Final Pythagorean table for 2010-11 Portuguese Primeira Liga

Below is the final Pythagorean table for the 2010-11 Primeira Liga of Portugal, which concluded yesterday.  Standard statements about the Pythagorean table apply.  I had wondered if Porto's unbeaten season would "break" the Pythagorean expectation.  Looks like it did.  But when I compare Porto's record to that of other champion teams, it appears that their goal difference wasn't large enough to narrow the Pythagorean variance.

  League Table Pythagorean
Team GP W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L Pts Δ
Porto 30 27 3 0 73 16 +57 84 23 5 2 74 +10
Benfica 30 20 3 7 61 31 +30 63 18 7 5 61 +2
Sporting CP 30 13 9 8 41 31 +10 48 13 8 9 47 +1
Sporting de Braga 30 13 7 10 45 33 +12 46 14 8 8 50 -4
Vitória de Guimarães 30 12 7 11 36 37 -1 43 11 8 11 41 +2
Nacional 30 11 9 10 28 31 -3 42 9 10 11 37 +5
Paços de Ferreira 30 10 11 9 35 42 -7 41 9 8 13 35 +6
Rio Ave 30 10 8 12 35 33 +2 38 11 9 10 42 -4
Marítimo 30 9 8 13 33 32 +1 35 11 9 10 42 -7
União de Leiria 30 9 8 13 25 38 -13 35 7 9 14 30 +5
Olhanense 30 7 13 10 24 34 -10 34 8 9 13 33 +1
Vitória de Setúbal 30 8 10 12 29 42 -13 34 8 8 14 32 +2
Beira-Mar 30 7 12 11 32 36 -4 33 10 9 11 39 -6
Académica 30 7 9 14 32 48 -16 30 8 8 14 32 -2
Portimonense 30 6 7 17 29 49 -20 25 7 8 15 29 -4
Naval 1º de Maio 30 5 8 17 26 51 -25 23 6 7 17 25 -2

 

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