Category: Season Predictions and Reviews
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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…
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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…
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This post comes with the usual caveats: it’s for fun, we’re on the verge of rating updates so this is a point in time look at power rankings. And a shout out to Malcolm on whose data this is based.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Usual explanations here: Will Dortmund overcome Hellas? I use the average rating in Gk, Def, Mid, Att using the best formation, I include the lowest ranked top 18 player who is likely to play and work out an average. Then…
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Shaktar +11 VA and +12 PVA win the title. It would be hard to deny that Shaktar have the performance of the year in D5, fellow promoted teams Boca and Rubin sit 2nd and 3rd in the stats. 4 more…
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Fiorentina +16 VA lead the stats in the wildest division of them all. Division 4 was incredibly tight at the start and this has led to some mad VA and PVA. Fiorentina top of the stats and 2nd in the…
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