton Stoke City 1-1 Chelsea West Bromwich Albion 2-1

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Premier League: March Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is the final installment of the effectivness statistics where I have a look at the Premier League’s numbers. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Off Avg Def Avg Off Std Dev Def Std Dev Arsenal 1.1308 0.9833 58.0811

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La Liga: March Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is a look at the statistics from the Spanish league. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Off Avg Def Avg Off Std Dev Def Std Dev Almeria 1.0886 1.03 48.2414 0.9646 1.1679 0.2482 0.23 Athletic Bilbao 1.1734 0.9159

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Bundesliga: March Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is a look at the Bundesliga’s effectiveness Statistics. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Off Avg Def Avg Off Std Dev Def Std Dev Bayer Leverkusen 1.0363 0.9805 53.9259 1.1504 0.9298 0.2037 0.3283 Bayern Munich 1.058 1.2278 63.1714

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Serie A: March Offensive And Defective Effectiveness

Here is the look at the effectiveness statistics for the Serie A through the run by the end of March. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Off Avg Def Avg Off Std Dev Def Std Dev AC Milan 0.9707

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