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Mar 26, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |Matt Sisneros |Jonny Whitmore |Jonathan Manuel
More than two years after his last direct free-kick goal, James Ward-Prowse is still just one away from equalling the Premier League record. It feels like he’s one of the last of a dying breed. Free-kicks have provided some truly iconic goals. Nearly every football fan will have at least one particularly memorable effort that sticks out in their mind. They stand out because of the sheer technical ability – or extreme power – involved.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Matt Furniss |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Jonny Whitmore
This weekend will pit two teams with completely different playing styles against one another in the Premier League. Will the fast and direct Nottingham Forest prevail, or can Manchester City’s slow and intricate football put a dent in the home side’s European aspirations? There’s more than one way to win a football match.
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Mar 5, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Alistair Tweedale |Jonny Whitmore
Marco Asensio has scored yet again, this time in Aston Villa‘s Champions League win at Club Brugge. He is already proving his worth at his new club. Certain things happen in football these days that make you feel like you’re 10 seasons into an early 2010s version of Football Manager. When players went that deep into the computer game, elements of the future were mapped out in ways that would – at the time – appear entirely unrealistic.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Jonny Whitmore |Jonathan Manuel
Chelsea are expected to push for the signing of Alejandro Garnacho in the final days of the transfer window. Will the money prove too tempting for Manchester United to turn down? Rewind just a few months to the start of the 2024-25 Premier League season, and the thought of Alejandro Garnacho ending the campaign anywhere but Manchester United would’ve been almost unthinkable to the majority of the club’s supporters.
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Jan 27, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |Jonny Whitmore
Having struggled for efficiency in front of goal for much of the 2024-25 Premier League season, Bournemouth have suddenly found another level. It was billed as the battle of the overachievers, a fight between unlikely European hopefuls upsetting the established order, two clubs punching above their weight and doing things their own way.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | David Segar |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Jonny Whitmore
Despite Manchester City hosting Chelsea this weekend, there’s an argument that the Premier League clash at the Vitality Stadium between Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest is the more interesting game. We evaluate why. When the Premier League fixtures are released in June, we all immediately look for the biggest and juiciest games. Manchester City vs Arsenal, Liverpool vs Manchester United… Bournemouth vs Nottingham Forest?
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Matt Furniss |Jonny Whitmore
Which teams have been in winning positions for the longest and who seem to have got used to losing? We look at Premier League game states in 2024-25. “You only sing when you’re winning!” If that’s true, then based on the opening 22 matchdays of the 2024-25 season, Manchester United fans will have been very quiet so far. United have led for just 15% of their Premier League games this season, higher only than bottom two clubs Leicester City (14%) and Southampton (11%).
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | Matt Furniss |Jonny Whitmore
CrystalPalace’s recent return to form has gone slightly under theradar, but 11 months into his time as head coach. the signs suggestthat Oliver Glasner could be the man to take the club to a newlevel. Some Crystal Palace fans would have been worried after eightgames of this season. Just three points had been collected, andPalace were one of four PremierLeague teams yet to win a game.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Jonny Whitmore
Nottingham Forest’s rise up the Premier League has occurred in conjunction with them shunning the wider competition’s association with possession, showing there’s more than one way to succeed. Sunday’s Premier League encounter between Nottingham Forest and Southampton at the City Ground may not have attracted a significant viewership of neutrals, but not only did it produce a thoroughly entertaining 105 minutes of action, it also represented an intriguing clash of cultures.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
theanalyst.com | RYAN BENSON |Matt Sisneros |Jonny Whitmore
Manchester City announced on Friday that Erling Haaland has signed an astonishing nine-and-a-half-year contract. Suddenly, Alan Shearer’s Premier League goals record looks a little less safe. Erling Haaland’s seamless transition to the Premier League and the unprecedented rate at which he’s scored led to discussion around his chances of breaking Alan Shearer’s all-time goals record right from his early days at Manchester City.
