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0 200 400 600 800 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 ENG ITA ESP FRA GER 1 866 1 890 1 340 1 743 1 598 2 139 1 000 1 400 1 800 2 200 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 1. Premier League 3 511 2. Serie A 2 473 3. Liga 1 982 4. Ligue 1 1 400 5. Bundesliga 1 208 1. Premier League 719.2 2. Serie A 404.9 3. Ligue 1 382.6 4. Liga 372.9 5. Bundesliga 259.1 *Only permanent transfers of first-team players 35.2% 48.0% 44.0% 42.7% 41.5% 49.0% 0 20 40 60 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Issue 45 - 03/09/2013 Big-5 Weekly Post Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson Transfer expenditure of big-5 league clubs* (million euro, summer transfer window) (2013) Expenditure of the three most active clubs (2013) Evolution, per league (million euro, summer transfer window) Transfer expenditure of the 10 most active clubs (%) (% of total fees paid, summer transfer window) Total 2008-2013, per league 1. Ligue 1 85.8% 2. Liga 70.1% 3. Bundesliga 54.5% 4. Serie A 49.4% 5. Premier League 45.2%
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200

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

ENG

ITA

ESP

FRA

GER

1 866 1 890

1 340

1 743

1 598

2 139

1 000

1 400

1 800

2 200

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

1. Premier League 3 511

2. Serie A 2 473

3. Liga 1 982

4. Ligue 1 1 400

5. Bundesliga 1 208

1. Premier League 719.2

2. Serie A 404.9

3. Ligue 1 382.6

4. Liga 372.9

5. Bundesliga 259.1

*Only permanent transfers of first-team players

35.2%

48.0%44.0% 42.7% 41.5%

49.0%

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60

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

Issue 45 - 03/09/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

Transfer expenditure of big-5 league clubs* (million euro, summer transfer window)

(2013)

Expenditure of the three most active clubs (2013)

Evolution, per league (million euro, summer transfer window)

Transfer expenditure of the 10 most active clubs (%) (% of total fees paid, summer transfer window)

Total 2008-2013, per league

1. Ligue 1 85.8%

2. Liga 70.1%

3. Bundesliga 54.5%

4. Serie A 49.4%

5. Premier League 45.2%

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3.09

2.482.51

2.53

2.95

1. Hull City .....................5.64

2. Tottenham ................5.00

3. Sunderland ..............4.84

4. Fulham .......................4.04

5. Crystal Palace ..........3.93

6. Norwich City ............3.26

7. Liverpool ...................3.15

8. Southampton ..........2.67

9. Swansea City ...........2.48

10. Cardiff City ................2.46

11. Aston Villa .................2.28

12. Man. City ...................2.16

13. WBA ............................1.94

14. Chelsea ......................1.35

15. Stoke City ..................1.31

16. West Ham .................1.13

17. Arsenal .......................0.92

18. Everton ......................0.77

19. Newcastle .................0.48

20. Man. Utd ...................0.46

Premier League

1. Elche ...........................5.47

2. Real Betis...................4.88

3. Celta Vigo..................4.85

4. Rayo Vallecano ........4.20

5. Levante ......................3.97

6. Málaga .......................3.76

7. Almería ......................3.72

8. Sevilla .........................3.46

9. Espanyol ....................3.31

10. Valencia .....................3.08

11. Granada .....................3.00

12. Osasuna .....................2.93

13. Athletic Bilbao ........2.49

14. Real Madrid ..............2.04

15. Villarreal ....................2.03

16. Getafe ........................1.50

17. Real Valladolid.........1.49

18. Atlético Madrid .......1.12

19. Real Sociedad ..........1.05

20. Barcelona ..................0.69

Liga

1. Monaco .....................5.47

2. Bastia ..........................4.80

3. Guingamp ................3.29

4. Toulouse ....................3.26

5. Lille ..............................3.10

6. Ajaccio .......................2.94

7. Montpellier ..............2.88

8. Lorient .......................2.76

9. Reims ..........................2.67

10. Evian TG .....................2.56

11. Rennes .......................2.39

12. Valenciennes ...........2.35

13. Marseille ....................2.03

14. Nice .............................1.97

15. St-Etienne .................1.85

16. Nantes ........................1.74

17. Lyon ............................1.72

18. Sochaux .....................1.35

19. PSG ..............................1.15

20. Bordeaux...................0.38

1. Mainz 05 ....................3.69

2. Hertha Berlin ...........3.36

3. Hannover 96 ............3.17

4. Schalke 04 ................3.08

5. Nürnberg ..................2.96

6. M’gladbach ..............2.95

7. Leverkusen ...............2.88

8. Freiburg .....................2.52

9. Werder Bremen ......2.50

10. Frankfurt ...................2.49

11. Braunschweig .........2.48

12. Hamburg ...................2.32

13. Stuttgart ....................2.16

14. Augsburg ..................2.14

15. Hoffenheim ..............2.05

16. Dortmund ................1.97

17. Wolfsburg .................1.39

18. Bayern München ....0.46

BundesLiga

1. Genoa.........................7.12

2. Sassuolo ....................6.23

3. Roma ..........................5.00

4. Torino .........................4.64

5. Livorno ......................4.62

6. Napoli.........................4.02

7. Parma .........................3.59

8. Catania .......................3.10

9. Hellas Verona ...........3.05

10. Bologna .....................3.04

11. Chievo Verona .........2.43

12. Milan...........................2.43

13. Sampdoria ................2.22

14. Atalanta Bergamo..2.10

15. Udinese .....................2.03

16. Fiorentina .................1.94

17. Internazionale .........1.80

18. Juventus ....................1.44

19. Lazio ...........................0.94

20. Cagliari .......................0.06

serie a

Ligue 1

Issue n°46 - 26/09/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

average number of new signings on the pitch per club

average number of new signings on the pitch [Since the start of the season]

New signings: players signed at the start or during the season (including footballers back from loan)

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Premier League

General Index

L. Rémy (Newcastle)

M. Özil (Arsenal)

M. Amalfitano (WBA)

J. Mikel (Chelsea)

A. Ramsey (Arsenal)

Ligue 1

General Index

R. Falcao (Monaco)

M. Valbuena (Marseille)

H. Saivet (Bordeaux)

M. Verratti (Paris SG)

B. Matuidi (Paris SG)

General Index

Bundesliga

R. Lewandowski (Dortmund)

A. Maxim (Stuttgart)

L. Bittencourt (Hannover)

P. Lahm (Bayern)

Ö. Toprak (Leverkusen)

Serie A

General Index

G. Rossi (Fiorentina)

F. Totti (AS Roma)

J. Kurtić (Sassuolo)

G. Inler (Napoli)

J. Jesus (Internazionale)

Liga

General Index

L. Messi (Barcelona)

Neymar (Barcelona)

L. Messi (Barcelona)

Xavi (Barcelona)

Gabi (Atlético Madrid)

2

1

3

A. Ramsey(Arsenal)

M. Özil(Arsenal)

M. Amal�tano(WBA)

2

1

3

L. Messi(Barcelona)

Koke(Atlético Madrid)

Neymar(Barcelona)

2

1

3

M. Valbuena(Marseille)

C. Brüls(Nice)

J. Moutinho(Monaco)

2

1

3

A. Maxim(Stuttgart)

R. Lewandowski(Dortmund)

M. Reus(Dortmund)

2

1

3

F. Totti(AS Roma)

Robinho(Milan)

R. Álvarez(Internazionale)

Issue n°47 - 01/10/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

Players of the month

sEPTEMBER 2012

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

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0.95

0.390.47

0.58

1.02

1. Crystal Palace ..........1.76

2. Hull City .....................1.72

3. Sunderland ..............1.55

4. Everton ......................0.85

5. Fulham .......................0.80

6. Swansea City ...........0.54

7. Liverpool ...................0.53

8. Newcastle .................0.53

9. Norwich City ............0.40

10. WBA ............................0.34

11. Stoke City ..................0.34

12. Tottenham ................0.00

. Southampton ..........0.00

. Cardiff City ................0.00

. Aston Villa .................0.00

. Man. City ...................0.00

. Chelsea ......................0.00

. West Ham .................0.00

. Arsenal .......................0.00

. Man. Utd ...................0.00

Premier League

1. Elche ...........................4.08

2. Granada .....................2.59

3. Almería ......................2.56

4. Rayo Vallecano ........1.97

5. Celta Vigo..................1.50

6. Real Betis...................1.20

7. Villarreal ....................1.00

. Atlético Madrid .......1.00

. Sevilla .........................0.93

10. Espanyol ....................0.73

11. Real Sociedad ..........0.53

12. Málaga .......................0.50

13. Real Valladolid.........0.49

14. Levante ......................0.48

15. Getafe ........................0.36

16. Osasuna .....................0.28

17. Valencia .....................0.13

18. Athletic Bilbao ........0.00

. Real Madrid ..............0.00

. Barcelona ..................0.00

Liga

1. Evian TG .....................1.92

2. Valenciennes ...........1.65

3. Rennes .......................1.40

4. Bastia ..........................0.91

5. Ajaccio .......................0.91

6. Nice .............................0.82

7. Toulouse ....................0.78

8. Monaco .....................0.78

9. Lorient .......................0.58

10. Lyon ............................0.44

11. Guingamp ................0.44

12. St-Etienne .................0.33

13. Sochaux .....................0.29

14. Reims ..........................0.22

15. Montpellier ..............0.03

16. Nantes ........................0.03

17. Lille ..............................0.00

. Marseille ....................0.00

. PSG ..............................0.00

. Bordeaux...................0.00

1. Freiburg .....................1.08

2. Dortmund ................0.94

3. Hamburg ...................0.86

4. M’gladbach ..............0.85

5. Frankfurt ...................0.69

6. Augsburg ..................0.67

7. Hertha Berlin ...........0.63

8. Schalke 04 ................0.51

9. Stuttgart ....................0.45

10. Werder Bremen ......0.38

11. Leverkusen ...............0.03

12. Mainz 05 ....................0.00

. Hannover 96 ............0.00

. Nürnberg ..................0.00

. Braunschweig .........0.00

. Hoffenheim ..............0.00

. Wolfsburg .................0.00

. Bayern München ....0.00

BundesLiga

1. Livorno ......................3.67

2. Sassuolo ....................2.46

3. Bologna .....................2.24

4. Hellas Verona ...........1.83

5. Parma .........................1.64

6. Catania .......................1.64

7. Chievo Verona .........1.31

8. Genoa.........................1.27

9. Napoli.........................1.00

. Torino .........................0.85

11. Udinese .....................0.61

12. Internazionale .........0.33

13. Cagliari .......................0.17

14. Sampdoria ................0.08

15. Roma ..........................0.00

. Milan...........................0.00

. Atalanta Bergamo..0.00

. Fiorentina .................0.00

. Juventus ....................0.00

. Lazio ...........................0.00

serie a

Ligue 1

Issue n°48 - 08/10/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

average number of loaned players on the pitch per club

average number of loaned players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]

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1.91

0.881.37

1.30

1.10

1. Fulham ......................... 3.7

2. Man. Utd ..................... 3.6

3. Everton ........................ 3.4

4. Chelsea ........................ 3.0

5. Crystal Palace ............ 2.8

6. West Ham ................... 2.3

7. Liverpool ..................... 1.8

8. WBA .............................. 1.6

9. Southampton ............ 1.0

. Sunderland ................ 1.0

11. Hull City ....................... 0.9

12. Cardiff City .................. 0.8

. Stoke City .................... 0.8

14. Arsenal ......................... 0.4

. Norwich City .............. 0.4

16. Newcastle ................... 0.2

17. Tottenham .................. 0.0

. Swansea City ............. 0.0

. Aston Villa ................... 0.0

. Man. City ..................... 0.0

Premier League

1. Levante ........................ 3.1

2. Athletic Bilbao .......... 2.5

3. Málaga ......................... 2.2

4. Almería ........................ 1.9

. Elche ............................. 1.9

6. Espanyol ...................... 1.7

. Granada ....................... 1.7

8. Rayo Vallecano .......... 1.0

. Villarreal ...................... 1.0

10. Barcelona .................... 0.9

. Real Valladolid........... 0.9

. Real Betis..................... 0.9

13. Osasuna ....................... 0.7

14. Getafe .......................... 0.6

. Valencia ....................... 0.6

16. Atlético Madrid ......... 0.4

17. Celta Vigo.................... 0.0

. Sevilla ........................... 0.0

. Real Madrid ................ 0.0

. Real Sociedad ............ 0.0

Liga

1. Bastia ............................ 3.6

2. Evian TG ....................... 3.0

3. Valenciennes ............. 2.5

. Ajaccio ......................... 2.5

5. Reims ............................ 2.3

6. Monaco ....................... 1.9

. PSG ................................ 1.9

8. Guingamp .................. 1.3

. Sochaux ....................... 1.3

10. Lille ................................ 1.2

11. Montpellier ................ 1.0

12. Lorient ......................... 0.7

. Rennes ......................... 0.7

. Marseille ...................... 0.7

15. Lyon .............................. 0.4

16. Nice ............................... 0.3

. St-Etienne ................... 0.3

18. Toulouse ...................... 0.2

19. Bordeaux..................... 0.1

. Nantes .......................... 0.1

1. Mainz 05 ...................... 4.0

2. M’gladbach ................ 2.4

3. Braunschweig ........... 1.6

4. Nürnberg .................... 1.5

. Wolfsburg ................... 1.5

6. Dortmund .................. 1.0

7. Schalke 04 .................. 0.9

8. Leverkusen ................. 0.8

. Werder Bremen ........ 0.8

10. Augsburg .................... 0.6

11. Bayern München ...... 0.3

12. Hertha Berlin ............. 0.2

13. Stuttgart ...................... 0.1

. Freiburg ....................... 0.1

15. Hannover 96 .............. 0.0

. Frankfurt ..................... 0.0

. Hamburg ..................... 0.0

. Hoffenheim ................ 0.0

BundesLiga

1. Atalanta Bergamo.... 4.9

2. Parma ........................... 3.6

3. Juventus ...................... 2.8

4. Genoa........................... 2.6

. Torino ........................... 2.6

6. Roma ............................ 2.5

. Hellas Verona ............. 2.5

8. Chievo Verona ........... 2.3

. Bologna ....................... 2.3

10. Internazionale ........... 1.7

. Fiorentina ................... 1.7

12. Udinese ....................... 1.3

. Catania ......................... 1.3

. Sassuolo ...................... 1.3

15. Cagliari ......................... 1.2

16. Milan............................. 0.9

17. Sampdoria .................. 0.8

. Livorno ........................ 0.8

19. Lazio ............................. 0.7

20. Napoli........................... 0.3

serie a

Ligue 1

Issue n°49 - 22/10/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

average number of over 31 players on the pitch per club

average number of over 31 players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]

