Fink Tank: Germany will come up trumps

Statistics show that the Teutonic habit of winning in clumps gives them the edge over Spain in the Euro 2008 final

Fink Tank: index tracks Euro 2008 stars

The Castrol Performance Index tracks every move by every player during the European Championship and assesses the impact

Still haunted by Greek tragedy at Euro 2004

There's more chance of another surprise winner of the European Championship than Fink Tank favourites, Germany, prevailing

Ronaldo remains the model of a modern man

Daniel Finkelstein is relieved to find Cristiano Ronaldo, not Robbie Savage, selected as Fink Tank's player of the season

Winner of top award comes out of the blue

Congratulations go out to David Moyes, of Everton, winner of the Fink Tank Manager of the Year award for a second time

Case against Grant just does not stack up

Despite public perception, the Fink Tank says the Chelsea first-team coach has a better league record than Jose Mourinho

West Bromwich Albion in league of their own

The Fink Tank says Midlands club stand out from the crowd in the Coca-Cola Championship but after that things get complicated

Statistics show home comfort is exaggerated

Fink Tank says playing at home in the second leg of a European tie makes no difference: good news for Rafael Benitez

Arsenal's struggle: bad form or bad luck?

Football teams win some and they lose some - but they have to go a long way before you can describe it as a trend

Fink Tank discovers that size does matter

The numbers show that the performance of international teams is directly related to the volume of a country's population

Sweet spot shows benefit of close encounters

The football laboratory discovers that the nearer to goal you are, the better it is when it comes to free kicks

Rotate to accumulate: argument has turned

The Fink Tank looks at whether there is a relationship between the average time players spend on pitch and their teams' results

Statistics reveal why Benitez should stay

The league table may suggest otherwise, but Liverpool have making up ground on the leaders says Daniel Finkenstein

One more fixture will make little difference

Playing a 39th Premier League game would reduce Arsenal’s chances of taking the title only slightly, says Daniel Finkenstein

Who are winners in first past the post study

If all shots that had hit the post last season had gone in, Fulham would have been relegated instead of Sheffield United

Reo-Coker proves to be top of the flops

The Fink Tank crew have been sifting through the summer transfers in order to see how the players have been doing

Stars of Africa make a point in their absence

The fact that Didier Drogba may be unavailable for at least five games has often been cited as a cloud on Chelsea’s horizon