28 February, 2014

Home advantage in Champions League 2nd leg knockout matches, 2010-2014.

Second leg matches at home vs away
+11 : Barcelona (second leg 12 times home, once away)
+7 : Man United (7-0)
+3 : Real Madrid (7-4), Chelsea (5-2)
+2 : Schalke (4-2), Dortmund (3-1), Juventus, Tottenham, Bordeaux (2-0)
+1 : Paris SG (2-1), Fiorentina, Sevilla, Atlético (1-0)
0 : Shakhtar, FC Porto, Málaga, APOEL, Benfica (1-1)
-1 : Bayern (5-6), Galatasaray, CSKA Moscow (1-2), Napoli, FC Basel, Roma, FC Copenhagen, Stuttgart, Man City (0-1)
-2 : Arsenal (2-4), Valencia, Leverkusen, Zenit, Olympiakos (0-2)
-3 : Lyon (1-4), Marseille (0-3)
-4 : Inter (1-5)
-6 : Milan (0-6)

Percentage per nation

73% Spain (22-8)
70% England (16-7)
50% Germany (12-12)
33% France (4-8)
24% Italy (4-13)
24% Other nations (5-16)


In these seasons, the team playing the 2nd leg at home has qualified 34 times out of 56 = 60,7%.

Average points in the last five World Cups.

Minimum ten matches played. 

80,6% Brazil
75,8% Germany
71,7% Holland
70,8% Spain
65,9% Argentina
65,4% Italy
63,9% England
62,5% France
60,0% Sweden

54,5% Switzerland
53,8% Croatia
53,6% Portugal
50,0% Mexico, Uruguay, Belgium, Denmark
40,0% South Korea, Bulgaria
39,3% Nigeria, Japan
36,8% USA
31,8% Yugoslavia/Serbia
25,0% Cameroon
23,1% Saudi Arabia

England's bogey teams in Euros & World Cups.

Nations having eliminated Three Lions:


EC 2012 : Italy
WC 2010 : Germany
EC 2008 : Croatia & Russia*
WC 2006 : Portugal
EC 2004 : Portugal
WC 2002 : Brazil
EC 2000 : Portugal & Romania
WC 1998 : Argentina
EC 1996 : Germany
WC 1994 : Norway & Holland*
EC 1992 : Sweden & Denmark
WC 1990 : Germany
EC 1988 : Holland & Soviet Union
WC 1986 : Argentina
EC 1984 : Denmark*
WC 1982 : West Germany
EC 1980 : Belgium & Italy
WC 1978 : Italy*
EC 1976 : Czechoslovakia*
WC 1974 : Poland*
EC 1972 : West Germany
WC 1970 : West Germany
EC 1968 : Yugoslavia.
WC 1966 : World Champions
EC 1964 : France
WC 1962 : Hungary
EC 1960 : did not enter
WC 1958 : Soviet Union
WC 1954 : Uruguay
WC 1950 : Spain
WC 1930-1938 : did not enter
*) qualifiers.


6 times : (West) Germany
3 : Portugal & Italy
2 : Argentina, Soviet Union, Holland & Denmark 
1: Uruguay, Spain, Croatia, Russia, France, Brazil, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Yugoslavia.

Euro 2012: all players and coaches rated.

Players/COACHES with at least three rated appearances.


7,07 M. Gómez (rated 3 times)
7,00 Khedira (4)
6,92 Iniesta (4)
6,90 Pirlo (4)
6,83 Mandžukić (3) 
6,80 Xabi Alonso, Hummels (4)
6,78 Xavi, De Rossi, Gerrard (4)
6,75 Özil, Buffon (4)
6,73 Dzagoev, Bendtner, Shevchenko (3)
6,72 LÖW, Lahm (4)
6,70 Ibrahimovic (3)
6,68 Jiráček (4)
6,67 Yarmolenko (3)
6,65 Casillas (4)
6,60 Blaszczykowski, Tyton (3)
6,57 Cabaye, Krohn-Dehli, Mellberg (3)
6,55 Cristiano Ronaldo (4)
6,53 J. Boateng, Pletikosa, Walcott (3)
6,52 Silva, Fábio Coentrão, Terry (4) 
6,50 S. Andersen, Srna, Modrić (3)
6,48 Fàbregas, Neuer, Salpingidis (4)
6,47 Pepe (4), Arshavin (3)
6,45 Sergio Ramos, Schweinsteiger, Marchisio (4)
6,43 Denisov (3)
6,42 DEL BOSQUE, PAULO BENTO, PRANDELLI, Cassano, Pilař, João Moutinho, Miguel Veloso, Lloris (4)
6,40 Nani, G. Johnson (4), Strinić (3)
6,38 Piqué (4)
6,37 Malafeev, Shirokov, Agger, Di Natale, Rakitić (3)
6,35 Busquets, Badstuber, Raul Meireles, Ribéry, Hart (4)
6,30 Jordi Alba, Lescott (4), João Pereira, Bruno Alves (4), A. Berezutskiy, Stekelenburg, Sneijder, Perišić (3)
6,28 Bonucci (4)
6,27 Van der Vaart, S. Larsson, A. Diarra (3)
6,23 Podolski, Rui Patrício, Isaksson, Pyatov (3)
6,20 ADVOCAAT, Lewandowski, Ćorluka, Gusev (3) 
6,17 Karagounis, Zhirkov, Schildenfeld, Vukojević, Konoplyanka (3)
6,15 Fernando Torres, Gebre Selassie, Hübschman, S. Parker (4)
6,13 Anyukov, St Ledger (3)
6,12 F. SANTOS, T. Müller, Torosidis, A. Cole (4)
6,10 Balotelli (4), Kjær, Chiellini, Jelavić, Källström, Tymoshchuk (3)
6,08 HODGSON
6,07 L. Jacobsen (3)
6,05 Arbeloa, Samarás (4)
6,03 M. OLSEN, Kvist (3)
6,00 BILIĆ, Kadlec, Katsouranis (4), Nélson Oliveira (3)
5,98 Debuchy (4)
5,97 HAMRÉN, Sokratis, Pavlyuchenko (3)
5,93 Thiago Motta, Khacheridi (3)
5,92 Nasri, Čech, Plašil, Gekas (4)
5,90 S. Poulsen, M. Olsson (3)
5,88 K. Papadopoulos (4)
5,87 BLOKHIN
5,85 BILEK, Welbeck (4)
5,83 Perquis, Clichy, Mexès (3)
5,82 Benzema, Sivok (4)
5,80 TRAPATTONI, Rami (4), Boenisch, A. Svensson (3)
5,77 Selin (3)
5,75 Maniatis (4)
5,73 Piszczek, N. de Jong (3)
5,72 A. Young (4)
5,70 Hélder Postiga (4), Holebas, Whelan (3) 
5,67 Willems, Afellay, C. Eriksen (3)
5,63 Robben, Granqvist (3)
5,60 SMUDA, Wasilewski, Ignashevich, Andrews (3)
5,57 Huntelaar (3)
5,53 Kerzhakov, Duff, Keane (3)
5,52 Milner (4)
5,48 BLANC
5,47 Van Persie, O'Shea, McGeady (3)
5,43 Malouda (3)
5,42 Baroš (4)
5,30 Dunne (3)
5,23 Van der Wiel (3)
5,17 S. Ward (3)
5,13 Given (3)
4,90 VAN MARWIJK.

Memory Lane: Roma 2000/01.

6,58 Émerson
6,57 Nakata, Tommasi
6,55 Totti
6,52 Montella
6,50 Cafu
6,45 Samuel
6,30 Zago
6,29 Batistuta
6,26 Candela
6,22 C. Zanetti
6,18 Aldair
6,06 Antonioli
6,05 Guigou
6,00 Lupatelli, Rinaldi
5,94 Marcos Assuncão
5,85 Mangone
5,81 Delvecchio
5,80 Zebina.

Player ratings Napoli 3, Swansea 1 [EL]

1-0 17' Lorenzo Insigne l. (Gonzalo Higuaí­n), 1-1 30' Jonathan de Guzmán l. (Wilfried Bony), 2-1 78' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (Dries Mertens), 3-1 90' Gökhan Inler (Marek Hamšík). Att: 31.121.
Napoli: Pepe Reina 7,00 - Henrique 5,10, Christian Maggio 5,30, Faouzi Ghoulam 5,10, Raúl Albiol 5,90, Lorenzo Insigne 6,50 (68' Dries Mertens 6,60), Valon Behrami 5,40, Gökhan Inler 6,00, José Callejón 5,00 (84' Miguel Britos), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,10, Goran Pandev 4,90 (59' Marek Hamšík 6,20). - coach: Rafael Benítez. = average: 5,85 [mediocre]
Swansea: Michel Vorm 6,00 - Chico 5,50, Ashley Williams 6,10, Dwight Tiendalli 6,20, Ben Davies 5,40, Pablo Hernández 6,30, Wayne Routledge 6,40 (62' Nathan Dyer 5,90), Jonathan de Guzmán 6,80 (82' Pozuelo), Cañas 6,40, Wilfried Bony 6,50, Marvin Emnes 6,50 (70' Neil Taylor). - coach: Garry Monk. = average: 6,17 [solid]

27 February, 2014

Average ratings Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atlético 2013/14.

