Double bounce for Genoa, stats say so.
As alluded to last season Genoa have a mighty team in strength and depth. The one weakness is at the back but they still are almost 1.3 pts over the 4th place team meaning promotion at least should be guaranteed. That team are Inter, who go for a midfield approach at the expense of the back line. Stoke sit at the head of 3 other teams over 224, which if you remember is the cut off for D1 prosperity. Stoke really are a rounded team and should last the pace with their depth. Cruzeiro sacrifice some depth for a more attacking line up, expect a strong start to the season and the potential to challenge the top 2 if they stay free of injury and suspension. Milan makes up the trio very similar all round to Cruzeiro. Time to introduce the A.I. because our robot overlords disagree with my findings and see Leverkusen as key title contenders perhaps it is their greater defensive prowess that is seen as important. Flamengo are the last team predicted for the playoffs a very strong front line, but it is hard to ignore WBA who did so well last season and still sport a powerful squad.
Up for the cup, well beyond those mentioned West Ham and Sevilla seem to have plenty of depth combined with a decent keeper.
Last season 221 put you in serious relegation danger. This must mean that Galatasaray are in serious trouble, Augsburg may have a good enough attack to overcome their rivals. You really could perm any 2 of Anderlecht. Udinese. Madrid, West Ham, Man Utd or Sevilla. Looking more carefully it is likely that Man Utd will be the wild card, low top 18 but stronger squad. If they get behind early on in the season and get injuries, they would find it hard to progress, conversely a good start and a bit of luck could find them well clear before the relegation battle begins.
The big A.I. differences are. Atletico Madrid. The A.I. see’s them relegated due to the lack of depth, which I think it is over egging and West Ham it predicts as 7 places higher, maybe their well-rounded team will finish better than expected with the level of depth they have.
| GK | DEF | MID | ATT | Top18 | Ave | ETOT | Pre | A.I. | |
| Genoa CFC | 88.0 | 91.0 | 90.0 | 92.0 | 88.0 | 89.8 | 225.72 | 1 | 1 |
| Internazionale | 88.0 | 89.8 | 90.6 | 92.0 | 87.0 | 89.5 | 225.08 | 2 | 4 |
| Stoke City | 89.0 | 90.3 | 90.8 | 90.0 | 88.0 | 89.6 | 224.54 | 3 | 2 |
| Cruzeiro EC | 89.0 | 90.0 | 90.4 | 91.0 | 86.0 | 89.3 | 224.47 | 4 | 5 |
| AC Milan | 89.0 | 90.0 | 90.2 | 91.0 | 85.0 | 89.0 | 224.19 | 5 | 7 |
| Leverkusen | 89.0 | 90.5 | 89.8 | 90.0 | 87.0 | 89.3 | 223.86 | 6 | 3 |
| CR Flamengo | 88.0 | 89.3 | 89.4 | 92.0 | 87.0 | 89.1 | 223.72 | 7 | 10 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 91.0 | 90.0 | 89.8 | 90.0 | 87.0 | 89.6 | 223.70 | 8 | 6 |
| Atlético Madrid | 90.0 | 88.5 | 89.8 | 92.0 | 84.0 | 88.9 | 223.32 | 9 | 17 |
| SL Benfica | 89.0 | 89.5 | 89.4 | 91.0 | 86.0 | 89.0 | 223.27 | 10 | 9 |
| Wolfsburg | 88.0 | 89.8 | 89.4 | 89.0 | 86.0 | 88.4 | 222.05 | 11 | 11 |
| Everton | 88.0 | 89.5 | 89.6 | 89.0 | 86.0 | 88.4 | 222.01 | 12 | 12 |
| SEVILLA FC | 89.0 | 88.5 | 88.6 | 91.0 | 87.0 | 88.8 | 221.95 | 13 | 18 |
| Manchester United | 91.0 | 89.3 | 89.4 | 89.0 | 85.0 | 88.7 | 221.89 | 14 | 13 |
| West Ham United | 89.0 | 89.8 | 89.2 | 88.0 | 88.0 | 88.8 | 221.60 | 15 | 8 |
| Real Madrid | 89.0 | 89.5 | 88.8 | 89.0 | 86.0 | 88.5 | 221.49 | 16 | 15 |
| Udinese Calcio | 89.0 | 89.5 | 88.8 | 89.0 | 86.0 | 88.5 | 221.49 | 17 | 16 |
| RSC Anderlecht | 89.0 | 89.0 | 89.8 | 88.0 | 86.0 | 88.4 | 221.24 | 18 | 14 |
| Augsburg | 89.0 | 87.5 | 87.8 | 90.0 | 86.0 | 88.1 | 219.74 | 19 | 19 |
| Galatasaray SK | 88.0 | 87.3 | 87.4 | 88.5 | 86.0 | 87.4 | 218.13 | 20 | 20 |
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