May 19, 2018
9:08:47am
9:08:47am
No, it isn’t. The only place it’s deeper, arguably, is at #4-6. The top 3 is
almost always stronger in Spain, and there is a massive dropoff in the EPL after team #6. From #7 down, La Liga is stronger.
Re-post to illustrate with data:
In Nate Silver's ELO ranking of global soccer clubs, there are 13 La Liga clubs in the current Top 50, by far the most of any league; the EPL has 6 clubs in the Top 50.
Now, those 6 English teams are all in the Top 15, the most of any league; Spain has 3 in that group, all in the Top 8 (RM, Barca, and Atleti)
But there is a huge dropoff for the EPL after their top 6 — after #15 ManU, the next-best-ranked club is Leicester City at #63.
Spain has 6 clubs in the Top 30 — Sevilla, Real Sociedad, and Valencia are the 3 additional Spanish clubs.
Re-post to illustrate with data:
In Nate Silver's ELO ranking of global soccer clubs, there are 13 La Liga clubs in the current Top 50, by far the most of any league; the EPL has 6 clubs in the Top 50.
Now, those 6 English teams are all in the Top 15, the most of any league; Spain has 3 in that group, all in the Top 8 (RM, Barca, and Atleti)
But there is a huge dropoff for the EPL after their top 6 — after #15 ManU, the next-best-ranked club is Leicester City at #63.
Spain has 6 clubs in the Top 30 — Sevilla, Real Sociedad, and Valencia are the 3 additional Spanish clubs.
Originally posted on May 19, 2018 at 9:08:47am
Message modified by chilango on May 19, 2018 at 9:09:40am
Message modified by chilango on May 19, 2018 at 9:11:04am
Message modified by chilango on May 19, 2018 at 9:11:51am
Message modified by chilango on May 19, 2018 at 9:12:32am
Message modified by chilango on May 19, 2018 at 9:12:53am
Message modified by chilango on May 19, 2018 at 10:50:02am
- Bio page
- chilango
- Joined
- Jul 23, 2009
- Last login
- Dec 27, 2020
- Total posts
- 25,771 (33 FO)
