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Week 6 by the Numbers

September 29th, 2008 · Comments · Statistics

0 - Number of wins by Frankfurt, the last remaining winless team
5 - Total number of shots by Gladbach in their 0-1 defeat to Hamburg
7 - Goals scored by Patrick Helmes this season, that’s equal to or more than 8 teams (Hertha, Köln, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Bochum, Cottbus, Frankfurt, and Gladbach)
8.06 - The average number of […]

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The Set: Seven Reasons the Bundesliga Is Better Than the EPL

September 9th, 2008 · Comments · General

1. Parity

Okay, let’s not kid ourselves.  Not any team can win the Bundesliga.  But since the inception of the EPL in 1991, four teams have won the title: United, Blackburn, Chelsea and Arsenal, but United has won 11 of those titles.  In that same span, five teams have won the title in Germany: Kaiserslautern, BVB, […]

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The New Gaffer: Introducing Klinsmann at Bayern München

July 10th, 2008 · Comments · FC Bayern München, Gaffers

July 1st saw the formal beginnings of five coaches’ tenures at the helms of Bundesliga clubs. Over the next several weeks every Thursday we’ll introduce these men to you. Our series of profiles begins with Bayern München’s Jürgen Klinsmann, striker par excellence and noted diving enthusiast. We detail the man, his […]

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German (In)discipline: The Bundesliga’s Most Booked

June 6th, 2008 · Comments · FC Bayern München, General, MSV Duisburg, Player Discipline, VfL Wolfsburg

Football is not always a beautiful game; sometimes bookings are necessary. This season was no different in Germany, even if statistically player discipline was comparatively better than in the past several seasons. While goal scorers have the Torjägerkanone (awarded by the magazine kicker) to shoot for, no comparable trophy exists for the Bundesliga’s best/worst troublemakers. […]

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