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European Leagues Round-Up

It was a nice return to club football this weekend. On the continent, most of the top teams got victories. Here is a recap of the results from the top leagues on the continent. Spain: Atletico Madrid 2, Getafe 0

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Ligue 1: Offensive And Defensive Efficiences Through September

Another month has passed and I have updated the statistics for the leagues. The first league I will look at will be Ligue 1 in France. The statistics do not include the past weekend’s games and only the results through

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European Round-Up: Barcelona Draw, Bayern Lose, and Inter-Juve Draw

It was not a great weekend for many of the big names across Europe. The big match-ups on the continent were in Italy and Germany where Internazionale and Juventus squared off and Borussia Dortmund hosted Bayern Munich, respectively. Here is

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European Recap: Thoughts From The Weekend

Spain: Valencia sit in the top spot in Spain with a victory over Sporting Gijon as Real Madrid faltered in a scoreless draw with Levante. Barcelona had a 3-1 victory over Athetlic Bilbao without Lionel Messi that leaves them one

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A Look At Midweek Soccer: Carling Cup And Other Leagues

Most of the other leagues are using this midweek to get in another round of league fixtures, but this also marks Round 3 of the Carling Cup where the final group of Premier League teams join the competition. Here is

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Weekend Watch List: Northwest Derby Headlines The Weekend

There are some solid match-ups this weekend with big games in England and Spain headlining the weekend. Here is a look at the top five games from the weekend. Manchester United vs. Liverpool (Sunday 8:30 am, FS+) This game is

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Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies For Bundesliga And Ligue 1

Yesterday, I posted the efficiencies for Italy and Spain. I will post them for Germany and France here. Germany again will be a list as they have only played two games, but I will give a little bit of analysis

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Weekend Watch List: Italian And Spanish Leagues Begin

All of the top five leagues will have started by this weekend with Italy and Spain finally getting started up this weekend. The other big game this weekend is the UEFA Supercup on Friday which pits Inter Milan against Atletcio

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Weekend Watch List: The Bundesliga Begins

The German Bundesliga gets started this weekend and features some incredible match-ups in the opening weekend. The Premier League enters its second week and have a very good match on Monday. Here is a look at the top games from

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World Cup Day 12: Group A Recap and Best XI

These posts are a bit late as the servers were down for quite a while yesterday. But they appear to be back up. Group A finished up today and it had a moment of intrigue as South Africa put pressure

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