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2011/12 A-League fixtures released

Tuesday, 31st May 2011 11:39pm
The Football Federation Australia (FFA) has released the fixture list for the A-League 2011/12 season.

With North Queenland Fury gone, the league reverts back to ten teams and hence no bye.

The league will start at a later date in October after the AFL and Rugby League have finished their finals.

Newcastle Jets will kickoff the new season with a clash against the Melbourne Heart on 8 October.

The last home and away fixture will be played on 25th of March 2011 with the Grand Final set for end of April.

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Swansea in top flight

Tuesday, 31st May 2011 11:32pm
Swansea got promoted into the English Premiership after winning the Championship playoff final against Reading.

Three goals in the first half helped Swansea win 4-2 to become the first Welsh team to play in the Premiership.

Swansea joins QPR and Norwich who were promoted directly after coming first and second respectively.

Swansea has played in the top flight before in the old First Division but that was some 28 years ago.

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Barca outclass Man Utd in UCL final

Sunday, 29th May 2011 10:51pm
The Spanish giants outclassed Manchester United as they won the UEFA Champions League final at Wembley 3-1.

Barca scored first and Man Utd responded to make sure the match was drawn at half-time.

In the second half the Spanish champions made sure that once again the won by a two a goal margin like they did two years ago.

The English champions had gone into the match undefeated in the competition but they were second best for most of the match.

Here is a table showing is this season's competition in one big table:

Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
Barcelona	13	9	3	1	30	9	21	30
Man United	13	9	3	1	19	7	12	30
Real Madrid	12	8	3	1	25	6	19	27
Schalke 04	12	7	2	3	22	14	8	23
Shakhtar Donetsk	10	7	0	3	19	14	5	21
Chelsea	10	6	1	3	17	7	10	19
Bayern Munich	8	6	0	2	19	9	10	18
Arsenal	8	5	0	3	21	11	10	15
Tottenham	10	4	3	3	19	16	3	15
Marseille	8	4	1	3	13	5	8	13
Inter Milan	10	4	1	5	18	21	-3	13
Valencia	8	3	3	2	17	8	9	12
FC Copenhagen	8	3	2	3	7	7	0	11
Lyon	8	3	2	3	12	14	-2	11
Roma	8	3	1	4	12	17	-5	10
27AC Milan	8	2	3	3	7	8	-1	9
Spartak Moscow	6	3	0	3	7	10	-3	9
Braga	6	3	0	3	5	11	-6	9
Ajax	6	2	1	3	6	10	-4	7
Twente	6	1	3	2	9	11	-2	6
Rubin	6	1	3	2	2	4	-2	6
Basel	6	2	0	4	8	11	-3	6
Rangers	6	1	3	2	3	6	-3	6
Benfica	6	2	0	4	7	12	-5	6
Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	2	3	7	10	-3	5
Werder Bremen	6	1	2	3	6	12	-6	5
CFR	6	1	1	4	6	12	-6	4
Auxerre	6	1	0	5	3	12	-9	3
Panathinaikos	6	0	2	4	2	13	-11	2
Bursaspor	6	0	1	5	2	16	-14	1
Partizan	6	0	0	6	2	13	-11	0
Zilina	6	0	0	6	3	19	-16	0

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Chelsea sack Ancelotti

Tuesday, 24th May 2011 1:37pm
Chelsea sacked manager Carlo Ancelotti after the club finished second in the league but failed to win any trophies.

Ancelotti won the double last season in his first season with the club and whilst the club started very well and deep in form in the October/November made sure the club lost ground on the title.

At time in February the club was fighting for a champions league place but a strong finish to the season catapuled the club to a respectable second place.

Here is some of the stats for Ancelotti's Chelsea:

Ancelotti's Chelsea
Final position	2
Played	38
Points	71
Won	21
Drawn	8
Lost	9
Goal difference	36
Clean sheets	15
Failed to score	9
Goals scored	69
Goals conceded	33
Ave. goals scored	1.8
Ave. goals conceded	0.9
Biggest win	Chelsea 6 - 0 W Brom Wigan 0 - 6 Chelsea
Biggest loss	Chelsea 0 - 3 Sunderland
Scored 3 or more	11
Conceded 3 or more	3
Scored 5 or more	2
Conceded 5 or more	0
Home matches
Played	19
Points	45
Won	14
Drawn	3
Lost	2
Goal difference	26
Goals scored	39
Goals conceded	13
Ave. goals scored	2.1
Ave. goals conceded	0.7
Away matches
Played	19
Points	26
Won	7
Drawn	5
Lost	7
Goal difference	10
Goals scored	30
Goals conceded	20
Ave. goals scored	1.6
Ave. goals conceded	1.1

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Del Neri, Juventus part ways

Tuesday, 24th May 2011 1:35pm
Luigi Del Neri will leave Juventus after one season after the club finished outside the European places.

Juventus finished in seventh place and needed to finish in at least sixth place to secure a Europa place.

Del Neri came to Juve after guiding now relegated Sampdoria to a Champions League place.