La Liga, Copa del Rey and Champions League matches. Ratings: Marca, As & Gazzetta dello Sport.

6,82 Diego Costa (Atlético)
6,75 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
6,68 Messi (Barcelona)
6,62 Modric (Real Madrid)
6,59 Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid)
6,57 Di María (Real Madrid)
6,56 Jesé (Real Madrid)
6,54 Morata (Real Madrid)
6,53 Valdés (Barcelona)
6,48 Neymar (Barcelona)
6,47 Isco (Real Madrid), Fàbregas (Barcelona)
6,45 Benzema (Real Madrid), Iniesta (Barcelona)
6,43 Filipe Luis (Atlético)
6,36 Busquets (Barcelona), Miranda (Atlético)
6,35 Arda Turan (Atlético)
6,34 Bale (Real Madrid)
6,33 Diego López (Real Madrid), Pedro (Barcelona)
6,32 Raúl García (Atlético)
6,31 Casillas (Real Madrid)
6,30 Courtois, Koke (Atlético)
6,29 Tiago Mendes (Atlético)
6,27 Alexis Sánchez (Barcelona)
6,26 Manquillo (Atlético)
6,25 Gabi (Atlético)
6,24 Godín (Atlético)
6,23 Pinto (Barcelona), Villa (Atlético)
6,22 Bartra (Barcelona)
6,20 Dani Alves (Barcelona)
6,19 Pepe (Real Madrid), Juanfran (Atlético)
6,14 Nacho (Real Madrid), Tello (Barcelona)
6,13 Carvajal (Real Madrid), Piqué (Barcelona)
6,12 Xavi (Barcelona), Mario Suárez (Atlético)
6,06 Illaramendi (Real Madrid)
6,05 Mascherano, Adriano (Barcelona)
6,04 Casemiro (Real Madrid)
6,03 Arbeloa (Real Madrid), Sergi Roberto (Barcelona)
6,02 Varane (Real Madrid)
6,00 Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
5,99 Khedira (Real Madrid)
5,97 Fábio Coentrão (Real Madrid)
5,94 Jordi Alba (Barcelona)
5,90 E. Insúa (Atlético)
5,88 Montoya, Puyol (Barcelona)
5,87 "Cebolla" Rodríguez (Atlético)
5,85 Song (Barcelona)
5,82 Adrián, Diego (Atlético)
5,77 Alderweireld, Sosa (Atlético)
5,73 Marcelo (Real Madrid)

Player ratings Galatasaray 1, Chelsea 1.

0-1 9' Fernando Torres r. (Azpilicueta), 1-1 65' Aurelien Chedjou r. (Wesley Sneijder). Att: 49.194.
Galatasaray: Fernando Muslera 5,40 - Alex Telles 6,10, Aurelien Chedjou 6,50, Hakan Balta 5,40 (46' Semih Kaya 6,10), Emmanuel Eboué 5,20, Felipe Melo 6,40, Selçuk İnan 6,30, Wesley Sneijder 6,50, Izet Hajrovic 5,70 (31' Yekta Kurtuluş 6,20), Didier Drogba 5,70 (80' Umut Bulut), Burak Yılmaz 5,70. - coach: Roberto Mancini. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]
Chelsea: Petr Čech 6,50 - Branislav Ivanović 6,00, Gary Cahill 5,90, John Terry 5,90, Azpilicueta 6,70, Ramires 6,10, Frank Lampard 5,90, Eden Hazard 5,90 (90' Oscar), Willian 6,60, Fernando Torres 6,50 (68' Samuel Eto'o 5,60), André Schürrle 5,60 (67' John Mikel 6,00). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,09 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Schalke 1, Real Madrid 6.

0-1 13' Karim Benzema r. (Cristiano Ronaldo), 0-2 21' Gareth Bale l., 0-3 52' Cristiano Ronaldo l. (Gareth Bale), 0-4 57' Karim Benzema r. (Cristiano Ronaldo), 0-5 69' Gareth Bale l. (Sergio Ramos), 0-6 89' Cristiano Ronaldo r. (Karim Benzema), 1-6 90' Klaas-Jan Huntelaar r. (Christian Fuchs). Att: 54.442.
Schalke: Ralf Fährmann 5,70 - Benedikt Höwedes 5,10, Felipe Santana 4,30, Sead Kolasinac 4,50 (76' Christian Fuchs), Joel Matip 4,30, Max Meyer 4,80, Kevin-Prince Boateng 5,10, Leon Goretzka 4,60, Julian Draxler 4,80, Roman Neustädter 5,10, Jefferson Farfán 6,40 (72' Chinedu Obasi), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 5,60. - coach: Jens Keller. = average: 5,02 [hopeless]
Real Madrid: Iker Casillas 6,90 - Pepe 6,30, Sergio Ramos 6,10, Marcelo 6,00, Dani Carvajal 6,10, Gareth Bale 7,90 (80' Jesé Rodríguez), Xabi Alonso 7,40 (74' Illarramendi 6,10), Luka Modrić 6,40, Ángel Di María 7,10 (68' Isco 6,40), Cristiano Ronaldo 7,90, Karim Benzema 7,90. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,81 [superb]

26 February, 2014

Player ratings Olympiakos 2, Man United 0.

1-0 38' Alejandro "Chori" Domínguez r. (Ioannis Maniatis), 2-0 55' Joel Campbell l. (Michael Olaitan). Att: 29.815.
Olympiakos: Roberto 6,10 - Ioannis Maniatis 6,20, José Holebas 6,20, Kostas Manolas 6,40, Marcano 6,10, Delvin Ndinga 6,40, Hernán Pérez 6,20 (86' Nelson Valdez), Leandro Salino 6,20, Joel Campbell 6,60 (67' David Fuster), Alejandro "Chori" Domínguez 6,80 (76' Paulo Machado), Michael Olaitan 6,20. - coach: Míchel. = average: 6,31 [good]
Man United: De Gea 5,60 - Patrice Evra 5,60, Rio Ferdinand 5,20, Chris Smalling 5,20, Nemanja Vidić 5,80, Michael Carrick 5,80, Ashley Young 5,40, Tom Cleverley 4,90 (61' Shinji Kagawa 5,70), Antonio Valencia 5,00 (60' Danny Welbeck 6,20), Wayne Rooney 5,80, Robin van Persie 5,20. - coach: David Moyes. = average: 5,49 [poor]

Player ratings Zenit 2, Bor. Dortmund 4.

0-1 4' Henrikh Mkhitaryan r. (Marco Reus), 0-2 5' Marco Reus l. (Kevin Großkreutz), 1-2 57' Oleg Shatov l., 1-3 61' Robert Lewandowski r. (Łukasz Piszczek), 2-3 69' Hulk penalty (Viktor Fayzulin), 2-4 71' Robert Lewandowski r. (Marco Reus). Att: 15.099 [stadium partially closed after racist chants vs Austria Vienna].
Zenit: Juri Lodikin 5,20 - Domenico Criscito 5,40, Nicolas Lombaerts 4,70, Neto 4,60, Aleksandr Anyukov 5,10 (84' Igor Smolnikov), Oleg Shatov 5,30, Viktor Fayzulin 5,40 (84' Aleksandr Kerzhakov), Andrey Arshavin (15' Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 5,20), Axel Witsel 4,90, Hulk 6,20, José Rondón 5,50. - coach: Luciano Spalletti. = average: 5,23 [decrepit]
Dortmund: Roman Weidenfeller 6,00 - Manuel Friedrich 6,00, Sokratis Papastathopoulos 6,00, Łukasz Piszczek 6,00, Marcel Schmelzer 5,70, Sebastian Kehl 6,50, Henrikh Mkhitaryan 6,80 (70' Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 6,00), Nuri Şahin 6,00, Kevin Großkreutz 6,30 (90' Erik Durm), Robert Lewandowski 7,50, Marco Reus 7,30 (85' Jonas Hofmann). - coach: Jürgen Klopp. = average: 6,34 [good]

24 February, 2014

Player ratings Juventus 1, Torino 0.

