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League Focus: Premier League Halfway Point Stats Round-up

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League Focus: Premier League Halfway Point Stats Round-up The conclusion of Liverpool’s 1-0 win over Sunderland on Wednesday night signalled the halfway point of the current Premier League season. There have been plenty of shocks over the last six months, notably Leicester’s impressive rise up the table, and here WhoScored looks at the current ...

Player Focus: Albrighton As Important to Leicester as Vardy, Mahrez And Co.

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Player Focus: Albrighton As Important to Leicester as Vardy, Mahrez And Co. As the games come thick and fast over the festive period, any team can string a number of results together to improve their seasonal goals. Take Swansea for example, a three-game unbeaten run has helped them move out of the relegation zone, instead swapping places with Newcastle, whose back-to-back ...

Match Report: Resolute Swansea Hold Frustrated Palace at Selhurst Park

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Match Report: Resolute Swansea Hold Frustrated Palace at Selhurst Park Crystal Palace welcomed Swansea to Selhurst Park on bank holiday Monday hoping to maintain their pursuit of an unlikely European finish. However, they were left to wonder what might have been after drawing a blank against a resolute Swans defence, hellbent on shutting out the Eagles and carrying out...

Match Report: Arsenal Miss Chance To Go Top as Saints End Five-game Winless Run

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Match Report: Arsenal Miss Chance To Go Top as Saints End Five-game Winless Run To wrap up the full Boxing Day fixture list, Arsenal travelled to Southampton in a bid to move to the top of the Premier League after Leicester fell to a 1-0 defeat at Liverpool earlier in the day. Saints entered the encounter on the back of a five-game winless run and despite home advantage, were n...

Match Focus: Arsenal Gunning for Glory on Unhappy Hunting Ground

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Match Focus: Arsenal Gunning for Glory on Unhappy Hunting Ground Boxing Day’s full fixture list ends at St. Mary’s when Southampton host Arsenal. The two teams come into the encounter in contrasting form. Saints have failed to win any of their last five league matches, with the 2-0 defeat to Tottenham their fourth defeat in that run. Conversely, the G...

Player Focus: Zaha Re-emerging as Key Palace Performer Under Pardew

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Player Focus: Zaha Re-emerging as Key Palace Performer Under Pardew For any player, no matter their potential, securing a big money move can be a detriment to their development. Unless nurtured properly, a hot prospect can fail to realise their potential and not hit the heights their early form promised. One of those whose top-flight career came close to prematurely...

Player Focus: Kyle Walker's Return to Form for Tottenham

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Player Focus: Kyle Walker's Return to Form for Tottenham Last summer, Tottenham secured the services of Ben Davies. Danny Rose was the club’s undisputed first choice left-back, but his form was inconsistent, at best. The capture of the Wales international swelled Mauricio Pochettino’s options in this position, with many a fan believing Davies ...

Player Focus: Payet Absence the Root of West Ham's Offensive Woes

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Player Focus: Payet Absence the Root of West Ham's Offensive Woes For any team, losing their best player is a blow, regardless of their seasonal goals. For West Ham United that's just what has happened with Dimitri Payet, whose injury looks to have derailed their season. At the beginning of the campaign, the Hammers were in flying form. Talk of a European finish w...

Player Focus: Interest Set to Mount in Fit Again Charlie Austin

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Player Focus: Interest Set to Mount in Fit Again Charlie Austin As the hectic festive period approaches, any team would happily welcome one of their star players back to the fold, be it from injury or suspension. For QPR, the return of Charlie Austin has been well-timed. The striker suffered a hamstring problem earlier in the season, ruling him out for quite som...

Player Focus: Impressive Ighalo Helping Raise Expectations at Vicarage Road

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Player Focus: Impressive Ighalo Helping Raise Expectations at Vicarage Road When Watford were promoted to the Premier League, they were one of the favourites to drop straight back down into the Championship. A mass turnover of personnel could have undermined Quique Sanchez Flores in his debut campaign at the Vicarage Road helm, yet the Hornets are excelling upon their retur...