The European Leagues & Competitions Thread V2

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CIES Football Observatory

n°281 - 27/01/2020

Performance

 

Efficiency rankings in 31 European leagues

Issue number 281 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post compares points achieved by teams from 31 European leagues with points expected according to a statistical model taking into account ball possession, as well as the number and distance of both shots taken and conceded as per InStat data. The analysis highlights the great efficiency of clubs such as Benfica (+0.71 points per match), Liverpool (+0.66), Juventus (+0.64), Schalke 04 (+0.57) and Valencia (+0.55).

The pitch production of Benfica should have allowed them to achieve 2.11 points per match compared to 2.82 in reality. The greatest positive gap out of the 496 clubs from the 31 leagues surveyed was recorded for Astra Giurgiu (+0.85). The Romanian side obtained almost two points per match despite having conceded more shots than those taken and having had only about 45% of ball possession. The same holds true for Turkish league leader Sivaspor (+0.73).

The greatest negative gap overall was registered for Heart of Midlothian: 0.62 points achieved compared to 1.39 expected (-0.77). Champions League round of 16 participants Atalanta (-0.71) and Napoli (-0.61) were also particularly inefficient with respect to their pitch production. Manchester City (-0.36) and Chelsea (-0.33) are at the bottom of the Premier League efficiency rankings. More exclusive InStat data is accessible in the CIES Football Observatory Performance Atlas.

Gap between points per match achieved and expected, season 2019/20

Domestic league matches until 20/01/2020. Data: InStat.

 

the entire table at the link above

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Jerome Boateng was embroiled in a training-ground bust-up with Leon Goretzka
Boateng slapped Goretzka in the face after he kicked him off the ball in training
Boateng has been told he 'will not be allowed' to leave in the January window 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7947111/PICTURE-EXCLUSIVE-Bayern-stars-fight-training-Leon-Goretzka-SLAPPED-Jerome-Boateng.html

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Hertha Berlin  v Schalke 04  HD Streams

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2020/bundesliga-hertha-bsc-vs-schalke-04-s1/

https://www.vipleague.cc/hertha-berlin-streaming

 

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some players to watch

Schalke

GK Alexander Nübel (going to Bayern this summer)

CB Ozan Kabak

CB Jean-Clair Todibo (bench)

LB Juan Miranda (bench)

CMF Weston McKennie

AMF Amine Harit

 

Hertha

CB Jordan Torunarigha

DMF Santiago Ascacíbar

LW Javairô Dilrosun

CF Piatek (on the bench)

DMF Arne Maier (bench)

 

 

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Piatek on

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6 hours ago, Vesper said:

Hertha Berlin  v Schalke 04  HD Streams

http://www.sportnews.to/sports/2020/bundesliga-hertha-bsc-vs-schalke-04-s1/

https://www.vipleague.cc/hertha-berlin-streaming

 

It's so annoying you can't take photos or record videos in most Berlin clubs. 

[NikkiCFC 7,582]

Haaland

[11Drogba 2,000]

 

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4 hours ago, 11Drogba said:

 

and he got another one after that

[Tomo 21,681]

Gone to the Camp Nou for tonight's game and Messi is even more insane in the flesh.

We will never see his like again.

[LAM09 6,547]

and he got another one after that

Supposedly not fully fit either. [emoji1]

[NikkiCFC 7,582]

Crazy scenes in Spain. Player got sent off for a tackle but after VAR review he returned from dressing room only to get second yellow seconds later 😂

 

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CIES Football Observatory

n°282 - 03/02/2020

Demography

Most fielded youngsters

https://football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/b5wp/2019/wp282/en/

 

issue number 282 of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post presents the list of players born in the 2000s who played the highest percentage of domestic league minutes during current season. Dejan Kulusevski (Parma, on loan from Juventus) tops the table for the big-5 league players ahead of Sandro Tonali (Brescia), Max Aarons (Norwich) and the 17-year-old French talent Eduardo Camavinga (Stade Rennais).

Conor Gallagher (Swansea, on loan from Chelsea) heads the rankings for the second divisions of big-5 league countries. The Spanish prodigy Pedri (Las Palmas) is fourth. Born in 2002, the attacking midfielder has already signed a long-term contract for FC Barcelona. At 19th position is a player born in 2003: Jude Bellingham (Birmingham City). The English midfielder already scored four goals in the Championship.

The Dutchman Sven Botman is at the top of the rankings for players from the other top divisions taken into account. The centre back loaned by Ajax to Heerenveen outranks the Brazilian midfielder Gustavo Assunção (Famalicão) and three very young talents: the Czech forward Adam Hložek (2002, Sparta Prague), the Australian midfielder Louis D’Arrigo (2001, Adelaide) and the Swiss defender Leonidas Stergiou (2002, St-Gall).

Most fielded youngsters, big-5 leagues

Players born on or after 01/01/2000. Season 2019/20, domestic league matches until 27/01/2020.

 

Most fielded youngsters, big-5 league countries second division

Players born on or after 01/01/2000. Season 2019/20, domestic league matches until 27/01/2020.

 

Most fielded youngsters, other leagues

Players born on or after 01/01/2000. Season 2019/20, domestic league matches until 27/01/2020.

 

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European Cup 1960 Final - Real Madrid 7 Eintracht Frankfurt 3

Ferenc Puskás 4 goals

Alfredo Di Stéfano 3 Goals

Only double hat trick in European Cup/CL Final history

Real Madrid's 5th Straight European Championship

Crowd was over 127,000 people at Glasgow's Hampden Park.

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[Jase 43,479]

Haaland just scored again. Christ! This time in the DFB Pokal.

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UEFA referee admits mistakes were made during Ajax vs Chelsea in the Champions league and may have cost the Dutch side €11.3m

https://www.caughtoffside.com/2020/02/06/uefa-referee-admits-mistakes-were-made-during-ajax-vs-chelsea-in-the-champions-league-and-may-have-cost-the-dutch-side-e11-3m/

 

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Real Madrid being beat 0-3 at home by Sociedad

1-3 now