ANALYSE THIS: The Premier League battles laid bare

FOOTBALL - As a companion piece to the “Race to 38/68/87” piece which blogger James Grayson published on the Premier League yesterday, we have looked at the current Euro Club Index assessment of the competition.

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ANALYSE THIS: How tough is Harry Redknapp’s task?

FOOTBALL - QPR travel to Sunderland this evening with new manager Harry Redknapp in charge of the club for the first time. The Euro Club Index gives QPR 4% chance of avoiding relegation this season which means that they would be relegated in 24 out of every 25 seasons in which they found themselves in this position after 13 matches. In order to see what Redknapp’s QPR actually have to do to survive, our Head of Analysis Simon Gleave contacted analytical blogger James Grayson* to help out.

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