By Brian Sears 19 May 2011 To paraphrase Ol’ Blue Eyes: ‘And now, the end is near, the season takes its final curtain. But who, supporters ask, supporters fear, is down for certain?’ As a dispassionate statistician, it’s clear that Manchester United generally have a good final day in the Premier League. We’ve looked at […]
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Hammers hope and Wigan wish: history points to decent days for w-w-w-worried clubs
By Brian Sears 6 May 2011 These are w-w-w-worrying times for West Ham, Wolves and Wigan, who occupy the bottom three places in the Premier League before this weekend’s games, if not for West Brom under Woy, sorry Roy, Hodgson, who has lifted his team to safety. Woy’s boys could even storm into the top […]
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Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and City maintain goal rush towards record
By Brian Sears 8 April 2011 With 72 games remaining in the Premier League this season before the matches on Saturday and Sunday, an average of three goals per game would see a record level of scoring this campaign, the 19th season in the League’s history. Overall so far this season the rate works out at 2.77 […]
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For the drop? History says West Brom, Wigan and Birmingham
By Brian Sears 29 March 2011 Just 82 Premier League games remain to be played this season, and it’s great fun trying to predict the outcome. Using historical results based on previous Premier League meetings, sportingintelligence has projected the end-of-season table for 2010-11. The full explanation of how we reached our conclusions is elsewhere today. […]
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Wigan’s woeful wins wait: nearly two years since consecutive victories
By Brian Sears 19 February 2011 While Everton and others are relishing the romance and the glory of FA Cup victories, Wigan are possibly not too unhappy they were knocked out the other day, meaning they can focus on their Premier League survival. And goodness how they need to focus, with an unwanted record among […]
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W…W…W… winning is good but West Ham, Wigan and Wolves want a point per game
By Brian Sears 3 February 2011 What do West Ham, Wigan and Wolverhampton all have in common aside from all beginning with the 23rd letter of the alphabet and all being current occupants of the Premier League’s relegation zone? They are also the only three Premier League sides so far unable to muster a point […]
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