Category: Stats

Playoff bound Montpellier lead the stats. +12 VA the highest in the league, a great achievement for Montpellier. Promoted Monaco with +4 VA come 2nd in the stats , just above Boca on +8 VA. Think I was a little…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…