The West Ham Process » Goal difference http://westhamprocess.FootballUNITED.com Musings in Claret and Blue Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:10:35 +0000 http://FootballUNITED.com/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Comparison stats [Part II] – better goal difference this year http://westhamprocess.FootballUNITED.com/2009/11/23/comparison-stats-part-ii-better-goal-difference-this-year/ http://westhamprocess.FootballUNITED.com/2009/11/23/comparison-stats-part-ii-better-goal-difference-this-year/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:22:29 +0000 Sam H http://westhamprocess.com/?p=2021 Last month I put together a ‘take-this-with-a-pinch-of-salt’ comparison piece outlining the head-to-head history of all the sides we had played till that point in the season (HERE) Although, like I say, you do have to take the results with a pinch of salt, it was interesting to see how we usually fair against certain sides. One lesson learned was that we should never expect points against Bolton (although each and every year, without fail, I look at that as potential to gain three points)

I’ve put together a slightly different comparison this time around, highlighting how we fared in the exact same fixtures played this year compared to last:

FixtureLast YearPointsGD +/-This YearPointsGD +/-
Spurs (H)0-20-21-20-1
Blackburn (A)1-11-20-01-1
Wigan (A)1-04-10-11-2
Liverpool (H)0-34-42-31-3
Man City (A)0-34-71-31-5
Fulham (H)3-17-52-22-5
Stoke (A)1-010-41-22-6
Arsenal (H)0-210-62-23-6
Sunderland (A)1-013-52-24-6
Villa (H)0-113-62-17-5
Everton (H)1-313-81-27-6
Hull (A)0-113-93-38-6
Totals:8-1713-917-238-6

So from that, a quick few summary points:

- We have scored 9 more goals compared to last year
- But, conceded 6 more

- We earned 5 more points in the corresponding fixtures last year.
- We have seen the same results against Spurs, Blackburn, Liverpool, Man City and Everton
- Last year we beat Wigan, Fulham, Stoke and Sunderland, whereas this year we only managed 2 points from the same fixtures.
- We have improved on the Arsenal, Villa and Hull results compared to last year.

I produce these stats table to simply put the data out there and hopefully make it easier to interpret. My opinion on the whole lot is quite simply this…our urgency to secure the services of a new striker during the summer has clearly paid off. We’ve scored significantly more goals. However…it is obviously been at detriment to our defence (selling Collins was a massive mistake).

I am however confident that once our defence settles into the same four each week for the best part, we will soon see a climb up the table. Although our goal difference is actually better this year we are shipping goals like there’s no tomorrow. Sort that, and we’ve got the makings of a side that can still achieve something this year.

Love too know your comments

IRONS

Sam

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