1-0 30' Carlos Tévez r. (Kwadwo Asamoah). Att: 38.717.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,10 - Martín Cáceres 6,00, Andrea Barzagli 6,20, Leonardo Bonucci 6,30, Stephan Lichtsteiner 5,90, Paul Pogba 5,50, Andrea Pirlo 6,30, Kwadwo Asamoah 6,40, Arturo Vidal 5,20 (73' Claudio Marchisio 6,00), Carlos Tévez 7,30 (90' Pablo Osvaldo), Llorente 5,70 (88' Simone Padoin). - coach: Antonio Conte. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]
Torino: Daniele Padelli 6,40 - Cesare Bovo 5,60 (80' Riccardo Meggiorini), Emiliano Moretti 6,10, Kamil Glik 5,10, Giovanni Pasquale 5,30, Matteo Darmian 5,90, Omar El Kaddouri 6,40 (85' Alexander Farnerud), Giuseppe Vives 5,70, Jasmin Kurtić 5,70 (90' Migjen Basha), Ciro Immobile 6,00, Alessio Cerci 5,00. - coach: Giampiero Ventura. = average: 5,75 [disappointing]

Average ratings Paris Saint Germain 2013/14.

Ligue 1 and Champions League matches.

7,03 Ibrahimovic
6,60 Thiago Motta
6,45 Verratti
6,39 Cavani
6,36 Thiago Silva
6,32 Matuidi
6,18 Sirigu, Maxwell
6,12 Van der Wiel
6,09 Alex, Rabiot
5,98 Marquinhos
5,95 Lavezzi
5,88 Digne
5,86 Lucas
5,73 Pastore
5,50 Ménez
5,23 Jallet

Player ratings Osasuna 3, Atlético de Madrid 0.

1-0 6' Cejudo r. (Roberto Torres), 2-0 21' Emiliano Armenteros l., 3-0 42' Roberto Torres h. (Damiá). Att: 15.361.
Osasuna: Andrés Fernández 6,60 - Marc Bertrán 6,90 (46' Oier 5,90), Lolo 6,90, Arribas 6,60, Jordan Lotiés 7,20 (79' Miguel Flaño 5,90), Damiá 6,90, Emiliano Armenteros 6,60, Cejudo 7,60 (84' Raoul Loé), Francisco Silva 6,90, Roberto Torres 6,90, Oriol Riera 6,60. - coach: Javi Gracia. = average: 6,73 [superiour]
Atlético: Thibaut Courtois 5,60 - Diego Godín 4,90, Filipe Luís 5,30, Toby Alderweireld 4,60, Juanfran 5,30, Mario Suárez 4,60 (46' Koke 5,90), Gabi 5,50, Diego 4,60 (59' Arda Turan 6,30), Adrián 4,30, David Villa 4,60 (62' Raúl García 5,90), Diego Costa 5,90. - coach: Diego Simeone. = average: 5,24 [decrepit]

23 February, 2014

Player ratings Chelsea 1, Everton 0.

1-0 90' John Terry l. (Frank Lampard). Att: 41.580.
Chelsea: Petr Čech 6,70 - Branislav Ivanović 6,20, Gary Cahill 6,20, John Terry 7,10, Azpilicueta 6,30, Frank Lampard 6,10, Oscar 4,90 (46' Ramires 6,20), Eden Hazard 5,90, Nemanja Matić 6,40, Willian 5,60 (62' Fernando Torres 5,40), Samuel Eto'o 5,10 (69' André Schürrle 5,90). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 6,00 [acceptable]
Everton: Tim Howard 5,70 - Leighton Baines 6,70, Phil Jagielka 6,60, Sylvain Distin 6,80, Seamus Coleman 6,50, Kevin Mirallas 5,60 (75' Deulofeu), Steven Naismith 5,80, James McCarthy 5,90, Gareth Barry 6,30, Leon Osman 6,20 (63' Ross Barkley 5,60), Steven Pienaar 5,90 (80' Aiden McGeady). - coach: Roberto Martínez. = average: 6,13 [satisfactory]

Player ratings Real Sociedad 3, Barcelona 1.

1-0 32' og Alex Song (Canales), 1-1 36' Lionel Messi l. (Martín Montoya), 2-1 54' Antoine Griezmann r. (Carlos Vela), 3-1 58' Zurutuza l. (Antoine Griezmann). Att: 30.485.
Real Sociedad: Claudio Bravo 6,60 - Mikel González 7,10, Iñigo Martínez 7,10, José Ángel 6,40, Joseba Zaldúa 6,90, Elustondo 6,70 (90' Rubén Pardo), Markel Bergara 6,60, Canales 7,30 (84' Ansotegi), Zurutuza 7,40, Antoine Griezmann 7,60 (74' Xabi Prieto), Carlos Vela 7,40. - coach: Jagoba Arrasate. = average: 7,01 [fantabulous]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 5,50 - Martín Montoya 5,30 (73' Alexis Sánchez 5,10), Piqué 4,60, Bartra 4,50, Adriano 4,90, Iniesta 5,00, Busquets 5,80, Alex Song 4,50 (61' Cesc Fàbregas 5,10), Pedro 5,40, Lionel Messi 5,80, Neymar 4,70. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 5,09 [unacceptable]

22 February, 2014

Player ratings Monaco 3, Reims 2.

1-0 8' Valère Germain, 1-1 53' Prince Oniangue, 2-1 64' Jérémy Toulalan, 2-2 71' Prince Oniangue, 3-2 90' Layvin Kurzawa. Sent off: 84' Aïssa Mandi. Att: 6127.
Monaco: Danijel Subašić 5,00 - Fabinho 6,10, Layvin Kurzawa 6,40, Ricardo Carvalho 5,40, Éric Abidal 5,20, João Moutinho 6,00, Geoffrey Kondogbia 6,20  (61' Mounir Obbadi 6,00), Jérémy Toulalan 7,00, James Rodríguez 6,70, Valère Germain 6,40 (80' Dimitar Berbatov), Emmanuel Riviere 5,20 (61' Lucas Ocampos 6,00). - coach: Claudio Ranieri. = average: 5,97 [satisfactory]
Reims: Johny Placide 5,50 - Franck Signorino 5,60, Grzegorz Krychowiak 6,20, Prince Oniangue 7,00, Mickaël Tacalfred 6,10, Aïssa Mandi 5,20, Anthony Weber 6,20, Odaïr Fortes 5,40 (85' Atila Turan), Mads Albæk 6,00, Florent Ghisolfi 5,40 (68' Floyd Ayite), Gaetan Courtet 5,70 (65' Gaëtan Charbonnier 6,00). - coach: Hubert Fournier. = average: 5,86 [vulnerable]

21 February, 2014

Player ratings Esbjerg 1, Fiorentina 3 [EL]

0-1 8' Alessandro Matri l. (Mati Fernández), 1-1 10' Martin Pusić l., 1-2 15' Josip Iličič l., 1-3 37' Alberto Aquilani penalty. Att: 11.003.
Esbjerg: Martin Dúbravka 5,80 - Peter Ankersen 6,40, Davidson Drobo-Ampem 4,60, Jonas Knudsen 5,20, Michael Jakobsen 5,50, Magnus Lekven 5,50 (72' Jesper Rasmussen), Jakob Ankersen 5,90, Hans Andreasen 5,90 (83' Martin Bergvold), Mohammed Fellah 5,50, Martin Pusić 6,40, Emil Lyng 5,30 (46' Jeppe Andersen 5,50). - coach: Niels Frederiksen 5,30. = average: 5,62 [failing]
Fiorentina: Neto 6,50 - Facundo Roncaglia 5,90, Marvin Compper 5,80, Stefan Savić 5,90, Manuel Pasqual 5,70, Alberto Aquilani 6,80 (75' David Pizarro), Mati Fernández 6,30 (65' Marko Bakić 6,00), Borja Valero 6,50, Josip Iličič 6,80, Ryder Matos 6,40, Alessandro Matri 6,90 (55' Mario Gómez 6,00). - coach: Vincenzo Montella 6,50. = average: 6,27 [good]

Player ratings Juventus 2, Trabzonspor 0 [EL]

1-0 15' Pablo Osvaldo r, 2-0 90' Paul Pogba r. (Carlos Tévez). Att: 35.436.
Juventus: Gianluigi Buffon 6,40 - Martín Cáceres 6,00, Angelo Ogbonna 5,50, Federico Peluso 5,20, Leonardo Bonucci 5,70, Mauricio Isla 5,80 (66' Arturo Vidal 5,90), Paul Pogba 6,50, Claudio Marchisio 6,30 (75' Sebastian Giovinco), Andrea Pirlo 6,10, Carlos Tévez 6,60, Pablo Osvaldo 6,50 (65' Llorente 5,90). - coach: Antonio Conte. = average: 6,03 [acceptable]
Trabzonspor: Onur Kivrak 6,90 - Bosingwa 5,70, Aykut Demir 6,00, Mustafa Yumlu 6,00, Didier Zokora 5,90, Gustavo Colman 6,00, Özer Hurmacı 5,60 (80' Adrian Mierzejewski), Olcan Adın 6,20, Alexandru Bourceanu 5,70 (66' Yusuf Erdoğan 5,80), Kadir Keleş 5,20, Emre Güral 5,00 (55' Paulo Henrique 6,00). - coach: Mustafa Akçay. = average: 5,85 [mediocre]

20 February, 2014

Champions League averages 2013-14.

