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League Focus: Five Observations From the First Half of Ligue 1 2015/16

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League Focus: Five Observations From the First Half of Ligue 1 2015/16 PSG's history boysThough the neutral might regret that the Ligue 1 title race is effectively over at the halfway stage, there is no getting around Paris Saint-Germain’s excellence. Laurent Blanc’s team are so much better than last season, in which they gave their rivals a proper sniff of...

Team Focus: Antonetti’s Instant Impact at Lille

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Team Focus: Antonetti’s Instant Impact at Lille “The change of coach doesn’t explain it,” said Lille’s Sofiane Boufal on Saturday night, struggling to put his finger on just how his team’s fortunes have taken a U-turn in the space of four days. “We’ve always worked hard.” There’s working, thou...

Team Focus: Can Montpellier or Lille Handle a European Campaign?

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Team Focus: Can Montpellier or Lille Handle a European Campaign? When Montpellier look back on this campaign, it is almost certain – judging four games from its climax – that they will do so with a certain satisfaction, bearing in mind their means, particularly compared to those of their Ligue 1 peers. Nevertheless, there have been a few bubbles of di...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips As we return from the international break this is one of those very rare weeks in which there is not really any direct encounters between clubs at top of the table in any of Europe's top 5 leagues. In the Premier League City host Tottenham but Spurs still haven't shown any signs of leadership, while...

Team Focus: Lille Still Not Pretty, but Hard to Budge

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Team Focus: Lille Still Not Pretty, but Hard to Budge It was, as L’Equipe later wrote with some understatement, “a strange day” at the Stade Louis II. With Monaco’s late withdrawal of Radamel Falcao from their squad – and his subsequent presence next to agent Jorge Mendes and Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev in the dir...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips The weekend's betting hints at safe bets in Serie A, some risk in France and the chance to dare for big money in Germany, while the Premier League stops for the FA Cup. The most intriguing match is Fiorentina vs Inter, where goals should be expected.LIKELY BETSFiorentina vs Inter: BOTH TEAMS TO SCOR...

Player Focus: Can Hazard Rank Among the Greatest in the World?

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Player Focus: Can Hazard Rank Among the Greatest in the World? With men behind the ball and visitors Chelsea struggling to carve out many clear cut opportunities, Steve Bruce may have been confident of another clean sheet at the KC Stadium as the sides approached the hour mark on Saturday. It took some tidy build up play for the Blues to finally break the deadl...

League Focus: Can Anybody Stop Lille Finishing Third in Ligue 1?

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League Focus: Can Anybody Stop Lille Finishing Third in Ligue 1? Having began Sunday evening knowing a win would take them into second place in Ligue 1, Lille had the opportunity to build further on a stunning first half of the campaign in which they garnered 40 points - a pre-Christmas record for a third-placed team. In the end, the surprise home defeat to an un...

League Focus: Four Conclusions from the Ligue 1 Season So Far

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League Focus: Four Conclusions from the Ligue 1 Season So Far 1) Paris Saint-Germain are far stronger for having a fit Thiago MottaMuch has changed for PSG in the last 12 months. At the beginning of the season, Laurent Blanc outlined his hope that PSG would become more of a dominant team, bossing possession and always looking to attack. That has come to pass. ...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Much of the focus this weekend is on the Emirates Stadium, where Liverpool take on Arsenal in a top of the table clash between two Premier League heavyweights. However, the best odds from a betting perspective come from Italy and a potential slip up at the summit of Ligue 1.LIKELY BETS Arsenal-Liver...