Showing posts with label Leicester City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Leicester City. Show all posts

Monday, April 25, 2011

League Championship Easter Monday Results and Updated Projection

Unlike in the US, Easter Monday is a holiday in the UK.  One of the ways they celebrate is by playing soccer.  All 24 teams in the Championship played today.  Here is how they performed vs my predictions:

Burnley 1 Portsmouth 1 (-10 pts)
Scunthorpe United 1 Millwall 2 (+30 pts)
Preston North End 0 Cardiff City 1 (+15 pts)
Swansea City 4 Ipswich Town 1 (+10 pts)
Bristol City 2 Nottingham Forest 3 (-10 pts)
Leicester City 4 Watford 2 (-10 pts)
Queens Park Rangers 1 Hull City 1 (-10 pts)
Barnsley 2 Doncaster Rovers 2 (-10 pts)
Reading 2 Sheffield United 3 (-10 pts)
Norwich 3 Derby County 2 (+15 pts)
Middlesbrough 2 Coventry City 1 (-10 pts)
Crystal Palace 1 Leeds United 0 (-10 pts)

Overall score was -10 pts and I projected 4 of 12 outcomes correctly.

A victory by QPR would have clinched the title but Hull City held them to a draw.  Meanwhile Norwich and Cardiff's wins kept their title hopes alive.  Cardiff's victory over Preston North End clinched relegation for the Lillywhites.

After the jump, my updated projection.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

League Championship Rankings - 4/14

TeamMOVSOSSRS
Queens Park Rangers0.927-0.0230.904
Reading0.5850.0170.602
Cardiff City0.512-0.0030.509
Swansea City0.4630.0120.475
Norwich City0.439-0.0010.438
Millwall0.3170.0330.350
Nottingham Forest0.2680.0270.296
Watford0.268-0.0130.255
Leeds United0.244-0.0360.208
Hull City0.0980.0110.108
Leicester City0.098-0.0170.081
Ipswich Town0.024-0.0080.017
Burnley0.000-0.021-0.021
Portsmouth-0.073-0.013-0.086
Coventry City-0.098-0.005-0.103
Bristol City-0.1220.014-0.108
Middlesbrough-0.1750.009-0.166
Derby County-0.171-0.045-0.216
Barnsley-0.2680.020-0.248
Doncaster Rovers-0.5120.023-0.489
Crystal Palace-0.5370.027-0.510
Preston North End-0.561-0.010-0.571
Sheffield United-0.756-0.002-0.758
Scunthorpe United-0.9760.005-0.971


These rankings include matches from last weekend and this past Tuesday.  Norwich dropped two spots from last week due to their loss to Swansea.  Leicester moves up three spots after their big win over Burnley, who coincidentally dropped three spots.  Coventry City also moved up three spots and seems to be revitalized after changing coaches.