Football is amazing – but it does have its flaws. Two of them were highlighted in last night’s Merseyside derby, where Everton snatched a 1-1 draw and denied Liverpool the chance to go top.
Here is Scoregrid’s ‘Game of the Week’, a statistical analysis of the pattern of play in a major fixture. This week they chose Everton v Arsenal. Read on – and let us know what you think… Game Roundup: Arsenal won in the October encounter between these two stalwarts of the English game. On that occasion [...]
John Terry’s sending off was the highlight of this scoreless draw at Goodison Park – although it was an absorbing game, with chances at either end. Everton may be slightly the more disappointed, having a goal disallowed (probably justly) and shading the number of chances. Petr Cech was certainly the busier goalkeeper. Neither side will [...]
As we always say, in-depth reports and stats are better found elsewhere – we usually recommend the BBC, but after the Strictly Come Dancing fiasco they can no longer be trusted… so try Times Online instead. Our mini-round up starts with the Big Four – a couple of weeks after they all failed to score, [...]
15 games in, how have the Premiership managers fared so far this season? We take a look… 1. Chelsea – ‘Big Phil’ Scolari Up until a couple of weeks ago, there would have been no complaints. But after home defeats to both Liverpool and Arsenal in the last few games, along with stuttering progress (not [...]
Arsenal produced a thrilling comeback to beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge in the second live game of the day – controversy here as Robin Van Persie, in bringing Arsenal level, was a clear yard offside – Scolari was fuming afterward, particularly as Kalou was denied an opportunity early on when he was, in fact, [...]
Wigan triumphed one nil in a dire game at the JJB. Second half substiture Henri Camara got it. Everton would have been top of the form table and up to fifth had they won; as it is, Wigan jump out of the drop zone and leapfrog Spurs and Sunderland. It was an eminently forgettable game [...]
Read our full FM09 article here – it was reported that a Premiership club was thrashing out a deal to access the FM database and their worldwide network of 900 scouts. This club has since been revealed as Everton; a nod, perhaps, to the Collyer bothers’ devotion to their idols? FM has previous – it [...]
Here is the Premiership table updated after this weekend’s fixtures (courtesy of the BBC). Barclays Premier League : Table 16 Nov 18:04 | Home | Away Team P W D L F A W D L F A GD PTS 1 Chelsea 13 3 2 1 13 3 7 0 0 19 1 28 32 [...]