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3.2

1.71.6

2.4

2.5

1. Man. City ..................... 3.6

2. Chelsea ........................ 3.0

3. Crystal Palace ............ 2.6

4. Stoke City .................... 2.4

. Liverpool ..................... 2.4

6. Hull City ....................... 2.2

. Newcastle ................... 2.2

8. Southampton ............ 1.8

9. Cardiff City .................. 1.6

. Everton ........................ 1.6

11. Sunderland ................ 1.5

12. WBA .............................. 1.4

13. Man. Utd ..................... 1.3

. Tottenham .................. 1.3

15. Swansea City ............. 1.1

16. Aston Villa ................... 1.0

17. Fulham ......................... 0.8

18. West Ham ................... 0.6

19. Arsenal ......................... 0.0

. Norwich City .............. 0.0

PREMIER LEAGUE

1. Málaga ......................... 4.8

2. Granada ....................... 4.1

. Valencia ....................... 4.1

. Atlético Madrid ......... 4.1

. Barcelona .................... 4.1

6. Villarreal ...................... 3.1

7. Real Betis..................... 2.6

8. Espanyol ...................... 2.7

9. Rayo Vallecano .......... 2.5

. Sevilla ........................... 2.5

. Levante ........................ 2.5

12. Real Sociedad ............ 2.2

13. Real Madrid ................ 2.3

. Celta Vigo.................... 2.3

15. Osasuna ....................... 1.8

16. Almería ........................ 1.9

17. Elche ............................. 1.4

18. Getafe .......................... 0.8

19. Real Valladolid........... 0.6

20. Athletic Bilbao .......... 0.0

LIGA

1. PSG ................................ 5.3

2. Bordeaux..................... 4.7

3. Lille ................................ 4.0

4. Montpellier ................ 3.3

5. Monaco ....................... 2.9

. Toulouse ...................... 2.9

7. Nantes .......................... 2.8

8. Lorient ......................... 2.3

9. Evian TG ....................... 2.2

10. Ajaccio ......................... 2.1

. Nice ............................... 2.1

12. Sochaux ....................... 1.9

13. Bastia ............................ 1.8

. Marseille ...................... 1.8

15. Lyon .............................. 1.7

. Rennes ......................... 1.7

17. St-Etienne ................... 1.4

18. Valenciennes ............. 1.5

19. Reims ............................ 1.1

20. Guingamp .................. 0.5

1. Wolfsburg ................... 3.3

2. Stuttgart ...................... 2.9

3. Hannover 96 .............. 2.7

. Frankfurt ..................... 2.7

5. Hertha Berlin ............. 2.3

6. Schalke 04 .................. 2.0

7. Mainz 05 ...................... 2.2

8. Nürnberg .................... 1.9

. M’gladbach ................ 1.9

. Hoffenheim ................ 1.9

11. Bayern München ...... 1.5

12. Hamburg ..................... 0.9

13. Dortmund .................. 1.0

14. Freiburg ....................... 0.8

. Leverkusen ................. 0.8

16. Werder Bremen ........ 0.6

17. Augsburg .................... 0.3

18. Braunschweig ........... 0.0

BUNDESLIGA

1. Internazionale ........... 7.4

2. Catania ......................... 7.1

3. Udinese ....................... 6.1

4. Hellas Verona ............. 5.1

5. Lazio ............................. 4.1

6. Fiorentina ................... 4.0

7. Atalanta Bergamo.... 3.4

8. Roma ............................ 3.0

. Milan............................. 3.0

10. Juventus ...................... 2.9

11. Napoli........................... 2.6

. Parma ........................... 2.6

. Livorno ........................ 2.6

14. Cagliari ......................... 2.3

15. Sampdoria .................. 1.6

16. Genoa........................... 1.3

17. Bologna ....................... 1.4

18. Sassuolo ...................... 1.0

19. Chievo Verona ........... 1.1

20. Torino ........................... 0.7

SERIE A

LIGUE 1

Issue n°50 - 29/10/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

Average number of non-European players on the pitch per club

Average number of non-European players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]

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Premier League

General Index

S. Agüero (Man. City)

D. Silva (Man. City)

A. Townsend (Tottenham)

M. Arteta (Arsenal)

C. Yacob (WBA)

Ligue 1

General Index

E. Cavani (Paris SG)

J. Rodríguez (Monaco)

F. Ayité (Reims)

D. Digard (Nice)

C. Alhadhur (Nantes)

General Index

Bundesliga

P. Lasogga (Hamburg)

F. Ribéry (Bayern)

F. Ribéry (Bayern)

P. Lahm (Bayern)

M. Hummels (Dortmund)

General Index

D. Berardi (Sassuolo)

R. Palacio (Internazionale)

F. Guarín (Internazionale)

D. Conti (Cagliari)

V. Behrami (Napoli)

Liga

General Index

C. Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

Neymar (Barcelona)

A. Bangoura (Rayo Vallecano)

Xavi (Barcelona)

R. López (Getafe)

2

1

3

S. Agüero(Man. City)

D. Silva(Man. City)

A. Ramsey(Arsenal)

2

1

3

Neymar(Barcelona)

I. Rakitić(Sevilla)

C. Ronaldo(Real Madrid)

2

1

3

F. Ayité(Reims)

R. Cabella(Montpellier)

J. Rodríguez(Monaco)

2

1

3

F. Ribéry(Bayern)

H. Mkhitaryan(Dortmund)

M. Reus(Dortmund)

2

1

3

A. Diamanti(Bologna)

R. Palacio(Internazionale)

A. Cerci(Torino)

Serie A

Issue n°51 - 05/11/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

Players of the month

October 2012*

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

*From 01/10 to 04/11 - Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes

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0.88

1.94

0.83

2.16

2.32

1. Arsenal ......................... 3.9

2. Southampton ............ 3.5

3. Man. Utd ..................... 2.7

. Aston Villa ................... 2.7

5. West Ham ................... 1.9

6. Everton ........................ 1.6

. Newcastle ................... 1.6

8. Tottenham .................. 1.5

9. Liverpool ..................... 1.4

10. Chelsea ........................ 1.0

11. Sunderland ................ 0.9

12. Swansea City ............. 0.8

13. WBA .............................. 0.3

14. Man. City ..................... 0.2

15. Stoke City .................... 0.1

. Cardiff City .................. 0.1

. Crystal Palace ............ 0.1

. Fulham ......................... 0.1

19. Hull City ....................... 0.0

. Norwich City .............. 0.0

Premier League

1. Barcelona .................... 7.2

2. Athletic Bilbao .......... 6.9

3. Real Sociedad ............ 6.4

4. Celta Vigo.................... 4.6

5. Villarreal ...................... 2.8

6. Atlético Madrid ......... 2.5

7. Levante ........................ 2.3

8. Real Madrid ................ 2.0

9. Málaga ......................... 1.8

. Valencia ....................... 1.8

11. Real Valladolid........... 1.7

. Osasuna ....................... 1.7

13. Sevilla ........................... 1.5

14. Real Betis..................... 0.7

15. Rayo Vallecano .......... 0.2

16. Espanyol ...................... 0.1

17. Elche ............................. 0.0

. Granada ....................... 0.0

. Almería ........................ 0.0

. Getafe .......................... 0.0

Liga

1. Lyon .............................. 5.8

2. Montpellier ................ 4.6

3. Rennes ......................... 3.9

4. Sochaux ....................... 3.8

5. Bastia ............................ 3.7

6. Bordeaux..................... 2.6

7. St-Etienne ................... 2.3

8. Lille ................................ 2.0

. Ajaccio ......................... 2.0

10. Monaco ....................... 1.9

11. Nantes .......................... 1.4

12. Marseille ...................... 1.2

13. Toulouse ...................... 1.1

. Nice ............................... 1.1

15. Guingamp .................. 0.9

16. Reims ............................ 0.8

. Lorient ......................... 0.8

18. Evian TG ....................... 0.7

19. Valenciennes ............. 0.6

20. PSG ................................ 0.2

1. Freiburg ....................... 5.2

2. Bayern München ...... 4.2

3. M’gladbach ................ 3.2

4. Schalke 04 .................. 3.0

5. Dortmund .................. 2.5

6. Stuttgart ...................... 2.3

7. Werder Bremen ........ 2.2

8. Hamburg ..................... 1.8

9. Frankfurt ..................... 1.5

. Leverkusen ................. 1.5

11. Nürnberg .................... 1.4

12. Wolfsburg ................... 1.3

13. Hertha Berlin ............. 0.9

14. Braunschweig ........... 0.7

. Hoffenheim ................ 0.7

16. Mainz 05 ...................... 0.6

17. Hannover 96 .............. 0.0

. Augsburg .................... 0.0

BundesLiga

1. Atalanta Bergamo.... 2.8

2. Roma ............................ 2.2

3. Livorno ........................ 2.0

4. Sampdoria .................. 1.9

5. Milan............................. 1.5

6. Genoa........................... 1.4

7. Hellas Verona ............. 1.1

8. Napoli........................... 1.0

9. Cagliari ......................... 0.9

10. Juventus ...................... 0.8

. Lazio ............................. 0.8

12. Sassuolo ...................... 0.6

13. Bologna ....................... 0.4

14. Fiorentina ................... 0.2

15. Internazionale ........... 0.0

. Catania ......................... 0.0

. Udinese ....................... 0.0

. Parma ........................... 0.0

. Chievo Verona ........... 0.0

. Torino ........................... 0.0

serie a

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Issue n°52 - 12/11/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

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average number of club-trained players on the pitch per club

average number of club-trained players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]

Club-trained players: footballers having played for at least three years between the ages of 15 and 21 for the club employing them during the season

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

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3.38

4.454.27

2.57

2.02

1. Stoke City .................... 7.0

2. Man. City ..................... 5.4

3. Fulham ......................... 5.3

4. Aston Villa ................... 5.2

5. Crystal Palace ............ 5.0

. Man. Utd ..................... 5.0

7. Southampton ............ 4.9

8. Chelsea ........................ 4.5

9. WBA .............................. 4.3

10. Norwich City .............. 4.2

11. West Ham ................... 4.1

12. Everton ........................ 4.0

. Tottenham .................. 4.0

14. Newcastle ................... 3.9

. Liverpool ..................... 3.9

16. Arsenal ......................... 3.7

. Sunderland ................ 3.7

18. Cardiff City .................. 3.3

19. Hull City ....................... 2.2

20. Swansea City ............. 2.0

Premier League

1. Real Madrid ................ 3.9

2. Real Betis..................... 3.5

3. Real Sociedad ............ 3.4

4. Athletic Bilbao .......... 3.3

5. Espanyol ...................... 2.6

. Atlético Madrid ......... 2.6

7. Valencia ....................... 2.4

8. Getafe .......................... 2.2

9. Granada ....................... 2.0

. Málaga ......................... 2.0

11. Osasuna ....................... 1.9

. Levante ........................ 1.9

13. Rayo Vallecano .......... 1.5

. Barcelona .................... 1.5

15. Sevilla ........................... 1.4

16. Villarreal ...................... 1.2

17. Elche ............................. 1.1

. Almería ........................ 1.1

19. Celta Vigo.................... 0.9

20. Real Valladolid........... 0.1

Liga

1. St-Etienne ................... 4.7

2. Reims ............................ 4.6

3. PSG ................................ 4.2

4. Nantes .......................... 4.1

5. Monaco ....................... 4.0

6. Lille ................................ 3.8

7. Bordeaux..................... 3.6

8. Rennes ......................... 2.7

. Lorient ......................... 2.7

10. Toulouse ...................... 2.6

11. Evian TG ....................... 2.5

12. Lyon .............................. 2.2

13. Ajaccio ......................... 2.0

14. Marseille ...................... 1.7

15. Sochaux ....................... 1.6

. Guingamp .................. 1.6

17. Nice ............................... 1.0

. Bastia ............................ 1.0

19. Valenciennes ............. 0.9

20. Montpellier ................ 0.2

1. Hamburg ..................... 6.7

2. Schalke 04 .................. 6.4

3. Leverkusen ................. 5.9

4. Stuttgart ...................... 5.2

5. Wolfsburg ................... 5.0

6. Bayern München ...... 4.8

7. Werder Bremen ........ 4.6

. Hoffenheim ................ 4.6

9. Mainz 05 ...................... 4.5

10. Nürnberg .................... 4.4

. Frankfurt ..................... 4.4

12. Dortmund .................. 4.2

13. Augsburg .................... 4.1

14. Hannover 96 .............. 4.0

15. M’gladbach ................ 3.2

. Freiburg ....................... 3.2

17. Hertha Berlin ............. 3.0

18. Braunschweig ........... 1.8

BundesLiga

1. Juventus ...................... 5.5

2. Chievo Verona ........... 5.3

3. Cagliari ......................... 4.7

. Livorno ........................ 4.7

5. Sassuolo ...................... 4.0

6. Bologna ....................... 3.9

. Lazio ............................. 3.9

8. Milan............................. 3.6

9. Internazionale ........... 3.5

10. Catania ......................... 3.2

. Atalanta Bergamo.... 3.2

12. Hellas Verona ............. 3.1

13. Napoli........................... 2.9

14. Roma ............................ 2.8

15. Parma ........................... 2.6

16. Torino ........................... 2.4

. Sampdoria .................. 2.4

18. Fiorentina ................... 2.3

19. Udinese ....................... 1.9

20. Genoa........................... 1.7

serie a

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Issue n°53 - 26/11/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

av. number of players more than 185 cm in height on the pitch

av. number of players more than 185 cm in height on the pitch [Since the start of the season]

