Average ratings Arsenal.

Includes all PL and CL matches. 

6,86 Van Persie (rated 14 times)
6,57 Ramsey (13)
6,55 Gervinho (11)
6,51 Szczesny (15)
6,48 Song (12)
6,45 Vermaelen (4)
6,17 Sagna (10)
6,14 Koscielny (10)
6,13 Mertesacker (10)
6,07 Gibbs (7)
5,99 Rosický (7)
5,96 Walcott (14)
5,93 André Santos (6)
5,74 Arshavin (9)
5,47 Jenkinson (7)
5,40 Djourou (7)
5,28 Chamakh (4).

Average ratings AC Milan.

Includes all Serie A and CL matches. Minimum: 4 rated appearances. 

6,50 Ibrahimovic (rated 8 times)
6,31 Aquilani (8)
6,30 Cassano (12)
6,28 Thiago Silva (10)
6,25 Abate (11)
6,14 KP Boateng (7)
6,05 Nesta (10)
6,00 Seedorf (6)
5,99 Nocerino (12)
5,97 Abbiati (11)
5,83 Taiwo (3)
5,82 Antonini & Robinho (5)
5,78 Van Bommel (11)
5,74 Bonera (5)
5,62 Ambrosini (4)
5,61 Emanuelson (7)
5,60 Zambrotta (5).

Player ratings Roma 2, Milan 3.

0-1 17' Ibrahimovic, 1-1 28' Burdisso, 1-2 30' Nesta, 1-3 78' Ibrahimovic, 2-3 88' Bojan. Att: 43.978.

Roma: Stekelenburg 5,40 - Cassetti 4,40, Burdisso 6,10, Juan 4,90 (70' Heinze), José Angel 5,10 - D. Pizarro 6,00, De Rossi 5,60, Gago 5,80 (63' Lamela 6,50) - Pjanic 6,20 - Borini 5,50 (39' Bojan 6,00), Osvaldo 5,60. = average: 5,62.

Milan: Abbiati 7,10 - Abate 6,20, Nesta 6,90, Thiago Silva 6,40, Zambrotta 5,50 - Aquilani 6,80, Van Bommel 5,60, Nocerino 5,40 (88' Ambrosini) - K. P. Boateng 5,10 (65' Emanuelson) - Ibrahimovic 7,40, Robinho 5,80 (73'  Cassano 6,80). =average: 6,25.

Player ratings Inter 1, Juventus 2.

0-1 12' Vučinić, 1-1 28' Maicon, 1-2 33' Marchisio. Att: 78.072.
Inter: Castellazzi 6,00 - Maicon 6,50, Lúcio 5,40, Chivu 4,90, Nagatomo 5,20 - J. Zanetti 5,60, Cambiasso 5,50, Obi 5,20 (64' Stankovic 5,40) - Sneijder 5,60 (78' Álvarez) - Pazzini 6,10, Zárate 5,20 (46' Castaignos). = average: 5,55. 
Juventus: Buffon 6,00 - Lichtsteiner 6,60, Barzagli 6,50, Bonucci 6,00, Chiellini 6,00 - Marchisio 7,20, Pirlo 6,00 - Pepe 6,00, Vidal 6,20 (89' Pazienza), Vučinić 6,60 (84' Del Piero) - Matri 6,80 (70' Estigarribia). = average: 6,35.

Player ratings Real Madrid.

Real Sociedad 0, Real Madrid 1.
0-1 9' Higuaín. Att: 27.000.
Casillas 6,50 - Arbeloa 6,00, Pepe 6,00, Sergio Ramos 7,00, Fábio Coentrão 7,00 -  Xabi Alonso 6,50, Lass 5,75 (68' Khedira 5,75), Di María 6,50, Özil 5,00 (63' Kaká 5,75) - Cristiano Ronaldo 5,25, Higuaín 6,50 (81' Benzema). = average: 6,12.

Player ratings Barcelona.

Vs Mallorca (5-0).
1-0 13' Messi pen, 2-0 21' Messi, 3-0 30' Messi, 4-0 59' Isaac Cuenca, 5-0 91' Dani Alves. Att: 80.635.
Valdés 6,00 - Dani Alves 7,50, Mascherano 6,25, Abidal 6,25 (46' Piqué 6,25) - Thiago 6,50, Busquets 6,25 (59' Puyol 6,00), Keita 6,75 - Messi 8,25 - Cuenca 7,75, Villa 6,00 (63' Gerard Deulofeu 5,75), Adriano 7,75. = average: 6,66.

Player ratings Chelsea 3, Arsenal 5.

1-0 14' Lampard, 1-1 36' Van Persie, 2-1 45' Terry, 2-2 49' André Santos, 2-3 55' Walcott, 3-3 80' Mata, 3-4 85' Van Persie, 3-5 92' Van Persie. Att: 41.801.
Chelsea: Petr Cech 4,90 - Ashley Cole 5,70, Branislav Ivanovic 5,10, John Terry 4,90, José Bosingwa 5,30 - Frank Lampard 6,20, Ramires 5,70 (72' Romelu Lukaku 5,70), John Obi Mikel 5,20 (76' Raul Meireles) - Fernando Torres 5,40, Daniel Sturridge 5,60 (62' Florent Malouda 5,20), Juan Mata 6,90. = average: 5,52.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczesny 5,60 - Johan Djourou 5,50 (76' Carl Jenkinson), André Santos 6,30, Per Mertesacker 5,50, Laurent Koscielny 7,20 - Theo Walcott 7,60 (79' Tomas Rosický), Aaron Ramsey 7,20, Mikel Arteta 6,40, Alexandre Song 6,70 - Gervinho 6,90 (88' Thomas Vermaelen), Robin van Persie 8,60.  = average: 6,68.

Derby d'Italia: statistical comparison Inter-Juventus.

