There is a good chance that the goalkeeping situation at Arsenal will stay the same; and to be honest the topic is becoming more and more redundant as time goes on because Szczesny is a great keeper, and will be one of the best in the world (only an idiot would say otherwise).
Fabianski might be content with staying as Arsenals #2 keeper considering he is getting chances to start matches here and there, looking eager to overtake his young Polish compatriot, but who knows what decisions will be made by him or management during the summer.
Manchester United were the club who picked up the most Premier League points during 2012. They are followed by their city rivals Manchester City who despite losing the same number of games as United, couldn't convert many of their draws to wins.
Premier League table for the calendar year 2012
Interestingly Everton picked up more points than both Chelsea and Arsenal during 2012 though this may have something to do with the fact that Everton played more games than both Chelsea and Arsenal during the year.
Note to all readers:I have only considered Premier League fixtures.
More than a decade has passed since Sylvain Wiltord'stitle-winning goalat Old Trafford. As a reflection of the fact, the goal-scorer, Wiltord, has since retired from football, along with Fredrik Ljungberg, whose shot was parried on to the path of the Frenchman by another Frenchman, Fabien Barthez, the man between the Manchester United sticks that day (apologies for that rather long-winded sentence).
Unfortunately it was not "that" kind of Arsenal Champions League debut, but I was lucky enough to be at the Emirates for my first Champions League game on Wednesday night. Having only been living in London for a matter of weeks, my previous experience of live Arsenal games was either weekend games [.
On Sunday, Arsenal faced Manchester City at the Etihad which was arguably going to be the toughest league game of the season for Arsenal. The Gunners dominated in possession for a lot of the time and the statics show, that although we almost came away with nothing, we deserve much more.
Statistics from Liverpool 0 – Arsenal 2 Arsenal won 2-0 against a Liverpool side that certainly
didn't live up to expectations as Brendan Rodgers' rebellion fell at the feet of the mighty
Arsenal. Arsenal struggled in the opening 20 minutes, with Liverpool gaining the majority of
possession; however we shut them out and then turned [.
Stats from Arsenal's game vs Stoke So this weekend we played Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.
Just like last week, we dominated possession, created opportunities but we once again failed to
find the back of the net in a 0-0 draw. So here are the statistics from Sunday's game supplied by
eplindex.
Unsurprisingly Barcelona and Real Madrid dominated Spanish football in 2012. Barca accumulated over 100 points, whilst Real Madrid were ten points behind their bitter rivals. Interestingly during 2012 Valencia and Rayo Vallecano picked up the same number of points as each other, however Valencia drew 10 of their games, Vallecano drew just one a goalless game with Sevilla in September.
With German football currently taking a winter break, Eintracht Frankfurt can look back on 2012 with a satisfaction that few other clubs can match. Since their promotion to the Bundesliga last May they have accumulated an impressive thirty points and currently sit fourth in the table, behind only Bayern Munich, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund.
As the calendar year 2012 comes to an end and with French football all wrapped up for another year, it's unsurprising to see that "Zlatan Ibrahimović'sParis St. Germain" are the club that have topped the French charts during 2012.
It's quite interesting to note that the three promoted sides Bastia, Reims and Troyes haven't performed very strongly in the first half of the 2012/2013 season.
A look at Union goals allowed on the road, their tendency to give up late goals allowed, and a comparison of their offensive numbers over their three season history.
One is an objective measure of player performance, the other is a subjective assessment. How do the rankings of Union players in the Castrol Index compare with the average their PSP postgame player ratings?
The vast majority of clubs in the Championship supplement their squads with players on loan from the Premier League or further afield. In fact, many clubs depend on taking a few players on loan at the start of every season and often pay substantial loan fees in order to do so. It's a fact of life in the Championship.
With the Africa Cup of Nations a fading memory and the European leagues back in full swing I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the Africans represented in five of Europe's top leagues: Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Bundesliga.
Despite their non qualification for the Africa Cup of Nations 2013, Senegal have the most players playing in the five European leagues mentioned in the introduction.
Does the Premier League make British men fat, or does male obesity help grow Premier League revenues? The data suggest it could go either way. Statistics from the NHS Information Centre's "Health Survey For England" and Deloitte's reports on clubs' financial statistics show that more revenue for the league goes hand in hand with a greater proportion of males who are obese.