Average points
67,9% England (26 matches)
66,7% Spain (26)
64,1% Germany (26)
47,4% Italy (19)
41,0% France (13)

Scored goals/match
2,12 Spain
1,92 England, France
1,73 Germany
1,42 Italy

Conceded goals/match
0,88 Spain
0,96 England
1,19 Germany
1,26 Italy
1,46 France

Champions League: top rated players in this week's matches.

7,60 Toni Kroos (Bayern)
7,50 Zlatan Ibrahimović (PSG)
7,20 Philipp Lahm (Bayern), Thibaut Courtois (Atlético)
7,10 Diego Costa (Atlético)
7,00 Manuel Neuer, Arjen Robben, Thomas Müller (Bayern)
6,80 Blaise Matuidi, Marco Verratti (PSG), Dani Alves (Barcelona)
6,70 David Silva (Man City), Piqué, Iniesta, Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
6,60 Thiago Alcântara (Bayern)

Player ratings Arsenal 0, Bayern Munich 2.

0-1 54' Toni Kroos r. (Philipp Lahm), 0-2 88' Thomas Müller h. (Philipp Lahm). Sent off: 37' Wojciech Szczęsny. Att: 59.911.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 5,40 - Bacary Sagna 6,00, Per Mertesacker 6,10, Laurent Koscielny 6,20, Kieran Gibbs 6,00 (31' Nacho Monreal 5,20), Jack Wilshere 6,40, Mesut Özil 5,20, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 6,10 (74' Tomáš Rosický), Santi Cazorla 5,90 (39' Łukasz Fabiański 6,10), Mathieu Flamini 6,20, Yaya Sanogo 5,70. - coach: Arsène Wenger 5,40. = average: 5,88 [vulnerable]
Bayern: Manuel Neuer 7,00 - Dante 6,10, Jérôme Boateng 5,50 (46' Rafinha 6,60), Philipp Lahm 7,20, David Alaba 5,80, Thiago 6,60 (79' Claudio Pizarro), Javi Martínez 6,40, Mario Götze 6,30, Toni Kroos 7,60, Mario Mandžukić 6,00 (64' Thomas Müller 7,00), Arjen Robben 7,00. - coach: Pep Guardiola 7,00. = average: 6,55 [very good]


Center of gravity: Arsenal 38,8 metres, Bayern 60,2.

Player ratings Milan 0, Atlético de Madrid 1

0-1 83' Diego Costa h. Att: 65.890.
Milan: Christian Abbiati 5,90 - Mattia De Sciglio 5,80 (26' Ignazio Abate 5,20), Adil Rami 5,90, Daniele Bonera 5,40, Michael Essien 6,00, Andrea Poli 6,10 (85' Kevin Constant), Adel Taarabt 6,90, Urby Emanuelson 5,40, Nigel de Jong 6,10, Kaká 6,40, Mario Balotelli 6,20 (78' Giampaolo Pazzini). - coach: Clarence Seedorf 6,20. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]
Atlético: Thibaut Courtois 7,20 - Diego Godín 6,50, Juanfran 6,30, Emiliano Insúa 5,10, Miranda 6,00, Mario Suárez 5,70, Koke 5,90, Raúl García 6,20 (80' Adrián), Arda Turan 5,50 (74' Cristian Rodríguez), Gabi 6,20, Diego Costa 7,10. - coach: Diego Simeone 6,30. = average: 6,15 [satisfactory]


Center of gravity: Milan 49,0 metres, Atlético 50,2.

19 February, 2014

Player ratings Bayer Leverkusen 0, Paris Saint Germain 4.

0-1 3' Blaise Matuidi l. (Marco Verratti), 0-2 39' Zlatan Ibrahimović penalty (Ezequiel Lavezzi), 0-3 42' Zlatan Ibrahimović l. (Blaise Matuidi), 0-4 88' Yohan Cabaye r. (Lucas). Sent off: 59' Emir Spahić. Att: 29.412.
Leverkusen: Bernd Leno 6,00 - Emir Spahić 4,90, Roberto Hilbert 5,50, Ömer Toprak 5,70, Simon Rolfes 4,40 (46' Julian Brandt 5,20), Lars Bender 5,40, Sidney Sam 5,50 (62' Philipp Wollscheid 5,50), Andrés Guardado 5,20, Gonzalo Castro 5,40, Heung-Min Son 5,00 (46' Stefan Reinartz 5,50), Stefan Kießling 5,20. - coach: Sami Hyypiä. = average: 5,31 [lame]
PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 6,00 - Thiago Silva 6,40, Alex 6,00, Maxwell 6,30, Gregory van der Wiel 5,90, Thiago Motta 6,30, Blaise Matuidi 6,80 (67' Yohan Cabaye 6,50), Marco Verratti 6,80, Lucas 6,20, Zlatan Ibrahimović 7,50, Ezequiel Lavezzi 5,70 (76' Javier Pastore). - coach: Laurent Blanc. = average: 6,37 [strong]


Center of gravity: Leverkusen 49,3 metres, PSG 48,6.

Player ratings Man City 0, Barcelona 2.

0-1 54' Lionel Messi penalty (Lionel Messi), 0-2 90' Dani Alves r. (Neymar). Sent off: 53' Martín Demichelis. Att: 46.033.
Man City: Joe Hart 5,80 - Vincent Kompany 6,30, Pablo Zabaleta 6,10, Aleksandar Kolarov 5,50 (57' Samir Nasri 5,80), Gaël Clichy 5,50, Martín Demichelis 5,30, Jesús Navas 5,60 (58' Joleon Lescott 5,40), David Silva 6,70, Fernandinho 6,10, Yaya Touré 6,20, Álvaro Negredo 6,00 (74' Edin Džeko 6,10). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 5,89 [vulnerable]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 6,30 - Piqué 6,70, Jordi Alba 6,00, Dani Alves 6,80, Cesc Fàbregas 6,30 (86' Sergi Roberto), Xavi 6,40, Iniesta 6,70, Javier Mascherano 6,40, Busquets 6,20, Alexis Sánchez 5,60 (73' Neymar 6,20), Lionel Messi 6,70. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,36 [strong]

Center of gravity: Man City 48,8 metres, Barcelona 52,8.

18 February, 2014

Europa League Ideal XI [first phase]

Vladislav Stoyanov (Ludogorets Razgrad)

Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina)
Nick Viergever (AZ Alkmaar)
Jordi Amat (Swansea)
Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham)

Bibras Natcho (Rubin Kazan)
Hans Henrik Andreasen (Esbjerg, photo)
Fabien Camus (Racing Genk)

Andriy Yarmolenko (Dinamo Kiev)
Olcan Adın (Trabzonspor)
Alan (RB Salzburg)

Selected by UEFA.


17 February, 2014

Player ratings Getafe 0, Real Madrid 3.