---------------------------Inter------Juventus--------------------
Fans in Italy*: 3,9 mil. / 5,5 mil.
Fans in Europe*: 17,5 mil. / 13,1 mil.
Fanclubs: 677 / 400
Countries with fanclubs: 53 / 29
Fans on Facebook: 1,07 milj. / 2,55 milj.
Unique visitors on off. web page/3 months: 412.716 / 234.641
Average attendance 2000-2010: 57.021 / 30.612
% of fans who attend home matches 2000-10: 1,46% / 0,56%.

*) according to SportMarkt.

Memory Lane: Barcelona 1973-74.

Average ratings in Rinus Michels' Barcelona side that won their first Liga title in 14 years:

7,12 Cruyff (rated 26 times)
6,94 Marcial (33)
6,92 Juan Carlos (36)
6,88 Torres (32)
6,75 Asensi (36)
6,69 Sotil (36)
6,36 De la Cruz (36), Rifé (33)
6,34 Sadurní (32)
6,27 Costas (33)
6,23 Rexach (26)
6,20 Tomé (5)
6,00 Mora (4)
5,91 Juanito (11)
5,90 Gallego (20).

Web poll in Madrid sports newspaper "As"

How would you rate Mourinho's first 500 days in Real Madrid?

17% Outstanding (Sobresaliente)
27% Good (Notable)
18% OK (Suficiente)
38% Unsatisfactory (Suspenso).

136.677 people have voted so far.

Vote: http://www.as.com/encuestas/encuesta/Real-Madrid-16410

Player ratings Real Madrid 3, Villarreal 0.

1-0 6' Benzema, 2-0 11' Kaká; 3-0, 3-0 30' Di María. Att: apprx 60.000.
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,25 - Arbeloa 6,25, Pepe 6,50, Sergio Ramos 7,25, Marcelo 7,25 - Xabi Alonso 6,75 (80' Fábio Coentrão), Khedira 7,00 - Kaká 7,50, Di María 8,25 (70' Özil 5,75), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,00, Benzema 7,75 (75' Higuaín 5,75). = average: 6,79.
Villarreal: Diego López 5,75 - Zapata 5,00, Gonzalo 4,00, Musacchio 4,75, Catalá 5,25 - Bruno 5,75, Borja Valero 5,00, Cani 5,50, De Guzmán 4,75 (52' Camuñas 5,25) - G. Rossi 5,00 (60' Mario 4,75), Marcos Rubén 4,75 (75' Marcos Senna 5,00). = average: 5,04.

Player ratings Napoli 2, Udinese 0.

1-0 19′ Lavezzi, 2-0 43′ Maggio. Att: 35.565(sic).
Napoli: De Sanctis 7,20 - Campagnaro 6,70, P. Cannavaro 6,60, Aronica 6,60 - Maggio 6,90, Dzemaili 6,40 (80' Zúñiga), Inler 6,30, Dossena 6,20 (87' Mascara 6,90) - Hamsík 6,10 (73' Santana), Lavezzi 7,20 - Cavani 6,20. = average: 6,58.
Udinese: Handanovic 5,80 - Benatia 5,30, Danilo 5,20, Ferronetti 5,00 - Basta 5,60 (86' Abdi), Pinzi 5,80, Asamoah 5,90 (63' Neuton 5,70), Badu 5,80, Armero 5,60 - Torje 4,70  (46' Fabbrini 5,10), Floro Flores 5,90. = average: 5,47.

Player ratings Juventus 2, Fiorentina 1.

1-0 13' Bonucci, 1-1 57' Jovetic, 2-1 64' Matri. Att: 35.517.
Juventus: Storari 6,20 - Lichtsteiner 6,50, Barzagli 6,60, Bonucci 6,40, Chiellini 6,20 - Marchisio 6,50, Pirlo 6,50, Vidal 6,60 (87' Pazienza) - Pepe 7,10 (87' De Ceglie), Matri 7,40, Vučinić 5,60 (78' Estigarribia 6,00). = average: 6,47.
Fiorentina: Boruc 6,20 - De Silvestri 5,20, Gamberini 6,00, Natali 5,50, Pasqual 5,10 - Munari 5,20, Behrami 6,40, Kharja 4,80 (83' Silva) - Cerci 4,40 (46' Gilardino 6,10), Jovetic 6,80, Vargas 5,30 (70' Ljajic 5,70). = average: 5,59.

Player ratings Barcelona.

Granada 0, Barcelona 1.
0-1 32' Xavi. Att: 22.000.
Valdés 6,00 - Dani Alves 5,50, Maxwell 5,75, Mascherano 6,25, Abidal 6,25 - Busquets 6,00, Xavi 7,25 (83' Keita), Cesc 5,00 (71' Iniesta 5,25) - Pedro 6,25 (55' Villa 5,25), Isaac Cuenca 6,00, Messi 6,00.

Season average:
7,34 Messi (rated 14 times)
6,84 Xavi (14)
6,81 Iniesta (9)
6,64 Thiago (9)
6,57 Cesc (10)
6,55 Mascherano (11)
6,50 Alexis (4)
6,36 Pedro (13)
6,32 Dani Alves (13)
6,40 Abidal (13)
6,22 Valdés (13)
6,15 Busquets (10)
6,14 Villa (14)
6,12 Puyol (4)
5,95 Adriano (10)
5,94 Keita (10)
5,85 Piqué (4)
5,80 Maxwell (6).

Serie A, top rated players (Gazzetta dello Sport).

6,79: Palacio (Genoa), Marchisio (Juventus)
6,67: Domizzi (Udinese)
6,64: Barzagli (Juventus)
6,60: Basta (Udinese)
6,57: Pepe (Juventus), Nainggolan (Cagliari), De Rossi & Stekelenburg (Roma)
6,50: Giovinco (Parma), Klose (Lazio), Sneijder (Inter), Lodi (Catania)
6,43: Di Natale (Udinese), Schelotto (Atalanta), Migliaccio (Palermo), De Sanctis (Napoli)

Player ratings Man United 1, Man City 6.

