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La Liga Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is a look at Spain’s statistics for effectiveness. Barcelona and Real Madrid are obviously the strongest here and they do it mainly with possession, but they are still brutally efficient at the attacking end while maintaining possession. Feel free

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Bundesliga Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

Here is the third set of statistics for Germany’s Bundesliga. Bayern Munich have some of the best possession numbers in all of Europe, but their inability to score efficiently has them struggling. Furthermore, their defense has not been that great.

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Ligue 1 Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness

This is a little late for December, but here are the statistics through January 9th for France’s Ligue 1. As far as some trends, it does seem possession is the most telling statistic as the top offensive and defensive effectiveness

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Premier League Effectiveness Through November

The last league I looked at was the Premier League. Here are the statistics for the England top flight. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Arsenal 1.1535 1.0313 58.5333 Aston Villa 1.0951 0.956 47.0 Birmingham 0.9236 0.9614 48.8667 Blackburn

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La Liga Effectiveness Through November

Here is the look at the statistics for the Spanish league through November. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Almeria 0.9858 0.9016 50.4615 Athletic Bilbao 1.2251 1.0188 46.5385 Atlético Madrid 1.3422 0.9815 47.6923 Barcelona 1.0249 1.3441 70.6154 Deportivo La

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Bundesliga Effectiveness Through November

Here is a look at the statistics for the Bundesliga. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) Bayer Leverkusen 0.9644 0.9784 53.3571 Bayern Munich 0.8369 1.0227 65.2857 Borussia Dortmund 1.1443 0.9411 52.7143 Borussia Monchengladbach 1.5287 1.0897 40.7857 Eintracht Frankfurt 0.9926

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Serie A Effectiveness Through November

Here is the second part of statistics I have calculated through November. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (%) AC Milan 1.0577 1.1769 57.7143 AS Roma 0.9943 1.1828 54.4286 Bari 0.8594 0.9862 53.2143 Bologna 0.9944 1.0251 50.3846 Brescia 1.108 0.9202

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Statistics: Offensive And Defensive Effectiveness Of Top European Leagues

I had calculated the offensive and defensive efficiencies, but this month I decided to use a slightly different metric known as effectiveness. It is calculated by taking all of the games from a given league and determining the average number

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Premier League: September Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies

This is the final look at statistics this week where I take a look at the Premier League through the end of September. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (Min) Arsenal 4.4568 2.9046 53.85 Aston Villa 2.7119 3.2787 44.25 Birmingham

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La Liga: September Offensive And Defensive Efficiencies

I will take a look at with the efficiency statistics of La Liga in this post. Here are the results and observations. Team Off Eff Def Eff Possession (Min) Almeria 1.4870 1.7316 48.42 Athletic Bilbao 3.5556 2.5455 40.50 Atletico Madrid

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