0-1 5' Jesé Rodríguez r. (Gareth Bale), 0-2 27' Karim Benzema r. (Ángel Di María), 0-3 66' Luka Modrić r. (Marcelo). Att: apprx 10.000.
Getafe: Moyá 5,30 - Alexis 5,10, Lisandro López 5,30, Valera 5,20, Vigaray 6,20, Gavilán 5,30, Pedro León 4,80 (72' Pablo Sarabia 5,50), Diego Castro 5,30, Juan Rodríguez 5,80, Borja 5,30 (64' Mehdi Lacen 5,40), Adrián Colunga 4,90 (53' Lafita 5,40). - coach: Luis García. = average: 5,34 [lame]
Real Madrid: Diego López 5,80 - Pepe 6,90, Sergio Ramos 6,00, Marcelo 6,30, Arbeloa 6,00, Gareth Bale 5,80, Xabi Alonso 6,40, Luka Modrić 7,20 (79' Illarramendi), Ángel Di María 6,80 (83' Casemiro), Karim Benzema 6,80 (75' Isco), Jesé Rodríguez 7,10. - coach: Carlo Ancelotti. = average: 6,46 [very good]

Player ratings Arsenal 2, Liverpool 1 [FA Cup]

1-0 16' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain r., 2-0 48' Lukas Podolski r. (Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain), 2-1 60' Steven Gerrard penalty (Luis Suárez). Att: 59.801.
Arsenal: Łukasz Fabiański 7,00 - Per Mertesacker 5,80, Laurent Koscielny 6,10, Nacho Monreal 5,50, Carl Jenkinson 6,00, Mikel Arteta 6,00, Mesut Özil 5,90, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 7,10 (76' Kieran Gibbs), Mathieu Flamini 5,90, Lukas Podolski 6,20 (69' Santi Cazorla 5,60), Yaya Sanogo 5,80 (88' Olivier Giroud). - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]
Liverpool: Brad Jones 5,80 - Daniel Agger 6,00, Aly Cissokho 5,30 (62' Jordan Henderson 6,00), Martin Škrtel 6,00, Jon Flanagan 6,00, Steven Gerrard 6,50, Coutinho 6,70, Joe Allen 5,80, Raheem Sterling 6,20, Luis Suárez 6,80, Daniel Sturridge 5,80. - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]

16 February, 2014

Player ratings Man City 2, Chelsea 0 [FA Cup]

1-0 16' Stevan Jovetić r. (Edin Džeko), 2-0 67' Samir Nasri r. (David Silva). Att: 47.013.
Man City: Costel Pantilimon 6,00 - Vincent Kompany 6,80, Pablo Zabaleta 6,20, Joleon Lescott 6,10, Gaël Clichy 6,10, James Milner 6,60, Javi García 6,30, David Silva 6,80 (69' Jesús Navas 6,10), Yaya Touré 6,70, Edin Džeko 6,40 (81' Álvaro Negredo), Stevan Jovetić 6,80 (61' Samir Nasri 6,80). - coach: Manuel Pellegrini. = average: 6,44 [strong]
Chelsea: Petr Čech 5,90 - Branislav Ivanović 5,80, David Luiz 5,30, Gary Cahill 6,10, Azpilicueta 5,70, Ramires 5,20 (61' Fernando Torres 4,40), John Mikel 5,20, Eden Hazard 5,50, Nemanja Matić 5,50, Willian 5,00 (71' Oscar 5,60), Samuel Eto'o 4,70 (46' Mohamed Salah 5,40). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,38 [feeble]

14 February, 2014

Serie A: home field advantage last ten seasons.

36,71 Catania
29,05 Palermo
28,87 Atalanta
28,83 Cagliari
27,92 Parma
27,87 Fiorentina
26,39 Napoli
26,38 Genoa
21,54 Sampdoria
20,88 Roma
20,72 Udinese
19,63 Lazio
19,37 Inter
14,91 Siena
14,79 Milan
13,69 Chievo
12,99 Bologna
10,41 Juventus

13 February, 2014

Memory Lane: Manchester City 2009/10.

League matches only.

6,63 Tévez
6,57 Bellamy
6,50 Given
6,35 N. de Jong
6,31 Wright-Phillips, M. Petrov
6,25 Kompany
6,24 Barry
6,19 Adebayor
6,17 Ireland
6,13 K. Touré
6,09 Zabaleta
6,07 Richards
6,04 Lescott
6,03 Bridge
5,97 Garrido
5,92 Onuoha
5,90 Boyata
5,87 Robinho
5,60 Santa Cruz
5,42 Sylvinho

Goals in Champions League knockout phase, 2000-2013.

97 Barcelona [31 scorers]
(29) Messi [3 penalties], (7) Eto'o, (5) Henry, Xavi [1p], Pedro, (4) Iniesta, Ronaldinho [1p], (3) Keita, Villa, Ibrahimovi
ć, (2) Figo, Rivaldo [1p], Luis Enrique, Saviola, Bojan, Piqué, Alexis, Tello, (1) Dani, Kluivert, F. de Boer, Cocu, Maxi López, Giuly, Belletti, Deco, Gudjohnsen, Y. Touré, Dani Alves, Busquets, Jordi Alba.

87 Bayern Munich [28]
(11) Robben [2p], (9) T. Müller, M. Gómez, (7) Oli
ć, (5) C. Pizarro, Ribéry [1p], (4) Élber, (3) Van Bommel, Klose [1p], Mandžukić, Paulo Sérgio, (2) Effenberg [1p], Scholl, Makaay, Schweinsteiger, Ballack, Lúcio, Van Buyten, Podolski, (1) Linke, Jancker, Jeremies, Salihamidžić, Guerrero, Ismaël, Toni, Kroos, Alaba.

82 Real Madrid [24]
(16) Cristiano Ronaldo [1p], (14) Raúl, (7) Benzema, (5) Helguera, Zidane, Ronaldo, (3) Figo, Di María, (2) Anelka, McManaman, Roberto Carlos, Van Nistelrooy [1p], Marcelo, Adebayor, Higuaín, Kaká, (1) Morientes, Makélélé, Geremi, Guti, Callejón, Özil, Modric, Sergio Ramos.

69 Man United [23]
(14) Rooney, (10) Cristiano Ronaldo, (4) Beckham, Scholes [1p], Giggs, Van Nistelrooy, (3) Tévez, Park, J. Hernández, (2) Solskj
ær, Carrick, Gibson, Nani, (1) Keane, Fortune, H. Larsson, A. Smith, Evra, Vidić, O'Shea, Fletcher, Valencia, Welbeck.

63 Chelsea [22]
(14) Lampard [4p], (13) Drogba, (3) T. A. Flo, Ballack, Essien, Kalou, (2) Gudjohnsen, Terry, J. Cole, Shevchenko, Anelka, (1) Zola, Bridge, Crespo, Grønkjær, Duff, Robben, Alex, Mata, Meireles, Ramires, F. Torres.

52 Milan [18]
(11) Shevchenko, (9) F. Inzaghi, (8) Kaká [1p], (4) Crespo, (3) Seedorf, (2) Tomasson, Pirlo, K. P. Boateng, Robinho, (1) Gattuso, Stam, Ambrosini, Maldini, Gilardino, Ronaldinho, Ibrahimovi
ć [p], Nocerino, Muntari.

44 Arsenal [19]
(6) Henry, (5) Van Persie [4p], Adebayor, (4) Bendtner [1p], (3) Fàbregas [1p], (2) Pirès, K. Touré, Campbell, Walcott, Koscielny, (1) Parlour, Reyes, Diaby, Nasri, Eboué, Arshavin, Rosický, Podolski, Giroud.

42 Liverpool [20]
(6) Gerrard [2p], (5) Luis García, Kuyt, F. Torres, (3) Hyypiä, Riise, (2) Xabi Alonso [1p], Crouch, Babel, (1) Abel Xavier, Litmanen, Hamann, Baros, Smi
ćer, Bellamy, Agger, Benayoun, Dossena, Fábio Aurélio, Lucas.

32 Inter [13]
(7) D. Milito, (4) Adriano, (3) Martins, Stankovic, Sneijder, (2) Vieri, Cambiasso, Maicon, Eto'o, (1) Cruz, Pandev, T. Motta, Pazzini [p].

31 Lyon [16]
(6) Wiltord, (5) Juninho Pernambucano, (2) M. Diarra, Essien, Malouda, Lisandro [1p], Tiago, Makoun, (1) Luyindula, Élber, Fred, Benzema, Pjani
ć, Bastos, Gomis, Lacazette.

25 Valencia [16]

(4) Mendieta [2p], (3) Angulo, Gerard, (2) C. López, Silva, (1) Ayala, Carew, J. Sánchez, Aimar, Baraja, Villa, Morientes, Soldado, Ricardo Costa, Rami, Jonas.

25 FC Porto [19]
(3) Lisandro, (2) Jardel, McCarthy, Deco, Maniche, (1) Costinha, Ricardo Carvalho, Derlei [p], Carlos Alberto, Aleinitchev, Quaresma, Ricardo Costa, Jorge Costa, Meireles, C. Rodríguez, Mariano, Varela, Falcao, Moutinho.

19 Juventus [12]
(5) Trezeguet, (3) Nedved, (2) Zalayeta, Del Piero [1p], Matri, (1) Montero, F. Cannavaro, Emerson, Iaquinta, Marchisio, Vučinić, Quagliarella. 


