Tag Archives: Premier League

QPR 1 Spurs 2 – Kane revives Tottenham’s Champions League hopes

Kane QPR

 

Two wins in four days and Spurs’ top four hopes are back on track. Now just four points off third place it’s a real possibility, even if the form of Liverpool and Arsenal make those two favourites.

Mirroring the midweek victory against Continue reading

Spurs 2 West Ham 2 – it’s happened again

Kane scores against West Ham

 

“It’s happening again” sang the West Ham fans as their team went 2-0 up at White Hart Lane, a ground where they were victorious twice last season. In a way they were right, as for the second time this campaign, Tottenham scored an injury time goal to break Hammers’ hearts.

As I took my seat, the teams were being announced and there was one big surprise. Continue reading

Premier League Stats – Aggression vs Possession

Premier League Predictions

 

Yesterday, I investigated Premier League shot ratios to get an idea of how each side has performed so far this season.

Next, I want to take a closer look at differences between styles of play. Below I have plotted a graph of Continue reading

Premier League statistics – team Shot Ratios compared

Premier League Predictions

 

It’s FA Cup week and there’s no Premier League, so I thought I’d take a statistical look at how the season’s taking shape. This is the first of two articles, in the second I will be trying to categorise teams’ style of play based on some basic metrics.

Let’s see how the statistics suggest each of the 20 teams is performing and how Continue reading