0-1 22' Balotelli 22, 0-2 70' Balotelli, 0-3 69' Agüero, 1-3' 81' Fletcher, 1-4 89' Džeko, 1-5 91' Silva, 1-6 93' Džeko. Att: 75.487.

Man Utd: De Gea 5,50 - Smalling 5,30, Ferdinand 4,70, Evans 3,70, Evra 4,50 - Nani 4,80 (66' Hernández 5,50), Fletcher 5,60, Anderson 4,70 (66' P. Jones 5,20), A. Young 5,30 - Rooney 5,40, Welbeck 5,10. = average: 5,02.

Man City: Hart 6,50 - Richards 8,30, Kompany 7,40, Lescott 7,20, Clichy 7,10 - Y. Touré 7,30, Barry 7,30, Milner 8,10 (89' Kolarov), Silva 8,90 - Balotelli 8,50 (70' Džeko 7,20), Agüero 7,40 (75' Nasri 6,30). = average: 7,50.

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport-The Sun-The Guardian-Manchester Evening News-Telegraph-Mirror-Goal.com-Bleacher Report.

Player ratings Lecce 3, Milan 4.

1-0 4' Giacomazzi, 2-0 30' Oddo penalty, 3-0 37' Grossmüller, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3 49', 55, 63' K. P. Boateng, 3-4 83'  Yepes. Att: 13.295.
Lecce: Benassi 5,30 - Oddo 5,50, Tomovic 5,70, A. Esposito 5,50, Mesbah 5,40 - Obodo 5,30, Strasser 5,70, Giacomazzi 6,20 - Grossmüller 6,50 (59' Bertolacci 5,50) - Cuadrado 6,10 (80' Ofere), Corvia 5,80 (72' Giandonato 6,00). = average: 5,73.
Milan: Abbiati 5,10 - Abate 5,80, Nesta 5,90, Yepes 5,90, Antonini 5,30 - Nocerino 6,40, Van Bommel 5,50, Ambrosini 4,90 (46' Aquilani 6,60) - Robinho 5,00 (46' K. P. Boateng 8,60) - Cassano 6,90 (88' El Shaarawy), Ibrahimovic 5,50. = average: 5,95.

Average ratings Man United.

PL, CL & Community Shield included. Min. 5 rated appearances.

7,43 Rooney (rated 10 times)
7,06 Cleverley (5)
6,93 P. Jones (11)
6,90 A. Young (9)
6,85 Nani (12)
6,82 Welbeck (10)
6,76 Smallin (9)
6,66 Anderson (10)
6,58 De Gea (9)
6,43 Giggs (7)
6,35 Evra (11)
6,28 Fletcher (5)
6,10 Evans (10)
6,06 Park (5)
5,97 Valencia (6)
5,88 Ferdinand (6)
5,68 Carrick (6).

Average ratings Man City.

PL, CL and Community Shield matches. Min. 5 rated appearances.

7,10 Silva (12)
6,96 Agüero (10)
6,90 Milner (6)
6,80 Balotelli (4)
6,73 Dzeko (9)
6,70 A. Johnson (6)
6,52 Kompany (12)
6,43 Y. Touré (12)
6,36 Richards (9)
6,32 De Jong (5)
6,29 Nasri (8)
6,28 Hart (12)
6,26 Zabaleta (5)
6,23 Barry (9)
6,22 Kolarov (6)
6,11 Clichy (7)
6,10 Lescott (11)

Player ratings Barcelona 0, Sevilla 0.

Att: 82.743.
Barcelona: Valdés 6,25 - Dani Alves 6,00, Mascherano 6,00, Abidal 6,00, - Adriano 6,25 Keita 5,50 (62' Pedro 6,00), Xavi 6,50 (88' Busquets), Thiago 5,75 (74' Cesc 5,75), Iniesta 7,00 - Messi 6,00, Villa 6,00. = average: 6,08.
Sevilla: Javi Varas 9,00 - M. Cáceres 6,50, Fazio 7,00, Escudé 7,00, Fernando Navarro 6,50 - Medel 6,75, Trochowski 5,75 (62' Coke 5,75), Campaña 6,50 (71' Rakitic 5,50), Jesús Navas 6,75, Armenteros 6,50 - Manu del Moral 5,25 (66' Kanouté 4,50). = average: 6,38.

Player ratings Málaga 0, Real Madrid 4.

 0-1 11' Higuaín, 0-2 23' Cristiano Ronaldo, 0-3 28' Cristiano Ronaldo, 0-4 38' Cristiano Ronaldo. Att:  28.700.
Málaga: Rubén 6,00 - Jesús Gámez 5,25, Demichelis 4,00, Mathijsen 4,50, Eliseu 5,00 (85' Monreal) - Joaquín 6,75 (77' Buonanotte 5,50), Toulalan 5,25, Apoño 5,00, Isco 4,75, Cazorla 6,00 (70' Seba Fernández 6,00), Rondón 4,50. = average: 5,27.
Real Madrid: Casillas 7,50 - Arbeloa 6,00, Pepe 6,50, Sergio Ramos 6,75, Marcelo 6,50 - Khedira 7,00, Xabi Alonso 7,25, Di María 7,50 (75' Callejón 6,25), Cristiano Ronaldo 8,25, Kaká 6,00 (61' Özil 6,00) - Higuaín 7,00 (68' Benzema 5,75). = average: 6,73.

Average ratings Chelsea.

PL and CL matches.