15 Schalke [11]
(3) Raúl, (2) Farfán, Edu, (1) Kuranyi, Gavranović, Matip, Höwedes, Jurado, Jones, Neustädter, Bastos.


Share of club's goals
29,9% Messi (Barcelona)
26,3% Trezeguet (Juventus)
22,2% Lampard (Chelsea)
21,2% Shevchenko (Milan)
20,3% Rooney (Man United)
20,0% Raúl (Schalke)
19,5% Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
19,4% Wiltord (Lyon)
16,0% Mendieta (Valencia)
13,6% Henry (Arsenal)
13,3% Gerrard (Liverpool)
12,6% Robben (Bayern)
12,0% Lisandro (FC Porto)

La Liga: home field advantage last ten seasons.

27,69 Real Sociedad
26,79 Villarreal
25,66 Zaragoza
24,71 Osasuna
24,42 Getafe
23,98 Mallorca
23,87 Athletic
23,49 Sevilla
23,15 Espanyol
22,91 Atlético
21,43 Valencia
19,95 Levante
19,60 Barcelona
17,36 Málaga
16,67 Real Madrid
15,35 Deportivo
14,95 Betis
10,97 Racing

Player ratings Arsenal 0, Man United 0.

Att: 60.021.
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,80 - Bacary Sagna 6,40, Per Mertesacker 6,40, Laurent Koscielny 6,50, Kieran Gibbs 6,30, Tomáš Rosický 5,80 (75' Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain), Mikel Arteta 5,60, Jack Wilshere 6,60, Mesut Özil 5,30, Santi Cazorla 6,30, Olivier Giroud 5,00. - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 6,09 [satisfactory]
Man United: De Gea 6,50 - Rafael 5,90 (46' Rio Ferdinand 5,80), Patrice Evra 6,20, Chris Smalling 5,80, Nemanja Vidić 5,90, Mata 5,60 (75' Adnan Januzaj), Michael Carrick 6,30, Tom Cleverley 5,70, Antonio Valencia 6,00 (82' Ashley Young), Wayne Rooney 5,50, Robin van Persie 5,10. - coach: David Moyes. = average: 5,86 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Real Sociedad 1, Barcelona 1 [Copa del Rey]

0-1 27' Lionel Messi l., 1-1 87' Antoine Griezmann l. (Chory Castro). Att: 28.153.
Real Sociedad: Zubikarai 6,60 - Mikel González 5,70, Ansotegi 6,10, José Ángel 5,20, Joseba Zaldúa 6,10, Xabi Prieto 5,30 (81' Canales), Zurutuza 6,30, Gaztañaga 6,00 (67' Elustondo 5,60), Antoine Griezmann 6,10, Haris Seferović 5,20 (62' Chory Castro 5,90), Carlos Vela 6,00. - coach: Jagoba Arrasate. = average: 5,85 [vulnerable]
Barcelona: Pinto 6,30 - Piqué 6,90, Jordi Alba 5,90, Dani Alves 5,70, Cesc Fàbregas 6,40, Xavi 6,50 (66' Alex Song 5,70), Iniesta 6,90, Javier Mascherano 5,90, Busquets 6,30 (89' Bartra), Pedro 6,40 (77' Alexis Sánchez), Lionel Messi 6,70. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,30 [good]

Player ratings Napoli 3, Roma 0 [Coppa Italia]

1-0 33' José Callejón h. (Christian Maggio), 2-0 48' Gonzalo Higuaí­n h. (Jorginho), 3-0 51' Jorginho r. (Dries Mertens). Att: 42.231.
Napoli: Pepe Reina 6,60 - Christian Maggio 7,00, Federico Fernández 6,50, Faouzi Ghoulam 6,30, Raúl Albiol 6,60, Jorginho 6,90 (86' Henrique), Marek Hamšík 6,40 (76' Valon Behrami), Gökhan Inler 6,50, José Callejón 7,00, Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,50 (83' Lorenzo Insigne), Dries Mertens 6,80. - coach: Rafael Benítez 7,50. = average: 6,74 [superiour]
Roma: Morgan De Sanctis 5,50 - Leandro Castán 5,20, Mehdi Benatia 5,20, Vasilios Torosidis 4,80 (49' Maicon 5,60), Kevin Strootman 4,90, Miralem Pjanić 5,70 (61' Francesco Totti 5,70), Daniele De Rossi 5,60, Michel Bastos 5,10, Adem Ljajić 5,50 (56' Alessandro Florenzi 5,50), Mattia Destro 5,10, Gervinho 5,60. - coach: Rudi Garcia 5,20. = average: 5,36 [feeble]

12 February, 2014

Premier League: home field advantage last ten seasons.

29,90% Man City
27,10% Fulham
24,38% Liverpool
21,50% Tottenham
20,99% Everton
20,31% Newcastle
19,52% Bolton
19,30% Blackburn
18,51% Arsenal
17,77% Man United
17,35% West Ham
17,06% West Bromwich
16,04% Sunderland
15,94% Chelsea
10,31% Wigan
6,88% Aston Villa

Memory Lane: Average ratings Premier League 2012/13.

6,67 Suárez (Liverpool)
6,61 Coutinho (Liverpool)
6,48 Van Persie (Man United)
6,42 Mata (Chelsea), Bale (Tottenham)
6,41 Fellaini (Everton)
6,39 Cazorla (Arsenal), Sturridge (Liverpool)
6,38 M. Sissoko, Ba (Newcastle)
6,37 Rooney (Man United), Jagielka (Everton)
6,34 Silva (Man City), Cech (Chelsea), Sterling (Liverpool)
6,33 J. Hernández (Man United), Baines (Everton), Carroll (West Ham)
6,31 De Gea (Man United), Tévez (Man City), Vertonghen (Tottenham)
6,30 Walcott (Arsenal), Chico (Swansea)
6,29 Foster, Lukaku (West Bromwich)
6,27 Gerrard (Liverpool), A. Williams (Swansea)
6,26 Ben Arfa (Newcastle)
6,25 Diamé (West Ham)
6,24 Rafael (Man United)
6,21 Wilshere (Arsenal), Lloris (Tottenham), Osman (Everton), Mulumbu (West Bromwich), Coloccini (Newcastle)
6,20 Giggs, Carrick (Man United), Britton (Swansea)
6,19 Oscar (Chelsea), Anichebe (Everton), Routledge (Swansea), Nolan, J. Collins (West Ham), R. Elliot (Newcastle)
6,18 Jääskeläinen (West Ham)
6,17 Rangel (Swansea)
6,16 Kagawa (Man United), G. Johnson, Carragher (Liverpool), Dyer, Michu (Swansea)
6,15 Y. Touré, Agüero (Man City), Distin (Everton), Gouffran (Newcastle)
6,14 Gibbs (Arsenal), Jarvis (West Ham)
6,13 Anderson (Man United), Rosický (Arsenal), Dembélé (Tottenham)
6,11 Nastasic (Man City), De Guzmán (Swansea)
6,10 Evans, R. Ferdinand, Scholes (Man United), Zabaleta (Man City), Podolski (Arsenal), Howard, Pienaar (Everton), José Enrique, Downing, Wisdom (Liverpool), Brunt (West Bromwich), Cabaye (Newcastle)
6,09 Vidic (Man United), Ba (Chelsea), Jenkinson, Arteta (Arsenal), Lennon (Tottenham), Ki (Swansea)
6,08 Cleverley, P. Jones (Man United), Koscielny (Arsenal), Dawson (Tottenham), Agger (Liverpool), W. Reid (West Ham)
6,07 Hazard (Chelsea), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal), Henderson (Liverpool), Krul (Newcastle)
6,06 Giroud (Arsenal), Caulker (Tottenham), Coleman (Everton), Long (West Bromwich), M. Williamson (Newcastle)
6,05 Welbeck (Man United), G. Cahill, David Luíz, Lampard (Chelsea), K. Walker, Sandro (Tottenham), B. Davies (Swansea)
6,04 A. Cole (Chelsea), J. Allen, Suso (Liverpool), P. Hernández (Swansea), S. Taylor, Shola Ameobi (Newcastle)
6,03 Hart (Man City), Friedel (Tottenham), Jelavic (Everton)
6,02 Ramires (Chelsea), Ramsey (Arsenal), Huddlestone, S. Parker (Tottenham), Noble (West Ham), Harper (Newcastle)
6,01 Büttner (Man United), L. Moore (Swansea), Diaby (Arsenal), McAuley (West Bromwich)
6,00 Barry (Man City), Moses (Chelsea), Mertesacker (Arsenal), D. Graham (Swansea), Yanga-Mbiwa, Anita (Newcastle)
5,99 D. Gibson (Everton), Reina (Liverpool)
5,98 Azpilicueta, Fernando Torres, Terry (Chelsea), Gervinho (Arsenal), P. Neville (Everton), Tiendalli (Swansea), Tomkins (West Ham), J. Olsson, Tamas (West Bromwich)
5,97 Evra (Man United), Kompany (Man City), Ivanovic (Chelsea)
5,96 Coquelin (Arsenal), Barkley (Everton), Morrison (West Bromwich)
5,95 Valencia (Man United), Santon (Newcastle)
5,94 A. Young (Man United), Vermaelen (Arsenal), Monk (Swansea)
5,93 Szczesny, Mannone, Sagna, Monreal (Arsenal), Holtby (Tottenham), P. Cissé (Newcastle)
5,92 Clichy, Richards (Man City), Skrtel (Liverpool), M. Taylor (West Ham), B. Jones (West Bromwich)
5,91 Agustien (Swansea), J. Cole (West Ham)
5,90 Defoe, Dempsey (Tottenham), Vorm (Swansea), Fortune (West Bromwich)
5,89 Sigurdsson (Tottenham)
5,87 O'Brien (West Ham), Perch (Newcastle)
5,85 Lindegaard (Man United), Obi Mikel (Chelsea)
5,84 Reid, Gera (West Bromwich), Tioté, D. Simpson (Newcastle)
5,83 Smalling (Man United), Nasri (Man City), Debuchy, Marveaux (Newcastle)
5,82 Bigirimana (Newcastle)
5,80 Dzeko, Maicon (Man City), G. O'Neil (West Ham), Myhill (West Bromwich), S. Ferguson (Newcastle)
5,79 Nani (Man United), Lescott (Man City), Obertan (Newcastle)
5,78 Javi García (Man City), Bertrand (Chelsea), Assou-Ekotto (Tottenham)
5,77 Gallas (Tottenham), Shelvey (Liverpool), Ridgewell (West Bromwich)
5,76 J. Thomas (West Bromwich)
5,75 Kolarov (Man City)
5,74 Vaz Te (West Ham), Jonas Gutiérrez (Newcastle)
5,72 Balotelli (Man City), C. Cole (West Ham), Yakob (West Bromwich)
5,71 Naismith (Everton), Dorrans (West Bromwich)
5,70 Demel (West Ham)
5,69 Adebayor (Tottenham), Borini (Liverpool)
5,68 Rodwell (Man City)
5,67 Popov (West Bromwich)
5,66 Naughton (Tottenham)
5,63 Oviedo (Everton)
5,61 K. Touré (Man City)
5,60 Collison (West Ham), Rosenberg (West Bromwich)
5,58 Schechter (Swansea)
5,56 Heitinga (Everton)
5,54 Odemwingie (West Bromwich)

