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Team Focus: Premier League Clubs' Transfer Window To Do List - Part I

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Team Focus: Premier League Clubs' Transfer Window To Do List - Part I The January transfer window is always an interesting spectacle and usually a slow burner, with clubs looking to get the best deals possible but invariably finding it hard to do so in the case of the buying party. The temptation to secure a quick fix can often lead to unnecessary splurging but in...

Match Report: Kane Inspires Perfect Start to 2015 for Spurs in Victory Over Chelsea

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Match Report: Kane Inspires Perfect Start to 2015 for Spurs in Victory Over Chelsea In reference to a 5-4 Arsenal win over Tottenham, José Mourinho once said that “if the score reaches 5-4 I send the players back to the dressing rooms as they are not defending properly. So to get a result like that in a game of 11 against 11 is disgraceful. No one was brave enough to a...

League Focus: Premier League Half-Season Statistical Review

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League Focus: Premier League Half-Season Statistical Review With the season now at the halfway point, the Premier League table has a familiar feel to it. Title favourites Chelsea currently lead the way having lost just the once so far, while defending champions Manchester City are hot on their heels. Manchester United have shown remarkable consistency of lat...

Match Report: Southampton Stifle Shot-Shy Chelsea

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Match Report: Southampton Stifle Shot-Shy Chelsea Neither Southampton nor Chelsea were able to start their strongest XI in their mid-holiday fixtures. Rather than a tactical rotation, both forced to change their personnel due to illness, injuries and ineligibility. José Mourinho opted for a similar line-up to the one that he fielded against ...

Match Report: Chelsea Maintain Impressive Home Form Despite Fàbregas Absence

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Match Report: Chelsea Maintain Impressive Home Form Despite Fàbregas Absence Any doubts over whether Chelsea could bounce back from their demoralising defeat at Newcastle last weekend were brushed aside as they dispatched of an out of sorts Hull. The home side were not at their best, but did enough to make it 8 home wins from 8 in the Premier League this season.Chelsea opene...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Marseille this weekend have the chance to not only beat Monaco's on their own turf but also establish themselves as the second team in Ligue 1 (though Bielsa will want even more than second place). Yet more importantly, it is a weekend that could put lump further pressure on Brendan Rodgers, while i...

Match Report: Chelsea Send A Message of Intent with Win in Final Group Stage Game

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Match Report: Chelsea Send A Message of Intent with Win in Final Group Stage Game As Chelsea look ahead to a busy holiday schedule having already wrapped up their position at the summit of Group G, José Mourinho shuffled his lineup last night for the first time in 21 league and Champions League matches. John Terry, Willian and Eden Hazard were all given a mini-break by the...

WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips

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WhoScored Tipster: The Weekend's Top Tips Europe seems to relax a little before the final round of Champions League's group stage fixtures. There are no real classic clashes in any of the big leagues, aside from Friday's pre-emptively early game between Fiorentina and Juventus. Such a fixture list thus suggests selecting bets based on goals...

Match Report: Cohesive Chelsea Performance too Much for Helpless Tottenham

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Match Report: Cohesive Chelsea Performance too Much for Helpless Tottenham It had initially looked like an unlikely upset might be on the cards at Stamford Bridge. On a ground at which they have not been victorious since 1990, a youthful Tottenham side made a surprisingly strong start. It didn't take long, however, before normal service was resumed as Premier League leader...

Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs?

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 Match Focus: How Will Chelsea Fare Without Costa Against Spurs? It was the big question ahead of Chelsea’s home match against Tottenham Hotspur, given that Diego Costa has had a bigger impact on their attack than anyone else this season.How - for just the second big game in this campaign - will Jose Mourinho’s side cope without their top-scoring stri...