7,38 Sturridge (rated 4 times)
7,12 Mata (8)
6,72 David Luíz (4)
6,60 Ramires (9)
6,59 Terry (9)
6,57 Raul Meireles (7)
6,56 A. Cole (11)
6,51 Lampard (10)
6,49 Anelka (10)
6,46 Fernando Torres (8)
6,38 Ivanovic (9)
6,37 Bosingwa (11)
6,32 Cech (9)
6,22 Obi Mikel (8)
6,20 Malouda (8)
5,92 Drogba (4)
5,90 Hilário (2)
5,80 Alex (2)
5,50 Kalou (4).

Average ratings AC Milan.

Serie A, Champions League & Supercoppa matches.

6,48 Ibrahimovic (rated 5 times)
6,45 Robinho (2)
6,35 El Shaarawi (2)
6,28 Abate (8)
6,26 Thiago Silva (8)
6,20 Cassano (9)
6,14 Aquilani (5)
6,00 Seedorf (6)
5,96 Nesta (8)
5,95 Abbiati (8), Antonini (4)
5,88 KP Boateng (4)
5,83 Van Bommel (9)
5,81 Nocerino (9)
5,80 Ambrosini & Taiwo (2)
5,65 Bonera (4)
5,62 Zambrotta (4)
5,60 Pato (2)
5,58 Emanuelson (6).

The biggest upsets in European football, autumn 2011.

Including all matches in Premier League, Primera División, Serie A, 1. Bundesliga, Ligue 1, Champions League and Euro 2012 qualifiers. Probability is based on average odds.

7,60% Bayern Munich 0, M'Gladbach 1 (7 Aug)
7,93% Levante 1, Real Madrid 0 (18 Sep)
9,39% Slovenia 1, Estonia 2 (2 Sep)
11,64% Leverkusen 1, Köln 4 (17 Sep)
11,86% Dortmund 1, Hertha 2 (10 Sep)
12,21% Everton 0, QPR 1 (20 Aug)
12,65% Napoli 1, Parma 2 (15 Oct)
13,10% Slovakia 0, Armenia 1 (6 Sep)
13,36% Paris SG 0, Lorient 1 (6 Aug)
14,09% Real Sociedad 2, Barcelona 2 (10 Sep)
14,31% Man United 3, FC Basel 3 (27 Sep)
14,56% Lille 0, Montpellier 1 (14 Aug)
14,57% Schalke 1, Kaiserslautern 2 (15 Oct)
14,96% Santander 0, Real Madrid 0 (21 Sep).

Ligue 1, top rated players (L'Équipe).

6,60 Alain Traoré (Auxerre, mf)
6,50 Salvatore Sirigu (Paris-SG, gk)    
6,44 Michel Bastos (Lyon, mf) 
6,43 Javier Pastore (Paris-SG, mf)
6,29 Hugo Lloris (Lyon, gk)    
6,17 Jonathan Zebina (Brest, d)
 6,11 Eden Hazard (Lille, f), Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon, f)
6,10 Alexis Thébaux (Caen, gk), Benoît Costil (Rennes, gk)
6,00 Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille, mf), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier, f)    
5,90 Jérémy Clément (Saint-Etienne, mf), Jonathan Pitroipa (Rennes, f)    
5,88 Mathieu Debuchy (Lille, d), Yann Jouffre (Lorient, mf)
5,80 Kevin Gameiro (Paris-SG, f)
5,78 Marko Basa (Lille, d), Bakary Koné (Lyon, d)
5,70 Guillermo Ochoa (AC Ajaccio, gk).

Bundesliga, top rated players (Kicker).

7,73 Franck Ribéry (Bayern München, mf)
7,70 Daniel van Buyten (Bayern München, d)
 7,64 Mario Götze (Bor. Dortmund, mf)
7,64 Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen, f)
7,61 Holger Badstuber (Bayern München, d)
7,56 Marco Reus (M'gladbach, mf)
7,50 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern München, mf)
7,39 Marc-André ter Stegen (M'gladbach, gk)
7,33 Mats Hummels (Bor. Dortmund, d), Anatoliy  Tymoshchuk (Bayern München, mf), Roman Weidenfeller (Bor. Dortmund, gk)
7,29 Sven Bender (Bor. Dortmund, mf)
7,28 William Kvist (Stuttgart, mf), Philipp Lahm (d) & Thomas Müller (Bayern München, mf)
7,25 Bernd Leno (Bayer Leverkusen, gk)
7,17 Jefferson Farfán (Schalke, f), Simon Jentzsch (Augsburg, gk), Sven Ulreich (Stuttgart, gk), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover, gk)
7,14 Jerome Boateng (Bayern München, d)
7,12 Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln, f)
7,11 Dante (M'gladbach, d), Heinz  Müller (Mainz, gk)
7,08 Mohammed Abdellaoue (Hannover, f), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen, gk).

Player ratings Udinese 2, Atlético 0.

1-0 89' Benatia, 2-0 93' Floro Flores. Att: 10.812.
Udinese: Handanovic 6,83 - Benatia 7,17, Danilo 6,67, Domizzi 6,50 - Pereyra 5,17 (46' Basta 6,67), Doubai 5,50 (84' Asamoah), Pinzi 5,83, Badu 6,67, Armero 6,00 - Adbi 5,00 (46' Fabbrini 6,17) - Floro Flores 6,50. = average: 6,21.
Atlético de Madrid: Courtois 6,33 - Perea 5,50, Miranda 5,33, Godín 5,67, Filipe Luis 5,50 - Diego 6,00, P. Assuncão 5,50, Gabi 6,33 (77' Adrián) - Juanfran 5,33 (59' Reyes 5,67), Falcao 5,33, Pizzi 6,67 (85' Koke). = average: 5,76.

Player ratings Leverkusen 2, Valencia 1.