Here is some of the stats for Juventus in the 2010/11 season:

Del Neri's Juve
Final position	7
Played	38
Points	58
Won	15
Drawn	13
Lost	10
Goal difference	10
Clean sheets	10
Failed to score	10
Goals scored	57
Goals conceded	47
Ave. goals scored	1.5
Ave. goals conceded	1.2
Biggest win	Udinese 0 - 4 Juventus Juventus 4 - 0 Lecce
Biggest loss	Juventus 1 - 4 Parma Napoli 3 - 0 Juventus
Scored 3 or more	8
Conceded 3 or more	4
Scored 5 or more	0
Conceded 5 or more	0
Home matches
Played	19
Points	30
Won	8
Drawn	6
Lost	5
Goal difference	4
Goals scored	35
Goals conceded	31
Ave. goals scored	1.8
Ave. goals conceded	1.6
Away matches
Played	19
Points	28
Won	7
Drawn	7
Lost	5
Goal difference	6
Goals scored	22
Goals conceded	16
Ave. goals scored	1.2
Ave. goals conceded	0.8

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Can Blackpool win at Old Trafford?

Sunday, 22nd May 2011 9:50pm
Blackpool will play champions Manchester United knowing that a victory will go a long in securing their place for a second season in the English Premiership.

If they win they will become the first side to win at Old Trafford this season and if they draw they will only the second team to do so this season.

United are unbeaten at home but they have already won the championship and are also preparing for the Champions League final next week against Barcelona.

Depending on other results a draw or a narrow loss could see Blackpool extend their stay in the top flight.

Here is some of the stats for the two teams so far this season:

	Man United	Blackpool
Rank	1	18
Played	37	37
Points	77	39
Drawn	11	9
Won	22	10
Lost	4	18
Goal difference	39	-21
Clean sheets	15	6
Failed to score	5	8
Goals scored	74	53
Goals conceded	35	74
Ave. goals scored	2.0	1.4
Ave. goals conceded	0.9	2.0
Biggest win	Man United 7 - 1 Blackburn	Wigan 0 - 4 Blackpool
Biggest loss	Liverpool 3 - 1 Man United	Arsenal 6 - 0 Blackpool
Scored 3 or more	10	4
Conceded 3 or more	2	14
Scored 5 or more	2	0
Conceded 5 or more	0	2
Home matches
Played	18	19
Points	52	20
Drawn	1	5
Won	17	5
Lost	0	9
Goal difference	35	-7
Goals scored	45	30
Goals conceded	10	37
Ave. goals scored	2.5	1.6
Ave. goals conceded	0.6	1.9
Away matches
Played	19	18
Points	25	19
Drawn	10	4
Won	5	5
Lost	4	9
Goal difference	4	-14
Goals scored	29	23
Goals conceded	25	37
Ave. goals scored	1.5	1.3
Ave. goals conceded	1.3	2.1

Recent Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2010/11	24	Blackpool	2	Manchester United	3

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Relegation battle: Stoke vs Wigan

Sunday, 22nd May 2011 8:35pm
The FA runners-up Stoke City will face a Wigan team needing at least a win to secure its premiership status in the last round of the English Premiership.

A win will not necessarily guarantee Wigan a stay in the Premiership.

If they win and Wolves and Blackburn draw then they will stay up.

Also goal could come to their aid if they win and better both Birmingham and Blackpool's goal difference.

Here is some of the stats for the two teams so far this season:

	Wigan	Stoke
Rank	19	9
Played	37	37
Points	39	46
Drawn	15	7
Won	8	13
Lost	14	17
Goal difference	-22	-1
Clean sheets	6	9
Failed to score	13	12
Goals scored	39	46
Goals conceded	61	47
Ave. goals scored	1.1	1.2
Ave. goals conceded	1.6	1.3
Biggest win	Wigan 2 - 0 Wolves Blackpool 1 - 3 Wigan	Stoke 4 - 0 Newcastle
Biggest loss	Wigan 0 - 6 Chelsea	West Ham 3 - 0 Stoke Man City 3 - 0 Stoke
Scored 3 or more	3	6
Conceded 3 or more	7	3
Scored 5 or more	0	0
Conceded 5 or more	1	0
Home matches
Played	19	18
Points	23	34
Drawn	8	4
Won	5	10
Lost	6	4
Goal difference	-12	14
Goals scored	22	31
Goals conceded	34	17
Ave. goals scored	1.2	1.7
Ave. goals conceded	1.8	0.9
Away matches
Played	18	19
Points	16	12
Drawn	7	3
Won	3	3
Lost	8	13
Goal difference	-10	-15
Goals scored	17	15
Goals conceded	27	30
Ave. goals scored	0.9	0.8
Ave. goals conceded	1.5	1.6

Recent Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2008/9	12	Wigan	0	Stoke City	0
2008/9	37	Stoke City	2	Wigan	0
2009/10	16	Stoke City	2	Wigan	2
2009/10	26	Wigan	1	Stoke City	1
2010/11	16	Wigan	2	Stoke City	2

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Relegation battle: Wolves vs Blackburn

Sunday, 22nd May 2011 8:31pm
One of the relegation battles on the last day of the 2010/11 fixture will be be the fixture between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Blackburn Rovers.

