It has been a rollercoaster campaign for Nottingham Forest. Having reached the Premier League for the first time in 23 years, Forest have spent the entire season battling relegation, but they have nevertheless secured their top-flight status after beating Arsenal 1-0, and they’ll be looking to close out their season with a trip to Crystal…

The influence of enterprising Spanish managers on the Premier League has been more prominent than ever this season. Pep Guardiola, Mikel Arteta and Unai Emery have their sides on the cusp of history with their respective brands of front-foot football. But towards the lower echelons of the table, fellow countryman Julen Lopetegui has worked his…

Once the blueprint for building dazzling reputations of their academy graduates, Southampton have flirted with the prospect of vanishing from English football’s elite league in recent years. The club were once in a position of sustainability with a platform for future success as the likes of Adam Lallana, Ricky Lambert and Sadio Mane were sold…

Usually, when I set down to research and write one of these statistical analysis articles, it doesn’t take too long to find the numbers that tell the story of whichever given club is my topic. However, Tottenham Hotspur’s 2022/23 statistical data is difficult to unpack. After the theatric departure of Antonio Conte, the club finds…

West Ham fans have been on a ride they’ll never forget since 2019 under David Moyes. Despite arriving to a massively underwhelmed fan base, Moyes steered West Ham clear of danger in the 2019/20 season during his second spell at the club. The next season, the Hammers hit unprecedented heights in the Premier League, recording…

Arsenal’s title bid has faltered in recent weeks as back-to-back 2-2 draws have closed the gap between themselves and a Manchester City side, sweeping everyone else aside. The stats suggest that Mikel Arteta’s side are looking shaky defensively, and the eye test tells us that the players are not responding well enough to adversity, but…

The 2022/23 season has brought out arguably the most intense relegation battle in Premier League history, with eight teams all still in danger as we enter the final stage of the season. There are teams that were generally expected to struggle that make up the foundation of the relegation battle, the likes of Bournemouth and…

Everton’s board took the decision to sack Frank Lampard but his sacking is as much their fault as it is his   Frank Lampard has experienced everything in his short tenure as the manager of Everton. The epic scenes at Goodison as Everton avoided relegation on the penultimate day of the Premier League season felt…

Southampton have sacked Ralph Hasenhüttl and have since appointed Luton Town boss Nathan Jones as their next manager. Hasenhüttl leaves the Saints after his side lost 4-1 to Newcastle United, a result which left them boxed into the drop zone with one league fixture left before the World Cup — they would proceed to beat…