Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 English Premier League which concluded today. As always, the league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70. League Table Pythagorean Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L Pts Δ Manchester United 38 23 11 4 78 37 +41 80 23 8 7 77 […]
In anticipation of requests from those performance analysts who follow this site, below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 English Football League Championship. The Pythagorean league exponent is 1.70, as usual. QPR were clear winners but the table appears to say that the second automatic promotion place was a wash between Norwich and Swansea. […]
Now that the 2010-11 La Liga season is over, it's time to post the final weighted goalscorers list. This is the original version of the metric without any consideration of marginal utility, just the number of goals and the ranking of the opponent at the start of the matchday. I used the weighting function defined […]
Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 Spanish Primera División which concluded today. As always the Pythagorean league exponent is 1.70. The Pythagorean table confirms the huge gap between Barcelona, Real Madrid and the rest of the league. There is also a sizeable gap between Valencia and the Europa League representatives but not as […]
In addition to the two sub-categories for the soccer Pythagorean, I decided to add a category for posts that link to my soccer analytics papers, whether preprints or published articles. It's called "Soccermetrics Publications" and you can find it in the category list on the right-hand side of the page.
I've written a lot of posts on the Soccer Pythagorean, but more of them have been tables from league competitions. It gets to be a pain when I'm looking up my preprints or other articles that explained my methodology. Over the weekend I'll replace the large Soccer Pythagorean category with two distinct categories — one […]
I've been reading a lot of material lately on entrepreneurship, from foundation to funding to marketing. One of the best resources on entrepreneurship that I've used is Stanford University's Entrepreneurship Corner, which is part of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program. It is a collection of videos and podcasts by technology leaders on a wide range […]
Last night I said that I would have a major announcement to make on this site. It is an announcement that I have been preparing to make for several months, but I have told very few people until now. I am now ready to go public with the news. (more…)
Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 Dutch Eredivisie which concluded yesterday. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70. How did PSV manage to not make the title a three-team fight? And how did De Graafschaap manage to avoid the relegation playoff? League Table Pythagorean Team GP W D L GF GA GD […]
Below is the final Pythagorean league table for the 2010-11 Greek Superleague whose regular season concluded last month. As always, I use a Pythagorean league exponent of 1.70. All of the teams in the league had league records in line with their statistical expectations, but PAOK and Aris slightly overperformed.I focus on publishing periodic Pythagorean […]
