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In her weekly column, Alexandra Hunt looks at the EFL Championship promotion battle – teams are starting to find ways of combatting Leicester City and that approach gets explained in full.

Austrian Andreas Wieland is leading Beerschot back to the Belgian top flight – Brandon Liss talks about his tactical approach.

ICYMI yesterday, it was our Women’s Football Wednesday – City secured a statement win in the Manchester derby – David Astill explained where and how victory over United was secured.

In Sweden’s Damallsvenskan, Hammarby ended a 38-year wait for the title – Jamie Steenberg looked at Pablo Piñones Arce’s tactical approach over the course of their successful campaign.

Staying in Sweden, Selim Ben Hmida had a match analysis of BK Hacken’s recent Champions League win over Paris FC.

Fintan O’Reilly has these from the archives today;

Salma Paralluelo bagged a brace to help Barcelona Femení defeat Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 in the UEFA Women’s Champions League last night — a perfect time to revisit our TFA 23 for 23 scout report highlighting her as one to watch this year.

Christopher Nkunku is said to be nearing his return from injury — how will he fit into Mauricio Pochettino’s tactics? In 2021, we highlighted why the then-RB Leipzig man was one of Europe’s leading attacking talents.

Meanwhile, Luke Shaw is also reportedly close to a return from injury, how big of a boost would that be for Erik ten Hag’s side? Back in 2020, we analysed why the left-back was a vital solution to Manchester United’s problems at the time.

Lastly, Lionel Scaloni — will he stay on as Argentina boss or not? In our 2022 analysis, we looked at how he restored his national team’s tactical identity.

And that’s it for today – we’ll be back tomorrow with more pieces old and new about everything analysis in the football world.

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