Statto Alert: League Comparison 2010 v 2011

[MaineRoadMemories]

Some of you may know I do a City comparison with games played versus the teams played to calculate our improvements. I thought I'd extend that this lunchhour to the league. Nothing of great note but interesting nonetheless to stattos.

Chelsea and Villa are the big losers this year in term of points lost - 13 and - 16 respectively. Birmingham and Fulham fair slightly better.

Bolton and Sunderland are the big winners gaining 10 points on last season's tally with Bolton claiming an incredible 11 places in the league.

At the top of the table Chelsea's loss is United's, Arsenal's City's and Spurs' gain. What is interesting to note is that the top three teams this season have a very consistent record to last year with United and City on level points and Arsenal 1 point better off.

Spurs are the winners here as they are 4 points better off than last season after 26 games played. After a terrible start Liverpool are only 6 points off last season now after 27 games played (although as a trend over 3 seasons they are seeing steady decline).

So does this mean that United will be heading for 85 points and Arsenal 75 with Spurs on 74, Chelsea on 72 and City on 67? Most probably not but fun to guess.

It's interesting to note that the perception has been that the top 5 teams are easier to beat this season than last. Whilst reflecting on points totals only that statement can only be true if applied to Chelsea and the others are just as consistent as last season.

[Alioune DVToure]

Some of you may know I do a City comparison with games played versus the teams played to calculate our improvements. I thought I'd extend that this lunchhour to the league. Nothing of great note but interesting nonetheless to stattos.

Chelsea and Villa are the big losers this year in term of points lost - 13 and - 16 respectively. Birmingham and Fulham fair slightly better.

Bolton and Sunderland are the big winners gaining 10 points on last season's tally with Bolton claiming an incredible 11 places in the league.

At the top of the table Chelsea's loss is United's, Arsenal's City's and Spurs' gain. What is interesting to note is that the top three teams this season have a very consistent record to last year with United and City on level points and Arsenal 1 point better off.

Spurs are the winners here as they are 4 points better off than last season after 26 games played. After a terrible start Liverpool are only 6 points off last season now after 27 games played (although as a trend over 3 seasons they are seeing steady decline).

So does this mean that United will be heading for 85 points and Arsenal 75 with Spurs on 74, Chelsea on 72 and City on 67? Most probably not but fun to guess.

It's interesting to note that the perception has been that the top 5 teams are easier to beat this season than last. Whilst reflecting on points totals only that statement can only be true if applied to Chelsea and the others are just as consistent as last season.

That's really good mate. Supposing you replace Burnley with Newcastle (1st in Ch'p for 18th in PL), Hull City with West Brom (2nd in Ch'p for 19th in PL) and Portsmouth with Blackpool (P-O winner in Ch'p for 20th in PL), how are we doing in like-for-like terms against the teams played last year?

E.g.,

Portsmouth Away 09/10 = Blackpool Away 10/11
Burnley Home 09/10 = Newcastle Home 10/11

All other fixtures remain the same (so in other words we might only have played 23 games by my system).

Is that clear or do you need me to make it clearer?

[MaineRoadMemories]

Against the same teams last year subbing the relegated teams we are 3 points up on last season.

[Alioune DVToure]

Against the same teams last year subbing the relegated teams we are 3 points up on last season.

Cheers.

I read more into how we're doing in like-for-like terms. Last season we hadn't banished our annoying habit of throwing away points to the bottom teams (Hull, Burnley at home). This season, Wolves aside, it feels as though we've made relatively light work of the bottom five or six.

And we're always likely to lose games like the derby.

Also I'd say that the Arsenal home game can go down as a bit of an anomaly given Boyata's early sending off.