Final Pythagorean table for 2010-11 English Football League Championship
Categories: Soccer Pythagorean: Tables
In anticipation of requests from those performance analysts who follow this site, below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 English Football League Championship. The Pythagorean league exponent is 1.70, as usual.
QPR were clear winners but the table appears to say that the second automatic promotion place was a wash between Norwich and Swansea. There weren't many teams that significantly overperformed this season, but several teams underperformed. Watford were the biggest underperformer of all with a -7 Pythagorean residual. Overall, league performance in line with statistical expectations would not have much of a difference with the exception of the second promotion place and Crystal Palace's survival in the Championship.
| League Table | Pythagorean | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | Pts | Δ |
| Queens Park Rangers | 46 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 71 | 32 | +39 | 88 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 90 | -2 |
| Norwich City | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 83 | 58 | +25 | 84 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 80 | +4 |
| Swansea City | 46 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 69 | 42 | +27 | 80 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 81 | -1 |
| Cardiff City | 46 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 80 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 77 | +3 |
| Reading | 46 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 77 | 51 | +26 | 77 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 80 | -3 |
| Nottingham Forest | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 69 | 50 | +19 | 75 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 75 | +0 |
| Leeds United | 46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 81 | 70 | +11 | 72 | 20 | 10 | 16 | 70 | +2 |
| Millwall | 46 | 19 | 13 | 14 | 63 | 47 | +16 | 70 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 73 | -3 |
| Burnley | 46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 65 | 61 | +4 | 68 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | +2 |
| Leicester City | 46 | 19 | 10 | 17 | 76 | 71 | +5 | 67 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 68 | -1 |
| Hull City | 46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 65 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 62 | +3 |
| Middlesbrough | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 68 | 68 | +0 | 62 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 62 | +0 |
| Ipswich Town | 46 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 62 | 68 | -6 | 62 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 60 | +2 |
| Watford | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 77 | 71 | +6 | 61 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 68 | -7 |
| Bristol City | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 62 | 64 | -2 | 60 | 17 | 12 | 17 | 63 | -3 |
| Portsmouth | 46 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 52 | 60 | -8 | 58 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 58 | +0 |
| Barnsley | 46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 55 | 66 | -11 | 56 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 | -1 |
| Coventry City | 46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 54 | 58 | -4 | 55 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | -6 |
| Derby County | 46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 58 | 71 | -13 | 49 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 54 | -5 |
| Crystal Palace | 46 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 44 | 69 | -25 | 48 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 45 | +3 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 11 | 15 | 20 | 55 | 81 | -26 | 48 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 47 | +1 |
| Preston North End | 46 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 54 | 79 | -25 | 42 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 47 | -5 |
| Scunthorpe United | 46 | 12 | 6 | 28 | 43 | 87 | -44 | 42 | 9 | 11 | 26 | 38 | +4 |
| Sheffield United | 46 | 10 | 9 | 27 | 43 | 80 | -37 | 39 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 41 | -2 |
