Category: Stats

  • Santos the clear favourites who will join them. Quick note, there were 2 obvious ABDs that I noticed and actioned as they may well have gone through before publication. Santos have a top team in most of the important categories…

  • Napoli or Valencia which place in sun will be champs. Napoli are a cut above any other team in the league, a 90 rated keeper, strongest attack, strongest mid should be game set and match even at this early stage.…

  • Too tight to call at the top of D3 In division 3 unless you inherit a D1 team a compromise has to be made.  So in the block of 9 teams down to Ajax you have every variety and combination…

  • Double bounce for Genoa, stats say so. As alluded to last season Genoa have a mighty team in strength and depth. The one weakness is at the back but they still are almost 1.3 pts over the 4th place team…

  • Chelsea the highest ranked team just above Porto, is balance the key to all things? How it all work. I calculate the average rating in the four main positions, the top 18 and the average. A formula calculates the ETOT…

  • Bilboko Athletic Kluba estatistikaren txapelduna. In honour of my wife and kids basque heritage, indeed Athletic club were the champions of the stats. +11 VA and +6 PVA leading to automatic promotion as part of a long term project.  They…

  • Ajax win the league and the stats. +5VA pushed the Ajax team from playoff team to champions. A great performance from Moenchengladbach saw them come in 3rd with a +8VA, in the stats they just lead the other promoted team…

  • Two playoff finalists lead the stats. Perhaps it is not a surprise that the two playoff finalists are the two most over performing teams. Galatasaray +11VA and relegation candidate lead the stats just beating +6 VA St Etienne in 2nd…

  • Espanyol +14VA +5PVA the stats winners. Some big winners and some big not winners in D2.  Espanyol were a potential relegation team at the start of the season but true grit, good management and transfers pushed them to promotion.  Playoff…

  • . Chelsea well deserved champions and leaders in the stats. Usual reminder. At the start of the year, I calculated the ratings in the 4 main positions, Top18 and Average. This is plugged in a magic formula and finishing position…