Statistical Preview: Can Cardiff Hold Off Manchester City?

Cardiff City’s first game in the Premier League ended in a 2-0 defeat to West Ham last weekend, and they’ll have to pull out a special performance to get a result against Manchester City, who swept aside Newcastle 4-0 in their first fixture.

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Why It Would Be Unwise To Question Manchester United's Title Credentials

Business as usual, then, for Manchester United this past weekend, as they negotiated a pretty tricky away trip to Swansea by overpowering the Swans - coming out 4-1 victors at the Liberty Stadium.

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The New Premier League Season - A Return To Form

Premier League football has returned, and we are all better for it. The opening weekend provided plenty of drama and intrigue as we saw Arsenal on the brink of crisis, normal business resumed with Manchester United, the return of Jose Mourinho and exactly why Manchester City are favourites to win the league this season.

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3 Premier League Players I think Arsenal Should Move For

Although Arsenal have found it tough recruiting any new players over the summer, here are three names that are still a realistic target, in my opinion, for Arsene Wenger and the Gunners.

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Combining The Manchester United And Manchester City Squads - An All-Manchester 11

To give you a break from all the talk of who will win the Premier League, we at Football Friends have combined the Manchester City and Manchester United squads to come up with an all Manchester 11. Comment below on who would make your team.

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A New Football Season Offers Renewed Hope And Optimism For Arsenal

The excitement is building, guides for 2013-2014 season have been printed and shipped out, Sky Sports is about to go in to overdrive and that can only mean one thing; yes my friends, the new football season is here.

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Should A Salary Cap Be Introduced In Football?

With the news that Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a new and improved deal with Real Madrid that makes him the second highest paid player in the world, is it time that football introduced a worldwide salary cap before it ends up destroying itself with astronomical wage bills?

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Top Five: Last Season's Biggest Transfer Flops

With the Premier League having drawn to a close, we look back at some of the players who promised so much but failed light up the best league in the world this season.

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Telegraph Fantasy Football Preview - Strikers - Part One

With just a week to go we bring you the final piece in our Telegraph Fantasy Football preview – the all-important striker slots, where things are not quite as clear cut as they were in past years.

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Premier League Preview - Can Manchester City Return To The Top Under Pellegrini?

New manager Manuel Pellegrini looks to be an improvement on Roberto Mancini, who didn’t deliver the success that the owners were hoping for and despite winning the Premier League, City’s European adventures ended far too soon for many.

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3 Facts On Potential Premier League New Boy Dubbed 'New Neymar' (video)

Fans of Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City and even Newcastle and Liverpool have a new name on their lips. With rumours that the 'next Neymar' may be looking for a new club in Europe, the Premier League has perked its ears in anticipation. Victor Andrade, who currently plays for Santos, is the player I refer to, as despite being Brazilian, he qualifies for a Portuguese passport and therefore doesn't need a work permit to join the English topflight.

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Anzhi Makhachkala - Proof That Spending Billions May Not Protect A Club

It is an argument that has been rumbling on for a number of years now, ever since Roman Abramovich took charge of Chelsea. He introduced a system of spending a huge sum of money on players to completely change the team which in turn will make them a success. As we all know, Chelsea did succeed. The old system of developing the core of the team while spending money wisely in order to improve your options changed after this event -now teams who want to challenge for the biggest trophies must spend big in order to get there. Arsenal are an example of how spending little, yet wanting to challenge for the biggest trophies, has it's obvious flaws.

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Telegraph Fantasy Football Preview – Midfielders

With the big kick off drawing ever closer we continue with our build up to the Telegraph Fantasy football season – today focusing on midfielders.

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The wait is over, the beautiful game returns

If you’re not feeling it yet, then you will soon.  Football is back.

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Darren Bent: broken goal machine or out of use?

Darren Bent’s time at Villa Park appears to be coming to an end.  Now 29 years of age, will regular playing time see him back amongst the goals?

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