Paul Macdonald

xG Check, 3 Mar: Leicester crashing back towards their Expected Goals

The Foxes were always overachieving and now the data is catching up with them

Real Madrid v Barcelona: The lowest quality Clasico for more than a decade

The fixture has enjoyed 10 years of ultimate highs but we are unquestionably in a trough of quality based on Sunday night's fixture

Clasico Star Man: Dani Carvajal standout player in battle for La Liga

The Spanish full-back produced an inspired performance to shut out Messi and Barcelona

Messi Watch: How did the world's best player fare in the Clasico?

The incredible Argentine had an off-evening, as did the rest of his team-mates

Football Index: What is value? It's opinion, not fact

The idea that there is a 'correct' number for what is a player is worth is a total misunderstanding of how the game works

‘Fans don’t see the reality of our job’ - how a football agent plans to rehabilitate his profession

John Viola is pioneering a qualification for agents and hopes public perception of the role can change

Meet the man pioneering the world's first 'football agent' degree

John Viola has three decades of experience in the business and he's looking to give the next wave a leg up

The Woodward myth - Manchester United revenue is not spectacular, and it's getting worse

When suitable comparisons are made the club are performing as expected, but dark times lie ahead

xG Check, 25 Feb: Newcastle's awful attack exposed, plus a historic low xG in France

Whether Steve Bruce likes it or not, Newcastle's statistics are coming after them

Manchester United 3-0 Watford: Stellar Fernandes display lifts hosts to another level

Review: Ian Wright's Desert Island Discs is all that matters this week

The former Arsenal and England forward treats the show as the cathartic platform it was always meant to be

xG Check, 18 Feb: Villa and Spurs in crazy contest, Leverkusen slick finishers

Elsewhere match state, not xG, is more relevant when discussing Bayern's big win

xG Check, 11 Feb: Leverkusen and Dortmund blow up the model

The German duo's clinical forwards barely missed a beat in a classic clash

Martin Odegaard - a rare case of a wonderkid coming good

After a false start in his career Odegaard is becoming the player Madrid always thought he was

xG Check, 4 Feb: Tottenham & Mourinho try to kill Expected Goals

Sometimes a result pops up that makes people question the model itself...

Bruno Fernandes needs to reign supreme to be a Man United success

A deal for the 25-year-old is not done yet. But would United even make the most of him anyway?

xG Check, 28 Jan: Strasbourg xG dubious, Atalanta are the attack masters

Some strange scoring as Monaco lose, while Marseille and Angers put up an anti-classic

Plea runs riot and Havertz's back - Bundesliga Round 19's Top Five performances

Elsewhere Dortmund duo Sancho and Reus took advantage of a poor Koln side

Best Team Performances, 22 Jan: Bayern are back, Lazio maintain pace

Two big wins from Turkey and Blackburn record landmark win

xG Check, 20 Jan: RB Leipzig need clinical Werner

The brilliant German's slick finishing kept his team top in a tough encounter with Union Berlin

Primeira Liga: Rafa Silva's 16-minute cameo ruins Bruno's potential goodbye

The Benfica attacker hit a late double in the most important display in Portugal this week

Eredivisie: Donny dominates Sparta in hard-fought Ajax win

Van de Beek was the standout performer in the Netherlands this weekend

Liverpool v Manchester Utd preview: Ole unable to stop Klopp, but it will be tight

The league leaders face the only team who have stopped them in the league this season

Bielsa loves Bamford - but is he risking Leeds' promotion push?

Leeds' underlying numbers are sound - apart from in one key area.

Mourinho is teaching clubs how to write their own football narrative

Jose's back, a whole new man. It's so easy to do it these days.