0-1 26' Jonas, 1-1 52' Schürrle, 2-1 56' Sam. Att: 26.350. 
Leverkusen: Leno 6,50 - Castro 6,00, Toprak 6,00, Reinartz 4,50 (46' M. Friedrich 6,50), Kadlec 6,50 - Rolfes 6,25, Bender 6,50 - Ballack 6,25 - Sam 7,00 (90' Schwaab), Schürrle 7,75 - Kiessling 6,50 (80' Derdiyok). = average: 6,35.
Valencia: Diego Alves 6,50 - Miguel 5,50, Rami 5,75, Victor Ruiz 5,75, Jordi Alba 5,75 (65' Canales) - Albelda 6,50 (82' Aduriz), Banega 5,50, Pablo Hernández 5,25 (65' Reguli), Matthieu 5,50 - Soldado 6,25, Jonas 6,50. = average: 5,89.

Average ratings Barcelona.

Vs Viktoria Plzen (2-0):
1-0 10' Iniesta, 2-0 82' Villa. Att: 74.376.

Valdés 6,25 - Dani Alves 6,50, Mascherano 6,50, Abidal 6,25, Adriano 6,25 - Busquets 6,75, Xavi 6,75, Iniesta 7,50 (85' Keita), Pedro 6,00, Villa 6,50 (87' Cuenca), Messi 7,00.

Season average (Sport-Gazzetta dello Sport-Don Balón-Goal.com):

7,56 Messi (12 rated matches)
7,01 Iniesta (7)
6,86 Cesc (8)
6,84 Xavi (12)
6,75 Thiago (8)
6,66 Mascherano (9)
6,50 Alexis (4)
6,45 Abidal (11)
6,42 Dani Alves (11)
6,41 Pedro (11)
6,25 Valdés (11)
6,23 Villa (12)
6,17 Busquets (9)
6,12 Puyol (4)
5,99 Keita (9)
5,95 Piqué (4)
5,92 Adriano (9)
5,80 Maxwell (5).

Player ratings Marseille 0, Arsenal 1.

0-1 92' Ramsey. Att: 33.258.
Marseille: Steve Mandanda 6,90 - Souleymane Diawara 6,20, Nicolas N'Koulou 6,00, César Azpilicueta 5,60, Jérémy Morel 5,20 - Mathieu Valbuena 6,10, Aliou Diarra 6,20, Benoît Cheyrou 6,00 (87' Charles Kaboré) - Lucho González 5,40 (73' Morgan Amalfitano), Loïc Remy 5,80 (69' André-Pierre Gignac 5,50), André Ayew 5,20. = average: 5,84.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,70 - Carl Jenkinson 6,30 (62' Johan Djourou 6,10), Per Mertesacker 6,50, André Santos 5,50, Laurent Koscielny 6,70 - Alexandre Song 6,60, Mikel Arteta 6,00 - Theo Walcott 5,70 (67' Gervinho 6,40), Andrey Arshavin 5,10 (78' Aaron Ramsey 7,60), Tomas Rosický 5,60 - Robin van Persie 6,50. = average: 6,24.

Ratings: Gazzetta dello Sport-The Sun-ESPN-Goal.com-The Guardian.

Player ratings Real Madrid 4, Lyon 0.

1-0 19' Benzema, 2-0 48' Khedira, 3-0 55' Özil, 4-0 81' Sergio Ramos. Att: 73.000.
Real Madrid: Casillas 6,00 – Arbeloa 6,75, Sergio Ramos 7,00, Pepe 6,25, Marcelo 7,00 – Khedira 7,25 (61' Coentrão 6,00), Xabi Alonso 7,25, Di María 6,50 – Özil 6,75 (67' Kaká 6,50), Cristiano Ronaldo 6,50, Benzema 7,50 (72' Higuaín). = average: 6,71.
Lyon: Lloris 4,75 – Réveillère 4,75, B. Koné 5,25, Lovren 4,75, Cissokho 5,50 – Fofana 5,00, Källström 5,25 – Briand 5,50, Gourcuff 4,50 (67' Ederson 5,25), Michel Bastos 5,75 – Gomis 5,25 (80' Dabo). = average: 5,12.

Player ratings Man City 2, Villarreal 1.

0-1 4' Cani, 1-1 42' og Marchena, 2-1 93' Agüero. Att: 43.326.
Manchester City: Hart 5,90 – Zabaleta 6,40, Kompany 6,00, Lescott 6,10, Kolarov 7,50 – Yaya Touré 6,70, De Jong 6,10 (61' Agüero 7,00), A. Johnson 5,50 (40' Barry 6,30) – Nasri 5,50 (80' Milner), Silva 6,50 – Dzeko 5,90. = average: 6,26.
Villarreal: Diego López 7,10 – Catalá 6,60, Gonzalo 6,60, Marchena 5,80, Zapata 6,00 – Bruno Soriano 6,20, De Guzmán 6,40 (88' Gullón), Cani 6,70 (82' Mario), Borja Valero 6,60 –Hernán Pérez 5,60 (80' Wakaso), G. Rossi 6,70. = average: 6,39.

Player ratings Napoli 1, Bayern Munich 1.

Average ratings in Italian and German press. 


0-1 2' Kroos, 1-1 39' og Badstuber. Att: 60.074.

Napoli: De Sanctis 7,40 – Campagnaro 6,20, P. Cannavaro 5,80, Aronica 6,10 – Maggio 6,70, Inler 5,80 (89' Santana), Gargano 5,50, Zúñiga 6,20 – Hamsík 5,40 (91' Mascara), Lavezzi 6,30 – Cavani 5,20 (81' Dzemaili). = average: 6,05.

Bayern: Neuer 6,40 – J. Boateng 6,60, Van Buyten 7,10, Badstuber 5,40, Lahm 5,80 – Tymoshchuk 6,40, Schweinsteiger 6,90 – T. Müller 6,40, Kroos 7,10, Ribéry 5,70 (89' Alaba) – M. Gómez 5,10 (93' Luíz Gustavo). = average: 6,26.

