Category: Season Predictions and Reviews

Swans fly high in D4 with Besitkas a Turkish Delight. Two promoted teams lead the stats. Swansea always a promotion favourite over achieved and got top spot in the league and  the stats.  Besitkas have the highest VA on +…

Udinese promoted in second have the highest PVA with Zenit and Celtic showing great VA. As expected division 3 shows more variance than D1 or 2.  Udinese expected the playoffs but got 2nd place and promotion.  They just beat Celtic…

Spurs lead the stats with Dnipro having +13 VA. A much greater level of over and underperformance in division 2. Spurs finish 7 places higher than expected and finish 2nd in the real table but just pip champs Villa in…

Chelsea champions and stop of the stats.  Espanyol and Real Madrid make great progress. A few notes. Value added is literally how many places above the expected position a club finishes. PVA or positional value added is the value added…

Rubin and Inter lead the pack is defence the best form of attack in division 5. Both the leading clubs have a good keeper and defence combo and a fairly strong attack. Athletic club also have a strong keeper and…

Five teams in the fight for the title in Division 4. It seems that Division 4 will have at least 2 really disappointed teams that most years would have grabbed an automatic place but will now be in the playoffs…

Will West Brom’s strike force carry them to the title? A huge reliance on a potent strike force has worked well in the past in D3 and West Brom have all the tools to pull off that trick.   They sit…

Genoa certain to return to Division 1? What about the rest Genoa are by rights a mid table D1 side and while nothing is guaranteed they lead every important stat except defence. There are then maybe 4 other teams in…

Barcelona and Chelsea top the table. First of all the explanations. This is purely statistical and takes no account of squad building or managerial ability. How it works: I look at the likely picks for the first eleven and take…

Cruziero top of the league and top of the stats. No one could doubt that a league winner with +5 VA should lead the stats, Sau Paulo the 2nd place team in real life only figure 8th in the stats…