Pythagorean 2.0 Projections: 2009-2010 Turkish Super League

And here are the Pythagorean projections for the 2009-2010 Turkish Super League.  League Pythagorean exponent is 1.70, same as with English and French leagues.

Club
GP   GF
 GA
Actual Pts
Predicted Pts
+/- Point Differential
Fenerbahce 17 31 17 37 32 +5
Galatasaray 17 36 21 36 32 +4
Bursaspor 17 34 17 35 34 +1
Kayserispor 17 28 13 34 33 +1
Besiktas 17 20 10 32 31 +1
Trabzonspor 17 30 21 27 29 -2
Genclerbirligi 17 23 17 26 27 -1
Istanbul BB 17 21 25 26 21 +5
Eskisehirspor 17 21 16 25 27 -2
Antalyaspor 17 24 21 24 25 -1
Gaziantepspor 17 22 20 24 25 -1
Kasimpasa 17 26 28 20 22 -2
Manisaspor 17 16 19 18 21 -3
Diyarbakirspor 17 17 25 18 18 0
Ankaragucu 17 22 25 17 21 -4
Sivasspor 17 21 29 17 19 -2
Denizlispor 17 11 28 7 12 -5
Ankaraspor 17 0 51 0 2 -2

Here's, it's the top two who are overperforming relative to expectations, as well as Istanbul BB.  Those two heavy losses they sustained (0-6 and 1-6) have distorted their statistical expectation.  It is interesting to observe that the bottom half of the table are all underperforming statistically, except for Diyarbakirspor.

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