Pythagorean table for 2012-13 Spanish Primera División (2012-11-05)

We present the Pythagorean table for the 2012-13 Spanish Primera season, for matches played up to 5 November 2012.  We use the league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70.

In contrast to previous seasons, La Liga appears to be a three-horse race between Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, and Real Madrid.  Barça and Atlético have put some space between themselves and Real, but who knows how long that will last with Pythagorean residuals of +6 and +5, respectively.  Other teams flying high at the moment include Betis, Levante, and Rayo Vallecano.  I’m particularly interested in Valladolid — the newly promoted side is mid-table but if you put any weight in the Pythagorean perhaps they could be even higher in the table.

League Table Pythagorean
Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L Pts Δ
Barcelona 10 9 1 0 32 12 +20 28 7 1 2 22 +6
Atlético Madrid 10 8 1 1 22 11 +11 25 6 2 2 20 +5
Real Madrid 10 6 2 2 25 7 +18 20 7 2 1 23 -3
Betis 10 6 1 3 17 15 +2 19 4 2 4 14 +5
Málaga 10 5 3 2 14 7 +7 18 5 3 2 18 +0
Levante 10 5 2 3 12 14 -2 17 3 3 4 12 +5
Sevilla 10 4 3 3 12 11 +1 15 4 3 3 15 +0
Valladolid 10 4 2 4 15 11 +4 14 5 3 2 18 -4
Valencia 10 4 2 4 13 12 +1 14 4 3 3 15 -1
Getafe 10 4 1 5 12 16 -4 13 3 2 5 11 +2
Rayo Vallecano 10 4 1 5 13 23 -10 13 2 2 6 8 +5
Zaragoza 10 4 0 6 9 15 -6 12 2 3 5 9 +3
Mallorca 10 3 2 5 10 15 -5 11 3 3 4 12 -1
Athletic Bilbao 10 3 2 5 14 20 -6 11 3 2 5 11 +0
Celta de Vigo 10 3 1 6 11 14 -3 10 3 3 4 12 -2
Real Sociedad 10 3 1 6 10 15 -5 10 3 3 4 12 -2
Deportivo La Coruña 10 2 4 4 15 20 -5 10 3 2 5 11 -1
Espanyol 10 2 3 5 12 15 -3 9 3 3 4 12 -3
Granada 10 2 2 6 9 17 -8 8 2 2 6 8 +0
Osasuna 10 1 2 7 8 15 -7 5 2 3 5 9 -4
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