Final Pythagorean table for 2010-11 French Ligue 1
Categories: Soccer Pythagorean: Tables
Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 French Ligue 1 which concluded today. The league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70.
The table indicates that Lille were deserved winners and PSG finally played up to its potential after several underperforming seasons. The conventional wisdom says that Sochaux had a great season to finish in the top five, but their Pythagorean expectation indicates that they may have underachieved; perhaps they could have challenged Lyon or Marseille for a top three finish. At the other end of the table, it was over before it started for Arles-Avignon, and Lens simply weren't good enough. Monaco scored an unusually high amount of points for a relegated team, but they were doomed by a combination of their own underperformance and the overachievement of Nice and Montpellier.
Incidentally, the Lille-Valenciennes result is reported incorrectly on Wikipedia's 2010-11 Ligue 1 page. It should be Lille 2-1 Valenciennes, not 1-1.
| League Table | Pythagorean | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | Pts | Δ |
| Lille | 38 | 21 | 13 | 4 | 68 | 36 | +32 | 76 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 72 | +4 |
| Marseille | 38 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 68 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 67 | +1 |
| Lyon | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 61 | 40 | +21 | 64 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 67 | -3 |
| Paris Saint-Germain | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 56 | 41 | +15 | 60 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 61 | -1 |
| Sochaux | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 58 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 64 | -6 |
| Rennes | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 56 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 54 | +2 |
| Bordeaux | 38 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 51 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 53 | -2 |
| Toulouse | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 50 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 51 | -1 |
| Auxerre | 38 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 49 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 53 | -4 |
| Lorient | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 48 | -2 | 49 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 49 | +0 |
| Saint-Étienne | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 47 | -1 | 49 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | -1 |
| Valenciennes | 38 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 45 | 41 | +4 | 48 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 53 | -5 |
| Nancy | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 48 | -5 | 48 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 47 | +1 |
| Montpellier | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 43 | -11 | 47 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 42 | +5 |
| Caen | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 46 | 51 | -5 | 46 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 49 | -3 |
| Brest | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 36 | 43 | -7 | 46 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 45 | +1 |
| Nice | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 33 | 48 | -15 | 46 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | +5 |
| Monaco | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 36 | 40 | -4 | 44 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 48 | -4 |
| Lens | 38 | 7 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 58 | -23 | 35 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 37 | -2 |
| Arles-Avignon | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 21 | 70 | -49 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 21 | -1 |
