SC Internacional or Bayern the true champs of D1? Arsenal and Barcelona well below expectations. First of all the health warning. This is all based on number crunching, it take no accounts of trading, tactics, how the team was when you had it etc. VA = difference between where you finished and where you should…

Division 5 stats and fact. Season 8. Bremen and Dynamo defy the odds. Baggies and Santos favourites.  For obvious reasons there is a distinct tail off in ratings when you hit D5. There is no through traffic, mainly down and then up again, at least in theory. West Brom are lucky to have a 90…

Division 4 season 8  stats and facts. Monaco to go up , should do!  Espanyol should lead rest of pack. Monaco are the best team in Division 4 and would also be equally highly ranked in Division 3. Anything other than a convincing title performance would be calculated by all as an abject failing by…

Division 3 season 8 stats and facts. Current top 8 have 7/8 best attacking lines in D3 enough said or is there and alternative. Well yes!. The top 5 are also 5 out of the 7 highest ranked teams and the top 8 only has only one side ranked lower than 9 and nothing less…

Division 2 season 8 stats and facts. 2 Italian teams lead the pack and 2 more are set to be relegated. Official health warning. This is a purely statistical analysis of the teams in division 2.  While I may add a comment or two to make a good read, this in no way reflects on…

Top 3 closer than previous years,  Everton off to a great start. It’s always hard to bet against any team that can put out an average of 95 in attack and no main stat less than 93.  So let’s look at the weakness of the top few sides. Barcelona the one weakness is depth, they…

Season 7 Division 5 value added. 3 Playoff teams sit high in the PVA,  Montpellier lead both categories. Only in D5 could the winner of the league be 7th in PVA.  With no relegation it is possible to throw caution to the wind and that is what Montpellier did , charging into a playoff spot. …

Season 7 Division 4 value added. Liege set the highest standard, but Sao Paulo get the highest VA.   Standard Liege the winners of D4 also get the highest PVA of +6 , remarkable for a playoff bound team. Sao Paulo arguably out did them , with automatic promotion and a VA of +12. Marseille…

Division 3 value added season 7. A whole lot of Hertha for the others as Berlin storm to the top. Disaster for Leicester and AZ. Hertha really pulled out all the stop to finish top, they get the highest PVA of +4 ,  the highest VA goes to Galatasary at +10 in 7th , they…

SC Internacional lead the tables, with all the predicted top 7 massively underperforming. If Division 1 is predictable , then Division 2 is the opposite. SC Internacional finished 12 spots ahead of predicted and won the league, also with the highest PVA , Everton were also promoted automatically and were the highest originally rated team…