Watched some of Omonia v Mainz earlier and thought this guy was bananas

What Stories are Emerging Around Europe's top leagues? Featuring an underperforming parachute squad, a team who have gone from the Champions League to relegation worries, and the unluckiest club in Europe.

ICYMI: I wrote a piece on emerging xG trends across some of Europe's biggest leagues joeninho.beehiiv.com/p/what-stori...

A piece on early season trends looking at #ManUtd, #Coventry, #Leicester, #Girona and Europe's unluckiest club joeninho.beehiiv.com/p/what-stori...

Where has it all gone wrong at Sheffield United? From play-off finalists four months ago to zero points after six games, something is awry at Bramall Lane.

Today on Joeninho, a guest post by
David Coleman: Where has it all gone wrong at Sheffield United? joeninho.beehiiv.com/p/where-has-... #sufc #sheffieldunited #blades

I can't believe people involved in football still have this outdated view in 2025. Martin O'Neill in today's Guardian on expected goals.

#Juventus have scored eight goals from 2.63xG this week. They’ve also conceded seven goals from 2.64xG.

A 5-0 win is definitely a step in the right direction! Much better shooting, too. Over half of the shots were on target (11/21), 2.33xG (of which 2.02 were from open play) and a masterclass from Jaden Philogene #itfc #ipswichtown #superblues

Should Ipswich Town be worried by their start to the 2025/26 season? They were favourites for promotion when the season started, but it's not working out so far for Kieran McKenna's Tractor Boys.

I've put together some thoughts an analysis on whether Ipswich Town need to worry following their indifferent start to life back in the Championship joeninho.beehiiv.com/p/should-ips...

This is win-win for Nuno, right? He doesn’t have to work with Marinakis and Edu, and his stock has never been higher. There’s an argument to say that given their over-performance last season and European football this, Forest were always going to have a difficult season

What's happening in EFL Leagues One and Two at the start of 2025/26? We're six games in and the tables are taking shape. Now let's dive in to the data and look at the real stories behind some of those trends.

Last week, I wrote this and said, if you look at the numbers, Bolton and Grimsby are underperforming, while Gillingham and Stockport and over performing.

Yesterday: wins for Bolton and Grimsby; defeats for Gillingham and Stockport.

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What's happening in EFL Leagues One and Two at the start of 2025/26? We're six games in and the tables are taking shape. Now let's dive in to the data and look at the real stories behind some of those trends.

ICYMI I made my first post yesterday, looking at the early season trends in #efl Leagues One and Two joeninho.beehiiv.com/p/what-s-hap...

5. Shrewsbury Town. The anti-Bradford.

4. Rotherham United. Hot take. Matt Hamshaw is not doing a good job.

3. Huddersfield Town. Lee Grant's education at the Kieran McKenna School of Management is paying off.

2. Bradford City. *This* is how you start in a new league.

Some other interesting starts to the season there wasn't space to explore.

1. Blackpool. An expected goal difference of around -1 per game.

What's happening in EFL Leagues One and Two at the start of 2025/26? We're six games in and the tables are taking shape. Now let's dive in to the data and look at the real stories behind some of those trends.

For my first piece, I take a look at some of the data trends emerging in #EFL Leagues One and Two joeninho.beehiiv.com/p/what-s-hap...

#footballanalytics #leagueone #leaguetwo #xG

Plus there's no room in either of those teams for Chieo Ogbene, Wes Burns, Harry Clarke or Conor Chaplin, which is crazy

Replacing Burgess, Tuanzebe, Morsy, Phillips, Luongo, Broadhead, Hutchinson and Delap with Kipré, Young, Furlong, Matusiwa, Núñez, Egeli, McAteer, Akpom and Azón looks like great business.

It'll take a while to gel, but this is a ridiculously stacked squad for the Championship. The First XI is better than last season's in the Premier League, and the Second XI should be a Top 6 team.
#championship #efl #ipswichtown #itfc

I’ve been playing around with Python and xG data and… bloody hell #itfc #ipswichtown #analytics #xg

Well that didn't take long to need updating.

#EFL #Championship #ITFC #IpswichTown

On the eve of the #EFL #Championship season, this is probably Ipswich Town's strongest possible starting 11. Will be interesting to see how this changes over the course of the month #ipswich #itfc