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  • A hard fought encounter in Belgium ended all square as Oyarzabal cancelled out a Tsyhankov opener to take a share of the spoils. Espanyol found the Liege keeper Martinez in inspired form as he stood firm to take the man…

  • Espanyol recorded their first league win of the season against newly promoted Bremen with new Brazilan full back Henrique bagging the decisive goal. The full-time scoreline was somewhere surprising given both sides had 15 shots on goal, in a game…

  • Rubin and Inter lead the pack is defence the best form of attack in division 5. Both the leading clubs have a good keeper and defence combo and a fairly strong attack. Athletic club also have a strong keeper and…

  • Five teams in the fight for the title in Division 4. It seems that Division 4 will have at least 2 really disappointed teams that most years would have grabbed an automatic place but will now be in the playoffs…

  • Will West Brom’s strike force carry them to the title? A huge reliance on a potent strike force has worked well in the past in D3 and West Brom have all the tools to pull off that trick.   They sit…

  • Genoa certain to return to Division 1? What about the rest Genoa are by rights a mid table D1 side and while nothing is guaranteed they lead every important stat except defence. There are then maybe 4 other teams in…

  • Season 17 got underway for Espanyol with a narrow defeat against one of the title favourites Juventus. Going into the game the odds were highly stacked against the Spanish side, especially with James Rodriguez suspended. Juventus have strengthened further over…

  • At the end of November, and throughout December, Leicester City underwent some major changes with 8 of the starting XI being replaced. With that in mind, many fans expected a quiet off season with little transfer activity. Early on that…

  • Barcelona and Chelsea top the table. First of all the explanations. This is purely statistical and takes no account of squad building or managerial ability. How it works: I look at the likely picks for the first eleven and take…

  • It was a big decision for me to move to a club, which even at that early stage of season 16 were likely to be going down. Particularly as I am a manager that likes to develop a sqaud and…