Both teams will survive if they win the tie and any other result will depend on the other four fixtures that involve relegation.

Here is some of the stats for the two teams so far this season:

	Blackburn	Wolves
Rank	15	16
Played	37	37
Points	40	40
Drawn	10	7
Won	10	11
Lost	17	19
Goal difference	-14	-19
Clean sheets	8	5
Failed to score	10	10
Goals scored	43	44
Goals conceded	57	63
Ave. goals scored	1.2	1.2
Ave. goals conceded	1.5	1.7
Biggest win	Blackburn 3 - 0 Wolves	Wolves 4 - 0 Blackpool
Biggest loss	Man United 7 - 1 Blackburn	Blackburn 3 - 0 Wolves Wolves 0 - 3 Liverpool Newcastle 4 - 1 Wolves Wolves 0 - 3 Everton Stoke 3 - 0 Wolves
Scored 3 or more	4	6
Conceded 3 or more	6	9
Scored 5 or more	0	0
Conceded 5 or more	1	0
Home matches
Played	19	18
Points	28	28
Drawn	7	4
Won	7	8
Lost	5	6
Goal difference	6	1
Goals scored	22	28
Goals conceded	16	27
Ave. goals scored	1.2	1.6
Ave. goals conceded	0.8	1.5
Away matches
Played	18	19
Points	12	12
Drawn	3	3
Won	3	3
Lost	12	13
Goal difference	-20	-20
Goals scored	21	16
Goals conceded	41	36
Ave. goals scored	1.2	0.8
Ave. goals conceded	2.3	1.9

Recent Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2009/10	5	Blackburn	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1
2009/10	36	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1	Blackburn	1
2010/11	16	Blackburn	3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0

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Man City climbs to third

Wednesday, 18th May 2011 1:36pm
Manchester City are now in third place on the table after beating fellow FA Cup finalist Stoke City at Eastlands.

FA Cup winners Man City climbed the ladder to third after beating Stoke 3-nil and now Arsenal have slid down to fourth.

Third place has no pre-qualifying matches for the Champions League and now its down to the last round to see who finishes third.

Arsenal for a long time this season gunning for the title now know that third place is not in their hands anymore after losing to Aston Villa at the weekend.

The Gunners face Fulham away and City will play Bolton.

A win for City will guarantee them third place.

Here is the form table for the last six fixtures for each team:

Team	P	W	D	L	For	A	GD	Pts	Streak
Liverpool	6	4	1	1	17	5	12	13	WDWWWL
Chelsea	6	4	1	1	14	7	7	13	WWWWLD
Man City	6	4	0	2	8	6	2	12	LWWLWW
Man United	6	3	2	1	6	3	3	11	WDWLWD
Aston Villa	6	3	2	1	8	6	2	11	WWDLDW
Everton	6	3	1	2	8	4	4	10	WWLDWL
Fulham	6	3	1	2	11	8	3	10	LDWWLW
W Brom	6	3	1	2	10	11	-1	10	WLDWLW
Stoke	6	2	2	2	9	8	1	8	LDWDWL
Wigan	6	2	2	2	10	10	0	8	LWLDDW
Wolves	6	2	2	2	8	10	-2	8	LDLDWW
Tottenham	6	1	3	2	9	9	0	6	DDLDLW
Bolton	6	2	0	4	9	11	-2	6	WWLLLL
Blackburn	6	1	3	2	4	6	-2	6	DLLWDD
Blackpool	6	1	3	2	8	11	-3	6	LLDDDW
Newcastle	6	1	3	2	5	8	-3	6	LDDLWD
Sunderland	6	2	0	4	9	14	-5	6	LLWLWL
Arsenal	6	1	2	3	8	11	-3	5	DDLWLL
Bham City	6	1	1	4	5	13	-8	4	WLLDLL
West Ham	6	0	1	5	5	14	-9	1	LLLLDL

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West Ham relegated as Grant is sacked

Tuesday, 17th May 2011 1:03pm
West Ham got relegated in round 37 of the English Premiership after losing 3-2 to fellow relegation strugglers Wigan Athletic.

After the match Avram Grant, the Hammers manager got sacked and will therefore not take any in their last fixture of the season.

The Hammers needed to win in order to extend their stay at least to the last round but the last minute Wigan goal means that they can only finish on 35 points if they win their last fixture which is not enough to stay in the league.

Here is some of the stats for Grant's West Ham for the 2010/11 season:

Grant's West Ham
Rank	20
Played	37
Points	33
Won	7
Drawn	12
Lost	18
Goal difference	-24
Clean sheets	5
Failed to score	12
Goals scored	43
Goals conceded	67
Ave. goals scored	1.2
Ave. goals conceded	1.8
Biggest win	West Ham 3 - 0 Stoke
Biggest loss	Newcastle 5 - 0 West Ham
Scored 3 or more	6
Conceded 3 or more	13
Scored 5 or more	0
Conceded 5 or more	1
Home matches
Played	18
Points	20
Won	5
Drawn	5
Lost	8
Goal difference	-4
Goals scored	24
Goals conceded	28
Ave. goals scored	1.3
Ave. goals conceded	1.6
Away matches
Played	19
Points	13
Won	2
Drawn	7
Lost	10
Goal difference	-20
Goals scored	19
Goals conceded	39
Ave. goals scored	1.0
Ave. goals conceded	2.1

At the DW Stadium, West Ham were leading at half time but they went on to lose the match and this was only the second match they have done that.

