Author: mistertrex

  • Will a weak keeper hold back stats favourites Napoli. In reality Napoli could sort that out in a heart beat and would be a good head in front of the rest of the chasing pack.  Having a 91 rated attack…

  • Will Celtic overcome their poor start to be number 1 in the stats. In an ironic twist the top stat team is after 1 game holding up the rest of the table.  Thie main weakness is the keeper but an…

  • Can West Brom beat the Mo Salah led Boca team, the stats say yes. Boca with Salah were nearly untouchable in D4 but D3 is a different matter. West Brom should win the division the strongest team in 3 of…

  • Sporting the clear favourites. A team that should be mid table in D1 should romp to the title with room to spare. They can only realistically be beaten in the keeper position but should not have a problem. Then things…

  • All looks set for a Hellas repeat? First the preamble for any new managers I look at the average ratings for GK, DEF,MID,ATT, the top 18 player Then using a tried and ( mostly ) trusted formula work out the…

    Season 26 Division 1 Stats and Facts.
  • Due to the madness of the tactical changes, I decide to engage the help of Cyberdyne systems to help crunch the number to see if they could do any better than me. First the standard write-up A.I. free. FK Partizan…

    Season 25 Division 5 Stats and Facts review the A.I. enhanced edition.
  • The full Monty in the South of France. Twelve places above the predicted 14 spots places 2nd place in the league in 1st place in the stats. They sit above play off team Feyenoord who have +13 VA who exited…

  • Happy days in Moscow for CSKA A really strong keeper combined with a forward line scoring at will was a recipe for victory , CSKA go up as champs with +8 VA and + 9PVA.  Two other teams have a…

  • Hamburg dominate a topsy turvy division. Maybe the best stimulus to promotion is to avoid relegation? Hamburg who were a well balanced side finished with a VA of 16 and PVA of 17 an amazing season.  Zagreb would normally have…

  • Winner, winner no chicken dinner? Brief explanation PVA = Positional value added, this is the value added modified with the finishing position taken into account, for example a team finishing 1st from 6th has obviously done a lot better than…