Season 23 Division 3 Stats and Facts. Firstly sorry for doing this again but SM decided to rename a couple of teams so they didn’t copy and paste correctly. Malaga are the well deserved champions of D3 , a similar VA to Cruziero but one place higher in the league, both with well deserved promotions.…

Swansea promoted last season head the stats this season. +12VA and a playoff spot sees Swansea beat 2nd place team Schalke who had +4VA . River Plate had a remarkable season , relegation candidates or so it seemed but they make the playoffs with a remarkable +13VA. Division 2 seems to have been much affected…

Barcelona  resurgence sees them top of the stats but is this fair? Usual blurb: Teams are ranked by positional value added. This is basically the value added +1  divided by the finishing position. That way higher ranked teams can still rank highly in the stats. Barca have a PVA of +2.33 and the highest VA…

Will relegated and promoted sides dominate as predicted? Relegated Galatasaray are a strong all round side no real weakness and sufficient depth with a 90 rated attack. Fellow relegated Stuttgart should make a quick return with a slightly stronger attack but weaker midfield. Shakhtar continue their renaissance and perhaps are a keeper away from the…

Everton favourites to return to D2 No team is massively better than the rest in this division. Everton have the joint best midfield in the league and are solid throughout with stacks of depth. Sunderland in second, are a bit weaker in midfield and lack a little depth compared to their rivals. Liege are a…

Will Inter double bounce? Interestingly Inter are the only promoted or relegated club to feature in the play off positions or better.  They should be mid table D1 and winning as champions is the minimum the fans expect. Second in the stats are Sporting good attack and keeper, pehaps defence is the only weakness.  Internacional…

Many years in the making Lazio top the stats, can the now walk the walk… The Lazio fans won’t accept any more excuses, they now have a well-balanced team ranked above any other in the league. AZ have the most potent attack in the league and they will combine that with a good midfield to…

Shaktar +11 VA and +12 PVA win the title. It would be hard to deny that Shaktar have the performance of the year in D5, fellow promoted teams Boca and Rubin sit 2nd and 3rd in the stats. 4 more teams have +6 VA, Basel, Villareal, Newcastle and Athletic club showing great managerial talent.  Lower…

Fiorentina +16 VA lead the stats in the wildest division of them all. Division 4 was incredibly tight at the start and this has led to some mad VA and PVA. Fiorentina top of the stats and 2nd in the league with a PVA of +8.50 lead league winners Brugge who were 3 places above…