Division 5 Season 9 stats and facts. Independiente favourites , can Stuttgart and Az hang on? A few weeks down the line from normal and some but not all of the favoured teams sit near to the predicted position. River Plate, Rubin , Independiente, doing as  they should others less so. Independiente are a cut…

Division 4 Season 9 stats and facts. Will Boca leave the rest of the division open mouthed , can Montpellier avoid the inevitable relegation threat. In reality 3 teams should be fighting it out for the top 3 places. Boca have a strong attack and midfield, with strength in depth. Villa try the good attack,…

Division 3 season 9 stats and facts. Monaco , Hamburg and Espanyol hard to see who could challenge them, except that PSV, Lazio and Spartak already are.. There are 3 clear leaders statistically in this Division that is the melting pot of all 5 division leagues.  Monaco should walk it , but that was said…

Division 2 season 9 stats and facts. Who is going to finish second in D2 ?, well that is what the stats are asking.   Ronaldo at Milan pushes them well above any other side,  they can be confident in screening the weaker defence and in any case would hope to simply outscore the opposition.…

Division 1 Season 9 stats and facts. Usual suspects lead the stats, things look tough for some of the promoted sides. First of all , this is a purely statistical look at the ratings within the league. I have to use human input to work out which players are likely to be picked and where…

Bremen 2nd candidate for team of the year. +14VA +15PVA, Feyenord also +10 with promoted Montpellier +7. Division 5 is always a mad bad world. Bremen always had a good keeper for the division and a strong midfield, but a few crafty late season buys pushed him over the line. West Brom -6/-0.71 and more…

Basel top of stats in D4, Stoke get the best VA,  Atalanta, Boca and Partizan disappoint their fans. Most people thought Monaco were odds on favourites to win D4 including me, while they came 2nd , Basel stormed to victory.  Stoke got a great +8 VA, with 2nd spot Levante gettng a creditable + 5,…

Liege and Hellas battled it out for the title and for the stats in D3, Saint Etienne,  Leicester and Southampton fail to perform. Liege no one would argue were a cut above in D3 with a +34 GD almost a goal a game better than their opponents. They get the PVA award but Hellas in…

Ajax deserved champions of D2,  Zenit and Galatasaray get an honourable mention . Milan and Valencia the biggest dissapointments. Promoted as champions , the well deserved Ajax team overcame close rivals Atletico and Genoa , who despite a medicore VA ,did what it took to go up. Zenit and Galatasaray should have been in the…