We present the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 Italian Serie A season, for matches played up to 15 January 2012. The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used. The Pythagorean table reflects points won on the field of play, so it does not account for the six-point penalty applied to Atalanta this season.All of […]

We present the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 French Ligue 1 season, for matches played up to 15 January 2012. The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.At the halfway point of the season, the Pythagorean table indicates that the Ligue 1 title will come down to a head-to-head battle between Paris St-Germain and […]

We present the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 German 1. Bundesliga season, which is currently in its winter break. The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.Bayern Munich lead the Bundesliga table at the halfway break, but they could have been in a much stronger position than they are actually. Bayern’s -5 Pythagorean residual […]

We present the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 Spanish Primera División season, for matches played up to 15 January 2012. The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.Real Madrid and Barcelona maintain their huge gap between themselves and the rest of La Liga, but Barcelona’s performance has dipped a bit since October (although I […]

Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Premier League season, for matches played up to 15 January 2012. The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.The gap between the Manchester clubs and the rest of the league is smaller than it was in October, but that’s because of the surge by Tottenham […]

Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 Italian Serie A season, for matches played up to 6 November 2011.  The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.  The Italian league started late due to a player's strike, so I held off on publishing these results until the season reached the quarter-mark.Keep in mind […]

Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2011 Major League Soccer season which concluded this evening.  The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70, and draw and loss columns are in reverse order from the American sports table format.The LA Galaxy raised their performance in the final third of the season and narrowly missed becoming the […]

Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Premier League season, for matches played up to 16 October 2011.  The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.You can see the same amount of separation between the Manchester clubs and the main challengers as we close on the quarter-mark of the season.  It looks […]

Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 French Ligue 1 season, for matches played up to 16 October 2011.  The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.The top five in the league appear to be playing a bit better than expected, if their goal statistics were anything to go by.  Toulouse are also […]