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

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Premier League

General Index

R. Lukaku (Everton)

S. Gerrard (Liverpool)

J. de Guzmán (Swansea)

Á. Rangel (Swansea)

Y. Cabaye (Newcastle)

Ligue 1

General Index

Z. Ibrahimović (Paris SG)

Y. Jouffre (Lorient)

A. Masuaku (Valenciennes)

T. Motta (Paris SG)

I. Gueye (Lille)

General Index

Bundesliga

H. Son (Leverkusen)

G. Castro (Leverkusen)

J. Draxler (Schalke 04)

T. Kroos (Bayern)

W. Kvist (Stuttgart)

General Index

O. El Kaddouri (Torino)

F. Matuzalém (Genoa)

J. Cuadrado (Fiorentina)

N. de Jong (Milan)

N. Murru (Cagliari)

Liga

General Index

G. Bale (Real Madrid)

M. Susaeta (Bilbao)

Isco (Real Madrid)

D. Parejo (Valencia)

M. Bartra (Barcelona)

2

1

3

J. Navas(Man. City)

W. Rooney(Man. United)

S. Gerrard(Liverpool)

2

1

3

Isco(Real Madrid)

C. Vela(Real Sociedad)

G. Bale(Real Madrid)

2

1

3

Z. Ibrahimović(Paris SG)

Lucas (Paris SG)

F. Thauvin(Marseille)

2

1

3

S. Salihović(Ho�enheim)

A. Robben(Bayern)

H. Son(Leverkusen)

2

1

3

O. El Kaddouri(Torino)

F. Matuzalém(Genoa)

D. Berardi(Sassuolo)

Serie A

Issue n°54 - 03/12/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

Players of the month

November 2013*

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

Shooting

Chance creation

Take on

Distribution

Recovery

*From 05/11 to 02/12 - Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes

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5.87

4.646.97

3.59

4.24

1. Newcastle ................... 9.8

2. Man. City ..................... 9.4

3. Arsenal ......................... 8.7

4. Stoke City .................... 8.1

5. Chelsea ........................ 7.9

6. Fulham ......................... 7.7

7. Tottenham .................. 7.1

8. Everton ........................ 7.0

9. Aston Villa ................... 6.9

. Sunderland ................ 6.9

11. WBA .............................. 6.8

. Swansea City ............. 6.8

13. Man. Utd ..................... 6.5

14. Crystal Palace ............ 6.4

. Liverpool ..................... 6.4

16. West Ham ................... 5.9

17. Southampton ............ 5.8

18. Hull City ....................... 5.4

19. Norwich City .............. 5.0

. Cardiff City .................. 5.0

Premier League

1. Granada ....................... 7.5

2. Valencia ....................... 7.2

3. Málaga ......................... 7.0

4. Sevilla ........................... 6.8

5. Atlético Madrid ......... 6.2

. Real Madrid ................ 6.2

7. Levante ........................ 5.6

8. Espanyol ...................... 4.4

9. Barcelona .................... 4.2

10. Real Valladolid........... 3.9

11. Villarreal ...................... 3.8

12. Real Sociedad ............ 3.7

13. Almería ........................ 3.2

14. Osasuna ....................... 2.8

. Celta Vigo.................... 2.8

16. Real Betis..................... 2.7

17. Rayo Vallecano .......... 2.4

18. Elche ............................. 2.1

19. Getafe .......................... 1.1

20. Athletic Bilbao .......... 1.0

Liga

1. PSG ................................ 8.4

2. Monaco ....................... 6.5

3. Lille ................................ 6.1

4. Toulouse ...................... 5.3

5. Bordeaux..................... 5.0

6. Nantes .......................... 4.0

7. Evian TG ....................... 3.9

8. Ajaccio ......................... 3.6

9. Nice ............................... 3.3

10. Bastia ............................ 3.2

11. Montpellier ................ 3.1

12. Rennes ......................... 2.9

. Lyon .............................. 2.9

14. Reims ............................ 2.7

15. Valenciennes ............. 2.6

16. Lorient ......................... 2.5

17. Sochaux ....................... 1.9

18. St-Etienne ................... 1.8

19. Marseille ...................... 1.6

20. Guingamp .................. 0.4

1. Wolfsburg ................... 7.9

2. Hannover 96 .............. 6.6

3. M’gladbach ................ 5.7

. Nürnberg .................... 5.7

5. Bayern München ...... 5.6

6. Mainz 05 ...................... 5.5

7. Hertha Berlin ............. 4.9

8. Stuttgart ...................... 4.8

9. Werder Bremen ........ 4.7

10. Hoffenheim ................ 4.6

11. Frankfurt ..................... 4.5

12. Dortmund .................. 4.3

13. Augsburg .................... 4.2

14. Freiburg ....................... 4.1

15. Hamburg ..................... 3.4

16. Schalke 04 .................. 3.2

17. Leverkusen ................. 2.3

18. Braunschweig ........... 1.6

BundesLiga

1. Internazionale .........10.2

2. Napoli........................... 9.0

3. Lazio ............................. 8.7

. Udinese ....................... 8.7

5. Catania ......................... 8.6

6. Fiorentina ................... 8.0

7. Roma ............................ 6.8

8. Milan............................. 6.2

9. Bologna ....................... 6.1

10. Chievo Verona ........... 5.9

11. Hellas Verona ............. 5.8

12. Sampdoria .................. 5.2

13. Juventus ...................... 4.9

14. Cagliari ......................... 4.1

15. Parma ........................... 4.0

16. Atalanta Bergamo.... 3.7

17. Livorno ........................ 3.6

18. Genoa........................... 3.4

19. Torino ........................... 2.6

20. Sassuolo ...................... 2.2

serie a

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Issue n°55 - 10/12/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

av. number of expatriates on the pitch

av. number of expatriates on the pitch [Since the start of the season]

Expatriates: players employed by a club outside of the national association in which they began playing, from where they departed for football-related reasons.

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

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0.96

1.52

0.74

1.61

1.24

1. Southampton ............ 2.0

2. Swansea City ............. 1.8

. Everton ........................ 1.8

4. Liverpool ..................... 1.4

5. Arsenal ......................... 1.3

6. Man. Utd ..................... 1.2

7. Fulham ......................... 0.9

8. Norwich City .............. 0.7

. West Ham ................... 0.7

10. Hull City ....................... 0.6

11. Man. City ..................... 0.5

. Tottenham .................. 0.5

13. WBA .............................. 0.4

14. Crystal Palace ............ 0.3

15. Cardiff City .................. 0.2

. Stoke City .................... 0.2

. Sunderland ................ 0.2

18. Aston Villa ................... 0.1

. Newcastle ................... 0.1

20. Chelsea ........................ 0.0

Premier League

1. Celta Vigo.................... 2.4

2. Atlético Madrid ......... 2.2

. Rayo Vallecano .......... 2.2

4. Sevilla ........................... 1.9

. Athletic Bilbao .......... 1.9

. Real Madrid ................ 1.9

7. Málaga ......................... 1.7

8. Granada ....................... 1.4

. Almería ........................ 1.4

10. Elche ............................. 1.3

11. Real Betis..................... 1.2

. Valencia ....................... 1.2

13. Real Sociedad ............ 1.0

14. Barcelona .................... 0.8

15. Espanyol ...................... 0.7

. Levante ........................ 0.7

17. Getafe .......................... 0.6

18. Villarreal ...................... 0.2

19. Osasuna ....................... 0.0

. Real Valladolid........... 0.0

Liga

1. Toulouse ...................... 3.4

2. Monaco ....................... 3.2

3. Lorient ......................... 2.7

. Nice ............................... 2.7

5. PSG ................................ 2.6

6. Valenciennes ............. 2.2

7. Sochaux ....................... 2.0

8. Marseille ...................... 1.8

9. Lyon .............................. 1.7

. Nantes .......................... 1.7

. Rennes ......................... 1.7

12. Evian TG ....................... 1.1

. St-Etienne ................... 1.1

14. Ajaccio ......................... 1.0

15. Montpellier ................ 0.8

. Lille ................................ 0.8

. Bordeaux..................... 0.8

18. Guingamp .................. 0.4

. Reims ............................ 0.4

20. Bastia ............................ 0.2

1. Hoffenheim ................ 3.3

2. M’gladbach ................ 2.5

. Wolfsburg ................... 2.5

4. Leverkusen ................. 2.2

. Freiburg ....................... 2.2

6. Nürnberg .................... 2.1

7. Stuttgart ...................... 1.9

8. Schalke 04 .................. 1.7

9. Mainz 05 ...................... 1.6

10. Hamburg ..................... 1.4

. Hertha Berlin ............. 1.4

12. Bayern München ...... 1.3

13. Dortmund .................. 0.9

14. Frankfurt ..................... 0.8

. Hannover 96 .............. 0.8

16. Augsburg .................... 0.6

17. Werder Bremen ........ 0.3

18. Braunschweig ........... 0.0

BundesLiga

1. Livorno ........................ 3.4

2. Genoa........................... 2.2

3. Sampdoria .................. 2.0

4. Lazio ............................. 1.4

5. Catania ......................... 1.3

. Internazionale ........... 1.3

7. Sassuolo ...................... 1.2

8. Bologna ....................... 1.0

9. Juventus ...................... 0.9

10. Hellas Verona ............. 0.8

. Milan............................. 0.8

12. Atalanta Bergamo.... 0.7

. Udinese ....................... 0.7

14. Cagliari ......................... 0.6

15. Roma ............................ 0.4

16. Parma ........................... 0.3

. Fiorentina ................... 0.3

18. Chievo Verona ........... 0.1

19. Napoli........................... 0.0

. Torino ........................... 0.0

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Issue n°56 - 17/12/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

av. number of u21 players on the pitch

av. number of u21 players on the pitch [Since the start of the season]

U21: players born on or after 1st January 1992

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

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2

1

3

Luis Suárez(Liverpool)

Neymar(Barcelona)

Cristiano Ronaldo(Real Madrid)

4. Carlos Tévez (Juventus)

5. Wayne Rooney (Man. United)

6. Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid)

7. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)

8. Marco Reus (Dortmund)

9. Carlos Vela (Real Sociedad)

10. Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad)

2

1

3

Franck Ribéry(Bayern)

Miralem Pjanić(AS Roma)

James Rodríguez(Monaco)

4. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)

5. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid)

6. João Moutinho (Monaco)

7. Francesc Fàbregas (Barcelona)

8. Ricardo Álvarez (Internazionale)

9. Samir Nasri (Man. City)

10. Toni Kroos (Bayern)

2

1

3

Giorgio Chiellini(Juventus)

Leandro Castán(AS Roma)

Dante Bon�m(Bayern)

4. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)

5. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern)

6. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)

7. Medhi Benatia (AS Roma)

8. Andrea Barzagli (Juventus)

9. Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)

10. Dejan Lovren (Southampton)

2

1

3

Marco Verratti(Paris SG)

Arturo Vidal(Juventus)

Gabi Fernández(Atlético Madrid)

4. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal)

5. Thiago Motta (Paris SG)

6. Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco)

7. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

8. Paul Pogba (Juventus)

9. Philipp Lahm (Bayern)

10. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)

2

1

3

David Alaba(Bayern)

Dani Alves(Barcelona)

Márcio Ra�nha(Bayern)

4. Filipe Kasmirski (Atlético Madrid)

5. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco)

6. Serge Aurier (Toulouse)

7. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City)

8. Maicon Douglas (AS Roma)

9. Juanfran Torres (Atlético Madrid)

10. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)

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Issue n°57 - 06/01/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

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Best Players

since the start of the season

Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes

Forwards Offensive midfielders

Central/defensive midfielders

Full backs

Centre backs

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

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Premier League

Liga

Ligue 1

Bundesliga

Serie A

Issue n°57 - 06/01/2013

Big-5 Weekly Post

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs

1. Luis Suárez (Liverpool) 1. Samir Nasri (Man. City) 1. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) 1. Dejan Lovren (Southampton) 1. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City)

2. Wayne Rooney (Man. United) 2. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) 2. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 2. José Manuel Chico (Swansea) 2. Glen Johnson (Liverpool)

3. Kevin Mirallas (Everton) 3. Adam Lallana (Southampton) 3. Yaya Touré (Man. City) 3. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) 3. Kyle Walker (Tottenham)

4. Loïc Rémy (Newcastle) 4. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) 4. Jonathan de Guzmán (Swansea) 4. Phil Jagielka (Everton) 4. Seamus Coleman (Everton)

5. Jay Rodriguez (Southampton) 5. Antonio Valencia (Man. United) 5. Luiz Fernandinho (Man. City) 5. Ashley Williams (Swansea) 5. Ángel Rangel (Swansea)

Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 1. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona) 1. Gabi Fernández (Atlético) 1. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona) 1. Dani Alves (Barcelona)

2. Neymar Junior (Barcelona) 2. Koke Resurrección (Atlético) 2. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) 2. Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid) 2. Filipe Kasmirski (Atlético)

3. Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid) 3. Francesc Fàbregas (Barcelona) 3. Luka Modrić (Real Madrid) 3. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) 3. Juanfran Torres (Atlético)

4. Carlos Vela (R. Sociedad) 4. Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla) 4. Xavi Hernández (Barcelona) 4. Pepe Lima (Real Madrid) 4. Carlos Peña (Valladolid)

