10 Responses to League Stats

1. Ken Crema says:

   September 20, 2011 at 2:45 pm

   This is great work, one of the interesting things is how well the French league does despite being seen as a development league.

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2. Spinney says:

   September 20, 2011 at 4:12 pm

   This site is fantastic, curious if you thought about adding a percentage of non-scoreless draws? Keep up the good work!

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   • Simon says:

     September 20, 2011 at 4:22 pm

     Thanks! You can calculate non-scoreless draws on your own from the data given :) Take EPL for example: 47% home wins, 24% away wins means there must be 29% draws. 29% minus 6.6% (0:0) = 22.4% of all EPL games in 2010/2011 end in a non-scoreless draw.
     I know this isn’t 100% accurate as home and away wins are rounded to whole numbers, but it can give you *almost* accurate results.

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3. Kenny Stewart says:

   September 21, 2011 at 9:28 am

   Great site, great work. I am always interested in data like this.

   I would be interested, and have previously tried to construct, in a similar index based on TV contracts. I fell down through lack of identifiable or verifiable data. It is also made difficult through collective bargaining deals versus individual club TV contracts. Would like to compare the size of the TV contracts, price per game, extent of other sponsorship revenue, prize money pot, number of televised games, revenue from international rights and maybe even average audience figures.

   That would be an interesting comparison too. I realise your site is all about the footballing aspects of the game, as it should be, but a comparison of what makes the game tick from a modern perspective would be fascinating too.

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   • Simon says:

     September 21, 2011 at 9:36 am

     Thanks for your input, Kenny! As you said, gaining reliable data is a pain in the lower back, especially when it comes to smaller countries / leagues. Now that the main site has 50 leagues I might look at the finances again, but don’t expect too much.

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4. Alex says:

   May 7, 2012 at 12:33 pm

   It would be nice to add a column with the number of teams in each league/division.

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5. marco leccacorvi says:

   December 19, 2012 at 10:35 pm

   brilliant brilliant website and table. weell done

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6. raymond says:

   December 20, 2012 at 8:39 am

   english pl, is the most overated league in the world. Look at what happened in cl group of death, man city taking the bottom of the table among other league winners. Or have you seen the fifa xi squad of 12, Only one english player made it,for crying out loud. Which is kompany of man city.
   Look at the player that comes from other major league to epl and see how they over the team , players like, mata, aguero, oscar, makalele (from madrid), torres(when in liverpool), ballack, the list keep going. Ok can that be said for epl, i only know of few. C. Ronaldo, alonso, and eh , i cant think of any other, please dont start telling me fabrigas , or A.song, marcharno . I meant players who if they dont play the team is likely to lose, not some famous beach warmers like owen (when he at madrid.
   Finally i think the epl is this popular just because of its money, but when looked at critically they are nothing but a bunch of overated teams.

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7. Tuomas says:

   January 26, 2013 at 2:21 pm

   Thanks for the data. Does Anyone where could i found the amount international players in different leagues?

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8. Bulent Kalafat says:

   January 28, 2013 at 10:26 pm

   It is significant that Turkey’s “% of population per matchday” stat is among the lowest. This is attributable to high ticket prices relative to average income, bad/old stadiums and the three Istanbul clubs having too many followers in other regions of the country who should opt to support their local clubs.

   In turn the stat explains a significant part of the country’s stagnant progress in the sport.

   Great data.

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