However, the Hammers never managed to overturn a match where they were themselves losing at the break.

In eleven matches were they were losing they have gone to lose and here is trend stats:

Trend	Frequency	Percentage(%)
West Ham leading at half time, West Ham winning at full time	6	24.0
West Ham leading at half time, West Ham losing at full time	2	8.0
West Ham trailing at half time, West Ham winning at full time	0	0.0
West Ham trailing at half time, West Ham losing at full time	11	44.0
West Ham drawing at half time, West Ham winning at full time	1	4.0
West Ham drawing at half time, West Ham losing at full time	5	20.0
Matches ending in result	25	67.6

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Man Utd claim 19th title

Sunday, 15th May 2011 7:59am
Manchester United claimed its 19th title after a one-all draw against Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park.

Man United only needed a draw to make sure that second placed Chelsea could not overtake them and they got the point with a second half penalty.

United's last match of the season will be against Blackpool next week at Old Trafford.

Here is some of the stats for Man United so far this season:

Man United
Rank	1
Played	37
Points	77
Won	22
Drawn	11
Lost	4
Goal difference	39
Clean sheets	15
Failed to score	5
Goals scored	74
Goals conceded	35
Ave. goals scored	2.0
Ave. goals conceded	0.9
Biggest win	Man United 7 - 1 Blackburn
Biggest loss	Liverpool 3 - 1 Man United
Scored 3 or more	10
Conceded 3 or more	2
Scored 5 or more	2
Conceded 5 or more	0
Home matches
Played	18
Points	52
Won	17
Drawn	1
Lost	0
Goal difference	35
Goals scored	45
Goals conceded	10
Ave. goals scored	2.5
Ave. goals conceded	0.6
Away matches
Played	19
Points	25
Won	5
Drawn	10
Lost	4
Goal difference	4
Goals scored	29
Goals conceded	25
Ave. goals scored	1.5
Ave. goals conceded	1.3

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Fifth vs sixth: Liverpool vs Spurs

Saturday, 14th May 2011 10:23pm
Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspurs will meet in round 37 of the English Premiership to fight for the Europa place.

Spurs have been fighting for a place in the top four all season but recent results have meant that the North Londoners have now slipped down to sixth on table and in danger of missing European football altogether next season.

On the other hand Liverpool have had a dramatic second half of the season under Kenny Daglish and are now fighting for a place in the Europa Cup next season.

A win or a draw for Liverpool will be enough to secure fifth place and Spurs has to win to remain in the race.

A win for Spurs means the battle for fifth place will be settled in the last round of the season.

Here is some stats for the two teams so far:

	Liverpool	Tottenham
Position	5	6
Played	36	36
Points	58	56
Drawn	7	14
Won	17	14
Lost	12	8
Goal difference	18	6
Clean sheets	14	7
Failed to score	5	8
Goals scored	59	51
Goals conceded	41	45
Ave. goals scored	1.6	1.4
Ave. goals conceded	1.1	1.3
Biggest win	Liverpool 5 - 0 Bham City	Tottenham 3 - 1 Wolves Tottenham 4 - 2 Blackburn Tottenham 2 - 0 Newcastle
Biggest loss	Man City 3 - 0 Liverpool	Man United 2 - 0 Tottenham Bolton 4 - 2 Tottenham Blackpool 3 - 1 Tottenham
Scored 3 or more	8	6
Conceded 3 or more	5	4
Scored 5 or more	2	0
Conceded 5 or more	0	0
Home matches
Played	18	18
Points	40	33
Drawn	4	9
Won	12	8
Lost	2	1
Goal difference	25	10
Goals scored	37	28
Goals conceded	12	18
Ave. goals scored	2.1	1.6
Ave. goals conceded	0.7	1.0
Away matches
Played	18	18
Points	18	23
Drawn	3	5
Won	5	6
Lost	10	7
Goal difference	-7	-4
Goals scored	22	23
Goals conceded	29	27
Ave. goals scored	1.2	1.3
Ave. goals conceded	1.6	1.5

Previous Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2007/8	9	Liverpool	2	Tottenham	2
2007/8	38	Tottenham	0	Liverpool	2
2008/9	11	Tottenham	2	Liverpool	1
2008/9	38	Liverpool	3	Tottenham	1
2009/10	1	Tottenham	2	Liverpool	1
2009/10	21	Liverpool	2	Tottenham	0
2010/11	15	Tottenham	2	Liverpool	1

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Relegation battle: Wigan vs West Ham

Saturday, 14th May 2011 10:18pm
The bottom two teams in the English Premiership, Wigan and West Ham meet in round 37 in a match neither team can afford to lose.

A loss for West Ham will spell relegation as that will mean they will only have three points to play for to bring their tally to 36 points.