5. Antoine Griezmann (R. Sociedad) 5. Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid) 5. Bruno Soriano (Villarreal) 5. Mateo Musacchio (Villarreal) 5. Vitorino Antunes (Málaga)

Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs

1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG) 1. James Rodríguez (Monaco) 1. Marco Verratti (Paris SG) 1. Alex da Costa (Paris SG) 1. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco)

2. Edison Cavani (Paris SG) 2. João Moutinho (Monaco) 2. Thiago Motta (Paris SG) 2. Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco) 2. Serge Aurier (Toulouse)

3. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) 3. Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille) 3. Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco) 3. Éric Abidal (Monaco) 3. Henri Bedimo (Lyon)

4. Henri Saivet (Bordeaux) 4. Rémy Cabella (Montpellier) 4. Florent Balmont (Lille) 4. Marko Baša (Lille) 4. Julian Palmieri (Bastia)

5. Vincent Aboubakar (Lorient) 5. Clément Grenier (Lyon) 5. Clément Chantôme (Toulouse) 5. Simon Kjaer (Lille) 5. Issa Cissokho (Nantes)

Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs

1. Marco Reus (Dortmund) 1. Franck Ribéry (Bayern) 1. Philipp Lahm (Bayern) 1. Dante Bonfim (Bayern) 1. David Alaba (Bayern)

2. Raffael de Araújo (M'gladbach) 2. Toni Kroos (Bayern) 2. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund) 2. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern) 2. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)

3. Max Kruse (M'gladbach) 3. Henrik Mkhitaryan (Dortmund) 3. Daniel Baier (Augsburg) 3. Fabian Lustenberger (Hertha) 3. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)

4. P.-E. Aubameyang (Dortmund) 4. Gonzalo Castro (Leverkusen) 4. Granit Xhaka (M'gladbach) 4. Naldo Aparecido (Wolfsburg) 4. Kevin Grosskreutz (Dortmund)

5. Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund) 5. Thomas Müller (Bayern) 5. Christoph Kramer (M'gladbach) 5. Martin Stranzl (M'gladbach) 5. Oscar Wendt (M'gladbach)

Forwards Offensive midfielders Central/defensive midfielders Centre backs Full backs

1. Carlos Tévez (Juventus) 1. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma) 1. Arturo Vidal (Juventus) 1. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) 1. Maicon Douglas (AS Roma)

2. Alessio Cerci (Torino) 2. Ricardo Álvarez (Internazionale) 2. Paul Pogba (Juventus) 2. Leandro Castán (AS Roma) 2. Boukary Dramé (Chievo Verona)

3. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) 3. Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus) 3. Kevin Strootman (AS Roma) 3. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) 3. Jonathan Cícero (Internazionale)

4. Rodrigo Palacio (Internazionale) 4. Fredy Guarín (Internazionale) 4. Luca Cigarini (Atalanta) 4. Medhi Benatia (AS Roma) 4. Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina)

5. Mario Balotelli (Milan) 5. Antonio Candreva (Lazio) 5. Riccardo Montolivo (Milan) 5. Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) 5. Dušan Basta (Udinese)

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1. Everton .................. 81.3%

2. Newcastle ............. 80.6%

3. Cardiff City ............ 80.4%

4. Stoke City .............. 78.3%

5. Crystal Palace ...... 77.7%

. Arsenal ................... 77.7%

7. Aston Villa ............. 77.1%

8. Hull City ................. 76.0%

. Southampton ...... 76.0%

10. Chelsea .................. 75.5%

11. WBA ........................ 74.4%

12. Liverpool ............... 74.0%

13. Norwich City ........ 73.6%

14. Swansea City ....... 71.2%

15. West Ham ............. 70.4%

16. Tottenham ............ 70.2%

17. Man. Utd ............... 68.9%

18. Man. City ............... 68.4%

19. Sunderland .......... 67.0%

20. Fulham ................... 66.9%

Premier League

1. Atlético Madrid ... 86.1%

2. Villarreal ................ 78.1%

3. Real Valladolid..... 77.8%

4. Celta Vigo.............. 77.1%

5. Espanyol ................ 77.0%

6. Almería .................. 76.5%

7. Real Madrid .......... 76.4%

. Athletic Bilbao .... 76.4%

9. Osasuna ................. 75.6%

10. Elche ....................... 75.5%

11. Málaga ................... 75.3%

12. Granada ................. 73.9%

13. Rayo Vallecano .... 73.6%

14. Real Sociedad ...... 71.9%

15. Levante .................. 71.8%

16. Barcelona .............. 70.4%

17. Getafe .................... 70.2%

18. Sevilla ..................... 66.1%

19. Real Betis............... 64.5%

20. Valencia ................. 64.0%

Liga

1. Lille .......................... 84.3%

2. Nantes .................... 82.8%

3. Monaco ................. 80.1%

4. Bordeaux............... 78.8%

5. Toulouse ................ 78.5%

6. Montpellier .......... 77.1%

7. Reims ...................... 76.1%

. Guingamp ............ 76.1%

9. St-Etienne ............. 75.4%

10. Bastia ...................... 75.1%

11. Marseille ................ 74.6%

12. Nice ......................... 74.4%

13. Lyon ........................ 73.8%

14. PSG .......................... 73.4%

15. Evian TG ................. 72.0%

. Rennes ................... 72.0%

17. Lorient ................... 70.9%

18. Sochaux ................. 68.8%

19. Valenciennes ....... 67.3%

20. Ajaccio ................... 64.8%

1. M’gladbach .......... 88.6%

2. Augsburg .............. 80.1%

3. Hannover 96 ........ 79.9%

4. Hertha Berlin ....... 79.0%

5. Wolfsburg ............. 78.8%

6. Nürnberg .............. 78.6%

7. Hamburg ............... 78.3%

8. Bayern München 77.9%

9. Freiburg ................. 76.1%

. Werder Bremen .. 76.1%

. Dortmund ............ 76.1%

12. Leverkusen ........... 75.9%

13. Stuttgart ................ 75.6%

14. Hoffenheim .......... 75.4%

15. Mainz 05 ................ 75.0%

. Frankfurt ............... 75.0%

17. Braunschweig ..... 72.9%

18. Schalke 04 ............ 72.2%

BundesLiga

1. Internazionale ..... 82.5%

2. Sampdoria ............ 79.2%

. Juventus ................ 79.2%

4. Hellas Verona ....... 78.2%

5. Roma ...................... 78.0%

6. Livorno .................. 77.6%

7. Parma ..................... 77.3%

8. Fiorentina ............. 77.2%

9. Chievo Verona ..... 75.7%

10. Torino ..................... 75.4%

11. Udinese ................. 74.5%

12. Bologna ................. 73.6%

13. Genoa..................... 72.6%

14. Napoli..................... 71.8%

15. Cagliari ................... 71.6%

16. Atalanta ................. 71.2%

17. Sassuolo ................ 67.2%

. Lazio ....................... 67.2%

19. Milan....................... 66.1%

20. Catania ................... 61.6%

serie a

Ligue 1

Issue n°58 - 14/01/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

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average % of minutes played by the 11 most fielded players

% of minutes played by the 11 most fielded players [Since the start of the season]

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

0.96

1.52

0.74

1.61

1.24

65% 70% 75% 80% 85%

Relegation zone

Other clubs

Podium

71.9%

74.8%

77.6%

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Issue n°59 - 21/01/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

Special Issue

DemograPhIcStuDy 2014

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Training club: club where footballers stayed at least 3 seasons between the ages of 15 and 21

* Situation on October 1st 2013

In the club Total

1. Arsenal FC 10 27

2. Manchester United FC 9 25

3. Aston Villa FC 7 15

4. Newcastle United FC 7 11

. West Ham United 6 11

6. Manchester City FC 3 10

7. Southampton FC 4 9

. Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 9

9. Crystal Palace FC 4 8

. Chelsea FC 1 8

Premier League clubs

In the club Total

1. FC Barcelona 16 44

2. Real Madrid CF 7 31

3. Athletic Club Bilbao 14 22

4. Real Sociedad de Fútbol 15 20

. Club Atlético de Madrid 5 20

. Valencia CF 5 20

. RCD Espanyol 2 20

8. RC Celta de Vigo 10 15

. Sevilla FC 5 15

10. Villarreal CF 6 11

Liga clubs

In the club Total

1. Olympique Lyonnais 14 31

2. Stade Rennais FC 10 28

3. Montpellier Hérault SC 12 20

. FC Sochaux-Montbéliard 11 20

. FC Girondins de Bordeaux 8 20

. Toulouse FC 6 20

. AS Monaco 5 20

8. Paris St-Germain FC 3 17

9. FC Nantes 7 16

. AS St-Etienne 6 16

Ligue 1 clubs

In the club Total

1. FC Bayern München 7 23

2. VfB Stuttgart 7 22

3. FC Schalke 04 7 21

4. SC Freiburg 9 17

. Hertha BSC Berlin 6 17

6. Hamburger SV 3 13

7. VfL Borussia M’gladbach 5 12

. SV Werder Bremen 4 12

9. Borussia Dortmund 5 10

. Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 10

Bundesliga clubs

In the club Total

1. Atalanta Bergamo 8 22

2. Milan AC 3 20

3. AS Roma 4 18

4. Internazionale Milano FC 1 17

5. Juventus FC 3 14

6. Torino Calcio 2 13

7. Sampdoria UC 4 9

. AC Fiorentina 2 9

9. SS Lazio 1 8

10. FC Genoa 1893 3 6

Serie A clubs

Total

1. Le Havre AC (FRA/2) 20

2. CA River Plate (ARG) 16

3. CA Boca Juniors (ARG) 15

. TSV München 1860 (GER/2) 15

5. AFC Ajax (NED) 13

. SM Caen (FRA/2) 13

7. AJ Auxerre (FRA/2) 12

8. AS Nancy-Lorraine (FRA/2) 11

. Sporting Clube de Portugal (POR) 11

10. Brescia Calcio (ITA/2) 10

Non big-5 league clubs

Clubs having trained the most players in the big-5*

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1,207

8492,706

951

1,134

1. Man. City ................ 435.1

2. Man. Utd ................ 394.9

3. Chelsea ................... 376.0

4. Tottenham ............. 250.1

5. Arsenal .................... 215.7

6. Liverpool ................ 212.6

7. Newcastle .................84.4

8. Everton ......................82.9

9. Aston Villa .................81.6

10. Southampton ..........80.8

11. Sunderland ..............75.7

12. Stoke City ..................69.6

13. West Ham .................63.6

14. Cardiff City ................51.8

15. Norwich City ............51.1

16. Swansea City ...........44.8

17. Hull City .....................41.1

18. Fulham .......................40.0

19. WBA ............................30.7

20. Crystal Palace ..........24.0

Premier League

1. Real Madrid ........... 536.0

2. Barcelona ............... 237.3

3. Atlético Madrid .......80.6

4. Valencia .....................67.9

5. Sevilla .........................49.5

6. Villarreal ....................34.5

7. Athletic Bilbao ........33.1

8. Getafe ........................18.5

9. Granada .....................16.8

10. Málaga .......................11.3

11. Real Betis...................11.0

12. Real Sociedad ..........10.8

13. Celta Vigo.................... 8.8

14. Espanyol ...................... 8.3

15. Real Valladolid........... 4.3

16. Osasuna ....................... 3.5

17. Rayo Vallecano, Elche,

Almería, Levante ...<3.0

Liga

1. PSG ........................... 365.9

2. Monaco .................. 204.9

3. Marseille ....................87.6

4. Lyon ............................56.0

5. Lille ..............................39.5

6. Bordeaux...................35.3

7. St-Etienne .................28.1

8. Lorient .......................23.4

9. Rennes .......................22.7

10. Toulouse ....................14.6

11. Montpellier ..............14.3

12. Sochaux .....................12.4

13. Nantes ........................12.2

14. Nice .............................11.0

15. Valenciennes ...........10.2

16. Reims ............................ 5.8

17. Evian TG ....................... 3.2

18. Guingamp, Bastia,

Ajaccio .......................<3.0

1. Bayern München . 233.1

2. Wolfsburg .............. 117.2

3. Dortmund ................99.2

4. Schalke 04 ................67.2

5. Hamburg ...................57.2

6. Leverkusen ...............50.9

7. M’gladbach ..............49.2

8. Hannover 96 ............28.6

9. Werder Bremen ......28.5

10. Hoffenheim ..............25.9

11. Stuttgart ....................25.3

12. Mainz 05 ....................16.6

13. Nürnberg ..................15.2

14. Frankfurt ...................12.8

15. Freiburg ....................... 8.6

16. Hertha Berlin ............. 7.3

17. Augsburg .................... 4.5

18. Braunschweig .........<3.0

BundesLiga

1. Juventus ................. 213.8

2. Internazionale ...... 183.8

3. Napoli...................... 174.1

4. Roma ....................... 108.2

5. Fiorentina .................92.9

6. Milan...........................91.2

7. Lazio ...........................89.7

8. Sampdoria ................32.4

9. Genoa.........................32.0

10. Catania .......................31.8

11. Torino .........................27.4

12. Udinese .....................26.3

13. Cagliari .......................25.5

14. Bologna .....................23.7

15. Atalanta Bergamo..23.4

16. Sassuolo ....................11.5

17. Parma ........................... 9.6

18. Chievo Verona ........... 8.6

19. Hellas Verona, Livorno

......................................<3.0

serie a

Ligue 1

Issue n°60 - 28/01/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

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Transfer fees paid to sign current squad members

Transfer fees paid to sign current squad members [million €]

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

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1. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)

2. Edin Džeko (Man. City)

3. Kevin Mirallas (Everton)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

2. Aritz Aduriz (Bilbao)

3. Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad)

1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)

2. André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille)

3. Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon)

