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315 down, 65 to go. The Premiership so far

Same as after 261 games, with the important races at the top, and a data dump at the bottom. The European spots Last time round qualcompTSR projected the race would finish like this. The same four teams are still in contention although, as I said at the time, Everton were long shots to get in, … Continue reading »
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AuthorJameswgrayson
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Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Norwich City, PDO, points, Premiership, Quality of competition, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Save percentage, Shooting percentage, shots, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

261 down, 119 to go. The Premiership so far

A look at the interesting races and team summaries at the top, for the data dump check out the bottom of the post. The European spots Let start with Everton. They’ve been simply fantastic, the work David Moyes does at that club year after year is nothing short of remarkable. That being said there’s only … Continue reading »
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AuthorJameswgrayson
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Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Norwich City, PDO, Premiership, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Save percentage, Shooting percentage, shots, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

A match of two legs?

It feels like it’s been a long two months without European football. With the Spanish, English and German title competitions looking pretty much wrapped up at the moment and a disappointing Africa Cup of Nations, it’s exciting to welcome back … Continue reading →
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AuthorGabriella Lebrecht
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Champions League, Europa League, football, Liverpool, Man United, Newcastle United, Olympique Lyonnais, Paris St Germain, Premier League, Real Madrid, Statistics

The Premier League battles laid bare

As a companion piece to the “Race to 38/68/87” article which blogger James Grayson published on the Premier League yesterday, I have looked at the current Euro Club Index assessment of the competition. The title race As I touched on … Continue reading →
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Authorscoreboardjournalism
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Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Euro Club Index, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Premier League, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

Why Brighton, Macclesfield and Luton are not the third round’s biggest giant-killers?

The opening match of FA Cup third round weekend ended with victory for Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion against Premier League Newcastle United. This was hailed at the time, and throughout the day, as a giant-killing. But was it … Continue reading →
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Authorscoreboardjournalism
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Brighton & Hove Albion, FA Cup, giant-killing, Newcastle United, Oldham Athletic

149 down, 231 to go. The Premiership so far

This post comprises of a big data dump of six tables followed by a summary for each team. For an explanation of any of the metrics, click the (link) following their initial mention. First, how the Premiership teams have performed in terms of TSR (link). The higher the number, the better the team controls the … Continue reading »
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AuthorJameswgrayson
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Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Premiership, Quality of competition, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Save percentage, Shooting percentage, shots, Southampton, Stoke City, Sunderland, Swansea City, Tottenham Hotspur, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

Premier League: Which teams are performing better than last season?

After seven matches in the Premier League for most clubs, it is Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion who stand out in terms of their results in comparison to last season. Both are also performing way beyond what was expected of … Continue reading &#8… Read more ›

Authorscoreboardjournalism
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Chelsea, expected odds, Liverpool, naive base model, Newcastle United, Norwich City, Premier League, QPR, West Bromwich Albion