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Ranking the top 10 creators in the 2025/26 Premier League season based on stats

8Mar

By Joe SorianoNo Comments

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Ranking the top 10 creators in the 2025/26 Premier League season based on stats

The chance creators don't often get the same praise as the goal scorers, but the players in Premier League history who have often captured imagination have been the ones making the beautiful assists, like Kevin De Bruyne and Mesut Ozil in recent years. Using only statistics to guide our evaluation, let's take a look at the best creators of the 2025/26 Premier League season so far. I used expected assists, key passes, and big chances created to produce this top 10. 10. Leeds CM Anton Stach It is always good to throw in a curveball from outside the top clubs, and Leeds can credit their survival so far in part to brilliant Bundesliga signing Anton Stach. Not only is he an elite defender, but he is averaging 2.2 key passes per game for a team that would have major issues without his chance c...

Arsenal, Mikel Arteta’s dark arts will inevitably lead to Premier League rule changes

3Mar

By Cody AcevedaNo Comments

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Arsenal, Mikel Arteta’s dark arts will inevitably lead to Premier League rule changes

After the Gunners' 2-1 win over Chelsea on Sunday, the football world is again talking about Arsenal corner routines and the so-called ‘dark arts’ used by Mikel Arteta’s side. These conversations have been a staple of the 2025-26 Premier League season, but it’s starting to feel like we have finally reached a tipping point for what fans, commentators, and even other clubs are willing to accept. Manchester City legend Yaya Toure said he was “disappointed” by Arsenal’s performance in the London Derby match, while former AC Milan and Chelsea star Ruud Gullit described the Gunners’ tactics as “truly awful to watch” on Dutch television. On Tuesday, Brighton manager Fabian Hurzeler added his name to the long list of football fans unhappy with Arsenal’s corner routines this season. Spe...

10 best possible Manchester City transfer targets for summer 2026 window

23Feb

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10 best possible Manchester City transfer targets for summer 2026 window

Manchester City are in another tough Premier League title race with Arsenal in the 2025/26 season, and they have really turned up the heat recently after a slow start to the campaign. The Citizens retooled again in the January transfer window this year, bringing in Erling Haaland's biggest Premier League Player of the Season challenger in Antoine Semenyo, winning a transfer sweepstakes for the Bournemouth hero that included pretty much every other club in the Big Six. Man City have fully recovered from an atrocious, by their lofty standards, 2024/25 campaign in which they came frighteningly close to missing out on the Champions League entirely. But since Man City are not seen as favorites to win the Champions League despite their recent resurgence, they will, once again, figure to...

The 10 best players Real Madrid could sign in the summer 2026 transfer window

16Feb

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The 10 best players Real Madrid could sign in the summer 2026 transfer window

Although Real Madrid are still in La Liga title contention and among the clubs in the Champions League knockout stages, it has been another tumultuous season for the Royal Whites, who already gave up on Xabi Alonso after being embarrassed by Barcelona in yet another cup final. Meanwhile, in the other cup, the Copa del Rey, the Merengues were embarrassed by second division side Albacete (who have Jesus Vallejo, of all players). There is dysfunction rife in the heart of Madrid, but there are also genuine problems with the squad that have not been addressed. The defense remains shambolic in big games, while the midfield has been gutted by the losses of legends Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, who were never replaced. With the summer 2026 transfer window on the horizon in just four short mont...

Ranking the 15 best tight ends in the NFL in 2026

13Feb

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Ranking the 15 best tight ends in the NFL in 2026

The tight ends in the NFL today are potentially discussed by national analysts less often than they were a decade ago, and there are several quality tight end who receive a fraction of their team's target shares. But when you run through their numbers under a per usage basis, it's clear that tight ends are as talented and as valuable as ever, even if they are either underutilized or even more underrated in 2025 and 2026. Here is a ranking of the 15 best tight ends in the NFL right now, merging the playmakers with the safety valves, the staples of the offense with the secret superstars to create this list. 15. Pat Freiermuth, Pittsburgh Steelers Pat Freiermuth only started half of the Pittsburgh Steelers games last season despite appearing in all of them, which was quite the disse...

