Levante heading back to Division 1? Straight 90 rated Levante seem set to gain promotion, the only real area of weakness is the depth.  Stoke though in 2nd have a stronger attack and should be able to challenge them. Sao Paulo have the strongest midfield and are well balanced. Sporting perhaps a keeper short of…

Can Chelsea overcome the champions as the stats predict. A fairly narrow gap splits the top two teams. Hellas have greater depth and a superior defence than Chelsea and match them up top. Chelsea will be using their keeper and midfield to screen the opposing sides. Dortmund are their closest rivals a well balanced side…

Usual explanation here: Teams are rated using a formula which looks at the 4 main positions, GK,DEF,MID and FWD, along with the 18th ranked player ( the lowest ranked player likely to play ) and the Average. This produced ETOT the ranking used to work out the final position. This formula is more or less…

Atalanta deserved leaders in the stats and they win the league. Finishing 3 places above expected Atatlanta have +4 PVA. They sit just above fellow promoted team Montpellier who have a VA of +9. However the teams with the highest VA are Besitkas and Seville on +10 , both made the playoffs although only Seville…

The top 3 in the league are in the top 3 of the stats. Koln will be celebrating like Rose Monday after they lead the stats and the league with +7 VA , 1st place and +8 PVA. Third in the league but 2nd in the stats are Crystal Palace on +9 VA, CSKA 3rd…

Celta Vigo +14 VA and + 7.5 PVA head the stats and get promoted, just above their Turkish rivals. It isn’t very often that a +7 VA and auto promotion wouldn’t get you the team of the year in D3 but Fenerbache’s fantastic performance is eclipsed by their Galician rivals.  Celtic third in the stats…

Super Saints lead the stats. What went wrong for 4 of the top 6 predicted teams? A great performance for Southampton finishing 9 places above predicted and in 2nd place giving them a PVA of +5.  Play off bound Sporting are 2nd in the stats with a VA of +8 and PVA 2.25 , which…

Super Hellas win the league and no surprise that they head the stats. Usual disclaimer. VA = value added, the difference between predicted and final position. PVA= positional value added. Finishing higher counts for more. Obviously it is better for a team who should have been 4th to come 1st , than a team to…

No transfers completed after Monday 3 April are included. Close race at the top with 4 teams in with a chance. Boca go front and back , the strongest keeper and the strongest attack in the league. Should be set for top 3 with that combo.  Stuttgart much more balanced and much more depth ,…