Quantifying the entertainment value of a soccer league is, obviously, difficult. You might want to
look at attendance, because people tend to show up to events they find entertaining. You might want
to look at disciplinary statistics, because games with a lot of cards can be pretty entertaining in
a trainwreck sort of way.
Real Madrid UTTERLY DOMINATED POSSESSION during the game's opening
stages. Granted, I couldn't see the massacre because I was at work, but wow. 71% possession?!
Versus Barcelona?! Obviously, statistics tell the entire story. Always. Each time. Every time. In
fact, even later statistics cannot refute earlier statistics because statistics show that primacy
is determined by chronology.
With the 2012 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup competitions almost over I decided to have crack at calculating which African nations are rising through the co-efficient to gain that all important top 12 continental spot. Let me explain...
Each nation in Africa is given two spots in continental competition.
With the 2012 CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup competitions almost over I decided to have crack at calculating which African nations are rising through the co-efficient to gain that all important top 12 continental spot. Let me explain...
Each nation in Africa is given two spots in continental competition.
I was perusing the interwebs today, and decided I'd scan through some of the squad statistics this year. I found a few that jumped out at me, and I think they're worth commenting on. All statistics are from ESPN.com
Eden Hazard – He has suffered 133 fouls in all competitions this year.
The Italians are about to embark on their rather civilized Christmas break. Aball won't be kickedin anger until Serie A re-starts on the 6th January. So whilst we have the maudlin feelings associated with the end of Christmas, we'll at least have the delights of Italian soccer to keep us warm on those dark winter nights.
Anybody who knows me knows I am a person who simply hates to deal with statistics. Fact and figures can be twisted to reflect any outcome or result if a person so chooses. Manipulation of statistics is easy, and made easier by the plethora of statistics available via the internet. So as a writer, I find it exceptionally difficult to base my opinions on anything other than what my own two eyes tell me.
Their Words "Before the game it's not about figures or statistics. The only thing that counts is the task ahead of us. And it isn't easy." Schalke 04 manager Huub Stevens. Other Sources Howard reflects on decade in England, looks at future options - from SI.com's Grant Wahl: Howard now holds the top current mark of 192 consecutive league starts.
On October 31, 2002, Madagascan side AS Adema cruised to an easy win against archrivals SOE (Olympique) Antananarivo. When all was said and done at the Stade Olympique I'Emyrne that day, Adema had won 149-0. No, that's not a typo. Adema managed one goal every 36 seconds of the match, except they also had close to zero percent possession of the ball.
Here is an updated list. The Final list will be published on Ozark Sports Zone once all teams in the region complete their season. Coaches can submit scoring and goal-keeping statistics by contacting Ole
Congratulations to Nick Hogan who tied the Single Season goal scoring record at Greenwood with his 31 goals!
- Goals from Steven Caulker and Aaron Lennon were enough to give Spurs their fourth consecutive victory in the Premier League and release any early season worries over coach Andre Villas Boas with a 2-0 win over Villa - Caulker's goal came from an initial effort by Jermain Defoe, who remains the player in the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index to have had the most shots on target with 19.
In the old gamethread we posted a bunch of data that would rapidly get lost when comments start going crazy. Now days we are able to present that data. This data preview will look at the referee, players with warnings, current injuries and some of the statistics that describe style of play and successes of each team.
With the Seattle Sounders taking a week off, we decided to try something a little different on the show. We invited some of the leading voices in the world if soccer statistics and analysis to have a roundtable discussion.
Joining me on the show were Sounder at Heart's Sidereal, Zach Slaton of The Beautiful Numbers Game and Devin Pleuler and Matt Doyle of MLSsoccer.
Three and a half months ago, after a particularly agonizing loss to DC United, I looked at the effects the 5 Minute Rule was having on our season. What is The 5 Minute Rule, you ask? Allow me to quote myself:
50% of goals [are] scored within the first and last 5 minutes of each half, as well as in the 5 minute span after a goal is scored.
The idea for this style of comprehensive infographic is from the incredible On Goals Scored, who
did similar for the Euro 2012 final. All statistics sourced from StatsZone and Squawka.
My goal is to do this type of graphic for all the "big matches" this season – although I'm not
yet willing to define "big matches" yet, as these take a fair amount of time to put together.
