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The top 9 teams in Opta's foul play league are...

BLACKBURN
BOLTON
WEST HAM
EVERTON
MAN CITY
NEWCASTLE
MIDDLESBORO
FULHAM
WATFORD

It's interesting that 4 of the bottom 5 teams (Watford, Charlton, Wigan and Man City) all perform far better when up against tough teams, but obviously get found out versus the teams who play more football.

No surprise to see Arsenal completely struggle v physical teams, but Newcastle, Sheff Utd and West Ham are perhaps more surprising teams to be found with similar records.

Also interesting to see that Chelsea are well up for a battle - they have gained almost 50% more ppg when versus physical teams than when against lesser aggressive teams.