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Capello right for wrong reason over rankings

England manager disagreed with the Fink Tank’s Castrol player rankings — and when it came to Wayne Rooney he was right

Can strikers enjoy hot streak in the cold?

The sight of players wearing gloves leads the football laboratory to consider the impact of changing weather patterns

No method to this managerial madness

The manager of the month is, very often, not really the best manager that month, according to Fink Tank’s team of number crunchers

City must trade to close gap on top four

The Eastlands club have a strikeforce comparable to Chelsea’s but need to strengthen in defence and midfield to compete

Fink Tank: Club v country fantasy fulfilled

New statistics allow us to assume that if Chelsea played Brazil on neutral territory, they would have a 37.7 per cent chance of victory

Gauging impact of Togo tragedy

The Fink Tank super computer assesses the impact that Togo's withdrawal will have on the Barclays Premier League

Giant killings are no great surprise

The Fink Tank super computer says there is a 98.89 per cent chance that we will have at least one shock in FA Cup third round

The Fink Tank: romance of the Kop, and its flop

Despite the early European exit of Liverpool English clubs still have a statistically high chance of winning the Champions League this season

The Fink Tank: Chelsea’s power is quality in depth

Stats confirm that Didier Drogba is making a big contribution to Chelsea’s season, while Frank Lampard has struggled

Brazil have only a slim chance in World Cup

Brazil are more likely to be beaten in the tournament than to win it, but are stronger than fellow joint-favourites Spain

Football a game of two halves? If only . . .

Stand by for a shock: the true halfway point of most football matches occurs much later than the 45th minute

Referees are the key to home advantage

The amount of bias shown by individual referees changes as the size of the crowd changes, according to Fink Tank research

Henry best in Europe, say new Castrol Rankings

Fink Tank has crunched the latest data and Barcelona’s former Arsenal forward is the cream of the crop, followed by Lionel Messi

Benítez paying for lack of transfer funds

Fink Tank: selling Xabi Alonso is one reason for Liverpool's struggles, but not having money to spend is a bigger factor

Fergie time does exist in the Premier League

FInk Tank produces conclusive evidence that big clubs have more added time at the end of games when they really need it

The Fink Tank: Newcastle set for play-offs

Daniel Finkelstein crunches the stats and finds Newcastle's prospects are a mass of contradictions

Fink Tank: England still on right lines

Daniel Finkelstein crunches the stats and finds strength of national side continues to match that of domestic league

The Fink Tank: Manchester City perform above expectations

By analysing league table this early in a season against projected results it is clear that Mark Hughes’s team are leading the way