A win will mean the Hammers can potentially finish on 39 points which will save them depending on other results.

A win for Wigan will take them to 39 points and the win will mean their fate will be in their own hands come the last weekend of the season.

A draw will also not do for the Hammers but that will spell relegation because then their maximum points will be 37 points.

Wigan could however do with a draw because a win in their last match could be enough to save them depending on other results.

Here is some of the stats for the two teams after 36 matches:

	West Ham	Wigan
Rank	20	19
Played	36	36
Points	33	36
Drawn	12	15
Won	7	7
Lost	17	14
Goal difference	-23	-23
Clean sheets	5	6
Failed to score	12	13
Goals scored	41	36
Goals conceded	64	59
Ave. goals scored	1.1	1.0
Ave. goals conceded	1.8	1.6
Biggest win	West Ham 3 - 0 Stoke	Wigan 2 - 0 Wolves Blackpool 1 - 3 Wigan
Biggest loss	Newcastle 5 - 0 West Ham	Wigan 0 - 6 Chelsea
Scored 3 or more	6	2
Conceded 3 or more	12	7
Scored 5 or more	0	0
Conceded 5 or more	1	1
Home matches
Played	18	18
Points	20	20
Drawn	5	8
Won	5	4
Lost	8	6
Goal difference	-4	-13
Goals scored	24	19
Goals conceded	28	32
Ave. goals scored	1.3	1.1
Ave. goals conceded	1.6	1.8
Away matches
Played	18	18
Points	13	16
Drawn	7	7
Won	2	3
Lost	9	8
Goal difference	-19	-10
Goals scored	17	17
Goals conceded	36	27
Ave. goals scored	0.9	0.9
Ave. goals conceded	2.0	1.5

Recent Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2007/8	4	West Ham	1	Wigan	1
2007/8	25	Wigan	1	West Ham	0
2008/9	1	West Ham	2	Wigan	1
2008/9	28	Wigan	0	West Ham	1
2009/10	5	Wigan	1	West Ham	0
2009/10	36	West Ham	3	Wigan	2
2010/11	15	West Ham	3	Wigan	1

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Barca wraps up La Liga title

Thursday, 12th May 2011 1:34pm
Barcelona wrapped up the La Liga title after the draw against Levante with two matches to spare.

Barca only needed a draw to win its third successive title because it has a better head-to-head record over Real Madrid who are six points behind.

Real had won its fixture against Getafe 4-nil the day before meaning that Barca still needed the draw to seal up the title and concentrate on the Champions League final against Manchester United.

Here is some of the stats for the La Liga champions so far this season:

Barcelona
Position	1
Played	36
Points	92
Won	29
Drawn	5
Lost	2
Goal difference	72
Clean sheets	18
Failed to score	1
Goals scored	92
Goals conceded	20
Ave. goals scored	2.6
Ave. goals conceded	0.6
Biggest win	Almeria 0 - 8 Barcelona
Biggest loss	Barcelona 0 - 2 Hercules
Scored 3 or more	17
Conceded 3 or more	0
Scored 5 or more	5
Conceded 5 or more	0
Home matches
Played	18
Points	49
Won	16
Drawn	1
Lost	1
Goal difference	36
Goals scored	46
Goals conceded	10
Ave. goals scored	2.6
Ave. goals conceded	0.6
Away matches
Played	18
Points	43
Won	13
Drawn	4
Lost	1
Goal difference	36
Goals scored	46
Goals conceded	10
Ave. goals scored	2.6
Ave. goals conceded	0.6

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AC Milan clinch Serie A title

Sunday, 8th May 2011 9:44pm
AC Milan clinched the 2010/11 Seria A title after a goalless draw against AS Roma.

AC Milan needed only a draw to make sure they finished above second placed Inter Milan and a draw against Champions League chasing Roma was enough.

AC won the title with two matches to spare and their next match will be a home match against Cagliari.

Here are some of the stats for AC Milan so far this season:

AC Milan
Played	36
Points	78
Won	23
Drawn	9
Lost	4
Goal difference	38
Clean sheets	19
Failed to score	5
Goals scored	61
Goals conceded	23
Ave. goals scored	1.7
Ave. goals conceded	0.6
Biggest win	AC Milan 4 - 0 Lecce AC Milan 4 - 0 Parma
Biggest loss	Cesena 2 - 0 AC Milan
Scored 3 or more	11
Conceded 3 or more	1
Scored 5 or more	0
Conceded 5 or more	0
Home matches
Played	18
Points	40
Won	12
Drawn	4
Lost	2
Goal difference	27
Goals scored	38
Goals conceded	11
Ave. goals scored	2.1
Ave. goals conceded	0.6
Away matches
Played	18
Points	38
Won	11
Drawn	5
Lost	2
Goal difference	11
Goals scored	23
Goals conceded	12
Ave. goals scored	1.3
Ave. goals conceded	0.7

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First vs second: Man Utd vs Chelsea

Saturday, 7th May 2011 11:33pm
One of the key fixtures of the English Premiership round 36 will see leaders Manchester United take on second placed Chelsea at Old Trafford.

The two teams are separated by just three points and a win for the visitors will see them top the league table.

