A stark difference in form this season.

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

It is interesting to observe that over the season to date we have fared far better against bottom half teams as the following tables from 365.com show. Quite frankly, I didn''t realise the difference was so stark. The data also fly in the face of generally received wisdom that we trip our ourselves against the ''weaker'' teams. I know that the picture has changed somewhat since Glenn came, but the difference is still stark.

 

	Team	Pld	vBH	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GFA	GAA		PpG	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion (1)	27	14	9	1	4	34	17	17	2.42	1.21		2.00	28
2	Bristol City (2)	27	14	8	4	2	22	15	7	1.57	1.07		2.00	28
3	Crystal Palace (6)	27	16	8	7	1	24	14	10	1.50	0.87		1.93	31
4	Norwich City (18)	27	11	6	3	2	13	6	7	1.18	0.54		1.90	21
5	Watford (3)	27	16	9	3	4	31	23	8	1.93	1.43		1.87	30
6	Cardiff City (8)	27	14	7	5	2	20	12	8	1.42	0.85		1.85	26
7	Ipswich Town (7)	27	13	7	3	3	26	17	9	2.00	1.30		1.84	24
8	Wolverhampton Wndrs (12)	27	15	7	6	2	14	8	6	0.93	0.53		1.80	27
9	Plymouth Argyle (9)	27	13	6	3	4	17	11	6	1.30	0.84		1.61	21
10	Stoke City (4)	27	13	6	3	4	25	22	3	1.92	1.69		1.61	21
11	Charlton Athletic (5)	27	15	6	6	3	22	16	6	1.46	1.06		1.60	24
12	Sheffield Wednesday (21)	26	11	5	2	4	13	9	4	1.18	0.81		1.54	17
13	Coventry City (17)	26	11	5	2	4	14	15	-1	1.27	1.36		1.54	17
14	Hull City (10)	27	13	6	2	5	16	16	0	1.23	1.23		1.53	20
15	Blackpool (16)	27	15	6	4	5	20	17	3	1.33	1.13		1.46	22
16	Sheffield United (14)	27	11	4	4	3	14	13	1	1.27	1.18		1.45	16
17	Scunthorpe United (23)	27	15	5	6	4	15	15	0	1.00	1.00		1.40	21
18	Southampton (13)	27	15	5	5	5	18	23	-5	1.20	1.53		1.33	20
19	Barnsley (15)	27	12	4	3	5	16	20	-4	1.33	1.66		1.25	15
20	Burnley (11)	27	14	4	5	5	17	21	-4	1.21	1.50		1.21	17
21	Leicester City (19)	27	11	3	4	4	11	10	1	1.00	0.90		1.18	13
22	Colchester United (24)	27	14	3	7	4	20	19	1	1.42	1.35		1.14	16
23	Queens Park Rangers (20)	27	12	3	4	5	13	17	-4	1.08	1.41		1.08	13
24	Preston North End (22)	27	14	3	4	7	12	15	-3	0.85	1.07		0.92	13

Against top half teams the picture is thus:

 

Team	Pld	vTH	W	D	L	F	A	GD	GFA	GAA		PpG	Pts
1	West Bromwich Albion (1)	27	13	6	4	3	25	15	10	1.92	1.15		1.69	22
2	Stoke City (4)	27	14	5	8	1	18	12	6	1.28	0.85		1.64	23
3	Charlton Athletic (5)	27	12	6	1	5	18	16	2	1.50	1.33		1.58	19
4	Watford (3)	27	11	5	2	4	13	12	1	1.18	1.09		1.54	17
5	Burnley (11)	27	13	5	5	3	17	14	3	1.30	1.07		1.53	20
6	Bristol City (2)	27	13	5	5	3	13	17	-4	1.00	1.30		1.53	20
7	Southampton (13)	27	12	5	1	6	18	21	-3	1.50	1.75		1.33	16
8	Hull City (10)	27	14	4	6	4	17	16	1	1.21	1.14		1.28	18
9	Barnsley (15)	27	15	4	7	4	18	19	-1	1.20	1.26		1.26	19
10	Plymouth Argyle (9)	27	14	4	5	5	18	19	-1	1.28	1.35		1.21	17
11	Sheffield United (14)	27	16	5	4	7	17	18	-1	1.06	1.12		1.18	19
12	Ipswich Town (7)	27	14	4	4	6	18	19	-1	1.28	1.35		1.14	16
13	Queens Park Rangers (20)	27	15	4	5	6	18	23	-5	1.20	1.53		1.13	17
14	Preston North End (22)	27	13	4	2	7	14	18	-4	1.07	1.38		1.07	14
15	Leicester City (19)	27	16	3	8	5	16	17	-1	1.00	1.06		1.06	17
16	Coventry City (17)	26	15	4	3	8	15	27	-12	1.00	1.80		1.00	15
17	Cardiff City (8)	27	13	3	4	6	14	20	-6	1.07	1.53		1.00	13
18	Blackpool (16)	27	12	2	5	5	15	18	-3	1.25	1.50		0.91	11
19	Crystal Palace (6)	27	11	2	4	5	10	13	-3	0.90	1.18		0.90	10
20	Wolverhampton Wndrs (12)	27	12	2	4	6	10	18	-8	0.83	1.50		0.83	10
21	Colchester United (24)	27	13	2	4	7	19	27	-8	1.46	2.07		0.76	10
22	Sheffield Wednesday (21)	26	15	3	2	10	15	25	-10	1.00	1.66		0.73	11
23	Norwich City (18)	27	16	2	4	10	14	29	-15	0.87	1.81		0.62	10
24	Scunthorpe United (23)	27	12	1	3	8	13	26	-13	1.08	2.16		0.50

 

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[Trent Canary 0]

On the plus side we have played five more games against top half then bottom. Infact looking at our fixtures, our next five or so home games are all winnable!

[BlyBlyBabes 0]

[quote user="Trent Canary"]On the plus side we have played five more games against top half then bottom. Infact looking at our fixtures, our next five or so home games are all winnable![/quote]

Interesting observation, but let''s hope they''re all still in the bottom half by the time we get to play them! Although if our current form under Glenn continues it shouldn''t make much difference.

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