Average ratings Real Madrid

Liga, Supercopa and CL matches.

6,81 Cristiano Ronaldo
6,75 Arbeloa
6,61 Kaká
6,57 Varane
6,51 Xabi Alonso
6,49 Özil
6,38 Benzema
6,36 Casillas
6,18 Sergio Ramos
6,16 Higuaín
6,12 R. Carvalho
6,10 Di María
6,09 Pepe
5,99 Coentrão
5,81 Marcelo
5,80 Khedira & Callejón
5,67 Albiol
5,35 Lass.

Average ratings Manchester City.

PL, Community Shield and CL matches.

7,15 Silva
6,96 Agüero
6,94 A. Johnson
6,90 Milner
6,84 Džeko
6,80 Balotelli
6,56 Kompany
6,41 Y. Touré
6,40 Nasri
6,38 De Jong
6,36 Richards
6,32 Hart
6,22 Barry & Zabaleta
6,11 Clichy
6,10 Lescott
5,96 Kolarov
5,80 Tevez
5,60 K. Touré.

Average ratings Napoli.

Serie A and CL matches.

6,60 Lavezzi
6,47 Campagnaro
6,40 Maggio
6,35 De Sanctis
6,27 Gargano
6,25 Inler
6,21 P. Cannavaro
6,16 Hamsík & Cavani
6,13 Zúñiga
6,11 Aronica
5,93 Mascara
5,92 Dzemaili
5,60 Dossena
5,50 Santana
5,32 Pandev
4,90 Fideleff.

Average ratings Bayern Munich.

Bundesliga and CL matches.

7,64 Badstuber
7,62 Ribéry
7,49 Schweinsteiger
7,20 Lahm
7,09 Tymoshchuk
7,06 T. Müller
7,04 Luíz Gustavo
6,99 J. Boateng
6,97 Van Buyten
6,96 Rafinha
6,92 Kroos
6,88 M. Gómez
6,83 Neuer
6,65 N. Petersen
6,50 Robben
6,40 Alaba.

Player ratings Liverpool 1, Man United 1.

1-0 68' Gerrard, 1-1 86' Hernández. Att: 45.065.
Liverpool: Pepe Reina 6,30 – Martin Kelly 6,30, Jamie Carragher 6,40, Martin Skrtel 6,00, José Enrique 6,80 – Lucas Leiva 5,90 (57' Jordan Henderson 6,40), Steven Gerrard 7,20, Charlie Adam 6,40, Stewart Downing 5,80 – Dirk Kuyt 6,20,  Luis Suárez 6,70. =  average: 6,37.
Man United: David De Gea 7,60 – Chris Smalling 6,30, Rio Ferdinand 6,00, Phil Jones 6,20 (76' Javier Hernández), Jonny Evans 6,00 – Patrice Evra 6,20, Darren Fletcher 6,00, Park Ji-Sung 6,00 (69' Wayne Rooney 6,00), Ryan Giggs 5,30 – Ashley Young 5,80 (69' Nani 6,00), Danny Welbeck 6,50. = average: 6,28.

Player ratings Barcelona & Real Madrid.

Real Madrid, vs Betis (4-1).
Iker Casillas 6,25 – Arbeloa 7,00, Sergio Ramos 6,75, Pepe 6,25, Marcelo 6,75 – Lass 6,00, Xabi Alonso 7,00, Kaká 7,00 (60' Di María 6,75) – Özil 6,25 (74' Coentrão), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,25 (77' Altintop), Higuaín 8,25. = average: 6,79.

Barcelona, vs Racing (3-0).
Valdés x – Dani Alves 6,50, Piqué (9' Abidal 6,75), Puyol 6,25, Maxwell 6,25 – Thiago 6,75, Xavi 7,25, Iniesta 7,50 (71' Keita) – Pedro 7,00 (73' Adriano), Messi 8,25, Villa 6,50. = average: 6,90.

Player ratings, Sweden.

Against Holland (3-2) yesterday (max 5):

Andreas Isaksson 4,50 - Mikael Lustig 3,75, Olof Mellberg 4,00, Daniel Majstorovic 3,00, Martin Olsson 2,25 - Anders Svensson 3,50, Kim Källström 4,25 - Rasmus Elm 3,00, Ola Toivonen 3,50 (75' Pontus Wernbloom), Sebastian Larsson 3,50 - Johan Elmander 4,75.

Average in the qualifiers against Hungary (1-2), Finland (2-1) & Holland:

3,83 Isaksson
3,42 Elmander
3,25 Mellberg
3,17 Källström
3,00 Lustig
2,75 Toivonen
2,67 S. Larsson
2,62 M. Olsson
2,58 R. Elm
2,42 A. Svensson
2,25 Wilhelmsson
2,17 Majstorovic
1,88 Ibrahimovic

Team avg: 2,74.

Player ratings Denmark 2, Portugal 1.

1-0 13' Krohn-Dehli, 2-0 63' Bendtner, 2-1 90' Cristiano Ronaldo. Att: 37.015.
Denmark: Thomas Sørensen 6,25 - Lars Jacobsen 6,25, Simon Kjær 7,00, Andreas Bjelland 6,50, Michael Silberbauer 6,25 (77' Simon Poulsen) - Niki Zimling 6,50 (70' Christian Poulsen 5,75), William Kvist 6,25  - Dennis Rommedahl 6,75 (87' Jakob Poulsen), Christian Eriksen 7,25, Michael Krohn-Dehli 6,75 - Nicklas Bendtner 6,50. = average: 6,50.
Portugal: Rui Patrício 6,50 - João Pereira 5,25, Rolando 5,50, Bruno Alves 5,75, Eliseu 5,25 (65' Quaresma 5,75) - Carlos Martins 5,75 (65' Miguel Veloso 5,50), Raul Meireles 5,50, João Moutinho 5,50 - Cristiano Ronaldo 6,00, Hélder Postiga 4,75 (78' Nuno Gomes), Nani 6,25. = average: 5,63.