1. Mame Diouf (Hannover)

2. Josip Drmić (Nürnberg)

3. Marco Reus (Dortmund)

1. Mario Balotelli (Milan)

2. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo)

3. Fernando Llorente (Juventus)

1. David Silva (Man. City)

2. Mesut Özil (Arsenal)

3. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)

1. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)

2. Ander Herrera (Bilbao)

3. Francesc Fàbregas (Barcelona)

1. Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)

2. James Rodríguez (Monaco)

3. Anthony Mounier (Montpellier)

1. Szabolcs Huszti (Hannover)

2. Jefferson Farfán (Schalke 04)

3. Gonzalo Castro (Leverkusen)

1. Antonio Candreva (Lazio)

2. Maximiliano Moralez (Atalanta)

3. Ricardo Álvarez (Internazionale)

1. Jack Cork (Southampton)

2. Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton)

3. Youssouf Mulumbu (WBA)

1. Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)

2. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)

3. Luka Modrić (Real Madrid)

1. Thiago Motta (Paris SG)

2. Blaise Matuidi (Paris SG)

3. Gueïda Fofana (Lyon)

1. Thiago Alcântara (Bayern)

2. Philipp Lahm (Bayern)

3. Daniel Baier (Augsburg)

1. Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma)

2. Riccardo Montolivo (Milan)

3. David Pizarro (Fiorentina)

1. Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal)

2. Per Mertesacker (Arsenal)

3. José Fonte (Southampton)

1. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)

2. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

3. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)

1. Loïc Perrin (St-Etienne)

2. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)

3. Alex da Costa (Paris SG)

1. Heiko Westermann (Hamburg)

2. Marcelo Guedes (Hannover)

3. Sebastian Langkamp (Hertha Berlin)

1. Gonzalo Rodríguez (Fiorentina)

2. Medhi Benatia (AS Roma)

3. Juan Jesus (Internazionale)

1. Aleksandar Kolarov (Man. City)

2. Bacary Sagna (Arsenal)

3. Ángel Rangel (Swansea)

1. Jordi Alba (Barcelona)

2. Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid)

3. Marcelo Vieira (Real Madrid)

1. Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG)

2. Henri Bedimo (Lyon)

3. Layvin Kurzawa (Monaco)

1. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)

2. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)

3. Joo-Ho Park (Mainz)

1. Mattia Cassani (Parma)

2. Urby Emanuelson (Milan)

3. Stefan Lichtsteiner (Juventus)

Issue n°61 - 04/02/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

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Players of the month

January 2014

*From 01/01 to 04/02 Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes

Forwards Offensive midfielders

Central/defensive midfielders

Full backs

Centre backs

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel and Roger Besson

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Crystal Palace Thomas Ince 30.01.1992Joe Ledley 23.01.1987Patrick McCarthy 31.05.1983Glenn Murray 25.09.1983

Fulham Muamer Tanković 22.02.1995Larnell Cole 09.03.1993Dan Burn 09.05.1992Ryan Tunnicliffe 30.12.1992

Cardiff City Mats Daehli 02.03.1995Magnus Eikrem 08.08.1990Kevin McNaughton 28.08.1982

Stoke City Jack Butland 10.03.1993John Guidetti 15.04.1992

Sunderland Liam Bridcutt 08.05.1989Santiago Vergini 03.08.1988

Chelsea Mohammed Salah 15.06.1992Everton Aiden McGeady 04.04.1986

Premier League

Ligue 1

Rennes Paul-Georges Ntep 29.07.1992Kamil Grosicki 08.06.1988Ola Toivonen 03.07.1986

Sochaux Mickael Malsa 12.10.1995Nathan Sinkala 23.04.1991Stoppila Sunzu 22.06.1989

Ajaccio Nordine Ait Yahia 10.07.1992Oumar Sissoko 13.09.1987

Bordeaux Enzo Crivelli 06.02.1995Guingamp Mana Dembélé 29.11.1988Lille Adama Soumaoro 18.06.1992Marseille Laurent Abergel 01.02.1993Monaco Nabil Dirar 25.02.1986Toulouse Zacharie Boucher 07.03.1992Valenciennes Abdul Waris 19.09.1991

Serie a

Cagliari Simone Solinas 03.03.1996Adryan Oliveira 08.10.1994

Catania Francesco Fedato 15.10.1992Fabián Rinaudo 08.05.1987

Atalanta Marco Sportiello 10.05.1992Bologna Ibson Barreto 07.11.1983Chievo Verona Maodo Mbaye 06.11.1995Internazionale Rubén Botta 31.01.1990Lazio Etrit Berisha 10.03.1989Livorno Jonny Mosquera 17.02.1991Milan Keisuke Honda 13.06.1986Parma José Mauri 16.05.1996Roma Tin Jedvaj 28.11.1995Sampdoria Michele Fornasier 22.08.1993Sassuolo Ettore Gliozzi 23.09.1995Udinese Simone Scuffet 31.05.1996

Liga

Málaga Flávio Ferreira 19.10.1991Nordin Amrabat 31.03.1987Pablo Pérez 10.08.1985

Villarreal Nahuel Leiva 22.10.1996Joan Román 18.05.1993Aleksandar Pantić 11.04.1992

Granada Tiago Ilori 26.02.1993Orestis Karnezis 11.07.1985

Levante Víctor Camarasa 28.05.1994Nagore Gómez 27.12.1980

Osasuna Cristian Lobato 07.03.1989Javier Acuña 23.06.1988

Almería Jonathan Zongo 02.12.1992Barcelona Jean-Marie Dongou 20.04.1995Real Valladolid Stefan Mitrović 22.05.1990Valencia Rúben Vezo 25.04.1994

BundeSLiga

Hamburg Ouasim Bouy 11.06.1993John Ola 19.05.1992

Braunschweig Havard Nielsen 15.07.1993Frankfurt Felix Wiedwald 15.03.1990Hannover 96 František Rajtoral 12.03.1986Hoffenheim Jiloan Hamad 06.11.1990Leverkusen Seung-Woo Ryu 17.12.1993Nürnberg Ondrej Petrak 11.03.1992Stuttgart Robin Yalcin 25.01.1994Werder Bremen Levent Ayçiçek 12.02.1994Wolfsburg Junior Malanda 28.08.1994

Premier League

Liga

Serie A

Ligue 1

Bundesliga

17

16

16

15

11

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Players who made their debut in the big-5 after 1st of January

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number, by league

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Premier League

129

Serie A

102

Bundesliga

80

Liga

68

Ligue 1

50

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Number of players having participated in WC 2014 qualifications per league of employment and country represented1

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Total

1. Italy 2 1 35 38

2. England 32 32

3. France 14 3 11 1 2 31

4. Spain 9 18 1 28

5. Argentina 5 5 3 1 12 26

6. Germany 4 1 18 1 24

7. Switzerland 1 2 11 6 20

8. Belgium 10 2 3 1 16

. Ivory Coast 6 7 2 1 16

. The Netherlands 8 1 4 3 16

11. Colombia 1 2 4 2 6 15

12. Cameroon 1 4 6 3 14

. Croatia 2 3 5 4 14

. Uruguay 4 4 2 4 14

15. Ghana 1 1 5 2 4 13

16. Algeria 1 3 4 4 12

. Greece 3 2 2 5 12

. Japan 2 8 2 12

. Portugal 1 6 3 1 1 12

20. Chili 1 4 6 11

21. Bosnia & Herzegovina 2 6 2 10

. USA 6 1 3 10

23. Nigeria 3 2 2 2 9

24. South Korea 2 5 7

25. Mexico 1 3 1 1 6

26. Australia 2 1 3

. Costa Rica 1 1 1 3

28. Honduras 2 2

29. Ecuador 1 1

. Iran 1 1

. Russia 1 1

Number, by league

1 Only countries qualified (not including Brazil)

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25.5

23.224.5

24.1

24.6

1. West Ham .................27.0

2. Hull City .....................26.7

3. Fulham .......................26.6

4. Crystal Palace ..........25.9

5. WBA ............................25.8

6. Norwich City ............25.7

7. Stoke City ..................25.6

8. Man. City ...................24.9

9. Sunderland ..............24.8

10. Swansea City ...........24.6

. Everton ......................24.6

12. Cardiff City ................24.5

13. Chelsea ......................24.1

14. Arsenal .......................23.5

15. Newcastle .................23.3

. Tottenham ................23.3

17. Aston Villa .................23.0

. Southampton ..........23.0

19. Man. Utd ...................22.2

20. Liverpool ...................21.9

Premier League

1. Levante ......................27.6

2. Elche ...........................27.2

3. Osasuna .....................26.0

4. Almería ......................25.8

5. Getafe ........................25.7

6. Real Valladolid.........25.3

. Espanyol ....................25.3

8. Málaga .......................25.1

9. Atlético Madrid .......25.0

10. Real Betis...................24.9

. Granada .....................24.9

12. Rayo Vallecano ........24.7

13. Sevilla .........................24.6

14. Valencia .....................24.5

15. Celta Vigo..................24.2

16. Villarreal ....................23.0

17. Real Madrid ..............22.6

18. Athletic Bilbao ........22.5

19. Barcelona ..................21.6

20. Real Sociedad ..........21.5

Liga

1. Bastia ..........................27.0

2. Guingamp ................25.2

3. Ajaccio .......................25.0

4. Evian TG .....................24.9

5. Monaco .....................24.8

. PSG ..............................24.8

7. St-Etienne .................24.5

8. Valenciennes ...........24.3

9. Reims ..........................24.2

. Nantes ........................24.2

11. Bordeaux...................24.0

12. Rennes .......................23.9

. Lille ..............................23.9

14. Marseille ....................23.8

15. Lyon ............................23.4

. Sochaux .....................23.4

17. Montpellier ..............23.3

18. Lorient .......................23.0

19. Nice .............................22.7

20. Toulouse ....................22.5

1. Augsburg ..................24.3

2. Frankfurt ...................24.1

3. Hertha Berlin ...........24.0

4. Wolfsburg .................23.9

5. Hannover 96 ............23.7

6. Mainz 05 ....................23.6

. Bayern München ....23.6

8. Braunschweig .........23.3

9. Hamburg ...................23.2

. Nürnberg ..................23.2

11. Werder Bremen ......22.9

12. Freiburg .....................22.8

13. Dortmund ................22.7

. Stuttgart ....................22.7

15. M’gladbach ..............22.6

. Leverkusen ...............22.6

17. Schalke 04 ................22.3

. Hoffenheim ..............22.3

BundesLiga

1. Bologna .....................26.9

2. Parma .........................26.6

. Genoa.........................26.6

4. Hellas Verona ...........26.5

. Torino .........................26.5

. Fiorentina .................26.5

7. Chievo Verona .........26.4

8. Atalanta Bergamo..26.3

9. Juventus ....................26.2

10. Milan...........................26.1

11. Sassuolo ....................25.5

12. Napoli.........................25.4

13. Catania .......................25.2

. Internazionale .........25.2

15. Lazio ...........................25.1

16. Livorno ......................24.7

17. Roma ..........................24.4

18. Sampdoria ................24.1

19. Cagliari .......................23.4

20. Udinese .....................23.2

serie a

Ligue 1

Issue n°64 - 25/02/2014

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average age of players at recruitment

average age of players at recruitment [players fielded since 1st of January 2014]

Including players back from loan and players recruited from an academy

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1. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)

2. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)

3. Robin van Persie (Man. United)

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

2. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

3. Rubén Castro (Betis)

1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)

2. Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse)

3. André-Pierre Gignac (Marseille)

1. Mario Mandžukić (Bayern)

2. Domi Kumbela (Braunschweig)

3. Adrián Ramos (Hertha Berlin)

1. Luca Toni (Verona)

2. Carlos Tévez (Juventus)

3. Ciro Immobile (Torino)

1. Juan Mata (Man. United)

2. David Silva (Man. City)

3. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)

1. Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona)

2. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)

3. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)

1. Grégory Sertic (Bordeaux)

2. Rémy Cabella (Montpellier)

3. Christian Brüls (Nice)

1. Mario Götze (Bayern)

2. Henrik Mkhitaryan (Dortmund)

3. Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim)

1. Marek Hamšík (Napoli)

2. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)

3. Rômulo Souza (Verona)

1. Yaya Touré (Man. City)

2. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)

3. Gareth Barry (Everton)

1. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)

2. Bruno Soriano (Villarreal)

3. Gabi Fernández (Atlético Madrid)

1. Geoffrey Kondogbia (Monaco)

2. Idrissa Gueye (Lille)

3. Maxime Gonalons (Lyon)

1. Thiago Alcântara (Bayern)

2. Philipp Lahm (Bayern)

3. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund)

1. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

2. Riccardo Montolivo (Milan)

3. Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma)

1. Phil Jagielka (Everton)

2. Martín Demichelis (Man. City)

3. José Fonte (Southampton)

1. Aymeric Laporte (Bilbao)

2. Pepe Lima (Real Madrid)

3. Carlos Gurpegui (Bilbao)

1. Loïc Perrin (St-Etienne)

2. Samuel Umtiti (Lyon)

3. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)

1. Nikolče Noveski (Mainz)

2. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen)

3. Dante Bonfim (Bayern)

1. Medhi Benatia (AS Roma)

2. Leandro Castán (AS Roma)

3. Davide Astori (Cagliari)

1. Leighton Baines (Everton)

2. Aleksandar Kolarov (Man. City)

3. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City)

1. Adriano Correia (Barcelona)

2. Jonny Castro (Vigo)

3. Andoni Iraola (Bilbao)

1. Gregory van der Wiel (Paris SG)

2. Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG)

3. Henri Bedimo (Lyon)

1. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)

2. David Alaba (Bayern)

3. Marcel Schmelzer (Dortmund)

1. Abdoulaye Konko (Lazio)

2. Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli)

