Final Pythagorean for 2010 Brazilian Série A
Categories: Soccer Pythagorean: Tables
I was trying to decide which league to publish a Pythagorean table for, from the leagues that I have not previously created one. I decided to generate one for the recently concluded Brazilian Serie A as there appears to be more interest in this site from Brazil than there is from Russia or Japan at the moment. So here's the table — Pythagorean league exponent is 1.70, as always. The table indicates that Fluminense deserved to win the title, but Grêmio really blew it down the stretch. And look at last year's champions Flamengo — flirting with relegation and just avoiding it in the end (Pythagorean differential of -6).
| League Table | Pythagorean | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | Pts | Δ |
| Fluminense | 38 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 62 | 36 | +26 | 71 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 70 | +1 |
| Cruzeiro | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 38 | +15 | 69 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 61 | +8 |
| Corinthians | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 68 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 66 | +2 |
| Grêmio | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 68 | 43 | +25 | 63 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 69 | -6 |
| Atlético Paranaense | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 60 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | +10 |
| Botafogo | 38 | 14 | 17 | 7 | 54 | 42 | +12 | 59 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 61 | -2 |
| Internacional | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 48 | 41 | +7 | 58 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 56 | +2 |
| Santos | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 63 | 50 | +13 | 56 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 60 | -4 |
| São Paulo | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 54 | 54 | +0 | 55 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 52 | +3 |
| Palmeiras | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 43 | -1 | 50 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | +0 |
| Vasco da Gama | 38 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 43 | 45 | -2 | 49 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | -1 |
| Ceará | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 35 | 44 | -9 | 47 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 45 | +2 |
| Atlético Minheiro | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 52 | 64 | -12 | 45 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 45 | +0 |
| Flamengo | 38 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 41 | 44 | -3 | 44 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 50 | -6 |
| Avaí | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 49 | 58 | -9 | 43 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 46 | -3 |
| Atlético Goianiense | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 51 | 57 | -6 | 42 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 49 | -7 |
| Vitória | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 42 | 48 | -6 | 42 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 47 | -5 |
| Guarani | 38 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 33 | 53 | -20 | 37 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 38 | -1 |
| Goiás | 38 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 41 | 68 | -27 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 36 | -3 |
| Prudente | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 39 | 64 | -25 | 31 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 36 | -5 |
