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  • Manutd are looking forward to another tough season in division 2. Last season we were predicted to finish 17 and go down but we finished 15th and quite comfortably away from the relegation zone. Signalling a successful season. Since I’ve…

  • 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…

  • What a season it’s been for Espanyol! Tonight, the team travels to face Arsenal in a match that could define everything. Sitting in 3rd place in Division 2 with promotion tantalizingly close, this is the stuff of football dreams. Just…