EPL Week 1: Territory Data

by Hawerchuk on Aug 15, 2010 6:20 PM EDT in Zzz...Soccer

Nine of the weekend's first ten games have been played, with only one upset so far (Everton losing to Blackburn Rovers.)

Territory Leader	Terr%	Mins Tied	Outcome		Terr%	Mins Tied	Outcome
Chelsea	80.5	6.0	W	West Brom	19.5	6.0	L
Wolverhampton	71.7	37.1	W	Stoke	28.3	37.1	L
Everton	68.8	13.9	L	Blackburn	31.2	13.9	W
Aston Villa	64.2	15.3	W	West Ham	35.8	15.3	L
Man City	62.7	95.2	D	Spurs	37.3	95.2	D
Arsenal	59.4	53.9	D	Liverpool	40.6	53.9	D
Sunderland	58.7	29.5	D	Birmingham	41.3	29.5	D
Blackpool	55.6	16.6	W	Wigan	44.4	16.6	L
Fulham	51.5	95.0	D	Bolton	48.5	95.0	D

Territory-leading teams took 16 points, while losing teams took 7.

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Glad to see you’re continuing your analysis into the season! If I recall correctly, this is your first season doing EPL analysis. Are you just getting into the sport this year?

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by Jake Shapiro on Aug 15, 2010 7:14 PM EDT reply actions

I’ve been following soccer since 1985. Used to follow English football, but I’m mostly a fan of the Canadian national team, and it has been a very dry last 10 years. But in the same way that fantasy football gets people into sports they don’t follow very closely, analysis does it for.

by Hawerchuk on Aug 15, 2010 8:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Chelsea just got a SB Nation page....real cool

just incase people didn’t know.

Since the face been revealed the game got real

by BL3ACH on Aug 15, 2010 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

The Man City/Spurs on is interesting

Since everyone you talk to says that the City keeper, Joe Hart, saved them the game. Yet they dominanted posession. Whch is what I saw, but I only watched the 2nd half.

by DarrenV on Aug 16, 2010 12:37 AM EDT reply actions

Spurs had a number of chances in the 1st, although they didn’t dominate possession (by my eye anyway). The 2nd half was a different story.

Interesting that Liverpool’s Terr % was 40.6 as they were outplayed in the 1st and were down to 10 for the entire 2nd. I don’t think they would have had such a positive reaction after losing a man if this were last season.

by smyttysmullet on Aug 16, 2010 4:00 AM EDT up reply actions

I’ll take a closer look at that one

by Hawerchuk on Aug 16, 2010 4:41 PM EDT up reply actions

Was their anything better than seeing Giggs continue his goal scoring streak (a goal scored in every Premier League seasons since it’s formation in 1992)? Not only that, but on a beautiful first-touch strike from about 17 yards?

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