3. Matteo Darmian (Torino)

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Players of the month

february 2014

*From 01/02 to 02/03 Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes

Forwards Offensive midfielders

Central/defensive midfielders

Full backs

Centre backs

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Issue n°66- 11/03/2014

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Countries of birth

Countries of birth, by league [players fielded since the start of the season]

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1. England ................177

2. France ........................... 45

3. Spain ............................. 33

4. Rep. of Ireland ............ 15

. The Netherlands........ 15

6. Brazil .............................. 14

. Scotland ....................... 14

8. Argentina ..................... 13

. Belgium ........................ 13

10. Wales ............................. 10

11. Germany .........................9

. Ivory Coast .....................9

. USA ...................................9

14. Northern Ireland ..........8

. Sweden ............................8

16. Denmark .........................7

. Italy ...................................7

18. Bosnia Herzegovina ....5

. Czech Republic .............5

. Nigeria .............................5

PrEmiEr LEaguE

1. Spain .....................296

2. Argentina ..................... 29

. France ........................... 29

4. Brazil .............................. 23

5. Portugal........................ 19

6. Uruguay ....................... 10

7. Chile..................................9

. Colombia ........................9

9. Mexico .............................7

10. Cameroon .......................5

. Germany .........................5

. Romania ..........................5

13. Nigeria .............................4

. Paraguay .........................4

. Serbia ...............................4

. Switzerland ....................4

. The Netherlands...........4

18. Ghana ...............................3

. Senegal ............................3

20. Belgium ...........................2

Liga

1. France ...................333

2. Brazil .............................. 20

3. Ivory Coast .................. 14

4. Cameroon .................... 12

. Senegal ......................... 12

6. Argentina ..................... 10

7. Serbia ...............................9

8. Belgium ...........................8

. Mali ...................................8

10. Guinea .............................7

11. Colombia ........................6

. Portugal...........................6

. Romania ..........................6

14. Denmark .........................5

. Italy ...................................5

16. Ghana ...............................4

. Israel .................................4

. Venezuela .......................4

19. Burkina Faso ..................3

. Gabon ..............................3

1. germany ...............242

2. Czech Republic .......... 14

3. Brazil .............................. 12

4. Switzerland ................. 11

5. Austria ........................... 10

. France ........................... 10

7. Poland ..............................8

. The Netherlands...........8

9. Bosnia Herzegovina ....7

. Croatia .............................7

. Japan ................................7

. Serbia ...............................7

13. Belgium ...........................6

. Denmark .........................6

. Rep. of Korea .................6

16. Argentina ........................5

. Norway ............................5

. Spain ................................5

19. Italy ...................................4

. Ivory Coast .....................4

BundESLiga

1. italy .......................226

2. Argentina ..................... 51

3. Brazil .............................. 48

4. France ........................... 23

5. Uruguay ....................... 14

6. Serbia ............................ 13

7. Colombia ..................... 12

. Spain ............................. 12

9. Ghana ............................ 10

10. Croatia .............................9

. Switzerland ....................9

12. Slovenia ...........................7

13. Chile..................................6

. Greece ..............................6

. Romania ..........................6

. Sweden ............................6

17. Belgium ...........................5

. Germany .........................5

. Poland ..............................5

. Slovakia ...........................5

SEriE a

LiguE 1

1. France .........................440

2. Spain ...........................347

3. Germany ....................261

4. Italy ..............................244

5. England ......................181

6. Brazil ............................117

7. Argentina ...................108

8. Serbia ............................ 38

9. Belgium ........................ 34

10. The Netherlands........ 32

11. Portugal........................ 31

12. Colombia ..................... 30

. Ivory Coast .................. 30

. Uruguay ....................... 30

15. Switzerland ................. 28

16. Czech Republic .......... 24

17. Senegal ......................... 23

18. Romania ....................... 22

19. Poland ........................... 21

. Denmark ...................... 21

Big-5

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Issue n°67- 18/03/2014

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World Cup 2014 qualifications: minutes played per country of the employer club

Clubs at which the players were employed at the time of the matches

Countries qualified only - Brazil: 2013 friendlies and Confederation Cup

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* Non big-5 league clubs

Done with Philcarto Number of minutes

3,062 (Chili)

20,245 (France)

59,154 (England)

Premier League(14.2%)

Liga(11.3%)

Serie A(9.9%)

Bundesliga(8.5%)Ligue 1

(4.9%)

14.2%

Others(51.1%)

% of minutes, big-5 leagues

Minutes

1. Real Madrid (ESP) 10,549

2. Barcelona (ESP) 9,549

3. Bayern München (GER) 9,351

4. Juventus (ITA) 8,308

5. Man. United (ENG) 7,415

6. Chelsea (ENG) 6,753

7. Man. City (ENG) 6,491

8. Zenit (RUS)* 6,446

9. Napoli (ITA) 6,255

10. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 5,557

11. Arsenal (ENG) 5,477

12. Tottenham (ENG) 5,211

13. PSG (FRA) 5,098

14. Esteghlal FC (IRN) 5,061

15. Roma (ITA) 4,793

Minutes

16. Wolfsburg (GER) 4,601

17. Monterrey (MEX) 4,520

18. Everton (ENG) 4,325

19. Olympiacos (GRE) 4,073

20. Porto (POR) 3,952

21. CSKA Moskva (RUS) 3,886

22. Milan (ITA) 3,703

23. Valencia (ESP) 3,691

24. Internazionale (ITA) 3,686

25. Lazio (ITA) 3,545

26. América (MEX) 3,483

27. Dinamo Moskva (RUS) 3,350

28. Persepolis (IRN) 3,332

29. Liverpool (ENG) 3,308

30. Dortmund (GER) 3,211

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Issue n°68- 25/03/2014

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Transfer fees paid by big-5 league clubs since 2008/09

Highest incomes for transfers to big-5 league clubs (since 2008/09)

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* Non big-5 league clubs

UEFA clubs outsidebig-5 league countries

Non-UEFA clubs

Lower division clubsin other big-5

league countries

Clubs in other big-5 leagues

Clubs in the same big-5 league

Lower division clubsin the same country

To nonbig-5 league

clubs

To otherbig-5 league

clubs

Internationaltransfers

Nationaltransfers

12.49billion €

3.68

0.82

2.130.96

0.12

4.78

to big-5 league clubs

to other clubs

67.7%

32.3%

Million €1. Tottenham Hotspur FC (ENG) 322.1

2. Real Madrid CF (ESP) 303.7

3. FC Porto (POR) 282.7

4. Liverpool FC (ENG) 239.8

5. Milan AC (ITA) 229.5

6. Internazionale Milano FC (ITA) 224.9

7. Udinese Calcio (ITA) 220.0

8. Arsenal FC (ENG) 207.9

9. AS Roma (ITA) 203.4

10. Valencia CF (ESP) 202.7

11. Sevilla FC (ESP) 202.3

12. Palermo US (ITA) 184.8

13. FC Genoa 1893 (ITA) 184.6

14. Club Atlético de Madrid (ESP) 184.3

15. FC Barcelona (ESP) 182.1

Million €16. SL Benfica (POR) 174.3

17. Manchester United FC (ENG) 164.7

18. AC Fiorentina (ITA) 160.4

19. Chelsea FC (ENG) 159.4

20. Manchester City FC (ENG) 154.4

21. Newcastle United FC (ENG) 153.4

22. Olympique Lyonnais (FRA) 149.3

23. Lille OSC (FRA) 149.1

24. SSC Napoli (ITA) 138.6

25. Juventus FC (ITA) 138.0

26. AFC Ajax (NED) 128.6

27. Everton FC (ENG) 122.2

28. Portsmouth FC (ENG) 119.5

29. Sunderland AFC (ENG) 108.1

30. Aston Villa FC (ENG) 100.1

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1. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)

2. Jay Rodriguez (Southampton)

3. André Schürrle (Chelsea)

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

3. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)

1. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)

2. Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse)

3. Serge Gakpé (Nantes)

1. Anthony Modeste (Hoffenheim)

2. Mario Mandžukić (Bayern)

3. Josip Drmić (Nürnberg)

1. Ciro Immobile (Torino)

2. Alberto Gilardino (Genoa)

3. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)

1. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool)

2. Samir Nasri (Man. City)

3. Adam Johnson (Sunderland)

1. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)

2. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid)

3. Ivan Rakitić (Sevilla)

1. Benjamin André (Ajaccio)

2. Foued Kadir (Rennes)

3. Grégory Sertic (Bordeaux)

1. Toni Kroos (Bayern)

2. Henrik Mkhitaryan (Dortmund)

3. Julian Draxler (Schalke 04)

1. Pablo Barrientos (Catania)

2. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)

3. Hernanes de Carvalho (Internazionale)

1. Leon Britton (Swansea)

2. Steven Davis (Southampton)

3. Fabian Delph (Aston Villa)

1. Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)

2. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)

3. Gabi Fernández (Atlético Madrid)

1. Thiago Motta (Paris SG)

2. Blaise Matuidi (Paris SG)

3. Idrissa Gueye (Lille)

1. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern)

2. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund)

3. Christoph Kramer (M'gladbach)

1. Giuseppe Vives (Torino)

2. Radja Nainggolan (AS Roma)

3. Esteban Cambiasso (Internazionale)

1. José Manuel Chico (Swansea)

2. Martín Demichelis (Man. City)

3. Ashley Williams (Swansea)

1. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)

2. Alejandro Gálvez (Rayo Vallecano)

3. Pepe Lima (Real Madrid)

1. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)

2. Marko Baša (Lille)

3. Lucas Mendes (Marseille)

1. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern)

2. Mats Hummels (Dortmund)

3. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen)

1. Gabriel Paletta (Parma)

2. Davide Astori (Cagliari)

3. Raúl Albiol (Napoli)

1. Ángel Rangel (Swansea)

2. Leighton Baines (Everton)

3. Ben Davies (Swansea)

1. Dani Alves (Barcelona)

2. Jordi Alba (Barcelona)

3. Brayan Angulo (Granada)

1. Serge Aurier (Toulouse)

2. Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG)

3. Siaka Tiéné (Montpellier)

1. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)

2. David Alaba (Bayern)

3. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)

1. Jonathan Cícero (Internazionale)

2. Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli)

3. Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina)

Issue n°69 - 01/04/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

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Players of the month

March 2014

*From 01/03 to 31/03 Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes

Forwards Offensive midfielders

Central/defensive midfielders

Full backs

Centre backs

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel and Roger Besson

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60%

70%

80%

2013/142012/132011/122010/112009/102008/09

68.9 69.4

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70.5 70.4

75.5

60%

70%

80%

90%

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68.7

77.8

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Issue 70 - 08/04/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel et Roger Besson

% of possible points achieved by the three best ranked teams

Liga

Bundesliga Ligue 1

Serie A Premier League

by league

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to ensure academic accuracy. Analysis pu-blished in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be produced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcasters, websites, newspa-pers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

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Premier League

Ligue 1

Serie a

BundeSLiga

Liga

Issue n°71 - 15/04/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

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evolution in the shooting production (shots on target per match) between the first and second part of the season

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

Before 01/01

after 01/01

evolu-tion

1. Cardiff 2.9 3.9 +34%2. Sunderland 3.3 4.2 +27%3. Stoke City 3.1 3.9 +26%4. Fulham 3.6 4.4 +22%5. WBA 3.6 4.3 +19%6. Crystal Palace 3.5 3.9 +11%

. Southampton 4.6 5.1 +11%

. Norwich 3.7 4.1 +11%9. Liverpool 6.5 7.1 +9%

. Hull 3.4 3.7 +9%11. Chelsea 5.8 5.9 +2%12. Man. United 4.8 4.8 +0%13. Aston Villa 3.7 3.6 -3%14. Newcastle 5.0 4.8 -4%15. West Ham 3.3 3.0 -9%

. Man. City 6.5 5.9 -9%17. Arsenal 5.7 5.0 -12%18. Swansea 4.5 3.9 -13%19. Tottenham 5.5 4.6 -16%20. Everton 5.8 4.7 -19%

Before 01/01

after 01/01

evolu-tion

1. Málaga 3.8 4.3 +13%2. Bilbao 4.9 5.4 +10%3. Getafe 3.3 3.6 +9%4. Vigo 4.4 4.4 +0%

. Almería 4.0 4.0 +0%6. Sevilla 4.5 4.3 -4%7. Elche 3.5 3.3 -6%8. Real Madrid 8.3 7.7 -7%9. Barcelona 7.4 6.8 -8%

10. Levante 3.6 3.2 -11%11. Rayo Vallecano 4.9 4.3 -12%12. Espanyol 3.9 3.4 -13%13. Valencia 5.1 4.3 -16%

. Osasuna 3.8 3.2 -16%

. Real Sociedad 5.5 4.6 -16%16. Villarreal 4.6 3.8 -17%17. Granada 3.9 3.2 -18%18. Betis 4.6 3.7 -20%19. Valladolid 3.7 2.6 -30%20. Atlético Madrid 6.5 4.1 -37%

Before 01/01

after 01/01

evolu-tion

1. Montpellier 3.3 4.9 +48%2. Lille 4.0 5.4 +35%3. Toulouse 3.7 4.9 +32%4. Guingamp 3.4 4.4 +29%5. St-Etienne 4.3 5.2 +21%6. Ajaccio 2.8 3.2 +14%7. Rennes 3.8 4.1 +8%8. Sochaux 3.6 3.7 +3%9. Paris SG 6.0 6.0 +0%

10. Evian Thonon 3.8 3.6 -5%11. Valenciennes 3.6 3.4 -6%

. Nantes 3.4 3.2 -6%

. Lyon 4.8 4.5 -6%14. Marseille 5.3 4.9 -8%15. Bordeaux 4.6 4.1 -11%16. Lorient 4.6 3.9 -15%17. Bastia 3.8 3.1 -18%18. Monaco 5.5 4.4 -20%19. Reims 3.9 3.0 -23%20. Nice 3.6 2.4 -33%