Ranking the 25 best Bundesliga players of the 2025/26 season so far

12Feb

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Ranking the 25 best Bundesliga players of the 2025/26 season so far

The German Bundesliga doesn't quite have the same firepower across the top flight as it used to, but between Luka Vuskovic's incredible maiden season in a top flight league of any kind, the ludicrously elite Bayern Munich front three, and the underrated stars of Stuttgart and RB Leipzig (and now Hoffenheim, too), there is a lot of talent in the league worth getting excited about. With more than half of the 2025/26 season now in the bag, it is time to rank the 25 very best players in the Bundesliga this season in order from worst to first. Obviously, Bayern Munich dominate the list, but even the likes of Hamburg and Mainz have representatives in what has been an unpredictable season beyond the top spot. 25. Hamburg LB Miro Muheim Miro Muheim was Hamburg's best player in the 2. Bundes...

Ranking the 10 best available center backs in the 2026 summer transfer window

11Feb

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Ranking the 10 best available center backs in the 2026 summer transfer window

The summer 2026 transfer window is several months away, but as the last winter window taught us, there have already been a lot of seeds planted for the big moves that could be ahead in the next chapter of the transfer market. Center backs are becoming more desired in the modern game as teams beef up defensively with multiple top talents at the position, and there will be some real gems available in the upcoming summer transfer window. So let's rank the 10 very best center back transfer targets in order who could make major splash moves in the summer 2026 transfer window. 10. Jarrad Branthwaite, Everton Jarrad Branthwaite looked poised to leave Everton for a ton of money in the summer 2024 transfer window, but Manchester United and others ultimately balked at an asking price appro...

Ranking the 10 best quarterbacks in Miami Dolphins history

10Feb

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Ranking the 10 best quarterbacks in Miami Dolphins history

The Miami Dolphins haven't been at their dominant best since Dan Marino left the game in the 1990s, but they are one of the most historically relevant NFL franchises with a degree of dominance in the 1970s and 1980s that really needs to be revisited more. As such, they have had their fair share of great quarterbacks over the years despite the well running a bit dry after Marino's retirement. Even then, there are several notable names, hidden gems, and cult heroes who have called Miami home and started under center for this great franchise. So in honor of them - and not just Bob Griese and Dan Marino - let's rank the 10 greatest starting quarterbacks in the history of the Miami Dolphins. 10. Matt Moore One of the best backup quarterbacks in the modern NFL, Matt Moore had already mad...

Ranking the 10 best young left backs in world football in 2026

10Feb

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Ranking the 10 best young left backs in world football in 2026

Because left footers are more rare than right footers and because top fullbacks are hard to find in the modern game, left backs are among the most valuable players in world football and can often be a weak link for the top teams in European football. As 2026 trudges onward, let's take a look at the best young left backs in world football today, ranking the current crop of young talent under the age of 24 from 10th to 1st. 10. Daniel Svensson, Borussia Dortmund If this list were solely about the players' performances in the 2025/26 season, Daniel Svensson would probably rank a couple of slots higher, because he has overperformed this season as a workhorse player on the left flank in that wing back role on a Dortmund team that is otherwise pretty atrocious out wide. While projectin...

The 10 biggest transfer bargains of the 2025/26 Premier League season

10Feb

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The 10 biggest transfer bargains of the 2025/26 Premier League season

We are more than halfway done with the 2025/26 Premier League season, and now it makes sense to take a look back at the summer transfer window at how the new faces in the league have gotten along with their teams. Here are 10 transfers from the summer that have proven to be the biggest bargains of the season thus far, shaping title races, European battles, and relegation fights in the 2025/26 campaign. Cristhian Mosquera to Arsenal, 15M If you ask me, Cristhian Mosquera was definitely the best bargain of the summer 2025 transfer window, because Arsenal pounced on an excellent young center back who was playing at a high level in La Liga, snatching the proverbial cat out of the bag long before their competitors had even heard of Mosquera's exploits in Spain. And all Mosquera has do...