Man United season stats: the Ferguson era.

1986-87: #11 - 14 14 14 52-45 56 - 40.594
Manager: Atkinson - Ferguson. (14) Davenport, (8) Whiteside, (7) Robson, Stapleton.

1987-88: #2 - 23 12 5 71-38 81 - 39.152
Manager: Ferguson. (24) McClair, (11) Robson, (8) Strachan, (7) Whiteside.

1988-89: #11 - 13 12 13 45-35 51 - 36.474
Manager: Ferguson. (14) Hughes, (10) McClair, (4) Robson.

1989-90: #13 - 13 9 16 46-47 48 - 39.331
Manager: Ferguson. (13) Hughes, (7) Robins, (5) McClair.

1990-91: #6 - 16 12 10 58-45 59 - 43.242
Manager: Ferguson. (13) Bruce, McClair, (10) Hughes.

1991-92: #2 - 21 15 6 63-33 78 - 45.389
Manager: Ferguson. (18) McClair, (11) Hughes, (5) Bruce, Kanchelskis.

1992-93: #1 - 24 12 6 67-31 84 - 35.132
Manager: Ferguson. (15) Hughes, (9) Cantona, Giggs, McClair.

1993-94: #1 - 27 11 4 80-38 92 - 44.244
Manager: Ferguson. (18) Cantona, (13) Giggs, (12) Hughes, (9) Sharpe, (8) Ince.

1994-95: #2 - 26 10 6 77-29 88 - 43.683
Manager: Ferguson. (14) Kanchelskis, (12) Cantona, Cole, (8) Hughes.

1995-96: #1 - 25 7 6 73-35 82 - 41.683
Manager: Ferguson. (14) Cantona, (12) Cole, (10) Giggs, Scholes.

1996-97: #1 - 21 12 5 76-44 75 - 55.081
Manager: Ferguson. (18) Solskjær, (11) Cantona, (8) Beckham, (6) Cole.

1997-98: #2 - 23 8 7 73-26 77 - 55.164
Manager: Ferguson. (15) Cole, (9) Sheringham, Beckham, (8) Scholes, Giggs.

1998-99: #1 - 22 13 3 80-37 79 - 55.188
Manager: Ferguson. (18) Yorke, (17) Cole, (12) Solskjær, (6) Beckham, Scholes.

1999-00: #1 - 28 7 3 97-45 91 - 58.014
Manager: Ferguson. (20) Yorke, (19) Cole, (12) Solskjær, (9) Scholes.

2000-01: #1 - 24 8 6 79-31 80 - 67.490
Manager: Ferguson. (15) Sheringham, (10) Solskjær, (9) Beckham, Cole, Yorke.

2001-02: #3 - 24 5 9 87-45 77 - 67.558
Manager: Ferguson. (23) Van Nistelrooy, (17) Solskjær, (11) Beckham, (8) Scholes, (7) Giggs.

2002-03: #1 - 25 8 5 74-34 83 - 67.602
Manager: Ferguson. (25) Van Nistelrooy, (14) Scholes, (9) Solskjær, (8) Giggs.

2003-04: #3 - 23 6 9 64-35 75 - 67.641
Manager: Ferguson. (20) Van Nistelrooy, (9) Scholes, (7) Saha, Giggs. 

2004-05: #3 - 22 11 5 58-26 77 - 67.748
Manager: Ferguson. (11) Rooney, (9) Scholes, (6) Van Nistelrooy, Giggs, (5) Cristiano Ronaldo.


2005-06: #2 - 25 8 5 72-34 83 - 68.765
Manager: Ferguson. (21) Van Nistelrooy, (16) Rooney, (9) Cristiano Ronaldo, (7) Saha.

2006-07: #1 - 28 5 5 83-27 89 - 75.826
Manager: Ferguson. (17) Cristiano Ronaldo, (14) Rooney, (8) Saha, (7) Solskjær, (6) Scholes.


2007-08: #1 - 27 6 5 80-22 87 - 75.691
Manager: Ferguson. (31) Cristiano Ronaldo, (14) Tevez, (12) Rooney, (5) Saha.


2008-09: #1 - 28 6 4 68-24 90 - 75.304
Manager: Ferguson. (18) Cristiano Ronaldo, (12) Rooney, (9) Berbatov, (5) Tevez.


2009-10: #2 - 27 4 7 86-28 85 - 74.864
Manager: Ferguson. (26) Rooney, (12) Berbatov, (5) Giggs, Valencia.


2010-11: #1 - 23 11 4 78-37 80 - 75.486
Manager: Ferguson. (20) Berbatov, (13) J. Hernández, (11) Rooney, (9) Nani.

Man United season stats 1946-86.

Topscorers, average attendance, managers and table position.

1946-47: #2 - 22 12 8 95-54 56 - 43.945
Manager: Busby. (26) Rowley, (19) Pearson, (9) Burke, (8) Delaney, Mitten, Morris.

1947-48: #2 - 19 14 9 81-48 52 - 54.890
Manager: Busby. (23) Rowley, (18) Morris, Pearson, (8) Delaney, Mitten.

1948-49: #2 - 21 11 10 77-44 53 - 48.808
Manager: Busby. (20) Rowley, (18) Mitten, (14) Pearson.

1949-50: #4 - 18 14 10 69-44 50 - 43.282
Manager: Busby. (20) Rowley, (16) Mitten, (15) Pearson.

1950-51: #2 - 24 8 10 74-40 56 - 39.008
Manager: Busby. (18) Pearson, (15) Aston, (14) Rowley, (10) Downie.