Before 01/01

after 01/01

evolu-tion

1. Genoa 2.9 4.5 +55%2. Sampdoria 3.8 5.3 +39%3. Catania 3.0 3.9 +30%4. Atalanta 3.4 4.3 +26%5. Milan 5.2 5.5 +6%6. Livorno 3.8 3.9 +3%7. Napoli 5.7 5.8 +2%8. Chievo Verona 3.6 3.6 +0%

. Bologna 4.3 4.3 +0%

. Torino 4.6 4.6 +0%11. AS Roma 5.9 5.8 -2%

. Parma 4.3 4.2 -2%13. Udinese 4.1 3.6 -12%14. Verona 4.4 3.7 -16%15. Fiorentina 4.8 3.9 -19%16. Internazionale 5.5 4.4 -20%17. Sassuolo 4.4 3.4 -23%18. Lazio 4.9 3.7 -24%19. Cagliari 4.2 2.9 -31%20. Juventus 7.1 4.6 -35%

Before 01/01

after 01/01

evolu-tion

1. Hoffenheim 5.0 7.1 +42%2. Schalke 04 4.5 6.1 +36%3. Freiburg 3.2 4.2 +31%4. Mainz 4.7 5.2 +11%5. M'gladbach 4.9 5.3 +8%6. Augsburg 4.5 4.8 +7%7. Bayern 7.5 7.9 +5%8. Frankfurt 4.8 4.7 -2%9. Bremen 3.9 3.8 -3%

10. Braunschweig 3.7 3.5 -5%11. Leverkusen 5.6 5.2 -7%12. Hannover 4.9 4.3 -12%13. Wolfsburg 6.1 5.2 -15%14. Dortmund 7.6 6.2 -18%15. Stuttgart 4.7 3.8 -19%16. Nürnberg 4.6 3.5 -24%17. Hamburg 6.9 5.2 -25%18. Hertha Berlin 4.7 3.5 -26%

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Premier League

minutes

1. Luke Shaw (Southampton) 2,7322. Nathan Redmond (Norwich City) 1,9923. Raheem Sterling (Liverpool) 1,9604. Calum Chambers (Southampton) 1,6315. James Ward-Prowse (Southampton) 1,5546. Adnan Januzaj (Man. Utd) 1,4227. Declan John (Cardiff City) 1,3078. John Stones (Everton) 1,1889. Nabil Bentaleb (Tottenham) 1,053

10. Gerard Deulofeu (Everton) 79011. Mats Daehli (Cardiff City) 46912. Serge Gnabry (Arsenal) 46413. Cauley Woodrow (Fulham) 32114. Sam Gallagher (Southampton) 19915. Charalampos Mavrias (Sunderland) 150

Serie a

minutes

1. Ibrahima Mbaye (Livorno) 1,9442. Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo) 1,9143. Nicola Murru (Cagliari) 1,6224. Marco Benassi (Livorno) 1,4605. Bruno Fernandes (Udinese) 1,3206. Mateo Kovačić (Internazionale) 1,2557. Simone Scuffet (Udinese) 1,1708. Baldé Keita (Lazio) 1,0129. Alessio Romagnoli (Roma) 611

10. Dario Del Fabro (Cagliari) 27011. M'Baye Niang (Milan) 23712. Bruno Petković (Catania) 18713. Douglas Santos (Udinese) 17014. Adryan Oliveira (Cagliari) 150

. Bryan Cristante (Milan) 150

Serie A

Ligue 1

Bundesliga

Premier League

Liga

26,337

23,877

17,669

14,863

13,992

Liga

minutes

1. Saúl Ñíguez (Rayo Vallecano) 2,7372. Aymeric Laporte (Athletic Bilbao) 2,6083. Jonny Castro (Celta Vigo) 1,8054. David Costas (Celta Vigo) 1,1915. Santi Mina (Celta Vigo) 1,1456. Álvaro Vadillo (Real Betis) 1,0987. Moisés Gómez (Villarreal) 9948. Fabrice Olinga (Málaga) 5159. Rúben Vezo (Valencia) 490

10. Óliver Torres (Villarreal) 43711. Javi Manquillo (Atlético Madrid) 27012. Pablo Iñiguez (Villarreal) 21913. Óliver Torres (Atlético Madrid) 21014. Bryan Rabello (Sevilla) 20515. Nahuel Leiva (Villarreal) 192

Ligue 1

minutes

1. Issiaga Sylla (Toulouse) 2,3802. Morgan Sanson (Montpellier) 2,2133. Benjamin Mendy (Marseille) 1,7304. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Rennes) 1,5735. Kurt Zouma (St-Etienne) 1,3716. Marquinhos Aoas (PSG) 1,3187. Lucas Ocampos (Monaco) 1,2988. Divock Origi (Lille) 1,1719. Cédric Hountondji (Rennes) 1,119

10. Claude Gonçalves (Ajaccio) 1,02811. M'Baye Niang (Montpellier) 1,02512. Adrien Rabiot (PSG) 95713. Jordan Amavi (Nice) 83214. Opa Nguette (Valenciennes) 61615. Neal Maupay (Nice) 551

BundeSLiga

minutes

1. Matthias Ginter (Freiburg) 2,7692. Hakan Çalhanoğlu (Hamburg) 2,1723. Maximilian Arnold (Wolfsburg) 1,9934. Emre Can (Leverkusen) 1,9215. Niklas Süle (Hoffenheim) 1,6066. Maximilian Meyer (Schalke 04) 1,6007. Timo Werner (Stuttgart) 1,4818. Jonathan Tah (Hamburg) 1,2619. Leon Goretzka (Schalke 04) 1,218

10. Niklas Stark (Nürnberg) 1,11511. Martin Angha (Nürnberg) 91112. Kaan Ayhan (Schalke 04) 65513. Arkadiusz Milik (Augsburg) 61214. Jeremy Toljan (Hoffenheim) 56515. Rani Khedira (Stuttgart) 526

Issue n°72- 22/04/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

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Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

minutes played by u20 (footballers born on or after 01/01/1994)

[Since the start of the season]

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1. Edin Džeko (Man. City)

2. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal)

3. Wilfried Bony (Swansea)

1. Aritz Aduriz (Bilbao)

2. Kevin Gameiro (Sevilla)

3. Manuel Nolito (Vigo)

1. Edison Cavani (Paris SG)

2. Serge Gakpé (Nantes)

3. Florian Raspentino (Bastia)

1. Ivica Olić (Wolfsburg)

2. Marco Reus (Dortmund)

3. Admir Mehmedi (Freiburg)

1. Ciro Immobile (Torino)

2. Mauro Icardi (Internazionale)

3. Alberto Paloschi (Chievo Verona)

1. Santi Cazorla (Arsenal)

2. Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool)

3. Juan Mata (Man. United)

1. Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid)

2. Markel Susaeta (Bilbao)

3. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid)

1. Grégory Sertic (Bordeaux)

2. João Moutinho (Monaco)

3. James Rodríguez (Monaco)

1. Kevin de Bruyne (Wolfsburg)

2. Roberto Firmino (Hoffenheim)

3. Mario Götze (Bayern)

1. Hernanes de Carvalho (Internazionale)

2. Omar El Kaddouri (Torino)

3. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)

1. Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton)

2. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)

3. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool)

1. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona)

2. Asier Illarramendi (Real Madrid)

3. Roberto Trashorras (Rayo Vallecano)

1. Yohan Cabaye (Paris SG)

2. Fabien Lemoine (St-Etienne)

3. Florent Balmont (Lille)

1. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern)

2. Javi Martínez (Bayern)

3. Roman Neustädter (Schalke 04)

1. Gökhan Inler (Napoli)

2. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)

3. Jorginho Frello (Napoli)

1. Gary Cahill (Chelsea)

2. Vincent Kompany (Man. City)

3. Martín Demichelis (Man. City)

1. Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)

2. Pepe Lima (Real Madrid)

3. Javier Mascherano (Barcelona)

1. Loïc Perrin (St-Etienne)

2. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)

3. Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco)

1. Emir Spahić (Leverkusen)

2. Joël Matip (Schalke 04)

3. Jannik Vestergaard (Hoffenheim)

1. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)

2. Emiliano Moretti (Torino)

3. Kamil Glik (Torino)

1. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea)

2. Pablo Zabaleta (Man. City)

3. Luke Shaw (Southampton)

1. Dani Alves (Barcelona)

2. Adriano Correia (Barcelona)

3. Filipe Kasmirski (Atlético Madrid)

1. Henri Bedimo (Lyon)

2. Brice Dja Djédjé (Marseille)

3. Gregory van der Wiel (Paris SG)

1. Zdeněk Pospěch (Mainz)

2. Ricardo Rodríguez (Wolfsburg)

3. Gotoku Sakai (Stuttgart)

1. Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina)

2. Mattia Cassani (Parma)

3. Maicon Douglas (AS Roma)

Issue n°73 - 29/04/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

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Players of the month

April 2014

*From 01/04 to 29/04 Only footballers who played at least 66% of minutes

Forwards Offensive midfielders

Central/defensive midfielders

Full backs

Centre backs

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Loïc Ravenel and Roger Besson

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Premier League

minutes

1. Julián Speroni (Crystal Palace) 3,3302. Tim Howard (Everton) 3,1733. Sylvain Distin (Everton) 2,8354. Gareth McAuley (WBA) 2,6805. Danny Gabbidon (Crystal Palace) 1,9746. Wes Brown (Sunderland) 1,8847. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 1,7028. Jussi Jääskeläinen (West Ham) 1,6209. Steve Harper (Hull City) 1,100

10. Aaron Hughes (Fulham) 1,06411. Rio Ferdinand (Man. Utd) 1,03812. Gerhard Tremmel (Swansea City) 99013. Nicolas Anelka (WBA) 85614. Damien Duff (Fulham) 69515. Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham) 656

Serie a

minutes

1. Morgan De Sanctis (Roma) 3,2402. Alessandro Lucarelli (Parma) 2,9413. Luca Toni (Hellas Verona) 2,8304. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) 2,8145. Daniele Conti (Cagliari) 2,5786. Cesare Natali (Bologna) 2,4947. Christian Abbiati (Milan) 2,3008. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) 2,2979. Antonio Di Natale (Udinese) 2,230

10. Gennaro Sardo (Chievo Verona) 2,18211. Dario Dainelli (Chievo Verona) 2,08812. David Pizarro (Fiorentina) 1,97513. Mario Yepes (Atalanta Bergamo) 1,89914. Vlada Avramov (Cagliari) 1,89015. Miroslav Klose (Lazio) 1,846

Bundesliga

Serie A

Ligue 1

Premier League

Liga

53,396

35,901

27,755

23,678

21,827

Liga

minutes

1. Esteban Suárez (Almería) 3,2402. Juanfran García (Levante) 2,9243. Roberto Fernández (Granada) 2,7904. Álvaro Rubio (Real Valladolid) 2,1935. Simão Sabrosa (Espanyol) 2,1206. Fernando Soriano (Almería) 1,8657. Edu Albácar (Elche) 1,4988. Patxi Puñal (Osasuna) 1,4129. Sergio Pelegrín (Elche) 1,222

10. Weligton Oliveira (Málaga) 1,09811. José Pinto (Barcelona) 96612. Toño Rodríguez (Elche) 79713. Alberto Rivera (Elche) 52214. Carles Puyol (Barcelona) 42815. Mario Bermejo (Celta Vigo) 269

Ligue 1

minutes

1. Olivier Sorlin (Evian TG) 3,1172. Ricardo Carvalho (Monaco) 3,0603. Kossi Agassa (Reims) 2,8804. François Modesto (Bastia) 2,7965. Vitorino Hilton (Montpellier) 2,5646. Mickaël Landreau (Bastia) 2,5287. David Ducourtioux (Valenciennes) 2,3288. Éric Abidal (Monaco) 2,3119. Fabien Audard (Lorient) 1,855

10. Laurent Bonnart (Ajaccio) 1,78011. Cédric Barbosa (Evian TG) 1,73712. Souleymane Diawara (Marseille) 1,52513. Fabrice Abriel (Nice) 1,45014. Bertrand Laquait (Evian TG) 1,44015. Jonathan Zebina (Toulouse) 1,419

BundeSLiga

minutes

1. Raphael Schäfer (Nürnberg) 2,925. Zdeněk Pospěch (Mainz 05) 2,925

3. Nikolče Noveski (Mainz 05) 2,7454. Ivica Olić (Wolfsburg) 2,3115. Deniz Dogan (Braunschweig) 1,7846. Filip Daems (M'gladbach) 1,1867. Alexander Manninger (Augsburg) 1,1708. Timo Hildebrand (Schalke 04) 1,0809. Levan Kobiashvili (Hertha Berlin) 997

10. Heinz Müller (Mainz 05) 85511. Daniel van Buyten (Bayern München) 83312. Bo Svensson (Mainz 05) 76213. Manuel Friedrich (Dortmund) 70514. Claudio Pizarro (Bayern München) 65715. Marjan Petković (Braunschweig) 450

Issue n°74- 06/05/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

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Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

minutes played by players born in the 1970’s

[Since the start of the season]

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GERFRAENGITAESP

26.6728.7129.1829.2529.58

GERFRAENGESPITA

25.5926.5026.5626.6427.29

GERFRAESPENGITA

26.2926.9027.2427.6728.44

FRAGERENGESPITA

25.9226.0526.9527.0127.46

Issue n°75 - 12/05/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

Average age on the pitch, by position

[Since the start of the season]

GoalkeepersOldest clubs

1. Almería (ESP) 38.512. Roma (ITA) 36.763. Juventus (ITA) 36.064. Nürnberg (GER) 34.705. Crystal Palace (ENG) 34.626. Reims (FRA) 34.437. Everton (ENG) 34.298. Hull City (ENG) 34.269. Granada (ESP) 34.04

