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Final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Football League Championship
Soccer Pythagorean: TablesI have a number of analysts from clubs in England’s second division who read this site, so this new Pythagorean table is for them.Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Football League Championship, whose final round of matches were played on 28 April 2012. The standard league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70.Remember that […]
Final Pythagorean table for 2011-12 French Ligue 1
Soccer Pythagorean: TablesBelow is the final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 French Ligue 1 season that concluded today (20 May). The standard Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.Lille played about as well this season as they did in the previous one (two more points won on the field in 2010-11, and an identical expected point total), but […]
Final Pythagorean table for 2011-12 Italian Serie A
Soccer Pythagorean: TablesBelow is the final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 Italian Serie A whose final matches were today (13 May). The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70. This table reflects point totals won on the field, and does not account for the 6 point deduction suffered by Atalanta in the aftermath of the latest match fixing scandal.Juve were […]
Final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 Spanish Primera Division
Soccer Pythagorean: TablesBelow is the final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 Spanish Primera División which concluded today (13 May). The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70.Real Madrid and Barcelona were far and away the best of Primera, but if you look solely at their offensive/defensive goal records there was very little to choose between them. Just on those […]
Final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Premier League
Soccer Pythagorean: TablesBelow is the final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Premier League which concluded today (13 May). The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70.Manchester City are the new champions of England, confirmed in sensational fashion in the final minute of the season. This league title is no less than what they have deserved based on their […]
Introducing Matt Stigall
Soccermetrics LLCIn January I launched a search for a business partner for SRC to handle the business operations and allow me to devote more time to product development. I found someone who I felt comfortable working with and we’ve collaborated on several tasks since then. With the latest news surrounding the company, it’s time to introduce […]
Soccermetrics is now a Flashpoint company
Soccermetrics LLCEarlier this week, I made a tweet about an impending Major Announcement for the company, which I then disclosed on the SRC Newsletter. I know that not all of my readers subscribe to the newsletter (and why not?) so it’s time to reveal the news to everyone.We can now confirm that SRC has been accepted into […]
Final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 German Bundesliga
Soccer Pythagorean: TablesBelow is the final Pythagorean table for this season’s German Bundesliga which concluded on 5 May. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70.Borussia Dortmund repeated as Bundesliga champions, but the title could have been much closer. According to the Pythagorean expectation, Bayern should have finished level on points with Dortmund, which meant that Bayern dropped some […]
Can soccer analytics produce better soccer?
Analytics Perspectives, High-Level DiscussionsThe subject of this post is something that I’ve been thinking about for a while, but wasn’t motivated to write something until I read that Paul Gardner anti-analytics piece in Soccer America. (I referenced it in the SRC Newsletter, which you really should subscribe to if you haven’t already.) Here’s the final paragraph:——- To sum up: until […]