1951-52: #1 - 23 11 8 95-52 57 - 42.916
Manager: Busby. (30) Rowley, (22) Pearson, (11) Downie.

1952-53: #8 - 18 10 14 69-72 46 - 37.571
Manager: Busby. (16) Pearson, (11) Rowley, (8) Aston.

1953-54: #4 - 18 12 12 73-58 48 - 36.887
Manager: Busby. (22) Taylor, (13) Blanchflower, (12) Rowley, (11) Viollet.

1954-55: #5 - 20 7 15 84-74 47 - 36.911
Manager: Busby. (20) Viollet, Taylor, (10) Blanchflower, (8) Webster.

1955-56: #1 - 25 10 7 83-51 60 - 39.254
Manager: Busby. (25) Taylor, (20) Viollet, (9) Pegg.

1956-57: #1 - 28 8 6 103-54 64 - 45.481
Manager: Busby. (26) Whelan, (22) Taylor, (16) Viollet, (10) Charlton.

1957-58: #9 - 16 11 15 85-75 43 - 46.073
Manager: Busby. (16) Taylor, Viollet, (12) Whelan, (8) Charlton.

1958-59: #2 - 24 7 11 103-66 55 - 53.258
Manager: Busby. (29) Charlton, (21) Viollet, (16) Scanlon, (12) Bradley.

1959-60: #7 - 19 7 16 102-80 45 - 47.288
Manager: Busby. (32) Viollet, (18) Charlton, (15) Dawson, (13) Quixall, (8) Bradley.

1960-61: #7 - 18 9 15 88-76 45 - 38.888
Manager: Busby. (21) Charlton, (16) Dawson, (15) Viollet, (13) Quixall.

1961-62: #15 - 15 9 18 72-75 39 - 33.491
Manager: Busby. (14) Herd, (10) Quixall, (8) Charlton.

1962-63: #19 - 12 10 20 67-81 34 - 40.329
Manager: Busby. (23) Law, (19) Herd, (7) Quixall, Charlton.

1963-64: #2 - 23 7 12 90-62 53 - 44.125
Manager: Busby. (30) Law, (20) Herd, (9) Charlton.

1964-65: #1 - 26 9 7 89-39 61 - 46.521
Manager: Busby. (28) Law, (20) Herd, (15) Connelly, (10) Charlton, Best.

1965-66: # 4 - 18 15 9 84-59 51 - 38.769
Manager: Busby. (24) Herd, (16) Charlton, (15) Law, (9) Best.

1966-67: #1 - 24 12 6 84-45 60 - 53.854
Manager: Busby. (23) Law, (16) Herd, (12) Charlton, (10) Best.

1967-68: #2 - 24 8 10 89-55 56 - 57.552
Manager: Busby. (28) Best, (15) Charlton, Kidd, (10) Aston.

1968-69: #11 - 15 12 15 57-53 42 - 51.169
Manager: Busby. (19) Best, (14) Law, (6) Morgan. 

1969-70: #8 - 14 17 11 66-61 45 - 49.862
Manager: McGuinness. (15) Best, (12) Kidd, Charlton.

1970-71: #8 - 16 11 15 65-66 43 - 43.945
Manager: McGuinness - Busby. (18) Best, (15) Law, (8) Kidd, Gowling.

1971-72: #8 - 19 10 13 69-61 48 - 45.999
Manager: O'Farrell. (18) Best, (13) Law, (10) Kidd, (8) Charlton.

1972-73: #18 - 12 13 17 44-60 37 - 48.623
Manager: O'Farrell - Docherty. (6) Charlton, (5) Macari, MacDougall, Storey-Moore.

1973-74: #21 - 10 12 20 38-48 32 - 42.712
Manager: Docherty. (6) McIlroy, (5) Macari, (4) McCalliog.

1974-75: #1 - 26 9 7 66-30 61- Second Division
Manager: Docherty. (17) Pearson, (11) Macari, Daly, (7) McIlroy.

1975-76: #3 - 23 10 9 68-42 56 - 54.750
Manager: Docherty. (13) Pearson, (12) Macari, (10) McIlroy, (7) Daly, Hill.

1976-77: #6 - 18 11 13 71-62 47 - 53.710
Manager: Docherty. (15) Pearson, Hill, (9) Macari, (8) Jimmy Greenhoff.

1977-78: #10 - 16 10 16 67-63 42 - 51.860
Manager: Sexton. (17) Hill, (10) Pearson, (9) McIlroy, (8) Macari.

1978-79: #9 - 15 15 12 60-63 45 - 46.430
Manager: Sexton. (11) Coppell, Jimmy Greenhoff, (10) Ritchie.

1979-80: #2 - 24 10 8 65-35 58 - 51.608
Manager: Sexton. (13) Jordan, (9) McQueen, Macari, (8) Coppell, Thomas.

1980-81: #8 - 15 18 9 51-36 48 - 45.071
Manager: Sexton. (15) Jordan, (9) Macari, (6) Coppell.

1981-82: #3 - 22 12 8 59-29 78 - 44.571
Manager: Atkinson. (13) Stapleton, (11) Birtles, (9) Coppell, (7) Moran.

1982-83: #3 - 19 13 10 56-38 70 - 41.695
Manager: Atkinson. (14) Stapleton, (10) Robson, (8) Whiteside.

1983-84: #4 - 20 14 8 71-41 74 - 42.534
Manager: Atkinson. (13) Stapleton, (12) Robson, (10) Whiteside, (8) A. Muhren.

1984-85: #4 - 22 10 10 77-47 76 - 42.881
Manager: Atkinson. (16) Hughes, (15) Strachan, (9) Robson, Whiteside.

1985-86: #4 - 22 10 10 70-36 76 - 46.321
Manager: Atkinson. (17) Hughes, (11) Jesper Olsen, (7) Robson, Stapleton.