FOOTBALL: SPANISH LEAGUE THE BEST THIS SEASON?

Why? Simple. It is the most unpredictable league for this season. Look at the 5 biggest leagues in Europe now. Look at the points difference in the Spanish La Liga top 5. The difference is basically 2 points from the top 5. EPL has 12 points, Serie A has 12 points, Bundesliga has 10 points and Ligue 1 has 13 points difference.

As of today before the matches played for Sunday night:

English Premier League
1. Chelsea 11 matches 31 points scored 28 goals conceded 6 goals
2. Wigan 10 matches 22 points scored 11 goals conceded 5 goals
3. Tottenham 11 matches 20 points scored 13 goals conceded 7 goals
4. Bolton 11 matches 20 points scored 13 goals conceded 11 goals
5. Charlton 10 matches 19 ponts scored 15 goals conceded 10 goals

Italian Serie A
1. Juventus 10 matches 27 points scored 19 goals conceded 5 goals
2. AC Milan 10 matches 25 points scored 21 goals conceded 8 goals
3. Inter Milan 10 matches 19 points scored 20 goals conceded 10 goals
4. Fiorentina 9 matches 19 points scored 20 goals conceded 11 goals
5. Palermo 9 matches 15 points scored 17 goals conceded 14 goals

Spanish La Liga
1. Real Madrid 10 matches 18 points scored 21 goals conceded 11 goals
2. Osasuna 9 matches 18 points scored 12 goals conceded 10 goals
3. Getafe 9 matches 17 points scored 16 goals conceded 12 goals
4. Celta Vigo 10 matches 17 points scored 12 goals conceded 10 goals
5. Barcelona 9 matches 16 points scored 19 goals conceded 10 goals

German Bundesliga
1. Bayern Munich 11 matches 28 points scored 24 goals conceded 7 goals
2. Werder Bremen 11 matches 26 points scored 31 goals conceded 13 goals
3. Hamburg SV 11 matches 24 points scored 19 goals conceded 6 goals
4. Schalke 04 11 matches 18 points scored 11 goals conceded 7 goals
5. Borussia M'gladbach 11 matches 18 points scored 16 goals conceded 13 goals

French Ligue 1
1. Lyon 13 matches 33 points scored 23 goals conceded 8 goals
2. Bprdeaux 13 matches 24 points scored 14 goals conceded 7 goals
3. Stt Etienne 13 matches 23 points scored 14 goals conceded 7 goals
4. PSG 12 matches 23 points scored 15 goals conceded 9 goals
5. Lille 13 matches 20 points scored 18 goals conceded 10 goals

EPL is getting into a Chelsea domination league. Traditional favourites Manchester United lost humbly last night and look far from their very best. Manchester United and Arsenal are both 13 and 14 points behind Chelsea. I heard Arsenal are desperate to get Diego Forlan to add more firepower up front.

Serie A is again between Juventus and AC Milan like it has always been for the past decade. The opinion that Serie A is too defensive is not really true if you compare the statistics against other leagues in Europe. Just with a total count between the 5 leagues with the number of goals scored and conceded, you will have an idea.

Premier League top 5 scored 80 goals and conceded 39 goals, Serie A top 5 scored 97 goals and conceded 48 goals, La Liga top 5 scored 80 goals and conceded 53 goals, Bundesliga top 5 scored 103 goals and conceded 46 goals and Ligue 1 top 5 scored 84 goals and conceded 41 goals.

Bundesliga and Serie A has the most goals scored up to now while the La Liga had conceded the most goals, followed by Serie A. So this proves that Serie A is not too ultra denfensive right? They score alot too. If you count the difference, then you begin to understand why the La Liga is so tight this season.

Premier League has a difference of 41 goals, Serie A has the difference of 49 goals, La Liga has the difference of 27 goals, Bundesliga has a difference of 57 goals and Ligue 1 has a difference of 43 goals. You can tell straight away that the difference between goal scored and conceded in the La Liga is only 27 goals with the closest to be the Premier League with 41 goals.

Well, this means that between the 3 top leagues in Europe, basically La Liga offers the closest competition and everything is not predictable. Last season however, Barcelona were so much more consistent. Still, we are hardly halfway through the season. Still, it is good to have a look at the tables now that it is about 1/3 of the season gone.