A win for Manchester United will mean they will need one more win to clinch their 19th title.

A draw will be to United's advantage especially with just two matches left until the end of the season.

In their last two matches, United will play Blackburn away and Blackpool at home whilst Chelsea will play Newcastle at home and Everton away.

Interestingly when the two teams last met in March in the league, Chelsea were fourth then but they have since pulled themselves into second place.

Here is some of the stats for the two teams so far this season:

	Chelsea	Man United
Position	2	1
Played	35	35
Points	70	73
Drawn	7	10
Won	21	21
Lost	7	4
Goal difference	38	38
Clean sheets	15	15
Failed to score	8	5
Goals scored	66	71
Goals conceded	28	33
Ave. goals scored	1.9	2.0
Ave. goals conceded	0.8	0.9
Biggest win	Chelsea 6 - 0 W Brom Wigan 0 - 6 Chelsea	Man United 7 - 1 Blackburn
Biggest loss	Chelsea 0 - 3 Sunderland	Liverpool 3 - 1 Man United
Scored 3 or more	11	10
Conceded 3 or more	3	2
Scored 5 or more	2	2
Conceded 5 or more	0	0
Home matches
Played	18	17
Points	44	49
Drawn	2	1
Won	14	16
Lost	2	0
Goal difference	26	34
Goals scored	37	43
Goals conceded	11	9
Ave. goals scored	2.1	2.5
Ave. goals conceded	0.6	0.5
Away matches
Played	17	18
Points	26	24
Drawn	5	9
Won	7	5
Lost	5	4
Goal difference	12	4
Goals scored	29	28
Goals conceded	17	24
Ave. goals scored	1.7	1.6
Ave. goals conceded	1.0	1.3

Recent Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2007/8	7	Manchester United	2	Chelsea	0
2007/8	36	Chelsea	2	Manchester United	1
2007/8	13	Manchester United	1	Chelsea	1
2008/9	5	Chelsea	1	Manchester United	1
2008/9	21	Manchester United	3	Chelsea	0
2009/10	12	Chelsea	1	Manchester United	0
2009/10	33	Manchester United	1	Chelsea	2
2010/11	28	Chelsea	2	Manchester United	1

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Black Country derby : Wolves vs West Brom

Saturday, 7th May 2011 11:30pm
The second ever English Premiership Black Country derby will be played in round 36 as Wolverhampton Wanderers host West Bromwich Albion.

A few months ago this fixture looked like it was going to be a relegation dog fight but the Baggies have steered themselves from relegation and are now fighting to get their best ever finish in the premiership.

Wolves on the other hand are second from bottom and a win is crucial here especially as there will be two matches left after this match.

The two teams met in February and the match was drawn.

Here is some of the stats for the two teams so far this season:

	West Brom	Wolves
Position	11	19
Played	35	35
Points	43	34
Drawn	10	7
Won	11	9
Lost	14	19
Goal difference	-14	-23
Clean sheets	1	5
Failed to score	9	10
Goals scored	51	38
Goals conceded	65	61
Ave. goals scored	1.5	1.1
Ave. goals conceded	1.9	1.7
Biggest win	Everton 1 - 4 W Brom	Wolves 4 - 0 Blackpool
Biggest loss	Chelsea 6 - 0 W Brom	Blackburn 3 - 0 Wolves Wolves 0 - 3 Liverpool Newcastle 4 - 1 Wolves Wolves 0 - 3 Everton Stoke 3 - 0 Wolves
Scored 3 or more	8	4
Conceded 3 or more	7	9
Scored 5 or more	0	0
Conceded 5 or more	1	0
Home matches
Played	18	17
Points	27	25
Drawn	6	4
Won	7	7
Lost	5	6
Goal difference	-1	-1
Goals scored	29	25
Goals conceded	30	26
Ave. goals scored	1.6	1.5
Ave. goals conceded	1.7	1.5
Away matches
Played	17	18
Points	16	9
Drawn	4	3
Won	4	2
Lost	9	13
Goal difference	-13	-22
Goals scored	22	13
Goals conceded	35	35
Ave. goals scored	1.3	0.7
Ave. goals conceded	2.1	1.9

Previous Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2010/11	28	West Bromwich Albion	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1

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Serie A round 36: Roma vs AC Milan

Saturday, 7th May 2011 11:24pm
AS Roma and AC Milan meet in Serie A's round with the visitors only needing a draw to clinch the title.

AC Milan are eight points ahead of rivals and champions Inter Milan and one more point will meet that Inter will not be able to catch AC Milan.

AC Milan have a better head to head record if the two teams were to finish on equal points.

Roma's battle is to finish in the Champions League places.

They trail local rivals Lazio by a single point.

The highest Roma can finish at the moment is fourth and a win is crucial in bringing Champions League football next season.

In their earlier meeting at the San Siro, Roma edged out AC Milan 1-nil.