Player ratings Fiorentina 2, Udinese 0 [Coppa Italia]

1-0 13' Manuel Pasqual l. (Joaquín), 2-0 61' Juan Cuadrado r. Sent off: 90' Maurizio Domizzi. Att: 26.117.
Fiorentina: Neto 7,90 - Gonzalo Rodríguez 6,40, Modibo Diakité 6,00, Stefan Savić 6,00 (60' Marvin Compper 6,10), Manuel Pasqual 6,90, David Pizarro 6,60, Alberto Aquilani 6,00, Juan Cuadrado 7,00, Mati Fernández 6,50, Joaquín 6,50 (87' Juan Vargas), Alessandro Matri 5,10 (56' Matos Ryder 5,90). - coach: Vincenzo Montella. = average: 6,38 [strong]
Udinese: Simone Scuffet 6,10 - Danilo 6,00, Maurizio Domizzi 5,70, Silvan Widmer 6,40, Gabriel Silva 6,10 (90' Hassan Yebda), Thomas Heurtaux 6,00, Allan 5,80, Bruno Fernandes 5,60, Roberto Pereyra 6,40, Giampiero Pinzi 6,00 (56' Luís Muriel 5,60), Antonio Di Natale 6,00 (80' Nicolás López). - coach: Francesco Guidolin. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

Player ratings West Bromwich 1, Chelsea 1.

0-1 45' Branislav Ivanović r. (David Luiz), 1-1 87' Victor Anichebe h. (Saido Berahino). Att: 24.327.
WBA: Ben Foster 6,20 - Steven Reid 5,70, Liam Ridgewell 5,60, Gareth McAuley 6,20, Craig Dawson 6,30, Claudio Yacob 5,50 (63' Youssuf Mulumbu 6,00), James Morrison 5,80, Chris Brunt 6,00, Morgan Amalfitano 5,80 (73' Victor Anichebe 6,60), Saido Berahino 7,00, Thievy Bifouma 6,40 (78' Matěj Vydra). - coach: Pepe Mel. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]
Chelsea: Petr Čech 5,90 - Branislav Ivanović 6,50, David Luiz 5,90, Gary Cahill 6,00, Azpilicueta 6,00, Ramires 5,60 (89' Mohamed Salah), Oscar 5,70 (79' John Mikel), Eden Hazard 6,00, Nemanja Matić 6,20, Willian 6,50, Samuel Eto'o 6,00 (69' Fernando Torres 5,50). - coach: José Mourinho. = average: 5,98 [acceptable]

11 February, 2014

Average ratings Man United 2013/14.

6,63 Rooney
6,20 Januzaj
6,14 De Gea
6,12 P. Jones
6,06 Kagawa
6,02 Evra
6,00 Carrick
5,98 Van Persie, Evans
5,97 Smalling
5,94 Valencia, Giggs
5,86 Welbeck
5,83 Rafael
5,79 Cleverley
5,76 R. Ferdinand
5,75 Vidic
5,72 Nani
5,68 J. Hernández
5,52 Fellaini
5,42 A. Young


Last season:
6,48 Van Persie
6,37 Rooney
6,33 J. Hernández
6,31 De Gea
6,24 Rafael
6,20 Giggs, Carrick
6,16 Kagawa
6,13 Anderson
6,10 Evans, R. Ferdinand, Scholes
6,09 Vidic
6,08 Cleverley, P. Jones
6,05 Welbeck
6,01 Büttner
5,97 Evra
5,95 Valencia
5,94 A. Young
5,85 Lindegaard
5,83 Smalling
5,79 Nani

Youngest players to score 100 Premier League goals.

Michael Owen : 23yrs 4months 12days
Robbie Fowler : 23yrs 9months 7days
Wayne Rooney : 24yrs 3months 7days
Alan Shearer : 25yrs 4months 17days
Thierry Henry : 26yrs 5months 23days

Serie A: top rated players 2013/14.

6,80 Tévez (Juventus)
6,78 G. Rossi (Fiorentina)
6,68 Totti (Roma)
6,60 Pjanic & Benatia (Roma)
6,57 Destro (Roma), Higuaín (Napoli)
6,54 Pogba (Juventus)
6,52 Strootman (Roma)
6,48 Borja Valero (Fiorentina)
6,45 Barzagli (Juventus)
6,39 Gervinho (Roma), Perin (Genoa), Cerci (Torino)
6,38 Lichtsteiner (Juventus)
6,37 Cassano (Parma), Éder (Sampdoria)
6,36 Llorente (Juventus)
6,35 Rômulo (Verona)
6,33 D. Berardi (Sassuolo)
6,32 Iturbe (Verona)
6,31 Behrami (Napoli)
6,30 Vidal (Juventus), De Rossi (Roma), Avramov (Cagliari), Candreva (Lazio)

10 February, 2014

Ligue 1: top rated players 2013/14.

6,14 Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris-SG)
6,12 James Rodriguez (Monaco)
6,06 Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco)
6,00 Marco Verratti (Paris-SG)
5,93 Thiago Silva (Paris-SG)
5,83 Edinson Cavani (Paris-SG)
5,80 Blaise Matuidi (Paris-SG)
5,79 Thiago Motta (Paris-SG)
5,76 Rémy Cabella (Montpellier)
5,75 Simon Kjær (Lille)
5,72 Loïc Perrin (Saint-Étienne), Mustapha Bayal Sall (Saint-Étienne)
5,71 Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco), Clément Chantôme (Toulouse)
5,70 Clément Grenier (Lyon)
5,65 Floyd Ayité (Reims)
5,64 Benjamin Stambouli (Montpellier)
5,63 Romain Hamouma (Saint-Étienne), Serge Aurier (Toulouse), André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille)
5,62 Romain Alessandrini (Rennes)
5,61 Grzegorz Krychowiak (Reims)
5,60 Landry Nguemo (Bordeaux), Tiémoué Bakayoko (Rennes), Benjamin Corgnet (Saint-Étienne)
5,58 Sébastien Squillaci (Bastia), Mounir Obbadi (Monaco)
5,57 Tongo Hamed Doumbia (Valenciennes), Jérémy Sorbon (Guingamp)
5,56 Wahbi Khazri (Bastia), Grégory Sertic (Bordeaux), Matthieu Dossevi (Valenciennes), Fabien Lemoine (Saint-Étienne)
5,55 Rio Mavuba (Lille)
5,54 Nemanja Pej
ćinović (Nice)
5,53 João Moutinho (Monaco)
5,52 Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient)
5,50 Ronald Zubar (Ajaccio), Etienne Didot (Toulouse).

