After the PFA named their Premier League Team of the Year, The Football Lab offers our choices – but with a twist. We’re including a maximum of three players from each team with three players from outside the top six. Goalkeeper – David De Gea Given the criticism that Manchester United’s defence has faced this… Read more →
After Millwall’s 17-game unbeaten run ended with a 3-0 home defeat to Fulham on Friday, their response could define their play-off chances. There are two possible eventualities: the first is that with leaders like Shaun Hutchinson and Steve Morison in situ, they will respond to that setback with only renewed vigour. The second though, is… Read more →
While Millwall played Friday night’s London derby like an Olympic sprinter, Fulham played it like a marathon runner: the latter came out on top thanks to second half goals from Ryan Sessegnon, Kevin McDonald and Aleksandar Mitrovic. Here’s our player ratings from a 3-0 away win for the Whites. The Lions Jordan Archer – having… Read more →
While Millwall played Friday night’s London derby like an Olympic sprinter, Fulham played it like a marathon runner: the latter came out on top thanks to second half goals from Ryan Sessegnon, Kevin McDonald and Aleksandar Mitrovic. Here’s six talking points from a 3-0 away win for the Whites. Millwall’s high-tempo Millwall pressed at a… Read more →
A Bradley Dack brace moved Blackburn Rovers a step closer to automatic promotion with a 3-1 win over Peterborough United. Here’s six things from the game. Posh’s enterprising first half The visitors acquitted themselves well in the first half. After a shaky start, 18-year-old Leo Da Silva Lopes grew in confidence in an unnatural right… Read more →
Bradford City’s 0-0 draw with Shrewsbury Town could not be put down to a lack of attacking endeavour from either side; here’s our player ratings from the game. The Bantams Colin Doyle – denied Nolan from close-range in the second half, even if he was fortunate that he didn’t have to stretch too much for… Read more →
Bradford City’s 0-0 draw with Shrewsbury Town could not be put down to a lack of attacking endeavour from either side; here’s six things from the game. Bradford battled Timothee Dieng was one of four new faces to come into the Bradford eleven and his physical presence helped them in central areas. Charlie Wyke and… Read more →
A special night at Molineux staged not just one of the best teams English football’s second-tier has ever seen, Wolverhampton Wanderers, it also saw one of the best players, Ruben Neves, score one of the best goals. The midfielder added to Diogo Jota’s opener in a 2-0 victory over Derby County: here’s our player ratings… Read more →
A special night at Molineux staged not just one of the best teams English football’s second-tier has ever seen, Wolverhampton Wanderers, it also saw one of the best players, Ruben Neves, score one of the best goals. The midfielder added to Diogo Jota’s opener in a 2-0 victory over Derby County: here’s six things from… Read more →
Grealish’s 85th-minute wonder-strike separated two evenly matched sides as Aston Villa beat Cardiff City 1-0 in the Championship on Tuesday night, but we’d give our man-of-the-match award to Sam Johnstone. Here’s our Player Ratings from the game. The Villans Sam Johnstone – made an excellent double-save from Paterson and Morrison in injury time at the… Read more →