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STAT ATTACK

Aston Villa remember how to win, good news for Sheff Utd

Five stats about this weekend’s football

1. There’s no sign of any fight from the teams supposedly battling to avoid the drop. Over the last seven matches, the bottom five have produced just three wins between them - which have all come against one another (West Brom over Sunderland, Middlesbrough over Hull and Sunderland over Hull).

2. Aston Villa ended a 12-match winless streak by beating Hull last night but the sense of achievement was diminished by the fact Hull have won just two of their last 26 league games.

3. West Ham became the first team to beat Stoke at the Britannia Stadium in 2009 and joined Fulham as one of the only clubs outside the Big Four to keep a Premier League clean sheet there.

Posted: May 5th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment

UEFA CUP BETTING

It’s the UEFA Cup version of Champions League week six

Aston Villa and Portsmouth play without having much to gain

Aston Villa already know without doubt that they have qualified for the next stage of the UEFA Cup while Portsmouth know without doubt that they can’t qualify, meaning that they both go into their final group games with little to play for against, you’ve guessed it, teams with little to play for. Here’s our preview of tonight’s run out for the reserves:

Hamburg v Aston Villa
Both of Aston Villa and Martin Jol’s side are guaranteed a place in the next round so are just fighting it out to win the group tonight, unless Ajax beat Slavia Prague by a bigger margin than the winner of this match. At Tottenham, Jol enjoyed a six game unbeaten streak against Aston Villa, including a comeback from 4-1 down to draw 4-4 at home last season while since he has left Spurs have lost both matches against Martin O’Neill’s side, whose reserves lost at home to Zilina a fortnight ago. Hamburg have lost just once at home this season but haven’t won a home game in the UEFA Cup yet under Jol’s guidance.

Portsmouth v Heerenveen

Posted: December 17th, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment

STAT ATTACK

Why Stoke should be safe and the Bale curse continues

Five stats regarding this weekend’s football

1. Brilliant news for fans of Fulham, Middlesbrough, Bolton, West Ham and Stoke: never in the history of the 20-team Premier League has a team with over sixteen points after fourteen games been relegated.

2. Sunderland have only had one spell of consecutive Premier League victories since 2001 and that came when they won three successive games late last season. Their last six league wins have been followed by defeat.

3. Tottenham have still never won a Premier League game that Gareth Bale has started after Benoit Assou-Ekotto replaced the Welshman in the starting line-up as Spurs beat Blackburn 1-0. If Harry Redknapp is aware of the curse he would be wise to play Bale in the UEFA Cup then restore Assou-Ekotto against Everton on Sunday, though Toffees’ fans will hope this isn’t the case.

Posted: November 24th, 2008 by Michael Lintorn | Add Comment comment