- Dec 9, 2006
- 1,584
- 3,898
Table based on expected points makes interesting reading
№ Team M W D L G GA PTS xG xGA xPTS № Team M W D L G GA PTS xG xGA xPTS 2 Manchester City 38 26 3 9 102 35 81 102.21+0.21 37.00+2.00 86.76+5.76 1 Liverpool 38 32 3 3 85 33 99 75.19-9.81 39.57+6.57 74.28-24.72 4 Chelsea 38 20 6 12 69 54 66 76.23+7.23 41.09-12.91 73.49+7.49 3 Manchester United 38 18 12 8 66 36 66 66.19+0.19 38.06+2.06 70.99+4.99 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 15 14 9 51 40 59 54.22+3.22 37.39-2.61 63.82+4.82 5 Leicester 38 18 8 12 67 41 62 61.02-5.98 47.89+6.89 61.16-0.84 11 Southampton 38 15 7 16 51 60 52 56.50+5.50 56.59-3.41 56.87+4.87 12 Everton 38 13 10 15 44 56 49 53.71+9.71 49.21-6.79 55.78+6.78 8 Arsenal 38 14 14 10 56 48 56 50.82-5.18 57.25+9.25 50.15-5.85 10 Burnley 38 15 9 14 43 50 54 49.35+6.35 53.84+3.84 49.54-4.46 9 Sheffield United 38 14 12 12 39 39 54 45.81+6.81 52.04+13.04 49.34-4.66 6 Tottenham 38 16 11 11 61 47 59 49.02-11.98 54.13+7.13 49.26-9.74 15 Brighton 38 9 14 15 39 54 41 47.42+8.42 60.42+6.42 48.02+7.02 19 Watford 38 8 10 20 36 64 34 48.56+12.56 59.53-4.47 47.87+13.87 18 Bournemouth 38 9 7 22 40 65 34 44.67+4.67 63.29-1.71 39.20+5.20 16 West Ham 38 10 9 19 49 62 39 49.07+0.07 68.32+6.32 38.75-0.25 14 Crystal Palace 38 11 10 17 31 50 43 34.45+3.45 57.39+7.39 38.26-4.74 17 Aston Villa 38 9 8 21 41 67 35 45.09+4.09 71.60+4.60 37.23+2.23 20 Norwich 38 5 6 27 26 75 21 37.23+11.23 71.61-3.39 33.12+12.12 13 Newcastle United 38 11 11 16 38 58 44 36.49-1.51 67.03+9.03 31.92-12.08
This table gives me two feelings:
1) Bruce has done a hell of a job at Newcastle
2) Likewise Hasenhuttl at Southampton. I think he's the next manager who can really make an impact at a bigger club (a la Poch?)