Pythagorean table for 2011-12 Engish Premier League (2012-03-25)
Categories: Soccer Pythagorean: Tables
Below is the Pythagorean table for the 2011-12 English Premier League season, for matches played up to 25 March 2012. The standard league Pythagorean exponent of 1.70 is used.
The league at the three-quarter mark can be described by the surges of Manchester United and Arsenal. City are playing well enough to be in the lead, but United have played at a different level since mid-January. Their +8 Pythagorean residual is extremely high for a league leader; I haven’t seen one that high since Twente’s league win in the Netherlands a few years ago. Arsenal’s Pythagorean residual hasn’t changed since the previous table, so it appears that they’ve righted the ship after the early-season turmoil and rumours about Wenger’s future at the club.
I’m amazed at how much of a gap has opened up between Newcastle and Liverpool. It looks like a product of Newcastle getting results and Liverpool not getting them. (Obvious explanation, I know!) Stoke should be in the relegation dogfight but they keep on defying gravity in mid-table. And the bottom five teams will be sweating it out in the final quarter of the season.
| League Table | Pythagorean | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | Pts | Δ |
| Manchester United | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 74 | 27 | +47 | 73 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 65 | +8 |
| Manchester City | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 72 | 22 | +50 | 70 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 68 | +2 |
| Arsenal | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 61 | 39 | +22 | 58 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 54 | +4 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 55 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | +3 |
| Chelsea | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 34 | +15 | 50 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 49 | +1 |
| Newcastle United | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 50 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 43 | +7 |
| Liverpool | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 42 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 45 | -3 |
| Sunderland | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 44 | -4 |
| Everton | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 30 | 32 | -2 | 40 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | +1 |
| Swansea City | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 36 | -2 | 39 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 39 | +0 |
| Norwich City | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 41 | 47 | -6 | 39 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 | +2 |
| Stoke City | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 41 | -12 | 38 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 32 | +6 |
| Fulham | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | -4 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | -2 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 36 | 41 | -5 | 36 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 38 | -2 |
| Aston Villa | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 31 | 38 | -7 | 33 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 35 | -2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 62 | -19 | 28 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 30 | -2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 29 | 8 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 58 | -25 | 26 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 | -1 |
| Queens Park Rangers | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 33 | 53 | -20 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -3 |
| Wigan Athletic | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 55 | -28 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 25 | +0 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 31 | 65 | -34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | -2 |
