Pythagorean table for 2012-13 Spanish Primera División (2012-11-05)
Categories: Soccer Pythagorean: Tables
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 |
