Category: Season Predictions and Reviews
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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. 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…
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The title is settled, the playoff race is anything but, and a few managers are already checking whether their contracts contain a severance package. With just two matches remaining in the Division 5 season, the campaign is entering its final…
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Bayern back on top! After relinquishing the top power ranking spot to Hellas Verona last season, Bayern is back on top, with Chelsea also leapfrogging Verona. Holding down the basement for the 3rd year in a row is Stuttgart. Those…
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Two strong favourites for promotion, who can join them? A division of contrasts to be sure. Some ruinously bad teams, that are for some reason uncompetitive, despite higher rated players being freely available, this could cause some skewed stats in…
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Solid agreement on the top 3 in this division. There is certainly a growing trend of 2 or 3 top teams followed by a close pack of teams. Napoli are favourites with the usual top and tail technique that works…
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Who will win the battle for 3rd place. West Brom and Genoa, should both be in Division 1 and would probably win Division 2 at a canter. The only thin holding back Genoa is their keeper and for West Brom…
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