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Does attack or defence win Premier League titles?
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Sir Alex Ferguson once claimed âattack wins you games, defence wins you titlesâ - but is that true?
Liverpool host Arsenal live on Sky Sports this Sunday and both sides have displayed potent attacks in the early stages of the season - but they have also shown defensive frailties.
So can teams with weaknesses at the back win the title? Yes they can.
Unsurprisingly, Premier League champions have typically been strong at both ends - but ultimately theyâve been better in attack.
Since 1995/96, the average champions have ranked 1.45 out of 20 teams for their goals scored, compared to an average rank of 2.41 for goals conceded.
In total, 14 out of 22 champions have had the strongest attack during the respective season - but only nine have had the best defence.
In fact, Sir Alex was the master for winning titles with an inferior defence - mitigated with a league-topping attack.
Manchester United only had the seventh best defence when they won the title in 1996/97, shipping 44 goals - Blackburn conceded fewer and finished in 13th place.
And Fergie continued in the same vein, having only the fourth best defence in 1998/99, the sixth best in 1999/00 and fifth best in 2012/13.
In each of those title-winning seasons, United scored more goals than any other team.
There have only ever been five âperfect championsâ over the last 22 years - having scored more goals and conceded fewer than any other team.
Manchester Cityâs class of 2011/12 were superior at both ends, as were Manchester United in 2007/08 and 2000/01, Chelsea during 2005/06 and Arsenal in 2003/04.
If the final table was based on the average rank of each clubâs attack and defence, six of the previous 22 champions wouldnât have won the league.
Manchester United would have finished fourth in 1996/97, behind would-be champions Arsenal, Liverpool and Newcastle.
But Arsenal would have had their 1997/98 title stripped, with United lifting the trophy instead - before the Gunners topped United during the 1999/00 campaign.
Again, United would have lost another title in Fergieâs final season at the helm during 2012/13, finishing third behind champions Chelsea and Arsenal.
Most recently, Tottenham would have won the Premier League for the last two seasons - stripping Leicesterâs fairy-tale adventure and Antonio Conteâs title-winning Premier League season at Stamford Bridge in the process.
The average goals per game in the Premier League has increased marginally year on year for three consecutive seasons.
However, that 2.8 goals per game average in recent top-flight football is dwarfed by the 4.7 goals per game recorded in 1889/90.
Aston Villa scored a remarkable 128 goals in 1930/31 - more than any other top-flight side in the history of English football.
Despite their record goal haul, Villa still only finished the season as runners-up, behind Arsenal - who had scored 127 goals.
Arsenal will be hoping to rekindle that kind of goal-scoring form when they travel to Liverpool on Sunday, while Jurgen Klopp will be looking to inflict a second successive defeat upon their visitors.
Watch Liverpool v Arsenal live on Sky Sports Premier League from 3.30pm on Sunday
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Hunter: We need to be more competitive
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Saints suffered a disappointing 3-0 defeat away to Wolves in their latest league outing on Monday, and Hunter wants to see a much-improved performance this evening.
âWe need to get back to our way of playing,â he started.
âWe need to be more competitive. We need to win a lot of the challenges that we didnât on Monday and then we need to play our football.
âWeâve done a lot of work this week and I have to say the debrief from Wolves wasnât very pleasant for the players - a lot of home truths were discussed.
âPeople talk about this league and it is a very tough league which presents different problems. We didnât solve some of them on Monday and we need to do that on Friday.â
Rovers will arrive at Staplewood Campus full of confidence, having picked up two wins and ten goals in their opening two matches of the season.
And Hunter is more than aware of the challenge his men will face.
âItâll be a tough game,â he continued.
âOne of their coaches, David Dunn, is a friend of mine so I know they will be very well organised and difficult to break down.
âObviously theyâve had a terrific start in their opening games, so we are expecting to face a very tough game.â
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Huddersfield Town v Southampton
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Huddersfieldâs new signings Abdelhamid Sabiri and Florent Hadergjonaj will not be considered for selection so soon after joining the club.
Southampton will make a late decision on whether to hand a start to Wesley Hoedt following his move from Lazio.
Fellow centre back Virgil Van Dijk will not be included as he continues to be linked with a move away from St Maryâs.
Steve Wilson: "Huddersfieldâs start to the season has been little short of phenomenal.
"Crystal Palace and Newcastle are not the best opponents theyâll play this season - but take nothing away from David Wagner and his men.
"The Terriers have made one of the best starts to a Premier League season ever by a newly promoted club - should they win again itâll be the best since Bolton in 2001.
âSouthampton have made a low-key start under Manuel Pellegrino - a frustrating goalless draw with Swansea, a rather fortunate win over West Ham, and then a strong-ish side beaten by Wolves in the Carabao Cup - all three games at home.â
Huddersfield Town head coach David Wagner: "Weâre happy with the six points.
"The only thing we really wanted to find out was do we really have a chance.
"We know this is only a start. It means more or less nothing. It doesnât help us on Saturday.
âSouthampton is the next level. It is different class, a different category in the Premier League.â
Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino on defender Virgil Van Dijk being linked with Chelsea: "I donât have this information, I donât want to give any opinion about that.
"Virgilâs situation (is that) nothing (has) changed, I have nothing to say.
