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Official Premier League stats reveal the best England squad for Euro 2012

Roy Hodgson unveils his Euro 2012 squad tomorrow, and official data released today by the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index reveals that Norwich City stars, John Ruddy and Grant Holt plus Swansea striker Danny Graham should ALL be boarding the plane to the Ukraine. The research has been conducted to celebrate the release of EA…

United looking to seal title by using their heads

If Manchester United are to snatch the title away from their local rivals on Sunday then they are first going to have to overcome Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Castrol EDGE performance data suggests that United might not find it such a difficult task if they use their heads. Sunderland have conceded 12 headed…

Cisse can down City and keep QPR in the Premier League

Queens Park Rangers find themselves two points clear of the drop-zone ahead of their trip to Manchester City on Sunday. With five goals in seven games, Castrol EDGE Performance Data shows that Djibril Cissé will be crucial to the London club’s final battle for survival. Cissé’s return to the Premier League has been overshadowed by…

Chelsea Must Dig Deep To Repel Barcelona

Ahead of Barcelona v Chelsea in the Champions League tomorrow night, we look at the importance of Petr Cech and the Chelsea defence in keeping out Barcelona and Lionel Messi. Chelsea Must Dig Deep to Repel Barcelona According to Castrol EDGE Performance analysis, Petr Cech could be the key if Chelsea are to spring a…

El Clasico Stats: Messi v Ronaldo, Valdes v Casillas and Mesut Ozil

Ahead of Barcelona v Real Madrid this Saturday, we look at key stats and performers that will feature in El Clasico. The analysis looks at Messi v Ronaldo, Valdés v Casillas and Mesut Özil.   MESSI EDGES RONALDO  Ahead of this weekend’s decisive Clásico, we compare Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, the only…

Liverpool v Everton: Battle Of The Merseyside Midfields

Saturday’s FA Cup semi-final between Merseyside rivals Liverpool and Everton will contain a fascinating battle between two multi-talented midfields and the outcome is likely to rest on how well those players perform. Castrol EDGE Performance data shows that Steven Gerrard has managed to find the net five times in his seventeen league appearances this season,…

Most efficient Premier League clubs in the last three seasons (2009 to 2012)

Building on our previous post about the most efficient football clubs across Europe’s top four leagues this season, here we do an historical analysis of the Premier league and the best performing clubs in the last three years (2009/2010 to 2011/2012). The chart below shows some fascinating visual data about Premier League teams in the…

Most efficient football clubs in England, Spain, Italy and Germany in 2011/2012

The study of football, and its players, is perhaps best accomplished by evaluating efficiency. Of course there are many methods of such evaluation – ranging from weekly player ratings on the typical “start at 6” scale to full scale statistical analysis. In this article we look at football clubs in Europe’s top four leagues –…

Balotelli is City’s best chance of overtaking United for the title

Alan Hanson recently described Mario Balotelli as “a damaging distraction at the Etihad Stadium”, highlighting the growing perception that the Italian has become more hassle than he is worth to Roberto Mancini. Mancini himself has criticised Balotelli several times in the past week although he’s also defended him, saying that the media overhype everything Balotelli…

English Football Finances – 1981 to 2011

Football finance has been a hot topic for several years now, and we often cite the influx of Sky money, the formation of the Premier League, the modernisation of FIFA and UEFA, football club takeovers and of course, the rise of player wages as key indicators of how football has become more and more a…