While rummaging around in the data for yesterday’s big batch of charts, I remembered that there was something else that I churned out at this stage last season. What I’ve done below for each of the top four English divisions is to measure how long each club has spent in each of the three main “game states” – i.e. winning,
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We’re far enough into the season that it’s worth updating the long-term trend graphics, which show how a club’s results and underlying performances compare over a three-season period. These are explained in full here and briefly below. Explanation These are adapted from a very similar design by the Swedish blogger Zorba138 and are intended to track a club’s long-term performance, plus whether
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With a few managers losing their jobs today and the combination of an FA Cup round and some international fixtures thinning out the domestic fixture list, it felt like a good time to refresh the scatter graphics. These compare the attacking and defensive performances of every team in a division. Each of the four graphics is explained briefly below and at
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With the FA Cup first round and subsequent international break creating a bit of a breather, I thought it would be interesting to take a first look of the season at the club-by-club attack breakdowns. These are explained in detail here, but in summary they are simple scatter graphics that work as follows: Explanation Each graphic shows a club’s main attacking
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These graphics combine two different views of how the league table can change. The current order of the league table is shown on the left, and in each club’s row there is a hollow colour-coded strip showing how far they are mathematically capable of moving during the next round of fixtures, while inside the strip is a little minimalist column
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Given that we’re heading into an international break, I thought it was worth taking an early look at how the Premier League’s clubs are shaping up so far using my scatter graphics These compare the attacking and defensive performances of every team in a division. Each of the four graphics is explained briefly below and at length here. It’s worth bearing in
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These graphics combine two different views of how the league table can change. The current order of the league table is shown on the left, and in each club’s row there is a hollow colour-coded strip showing how far they are mathematically capable of moving during the next round of fixtures, while inside the strip is a little minimalist column
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