Final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Football League Championship
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I have a number of analysts from clubs in England’s second division who read this site, so this new Pythagorean table is for them.
Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Football League Championship, whose final round of matches were played on 28 April 2012. The standard league Pythagorean exponent is 1.70.
Remember that the Pythagorean table predicts points earned on the field of play, and does not account for league deductions. So Portsmouth have 50 points in the table, but in reality they have 40 because they entered administration.
Major overachievers in the Championship include Reading, Middlesbrough, Watford, and Derby County. The biggest underachievers were Peterborough and Coventry City. In the end, the three clubs with highest Pythagorean expectations will play Premier League football next season.
| League Table | Pythagorean | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | Pts | Δ |
| Reading | 46 | 27 | 8 | 11 | 69 | 41 | +28 | 89 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 81 | +8 |
| Southampton | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 85 | 46 | +39 | 88 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 89 | -1 |
| West Ham United | 46 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 81 | 48 | +33 | 86 | 24 | 11 | 11 | 83 | +3 |
| Birmingham City | 46 | 20 | 16 | 10 | 78 | 51 | +27 | 76 | 23 | 11 | 12 | 80 | -4 |
| Blackpool | 46 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 79 | 59 | +20 | 75 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 77 | -2 |
| Cardiff City | 46 | 19 | 18 | 9 | 66 | 53 | +13 | 75 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 72 | +3 |
| Middlesbrough | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 52 | 51 | +1 | 70 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 62 | +8 |
| Hull City | 46 | 19 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 44 | +3 | 68 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 63 | +5 |
| Leicester City | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | 55 | +11 | 66 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 69 | -3 |
| Brighton and Hove Albion | 46 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 52 | 52 | +0 | 66 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | +5 |
| Watford | 46 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 56 | 64 | -8 | 64 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 57 | +7 |
| Derby County | 46 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 58 | -8 | 64 | 15 | 13 | 18 | 58 | +6 |
| Burnley | 46 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 62 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 66 | -4 |
| Leeds United | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 65 | 68 | -3 | 61 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 62 | -1 |
| Ipswich Town | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 69 | 77 | -8 | 61 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 59 | +2 |
| Millwall | 46 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 55 | 57 | -2 | 57 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 61 | -4 |
| Crystal Palace | 46 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 46 | 51 | -5 | 56 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 59 | -3 |
| Portsmouth | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 59 | -9 | 50 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 55 | -5 |
| Peterborough United | 46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 67 | 77 | -10 | 50 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 59 | -9 |
| Nottingham Forest | 46 | 14 | 8 | 24 | 48 | 63 | -15 | 50 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 52 | -2 |
| Bristol City | 46 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 44 | 68 | -24 | 49 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 45 | +4 |
| Barnsley | 46 | 13 | 9 | 24 | 49 | 74 | -25 | 48 | 12 | 12 | 22 | 48 | +0 |
| Coventry City | 46 | 9 | 13 | 24 | 41 | 65 | -24 | 40 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 46 | -6 |
| Doncaster Rovers | 46 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 43 | 80 | -37 | 36 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 41 | -5 |
