Five facts: Numbers you need to know ahead of Everton vs Aston Villa
by Martin Laurence
at jeudi, juil. 16 2020 12:36
The most played top-flight fixture in English football is back for its latest edition on Wednesday night and with it, so too is said most used fact as Everton and Aston Villa go toe-to-toe in the Premier League.Ahead of what is a monumentous match for Villa and an inconsequential one as far as Evert...
Why Grealish joining Manchester United no longer makes sense
by Josh Wright
at samedi, juin 6 2020 12:03
Manchester United signing Jack Grealish in the summer appeared a foregone conclusion before the Coronavirus pandemic. The rumour mill was intense, as Grealish continued to perform superbly for relegation-threatened Aston Villa. Suddenly, however, everything has gone quiet. Grealish's reckless behavi...
Alternative XI: Grealish stars from 'Best of the Rest' outside Premier League top six
by Martin Laurence
at jeudi, avr. 2 2020 17:42
If the expected PFA Team of the Year touted a month ago was anything to go by, even Kevin De Bruyne will be lucky to break the Liverpool monopoly over the side.Given their dominance in the Premier League this year, some feel that the lineup should be an all red affair, though it's fair to say our ra...
WhoScored Top 50 - Part I: Grealish and Muller scrape onto leaderboard
by Ben McAleer
at lundi, mars 30 2020 17:25
With football very much out of action and a return date anybody's guess, we're taking the opportunity to run through our highest rated players in a ten-part series.Counting down in fives, the following quintet have all either climbed the rankings substantially from last season's scores or are new en...
Alexander-Arnold and Messi miss out on Europe's most creative XI!
by Martin Laurence
at vendredi, mars 13 2020 17:48
With Europe's top five leagues forced out of action by the Coronavirus outbreak, we're reflecting on the season so far with a new series of statistic-based XIs. The first in the series takes a look at key passes - as voted by our Twitter followers - while we took the decision to exclude set pieces f...
Carabao Cup Final: Aston Villa 1-2 Manchester City player ratings as Foden stars
by Martin Laurence
at dimanche, mars 1 2020 19:06
Manchester City lifted the League Cup title for the third year running and could thank a surprise inclusion in the starting lineup in inspiring a narrow victory against struggling Aston Villa. The player ratings in full from Wembley...ASTON VILLA - 6.46Orjan Nyland - 6.11: Could do nothing with eith...
Time for Tanguy Ndombele to kickstart Tottenham career at struggling Villa
by Ben McAleer
at vendredi, févr. 14 2020 12:10
In the summer of 2018, Tottenham were the frontrunners to sign Jack Grealish from Aston Villa. A playoff final defeat at the hands of Fulham earlier that year appeared to signal the beginning of the end for the midfielder's time with the Villans. The club's precarious financial position meant promot...
Revealed: Rashford makes best Premier League XI excluding Liverpool and City
by Josh Wright
at vendredi, févr. 7 2020 16:01
Despite the fact Leicester are only three points behind Manchester City in the Premier League table, there has been a general feeling all along the title would end up at one of two places: Anfield or the Etihad. City and Liverpool finished last season one point apart, with third place 25 points furt...
Five Liverpool players dominate Form XI as De Bruyne and Traore drop out
by Martin Laurence
at mardi, févr. 4 2020 12:23
In recent weeks and months there have been two ever presents in our Premier League Form XI - based on *weighted ratings over the last six matches - but both Kevin De Bruyne and Adama Traore have relinquished their spots following the weekend's action.The duo are two of five players to lose their pla...