Via:- Barclays Premier League News The Top five teams in the English top tier with the best defensive records. 5. Liverpool Goals conceded: Five. Clean-sheets: Three. The Reds’s success so far this term has been built on a solid defence, with their first three league matches finishing as 1-0 victories. Since then the Merseyside outfit have failed to keep a clean-sheet, but Brendan Rodgers’ new three-man defence seems to be doing the trick. 4. West Ham United Goals conceded: Five. Clean-sheets: Four. The Hammers’ surprise 0-3 win at White Hart Lane on Sunday was the club’s fourth clean-sheet of the season and helped the side creep further up the table. Sam Allardyce’s teams have always been tough physically and West Ham are proving to be a difficult side to break down. 3. Tottenham Hotspur Goals conceded: Five. Clean-sheets: Four. Up until the crushing defeat to West Ham on Sunday, Spurs were flying high near the top of this list with a steady start at both ends of the pitch this term. Tottenham were scoring and conceding little, so the punishment served out by the Irons will be a little worrying for Andre Villas-Boas. 2. Chelsea Goals conceded: Four. Clean-sheets: Three. Jose Mourinho was famed for having a side with a good defence the first time round at Stamford Bridge and it appears history is repeating itself. With no-nonsense players such as Branislav Ivanovic and captain John Terry at the back, the Blues have let in just four goals this term. 1. Southampton Goals conceded: Two. Clean-sheets: Five. This is a surprising statistic as this time last year the Saints had let in a whopping 20 goals – something no side has done this season. The arrival of Dejan Lovren has shored up the back-four, whilst both Jose Fonte and Luke Shaw appear to have upped their defensive game. #hopzy
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:58:49 +0000
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