"Among soccer nerds, it's generally accepted that we can start making confident statements about team performance once we hit the 10-game mark of the Premier League season. It's a random, low-scoring sport where conversion rates fluctuate massively from game to game, and the same is true for individual and team-level performances. Throw in unbalanced, lopsided schedules from team to team that don't even out until we get to the end of the season,"
"But we're only a couple of weeks away from putting our costumes on, so we've definitely learned some new things about the Premier League already. To try to sift through the noise, Bill Connelly and Ryan O'Hanlon are back with the first edition of their Premier League power rankings since the season began. As always, they've each ranked the entire league from 1 to 20, combined their rankings, averaged them together, and come up with the final list."
Confident assessments of Premier League teams generally require about 10 games because the sport's low scoring and volatile conversion rates produce large game-by-game swings. Both individual and team-level performances show significant variability. Unbalanced, lopsided schedules across teams often do not even out until the season ends, increasing the risk of premature conclusions early in the campaign. With the season a few weeks in, some meaningful patterns have emerged. Two analysts combined independent 1-to-20 rankings, averaged them, and produced updated power rankings presented alongside preseason positions, current points totals, and goal differentials.
Read at ESPN.com
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]