Author: mistertrex

Chelsea champions and stop of the stats.  Espanyol and Real Madrid make great progress. A few notes. Value added is literally how many places above the expected position a club finishes. PVA or positional value added is the value added…

Rubin and Inter lead the pack is defence the best form of attack in division 5. Both the leading clubs have a good keeper and defence combo and a fairly strong attack. Athletic club also have a strong keeper and…

Five teams in the fight for the title in Division 4. It seems that Division 4 will have at least 2 really disappointed teams that most years would have grabbed an automatic place but will now be in the playoffs…

Will West Brom’s strike force carry them to the title? A huge reliance on a potent strike force has worked well in the past in D3 and West Brom have all the tools to pull off that trick.   They sit…

Genoa certain to return to Division 1? What about the rest Genoa are by rights a mid table D1 side and while nothing is guaranteed they lead every important stat except defence. There are then maybe 4 other teams in…

Barcelona and Chelsea top the table. First of all the explanations. This is purely statistical and takes no account of squad building or managerial ability. How it works: I look at the likely picks for the first eleven and take…

Cruziero top of the league and top of the stats. No one could doubt that a league winner with +5 VA should lead the stats, Sau Paulo the 2nd place team in real life only figure 8th in the stats…

The 3rd 2nd 1st are 1st 2nd 3rd in the stats. A great season by Fenerbache give them the highest VA in D4 at +11 and PVA at +4 and a promotion spot.  Celtic on the basis of finishing 3…

Dnipro +15 VA and +8 PVA fantastic achievement. Relegation prospects to 2nd spot , hard to beat really in terms of achievement and a great year by Dnipro.  Augsburg were much the most consistent team of the year and they…

A.C.Milan to of the stats , just above Bremen due to higher VA. A very rare PVA tie was separated by the superior +7 VA of A.C. Milan as the top 2 teams in the table were also top of…