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STATS: League Positions of United, Arsenal and Chelsea So Far This Season

STATS: League Positions of United, Arsenal and Chelsea So Far This Season

You’ll notice that some of the league positions over-lap. This is because differing cup commitments meant they were out of sync and had games in hand at different points in the season, so this doesn’t represent league positions week by week, but game by game. ———- If you enjoy reading this blog, please take a [...]

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STATS: What Happened In Fergie’s Other Banned Games?

- P8 W6 D0 L2 – Before now, he has been banned for 2 games in 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2003. – With today’s ruling, his fines total £75k. Games won: Everton, Portsmouth, Blackburn Rovers, Sunderland, Birmingham and Leeds. – Games lost: v Fulham (1-3 in 2003) and at West Ham (1-2 in 2007) ——— [...]

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STATS: H-H United, Arsenal, Chelsea, City, Liverpool and Spurs

With United not showing enough passion or determination in another big game, here’s some quick stats to see how the top 6 clubs have got on in head to heads this season. It’s interesting to note that United have played more games against top 6 opposition than any other club in the top 6 so [...]

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STATS vs Wigan: Scholes’ Passing, Ineffective Wingers and Goal Involvement

STATS vs Wigan: Scholes’ Passing, Ineffective Wingers and Goal Involvement

Paul Scholes (53/58) 91% passing completion Michael Carrick (45/51) 88% passing completion Darron Gibson (11/14) 79% passing completion Darren Fletcher (28/45) 62% passing completion + 1 assist. Nani (20/37) 54% passing completion + 1 assist. ———— The Guardian Chalkboards

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STATS: 10 Most Effective Players In The League – Chicharito, Van Persie, Berbatov, Tevez, Rooney…

STATS: 10 Most Effective Players In The League – Chicharito, Van Persie, Berbatov, Tevez, Rooney…

We’ve taken stats to show the most effective players in the league, in terms of goals and assists. We’ve also looked at the most effective goalscorers, judging by how many goals they’ve scored per minute on the pitch (for player who have played in more than 500 minutes – over 5 league games). Just for [...]

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STATS: Empty Seats At Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, United and Spurs

STATS: Empty Seats At Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, United and Spurs

This isn’t a science. There are certain things which play a part and mean the statistics aren’t 100% fool-proof. Things to consider: 1. Away fans – How many away fans attend obviously has an impact on attendances. This doesn’t effect all clubs in exactly the same way. 2. Ticket prices – The price of tickets [...]

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STATS: Minutes per goal for Rooney, Carroll, Berb, Tevez, Drogba, Chicharito… II

Dimitar Berbatov (United) Minutes: 2109 Goals: 20 Minutes per goal: 105.5 League ranking: 1st Robin van Persie (Arsenal) Minutes: 882 Goals: 8 Minutes per goal: 110.3 League ranking: 22nd Javier Hernandez (United) Minutes: 1161 Goals: 10 Minutes per goal: 116.1 League ranking: 16th Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) Minutes: 2224 Goals: 16 (inc. 2 pens) Minutes [...]

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United Players Most Loyal Of All In Europe

A United player stays at his club an average of 5.71 seasons – the longest in Europe. Ryan Giggs, Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Wes Brown, John O’Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Darren Fletcher, Wayne Rooney, Park Ji-Sung and Edwin Van der Sar have all been at the club longer than our average. The Professional Football Players’ Observatory [...]

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STATS: Spurs vs United

STATS: Spurs vs United

Wayne Rooney had a passing success rate of just 50% and only 3 successful passes going forwards in the opposition’s half. Darren Fletcher (80%) and Michael Carrick (82%) had surprisingly high passing completion rates. Although what caused the worry during the game was that 45% of the unsuccessful passes came from our own half. Spurs [...]

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STATS: United Represented With Every Ballon d’Or Winner

STATS: United Represented With Every Ballon d’Or Winner

Every single player who has won the Ballon d’Or from the English league has played for Manchester United. Winners 1956: Stanley Matthews (Blackpool at the time) 1964: Denis Law 1966: Bobby Charlton 1968: George Best 2001: Michael Owen (Liverpool at the time) 2008: Cristiano Ronaldo Matthews was a war time guest player for United whilst [...]

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IN DEPTH STATS: Passing Ability – Scholes/Ando vs Fabregas

IN DEPTH STATS: Passing Ability – Scholes/Ando vs Fabregas

These statistics compare the passing success of Arsenal captain, Cesc Fabregas, Paul Scholes and Anderson in the games they’ve played against each other for Manchester United and Arsenal. The stats are taken from all the games where at least two of the three players featured and show how many passes per minute were successfully completed, [...]

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Rio Ferdinand’s Brilliant Disciplinary Record

Rio Ferdinand’s last yellow card, for both club or country, came on March 14th 2009, during our 4-1 defeat to Liverpool at Old Trafford for a foul on Dirk Kuyt. That’s 53 appearances and 4515 minutes of football with a yellow card. Whilst some of this might be down to his status as England captain [...]

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STATS: Half Way Point

09/10 P19 W13 D1 L4 GF43 GA15 GD28 PTS40 Position: 2nd Chelsea – 1st P19 GD28 PTS42 Arsenal – 3rd P18 GD27 PTS38 10/11 P19 W11 D8 L0 GF41 GA18 GD23 PTS41 Position: 1st On 19 games… United 1 point better off. Chelsea 8 points worse off. Arsenal 5 points worse off. City exactly the [...]

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IN DEPTH STATS: West Brom vs United

IN DEPTH STATS: West Brom vs United

As a new feature for 2011, RoM will be providing an in-depth look at the statistics from each league game Manchester United play. vs West Brom (a) Summary – The player who attempted the most passes was Rio Ferdinand – The player with the most completed passes was Michael Carrick – The player with the [...]

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STATS: Comprehensive Look At United In 2010

STATS: Comprehensive Look At United In 2010

Overall 2010 record – games, wins, draws, losses, goal difference 2010 top scorers – overall and individual competitions 2010 passing success 2010 striking success – total attempts vs attempts on target

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