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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 Primeira Liga of Portugal, which concluded yesterday. Standard statements about the Pythagorean table apply. I had wondered if Porto's unbeaten season would "break" the Pythagorean expectation. Looks like it did. But when I compare Porto's record to that of other champion teams, it appears that their […]
Below is the final Pythagorean table for this season's German Bundesliga which concluded today. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70. Dortmund were deserved champions, but an underperforming Bayern Munich made the championship more of a blowout than it should have been. Hannover 96, for so long the most overachieving side in Germany (and Europe for […]
Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 English Premier League season, for matches played up to 11 March 2011. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70. Tottenham has been the real overperformer this season, which few people will complain with. Chelsea have underperformed this season — again, few will argue with that statement — but […]
Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 Spanish Primera División season, for matches played up to 11 March 2011. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70. Barcelona and Real Madrid have had strong seasons, but the two-horse race (or one-horse race if you wish to be truthful) that the two giants have created has obscured […]
Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 German 1. Bundesliga season, for matches played up to 11 March 2011. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70. Hannover 96 have cooled off considerably, but they are still vastly overperforming the rest of the Bundesliga and lie in a Champions League place. Stuttgart have improved from their […]
Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 Italian Serie A season, for matches played up to 11 March 2011. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70. I use points earned on the field of play, so Bologna's point deductions are not taken into account. League Table Pythagorean Team GP W D L GF GA […]