Here are some of the stats for the two teams so far this season:

	AC Milan	Roma
Rank	1	5
Played	35	35
Points	77	59
Drawn	8	8
Won	23	17
Lost	4	10
Goal difference	38	6
Clean sheets	18	13
Failed to score	4	5
Goals scored	61	55
Goals conceded	23	49
Ave. goals scored	1.7	1.6
Ave. goals conceded	0.7	1.4
Biggest win	AC Milan 4 - 0 Lecce AC Milan 4 - 0 Parma	Roma 3 - 0 Cagliari
Biggest loss	Cesena 2 - 0 AC Milan	Cagliari 5 - 1 Roma
Scored 3 or more	11	6
Conceded 3 or more	1	5
Scored 5 or more	0	0
Conceded 5 or more	0	2
Home matches
Played	18	17
Points	40	34
Drawn	4	4
Won	12	10
Lost	2	3
Goal difference	27	11
Goals scored	38	28
Goals conceded	11	17
Ave. goals scored	2.1	1.6
Ave. goals conceded	0.6	1.0
Away matches
Played	17	18
Points	37	25
Drawn	4	4
Won	11	7
Lost	2	7
Goal difference	11	-5
Goals scored	23	27
Goals conceded	12	32
Ave. goals scored	1.4	1.5
Ave. goals conceded	0.7	1.8

Recent Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2010/11	17	AC Milan	0	AS Roma	1

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Porto, Barga to meet in Europa final

Saturday, 7th May 2011 11:18pm
Portuguese teams FC Porto and Sporting Braga will meet in the Europa Cup final.

Porto overcome Villareal 7-4 on aggregate whilst Braga 1-nil win over Benfica in the second leg was enough to secure a place in the final on goal difference.

Braga started their European adventure in the Champions League where they finished third in their group and dropped to the Europa Cup.

Here is some of the stats for Braga in their Champions League matches:

Braga Champions League
Played	6
Points	9
Won	3
Drawn	0
Lost	3
Goal difference	-6
Clean sheets	3
Failed to score	3
Goals scored	5
Goals conceded	11
Ave. goals scored	0.8
Ave. goals conceded	1.8
Biggest win	Braga 2 - 0 Partizan Braga 2 - 0 Arsenal
Biggest loss	Arsenal 6 - 0 Braga
Scored 3 or more	0
Conceded 3 or more	2
Scored 5 or more	0
Conceded 5 or more	1
Home matches
Played	3
Points	6
Won	2
Drawn	0
Lost	1
Goal difference	1
Goals scored	4
Goals conceded	3
Ave. goals scored	1.3
Ave. goals conceded	1.0
Away matches
Played	3
Points	3
Won	1
Drawn	0
Lost	2
Goal difference	-7
Goals scored	1
Goals conceded	8
Ave. goals scored	0.3
Ave. goals conceded	2.7

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Man Utd to meet Barca in final

Thursday, 5th May 2011 7:50am
Manchester United dispatched Schalke 6-1 on aggregate and they will meet Barcelona in the final at Wembley.

Man Utd won the first leg 2-nil and they were 2-1 up by the end of the first half at Old Trafford.

Barcelona drew with Real Madrid to win with a 3-1 aggregate.

The final mirrors the 2009 final which Barcelona won 2-nil.

I will take a look at look at how all teams would rank when put into one table including all the matches the teams have played up to now:

Team	Played	Won	Draw	Lost	For	Against	GD	Pts
Man United	12	9	3	0	18	4	14	30
Barcelona	12	8	3	1	27	8	19	27
Real Madrid	12	8	3	1	25	6	19	27
Schalke 04	12	7	2	3	22	14	8	23
Shakhtar Donetsk	10	7	0	3	19	14	5	21
Chelsea	10	6	1	3	17	7	10	19
Bayern Munich	8	6	0	2	19	9	10	18
Arsenal	8	5	0	3	21	11	10	15
Tottenham	10	4	3	3	19	16	3	15
Marseille	8	4	1	3	13	5	8	13
Inter Milan	10	4	1	5	18	21	-3	13
Valencia	8	3	3	2	17	8	9	12
FC Copenhagen	8	3	2	3	7	7	0	11
Lyon	8	3	2	3	12	14	-2	11
Roma	8	3	1	4	12	17	-5	10
AC Milan	8	2	3	3	7	8	-1	9
Spartak Moscow	6	3	0	3	7	10	-3	9
Braga	6	3	0	3	5	11	-6	9
Ajax	6	2	1	3	6	10	-4	7
Twente	6	1	3	2	9	11	-2	6
Rubin	6	1	3	2	2	4	-2	6
Basel	6	2	0	4	8	11	-3	6
Rangers	6	1	3	2	3	6	-3	6
Benfica	6	2	0	4	7	12	-5	6
Hapoel Tel Aviv	6	1	2	3	7	10	-3	5
Werder Bremen	6	1	2	3	6	12	-6	5
CFR	6	1	1	4	6	12	-6	4
Auxerre	6	1	0	5	3	12	-9	3
Panathinaikos	6	0	2	4	2	13	-11	2
Bursaspor	6	0	1	5	2	16	-14	1
Partizan	6	0	0	6	2	13	-11	0
Zilina	6	0	0	6	3	19	-16	0

So Man Utd stand out as the team still to lose a match in the competition.