10. Barcelona (ESP) 33.81

Youngest clubs

1. Genoa (ITA) 21.562. M'gladbach (GER) 21.673. Leverkusen (GER) 21.834. Atlético Madrid (ESP) 21.975. Toulouse (FRA) 22.146. Livorno (ITA) 22.277. Hoffenheim (GER) 22.718. Udinese (ITA) 22.919. Man. Utd (ENG) 23.33

10. Frankfurt (GER) 23.48

By league

MidfieldersOldestclubs

1. Evian TG (FRA) 31.242. Parma (ITA) 29.653. Fiorentina (ITA) 29.584. Catania (ITA) 28.875. Torino (ITA) 28.56

. Cagliari (ITA) 28.567. Fulham (ENG) 28.538. Getafe (ESP) 28.50

. Osasuna (ESP) 28.5010. Real Valladolid (ESP) 28.43

Youngest clubs

1. Sampdoria (ITA) 23.552. Schalke 04 (GER) 24.153. Tottenham (ENG) 24.314. Montpellier (FRA) 24.485. Freiburg (GER) 24.616. Southampton (ENG) 24.627. Stuttgart (GER) 24.82

. M'gladbach (GER) 24.829. Real Betis (ESP) 24.83

. Udinese (ITA) 24.83

By league

DefendersOldest clubs

1. Levante (ESP) 32.072. Atalanta Bergamo (ITA) 31.313. Parma (ITA) 30.964. Chievo Verona (ITA) 30.855. WBA (ENG) 30.466. Bologna (ITA) 30.457. Fulham (ENG) 30.308. Mainz 05 (GER) 30.159. Bastia (FRA) 29.92

10. Lazio (ITA) 29.68

Youngest clubs

1. Celta Vigo (ESP) 23.282. Toulouse (FRA) 23.373. Freiburg (GER) 23.584. Southampton (ENG) 23.775. Cardiff City (ENG) 23.886. Hoffenheim (GER) 24.007. Aston Villa (ENG) 24.398. Granada (ESP) 24.479. Schalke 04 (GER) 24.55

10. Nice (FRA) 24.89

By league

ForwardsOldest clubs

1. Wolfsburg (GER) 32.142. Athletic Bilbao (ESP) 31.203. Bayern München (GER) 29.534. Fulham (ENG) 29.425. Genoa (ITA) 29.37

. Stoke City (ENG) 29.377. Udinese (ITA) 29.298. Juventus (ITA) 29.249. St-Etienne (FRA) 29.20

10. Parma (ITA) 29.15

Youngest clubs

1. Hamburg (GER) 22.232. Nürnberg (GER) 22.273. Rennes (FRA) 22.854. Frankfurt (GER) 22.975. Sochaux (FRA) 23.396. Toulouse (FRA) 23.607. Hoffenheim (GER) 23.748. Sunderland (ENG) 23.859. Everton (ENG) 23.96

10. Sassuolo (ITA) 24.24

By league

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Bundesliga

1. Manuel Neuer (Bayern)2. David Alaba (Bayern)3. Mats Hummels (Dortmund)4. Jérôme Boateng (Bayern)5. Márcio Rafinha (Bayern)6. Nuri Sahin (Dortmund)7. Philipp Lahm (Bayern)8. Toni Kroos (Bayern)9. Thomas Müller (Bayern)

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1. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus)2. Manuel Pasqual (Fiorentina)3. Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)4. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)5. Maicon Douglas (AS Roma)6. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus)7. Miralem Pjanić (AS Roma)8. Ricardo Álvarez (Internazionale)9. Rômulo Souza (Verona)

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1. Keylor Navas (Levante)2. Marcelo Vieira (Real Madrid)3. Diego Godín (Atlético Madrid)4. Gerard Piqué (Barcelona)5. Dani Alves (Barcelona)6. Gabi Fernández (Atlético Madrid)7. Xavi Hernández (Barcelona)8. Koke Resurrección (Atlético Madrid)9. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid)

10. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)11. Lionel Messi (Barcelona)

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1. David Ospina (Nice)2. Maxwell Scherrer (Paris SG)3. Marko Baša (Lille)4. Thiago Silva (Paris SG)5. Gregory van der Wiel (Paris SG)6. Thiago Motta (Paris SG)7. Jérémy Toulalan (Monaco)8. Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)9. James Rodríguez (Monaco)

10. Zlatan Ibrahimović (Paris SG)11. Edinson Cavani (Paris SG)

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1. Vito Mannone (Sunderland)2. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea)3. Martín Demichelis (Man. City)4. Vincent Kompany (Man. City)5. Ángel Rangel (Swansea)6. Yaya Touré (Man. City)7. Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)8. David Silva (Man. City)9. Mesut Özil (Arsenal)

10. Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool)11. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)

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10. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)11. Luis Suárez (Liverpool)

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Big-5 leagues

Issue n°76 -20/05/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

Best line-ups 2013/14

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Liga

Rayo Vallecano de Madrid

Levante UD

Málaga CF

Elche CF

Villarreal CF

Club Atlético de Madrid

Sevilla FC

Getafe CF

UD Almería

RC Celta de Vigo

Athletic Club Bilbao

FC Barcelona

RCD Espanyol

Real Madrid CF

Granada CF

Valencia CF

Real Sociedad de Fútbol

Real Valladolid CF

CA Osasuna

Real Betis Balompié

BundesLiga

FC Augsburg

Hertha BSC Berlin

1. FSV Mainz 05

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

SV Werder Bremen

Bayer 04 Leverkusen

VfL Wolfsburg

FC Bayern München

FC Schalke 04

SC Freiburg

Borussia Dortmund

VfL Borussia M'gladbach

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Braunschweig

Hannover 96

1. FC Nürnberg

Hamburger SV

VfB Stuttgart

serie a

Torino Calcio

Hellas Verona FC

AC Fiorentina

Sampdoria UC

AS Roma

FC Parma

US Sassuolo

Internazionale Milano FC

SSC Napoli

Juventus FC

AS Livorno

FC Genoa 1893

Atalanta Bergamo

AC Chievo Verona

Bologna FC

Cagliari Calcio

SS Lazio

Milan AC

Udinese Calcio

Calcio Catania

Ligue 1

SC Bastia

FC Nantes

Lille OSC

Stade Rennais FC

FC Girondins de Bordeaux

FC Lorient

Toulouse FC

EA Guingamp

AS Monaco

AS St-Etienne

Paris St-Germain FC

Olympique Lyonnais

Evian Thonon Gaillard FC

AC Ajaccio

Stade Reims

OGC Nice

Valenciennes FC

Olympique de Marseille

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

Montpellier Hérault SC

Premier League

Crystal Palace FC

Liverpool FC

Hull City AFC

Stoke City FC

Everton FC

Manchester City FC

Sunderland AFC

Southampton FC

Cardiff City FC

Arsenal FC

Chelsea FC

Fulham FC

Tottenham Hotspur FC

Newcastle United FC

West Ham United

West Bromwich Albion FC

Aston Villa FC

Swansea City AFC

Norwich City FC

Manchester United FC

Issue n°77- 27/05/2014

Big-5 Weekly Post

Throughout the season for the five major European leagues, the Big-5 Weekly Post presents exclusive data on club composi-tion and players’ pitch performance. All of our statistics are carefully reviewed using a detailed methodological approach to en-sure academic accuracy. Analysis published in the Big-5 Weekly Post is only part of a broader spectrum of data that that thanks to our partner Opta Pro can also be pro-duced in real-time and be made available to a wide array of clients, such as broadcast-ers, websites, newspapers, clubs, leagues, national associations and bookmakers.

For more information on our services please email us at [email protected]

Editors: Raffaele Poli, Roger Besson and Loïc Ravenel

assessment of 2013/2014 big-5 league predictions

over-achieving gaps of more than 3 ranks

gaps of 2-3 ranks

= as expected gaps of 0-1 rank

gaps of 2-3 ranks

under-achieving gaps of more than 3 ranksaverage gap: 2.3 ranks average gap: 3.5 ranks

average gap: 3.1 ranks average gap: 4.1 ranks average gap: 3.5 ranks

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Correlation between values estimated and fees reported

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Follow-up on transfers - Summer 2014 [Not including players with buy-out clause]

* Co-ownership (50% of transfer rights)

Date Name From To Estimated Values Reported Fees

27/06 Luke Shaw Southampton FC Manchester United FC 30.8 33.7

26/06 Robert Snodgrass Norwich City FC Hull City AFC 4.1 8.6

25/06 Romain Alessandrini Stade Rennais FC Olympique de Marseille 5.6 6.0

24/06 Cyril Théréau AC Chievo Verona Udinese Calcio 2.3 2.0

24/06 Sébastien Corchia FC Sochaux-Montbéliard LOSC Lille 2.0 1.8

21/06 Juan Cuadrado AC Fiorentina AC Fiorentina 17.1* 15.0

21/06 Jake Livermore Tottenham Hotspur FC Hull City AFC 6.6 10.0

21/06 Luca Cigarini Atalanta Bergamo Atalanta Bergamo 2.7* 2.3

21/06 Fabrizio Cacciatore Hellas Verona FC Sampdoria UC 1.1* 0.4

20/06 Simone Zaza Juventus FC US Sassuolo 4.0* 7.5

20/06 Mauricio Isla Udinese Calcio Juventus FC 3.7* 4.5

20/06 Rene Krhin Bologna FC Internazionale Milano FC 1.2* 2.0

20/06 Jasmin Kurtić Palermo US US Sassuolo 2.2* 1.5

20/06 Brayan Angulo Granada CF PFC Ludogorets Razgrad 2.2 1.5

20/06 Riccardo Saponara FC Parma Milan AC 2.1* 1.0

20/06 Raphael Martinho Hellas Verona FC Calcio Catania 1.1* 1.0

20/06 Frederik Sörensen Bologna FC Juventus FC 1.7* 0.8

20/06 Paulo Barreto Udinese Calcio Torino Calcio 0.5* 0.8

Most over-paid (to)

1. David Luiz (Paris SG) +19.5 M€

2. Claudio Bravo (FC Barcelona) +8.0 M€

3. Ivan Rakitić (FC Barcelona) +7.1 M€

4. Robert Snodgrass (Hull City) +4.5 M€

5. Simone Zaza (US Sassuolo) +3.5 M€

Most under-paid (to)

1. Josip Drmić (Bayer Leverkusen) -3.8 M€

2. Antonio Candreva (SS Lazio) -2.8 M€

3. Juan Cuadrado (AC Fiorentina) -2.1 M€

4. Riccardo Saponara (Milan AC) -1.1 M€

5. Jens Hegeler (Hertha Berlin) -1.0 M€

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Date Name From To Estimated Values Reported Fees

20/06 Marcelo Larrondo AC Siena Torino Calcio 0.6* 0.6

20/06 Michelangelo Albertazzi Hellas Verona FC Milan AC 0.4* 0.5

19/06 Marc-André ter Stegen VfL Borussia M’gladbach FC Barcelona 8.6 12.0

19/06 Nicola Sansone FC Parma US Sassuolo 3.2* 3.2

19/06 Alberto Paloschi Milan AC AC Chievo Verona 2.2* 2.7

19/06 Yussif Chibsah FC Parma US Sassuolo 1.9* 2.0

18/06 Claudio Bravo Real Sociedad de Fútbol FC Barcelona 4.0 12.0

18/06 Rani Khedira VfB Stuttgart RB Leipzig 0.6 0.9

17/06 Antonio Candreva Udinese Calcio SS Lazio 12.8* 10.0

17/06 Dušan Basta Udinese Calcio SS Lazio 4.6 5.0

17/06 Aleix Vidal UD Almería Sevilla FC 5.7 5.0

16/06 Ivan Rakitić Sevilla FC FC Barcelona 10.9 18.0

13/06 Mike Frantz 1. FC Nürnberg SC Freiburg 0.9 1.3

13/06 Paul Lasne AC Ajaccio Montpellier Hérault SC 1.5 1.0

12/06 Francesc Fàbregas FC Barcelona Chelsea FC 35.9 37.0

11/06 Vasco Regini Empoli FC Sampdoria UC 2.0* 1.8

10/06 Jordan Bowery Aston Villa FC Rotherham United FC 0.9 0.5

09/06 Joselu Sanmartín TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Hannover 96 2.3 5.0

09/06 Andrea Poli Sampdoria UC Milan AC 4.2* 3.5

09/06 Bartosz Salamon Milan AC Sampdoria UC 1.2* 1.0

05/06 Zhi Gin Lam Hamburger SV SpVgg Greuther Fürth 0.6 0.2

02/06 Ciro Immobile Torino Calcio Borussia Dortmund 20.0 19.8

02/06 Rickie Lambert Southampton FC Liverpool FC 6.1 5.5

02/06 Eren Derdiyok TSG 1899 Hoffenheim Kasimpasa SK 1.4 2.0

02/06 Adam Hloušek 1. FC Nürnberg VfB Stuttgart 0.9 1.2

27/05 Kévin Bérigaud Evian Thonon Gaillard FC Montpellier Hérault SC 1.5 3.0

26/05 Kevin Vogt FC Augsburg 1. FC Köln 1.5 1.5

23/05 David Luiz Chelsea FC Paris St-Germain FC 30.0 49.5

16/05 Marco Livaja Atalanta Bergamo FC Rubin Kazan 2.7 6.1

12/05 Josip Drmić 1. FC Nürnberg Bayer 04 Leverkusen 10.6 6.8

09/05 Jens Hegeler Bayer 04 Leverkusen Hertha BSC Berlin 2.0 1.0

23/04 Oliver Baumann SC Freiburg TSG 1899 Hoffenheim 5.5 6.0

09/04 Adrián Ramos Hertha BSC Berlin Borussia Dortmund 8.0 9.7

Total 335.6 286.2

Weekly follow-up on transfers - Summer 2014 [Not including players with buy-out clause]

* Co-ownership (50% of transfer rights)


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