The Brazilian Série A championship has just passed the midpoint of its season. Here is the league table after the Round 19 matches conducted last weekend. Actual and expected Brasileirão Série A table, 2022 season after Round 19. Match data from DataFactory Latinoaméricano. Palmeiras lead the championship by four points from Corinthians, followed by Fluminense, […]
South America’s premier club competition resumes this week with the round of 16 matches. Below is a thumbnail sketch of the eight matches with my own (hopefully data-informed) predictions thrown in. I’ll fill in the predictions during the week. (Expected goal “slash lines” are in format: goals from open play / goals from set play […]
It’s been a while since I’ve written one of these posts! But I hope to write more of them in the near future. This year’s edition of the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores has felt more like a “normal” tournament from the pre-Covid era. Covid is still around, of course, but the fans have returned (for better […]
Sports leagues around the world have had to adjust to conducting their competitions in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s particularly challenging for a continental competition that takes place in multiple countries. For CONMEBOL to complete the remaining 96 group stage matches of the Copa Libertadores, in spite of the pandemic that continues […]
Argentina’s River Plate and Brazil’s Flamengo, two footballing giants of their respective countries, will meet Saturday in the 2019 Copa Libertadores Final in Lima, Peru. It’s the first Final of the neutral site era (although some might see the rescheduled second leg in Madrid as the true start of the era). Last year’s final was […]
Boca Juniors and River Plate have sucked up most of the oxygen in the Copa Libertadores, but the second semifinal tie presents an explosive matchup between two Brazilian powerhouses. Grêmio and Flamengo meet in an encounter of a recent champion (and semifinalist for the third consecutive year) and a side who haven’t reached this stage […]
River Plate and Boca Juniors — the most explosive derby in South American football and perhaps anywhere else — meet again in the Copa Libertadores for the second time in ten months. Instead of meeting in the final, this time they will meet in the semifinal over two legs. There are some differences in this […]
The 2019/20 Argentine Superliga is just coming out of the late summer FIFA break. Here’s the table after matchday 5: Real and expected league table of Superliga Argentina 2019/20 season after matchday 5. Data supplied by DataFactory LatAm. About 20% of the league season has been played (15% if you include the first stage of […]
Superliga 18/19 RecordWon 10, Drawn 8, Lost 7 (38 points)Superliga 18/19 Position7thRelegation Average1.670 (137 points/82 matches)Relegation Position5thCopa de la Superliga ResultLost in First Round to ArgentinosJuniors (3-4 agg)Goals Scored(own-goals not included)34 (24 open, 6 set-piece, 4 penalty)Goals Allowed (own-goals not included)27 (17 open, 4 set-piece, 6 penalty)Leading Goal ScorerEmmanuel Gigliotti (12 goals)Leading xGEmmanuel Gigliotti (7.29 xG)Leading […]
Superliga 18/19 RecordWon 7, Drawn 8, Lost 10 (29 points)Superliga 18/19 Position15thRelegation Average1.304 (107 points/82 matches)Relegation Position18thCopa de la Superliga ResultLost in First Round to Gimnasia (La Plata) (2-3 agg)Goals Scored(own-goals not included)26 (17 open, 4 set-piece, 5 penalty)Goals Allowed (own-goals not included)22 (12 open, 8 set-piece, 1 penalty)Leading Goal ScorerHéctor Fértoli, Luis Leal,Alexis Rodríguez (4 […]