"In the future it could be possible (that Van Dijk plays alongside new signing Wesley Hoedt) but we will never know what will happen in the future.
âWeâll expect the best from Wesley, from Virgil for us. I think all of them can help the team to be stronger and this is our goal right now.â
I think a draw here and that, on top of the two wins they have already got, represents a very good start for Huddersfield.
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Yoshida: I want to be a role model
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Yoshida put pen to paper on a fresh three-year deal on Thursday, which would see his time with Saints extend to eight seasons.
Having become such an established part of the squad, the Japan international is excited about what lies ahead.
âI am 29 now and I think thatâs a really good age for my career,â he said. "I hope itâs going to be a really special time for the club and we will achieve more and more. Thatâs why we need to fight for some achievements every day.
"I have been here for five years. The club trusts me and the manager trusts me as well, and that makes me have a really good feeling.
âI understand my position right now, and I would like to be the role model for the young lads. Itâs not easy, because every day, for 24 hours, I have to be professional and give everything to myself and the club, but I am used to doing that.â
Having fought hard to earn a regular place in the starting line-up, Yoshida hopes he can continue to hold onto that spot.
âThe previous three years I couldnât play constantly, but I have done what I needed to do, and thatâs why when the chance came I grabbed it,â he said.
âI donât want to lose my place, of course, and every game, every moment, I have to fight for that. It makes me really stronger.â
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Huddersfield Town vs Southampton: Team news
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Ahead of this weekendâs Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Huddersfield Townâs home clash with Southampton.
Huddersfield manager David Wagner will not consider selecting new signings Abdelhamid Sabiri and Florent Hadergjonaj for Saturdayâs Premier League clash against Southampton.
Wagner wants midfielder Sabiri and right-back Hadergjonaj to do some work in training before coming into contention for the trip to West Ham after the international break.
The Terriers have no fresh injury concerns following their Carabao Cup win over Rotherham but are still without midfielder Jonathan Hogg, forward Nahki Wells (both ankle) and defenders Martin Cranie (hip) and Jon Gorenc Stankovic (knee).
The last time that these two teams met was in December 2010 in the third tier of English football â Southampton won 4-1 that day.
These two sides last met in the top-flight back in December 1971; a season that Huddersfield finished bottom of Division One.
Huddersfield Town have started the season with two wins â the only other newly-promoted team to win their opening three games to a Premier League season were Bolton Wanderers in 2001-02.
The Terriers havenât won their opening three league games of a season since the 1979-80 campaign, when they won the fourth tier; they last won their first three matches of a top-flight season in 1924-25, on their way to the second of three consecutive league titles.
Huddersfield have also kept a clean sheet in both of their Premier League games so far. The only previous occasion a newly-promoted side managed to do this in each of their opening three games in a Premier League season were Charlton Athletic in 1998-99.
Southampton have failed to score in seven of their last 10 Premier League games, scoring just seven goals from 138 shots in these matches (5.1%).
Saints have won more Premier League away games in 2017 (4 of 10) than they have at home (3 of 11).
23 of Huddersfieldâs last 27 wins in league competition have been achieved by a one-goal margin.
Since the start of 2014-15, Fraser Forster has kept 34 clean sheets in 88 Premier League appearances (39% of matches) â more than Chelseaâs Thibaut Courtois (33 in 93 games) despite playing five games fewer.
Dusan Tadic has now played 100 Premier League games for Southampton and he has been involved in 39 goals (15 goals, 24 assists). The only Southampton players to have had a hand in more in their opening 100 PL apps for the club are Matt Le Tissier (80), Marian Pahars (50) and Rickie Lambert (43 in 75 apps).
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Opposition View: Huddersfield Town
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The Terriers opened the Premier League campaign with a 4-0 away win over Crystal Palace, before beating Newcastle United 1-0 at home.
Add to that a Carabao Cup success against Rotherham United in midweek, and Wagner has reason to be pleased with his side.
"Our performances have been good so far and weâve made our first steps. Every victory helps us to progress,â Wagner reflected.
âI was happy that our players came from behind against Rotherham because it showed our character and fighting attitude.â
âSouthampton is a very, very good opponent and we know weâll have to be at our very best to get a result on Saturday.
âWe have to make the John Smithâs Stadium a tough place for opponents to come. We will try to do that and I know the fans will too.â
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Ahead of this weekendâs matches in the Premier League, Sportsmail brings you the latest squad news, odds and stats on every top flight fixture as it breaks.
Simply click on your team in the fixture list below to find out who is ruled out and who is making a return as well as all the key statistics surrounding your clubâs fixture.
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Pellegrino: We need to bounce back
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Saints were knocked out at St Maryâs in the second round, as the Championship side beat them 2-0, but they have a chance to quickly put that defeat behind them with tomorrowâs trip to face the Premier League new boys.
âIâve got the confidence that we will change,â said Pellegrino. "We have to react. Sometimes in this level when you are not focused for five or ten minutes you are gone, and we have to learn from Wednesday and keep going.
"Obviously, we want to bounce back. We know that we will have in front of us a difficult game. Huddersfield won the last two games and we know it will be really difficult in this pitch.
"They are an intelligent team with the ball and without the ball. Obviously, we know we have to improve on Wednesday night and use as a reference our first two games in the Premier League.
âWe have to prepare well, because we donât have much time to this game, but we are professional and prepared to compete.â
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