Real Madrid and Barcelona have an almost identical record if you look at all the matches.

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Barca marches to Wembley final

Wednesday, 4th May 2011 10:51pm
Barcelona reached the UEFA Champions league final after beating rivals Real Madrid 3-1 on aggregate.

Barca won the first leg 2-nil and then the second leg was drawn one-all and they reach the final for the second time in three years.

Barca will meet the winner between Manchester United and Schalke.

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Norwich gains EPL automatic promotion

Tuesday, 3rd May 2011 1:36pm
Norwich beat Portsmouth 1-nil to secure second place in the Championship and automatic promotion to the Premier League.

Cardiff could have pushed the fight to the last match but they were shocked by Middlesbrough losing 3-nil at home.

Cardiff will now have to fight it out in the playoffs with Swansea, Reading and Nottingham Forest.

Leeds have a mathematical chance of a playoff but it looks unlikely because of the big goal difference that has to be overcome.

The promotion means Norwich have secured back to back promotions and will be back in the top flight after a six year absence.

Norwich joins Queens Park Rangers who won the Championship title.

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Rangers secure promotion

Monday, 2nd May 2011 10:37pm
Queens Park Rangers will be back in the English Premiership after securing the Championship title over the weekend.

Rangers on 88 points can no longer be overtaken and they still have one more match to play.

Rangers will be back in the Premier League after a 15 year absence.

Norwich are currently in second place whilst Cardiff City are third. Both teams have two matches to play.

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Dortmund clinches Bundesliga title

Monday, 2nd May 2011 10:12pm
Borussia Dortmund clinched the Bundesliga title after beating Nuremberg 2-nil whilst second placed lost 2-nil to Cologne.

This is Dortmund's first title in nine seasons and they won it with two rounds to spare.

Meanwhile Leverkusen still needs at least two points to secure second place after Bayern Munich beat Champions League semi-finalists Schalke 4-1.

Here is some of the stats for Dortmund so far this season:

Borussia Dortmund
Played	32
Points	72
Won	22
Drawn	6
Lost	4
Goal difference	45
Clean sheets	14
Failed to score	5
Goals scored	64
Goals conceded	19
Ave. goals scored	2.0
Ave. goals conceded	0.6
Biggest win	Dortmund 5 - 0 Kaiser
Biggest loss	Dortmund 0 - 2 Leverkusen
Scored 3 or more	11
Conceded 3 or more	0
Scored 5 or more	1
Conceded 5 or more	0
Home matches
Played	16
Points	37
Won	11
Drawn	4
Lost	1
Goal difference	25
Goals scored	32
Goals conceded	7
Ave. goals scored	2.0
Ave. goals conceded	0.4
Away matches
Played	16
Points	35
Won	11
Drawn	2
Lost	3
Goal difference	20
Goals scored	32
Goals conceded	12
Ave. goals scored	2.0
Ave. goals conceded	0.8

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Third vs first: Arsenal vs Man Utd

Sunday, 1st May 2011 7:54pm
Arsenal meet leaders Manchester United knowing that a win will bring them six points of their rivals.

The Gunners who lost their last match against Bolton will need to bounce back and make sure that that the worst position will at least be third.

A win for Manchester United will restore their six point gap over second placed Chelsea.

A loss wil mean that when the two teams meet next week they will be separated by just three points.

Here is some of the stats for the two teams this season:

	Arsenal	Man United
Position	3	1
Played	34	34
Points	64	73
Drawn	10	10
Won	18	21
Lost	6	3
Goal difference	31	39
Clean sheets	12	15
Failed to score	6	4
Goals scored	67	71
Goals conceded	36	32
Ave. goals scored	2.0	2.1
Ave. goals conceded	1.1	0.9
Biggest win	Arsenal 6 - 0 Blackpool	Man United 7 - 1 Blackburn
Biggest loss	Chelsea 2 - 0 Arsenal	Liverpool 3 - 1 Man United
Scored 3 or more	11	10
Conceded 3 or more	4	2
Scored 5 or more	1	2
Conceded 5 or more	0	0
Home matches
Played	17	17
Points	34	49
Drawn	4	1
Won	10	16
Lost	3	0
Goal difference	18	34
Goals scored	31	43
Goals conceded	13	9
Ave. goals scored	1.8	2.5
Ave. goals conceded	0.8	0.5
Away matches
Played	17	17
Points	30	24
Drawn	6	9
Won	8	5
Lost	3	3
Goal difference	13	5
Goals scored	36	28
Goals conceded	23	23
Ave. goals scored	2.1	1.6
Ave. goals conceded	1.4	1.4

Recent Matches

Season	Round	Team	Goals	Team	Goals
2007/8	12	Arsenal	2	Manchester United	2
2007/8	34	Manchester United	2	Arsenal	1
2008/9	12	Arsenal	2	Manchester United	1
2008/9	11	Manchester United	1	Arsenal	0
2008/9	37	Manchester United	0	Arsenal	0
2009/10	4	Manchester United	2	Arsenal	1
2009/10	24	Arsenal	1	Manchester United	3
2010/11	17	Manchester United	1	Arsenal	0

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