Stoke against Arsenal offers the most blatant difference in playing styles you will encounter in any major European league game. Stoke are the scrappy long-ball team who rely on set-pieces, Arsenal play a short, quick, neat passing game.
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In part one, we looked at the differences between the Premiership, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 in terms of passing. Here, we turn to crossing.
Firstly, the number of crosses attempted per game in the five leagues:
Serie A sees by far the highest amount of crosses, with the Bundesliga trailing significantly. There’s...
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