Player ratings Sevilla 1, Barcelona 4.

1-0 15' Alberto l. (Vitolo), 1-1 34' Alexis Sánchez h. (Lionel Messi), 1-2 44' Lionel Messi l. (Pedro), 1-3 56' Lionel Messi l. (Iniesta), 1-4 88' Cesc Fàbregas r. (Alexis Sánchez). Att: 27.000.
Sevilla: Beto 5,90 - Federico Fazio 5,60, Diogo Figueiras 5,70, Daniel Carriço 6,00, Alberto 6,10, Nicolás Pareja 5,30, Ivan Rakitić 7,20, Iborra 6,00 (64' Denis Cheryshev 5,50), Carlos Bacca 6,00, Kevin Gameiro 5,30 (64' Piotr Trochowski 5,90), Vitolo 6,20 (77' Jairo). - coach: Unai Emery. = average: 5,90 [vulnerable]
Barcelona: Víctor Valdés 7,10 - Martín Montoya 5,50, Piqué 5,00, Bartra 5,80, Adriano 6,00, Xavi 5,60 (84' Busquets), Iniesta 7,00, Alex Song 5,30, Pedro 6,40 (73' Cesc Fàbregas 6,50), Alexis Sánchez 6,50 (89' Sergi Roberto), Lionel Messi 7,40. - coach: Gerardo Martino. = average: 6,18 [solid]

Player ratings Monaco 1, Paris Saint Germain 1.

0-1 8' Javier Pastore h. (Alex), 1-1 74' og Thiago Silva. Att: 16.384.
Monaco: Danijel Subašić 7,40 - Fabinho 6,40, Layvin Kurzawa 6,00, Ricardo Carvalho 5,30, Éric Abidal 4,40, João Moutinho 6,00, Lucas Ocampos 5,70 (46' Geoffrey Kondogbia 5,90), Jérémy Toulalan 6,20, James Rodríguez 5,60 (86' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco), Valère Germain 5,20 (64' Dimitar Berbatov 5,60), Emmanuel Rivière 5,00. - coach: Claudio Ranieri. = average: 5,75 [disappointing]
PSG: Salvatore Sirigu 6,20 - Thiago Silva 6,50, Alex 6,40, Maxwell 5,80, Gregory van der Wiel 5,70, Thiago Motta 6,50, Blaise Matuidi 5,10, Marco Verratti 5,40 (64' Yohan Cabaye 6,10), Javier Pastore 6,60 (65' Jérémy Ménez 5,90), Lucas 6,00 (81' Ezequiel Lavezzi), Zlatan Ibrahimović 5,80. - coach: Laurent Blanc. = average: 6,02 [acceptable]

Player ratings Lazio 0, Roma 0.

Att: 49.236.
Lazio: Etrit Berisha 6,20 - André Dias 6,30, Giuseppe Biava 6,10, Stefan Radu 5,80, Abdoulay Konko 5,70, Álvaro González 5,70 (78' Ogenyi Onazi), Senad Lulić 5,80, Cristian Ledesma 6,60, Antonio Candreva 6,00, Miroslav Klose 5,20, Baldé Diao Keita 5,40 (46' Stefano Mauri 5,20). - coach: Edoardo Reja 6,00. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]
Roma: Morgan De Sanctis 6,10 - Leandro Castán 6,20, Maicon 6,60, Mehdi Benatia 6,50, Vasilios Torosidis 6,10, Kevin Strootman 6,20, Miralem Pjanić 6,00 (78' Adem Ljajić), Daniele De Rossi 6,10, Alessandro Florenzi 5,40 (65' Michel Bastos 6,00), Francesco Totti 5,90 (81' Mattia Destro), Gervinho 5,80. - coach: Rudi Garcia 6,00. = average: 6,08 [satisfactory]

09 February, 2014

Player ratings Liverpool 5, Arsenal 1.

1-0 1' Martin Škrtel (Steven Gerrard), 2-0 10' Martin Škrtel h. (Steven Gerrard), 3-0 17' Raheem Sterling r. (Luis Suárez), 4-0 20' Daniel Sturridge l. (Coutinho), 5-0 52' Raheem Sterling l., 5-1 69' Mikel Arteta penalty. Att: 44.701.
Liverpool: Simon Mignolet 6,10 - Kolo Touré 6,30, Aly Cissokho 6,30, Martin Škrtel 7,30, Jon Flanagan 6,90, Steven Gerrard 7,20 (76' Jordon Ibe), Coutinho 6,80, Jordan Henderson 7,00, Raheem Sterling 7,40, Luis Suárez 7,20 (86' Iago Aspas), Daniel Sturridge 6,80 (66' Joe Allen 6,00). - coach: Brendan Rodgers. = average: 6,78 [superb]
Arsenal: Wojciech Szczęsny 5,60 - Bacary Sagna 5,40, Per Mertesacker 5,00, Laurent Koscielny 5,20, Nacho Monreal 5,20 (61' Kieran Gibbs 5,80), Mikel Arteta 5,10, Jack Wilshere 6,10, Mesut Özil 5,20 (61' Tomáš Rosický 5,80), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain 5,80, Santi Cazorla 5,60, Olivier Giroud 5,10 (60' Lukas Podolski 5,30). - coach: Arsène Wenger. = average: 5,44 [feeble]

Player ratings Almería 2, Atlético de Madrid 0.

1-0 80' Verza r. (Suso), 2-0 86' Verza penalty. Sent off: 84' Aranzubía. Att: 10.958.
Almería: Esteban 5,90 - Marco Torsiglieri 6,50, Trujillo 6,70, Sebastián Dubarbier 6,50, Rafita 6,30, Verza 7,30, Aleix Vidal 6,70, Suso 6,30 (89' Corona), Soriano 6,10 (58' Hélder Barbosa 5,50), Ramon Azeez 6,10, Jonathan Zongo 6,50 (90' Óscar Díaz). - coach: Francisco. = average: 6,37 [solid]
Atlético: Aranzubía 4,80 - Diego Godín 5,90, Manquillo 6,50, Juanfran 5,70, Miranda 5,90, Tiago 5,90 (67' Mario Suárez 5,90), Raúl García 5,50 (78' Adrián 5,90), Arda Turan 5,90, Gabi 5,90, Diego 6,10 (67' José Sosa 5,70), Diego Costa 5,30. - coach: Diego Simeone. = average: 5,78 [mediocre]

Player ratings Napoli 3, Milan 1.

0-1 7' Adel Taarabt r., 1-1 10' Gökhan Inler r. (Jorginho), 2-1 56' Gonzalo Higuaí­n h. (Gökhan Inler), 3-1 82' Gonzalo Higuaí­n r. (José Callejón). Att: 38.593.
Napoli: Pepe Reina 6,40 - Christian Maggio 6,40, Federico Fernández 6,00, Faouzi Ghoulam 6,00, Raúl Albiol 6,00, Jorginho 6,30, Marek Hamšík 7,00 (83' Valon Behrami), Lorenzo Insigne 6,10 (78' José Callejón), Gökhan Inler 6,10 (88' Blerim Dzemaili), Gonzalo Higuaí­n 7,60, Dries Mertens 7,00. - coach. Rafael Benítez 7,00. = average: 6,45 [strong]
Milan: Christian Abbiati 6,10 - Mattia De Sciglio 5,30, Philippe Mexès 4,40, Adil Rami 5,00, Ignazio Abate 5,00, Michael Essien 5,30, Adel Taarabt 6,90, Urby Emanuelson 5,00 (69' Riccardo Montolivo 5,60), Nigel de Jong 5,50, Robinho 4,60 (46' Kaká 5,50), Mario Balotelli 4,80 (73' Giampaolo Pazzini 6,00). - coach: Clarence Seedorf 4,40. = average: 5,36 [feeble]