“Statistics are like belts, they show everything, but most importantly.” The famous phrase of Juan Manuel Lillo, now Manchester City assistant coach, applies perfectly to Everton, by James Rodríguez and Yerry Mina.
Two different sources, which are based precisely on statistical projections, ensure that, at the end of the season, Carlo Ancelotti’s team will not achieve its goal of qualifying for European competitions and will reach what was more or less a location. common in the Premier League.
The first to notice the trend is the CIES Football Observatory, which ensures that Carlo Anelotti’s team will finish in eighth place, with 61 points, outside the Champions and Europa League.
The account says that even the arrival of reinforcements such as Godfrey, James, Allan or Doucouré will not be able to change a curve that has kept the team away from the leading positions in England for years. He is currently seventh, two games behind, but if the statistics are correct, it will not improve his performance.
According to CIES, the English champion will be Manchester City, followed by Manchester United and Liverpool, who will be able to reverse the current crisis and will be third. A striking point is that the Tuchel effect would reach Chelsea to be fourth and reach the Champions League directly, while Leicester would be fifth, with a place in the Europa League.
Worse are James and Mina with Everton in another screening, FiveThirtyEight in England, which ranks ninth in the Premier League, again without meeting the goal of returning to the continental tournaments.
According to this account, Guardiola’s city will indeed be champions, followed by United and Liverpool, but here the fourth ranked would be Leicester and Chelsea would go to the Europa League.
The bad news would be for Tottenham, by Dávinson Sánchez and José Mourinho, who would be in eighth place, while Arsenal would finish in tenth place, behind Everton.
Champions in other leagues
CIES deals with other major leagues, such as Italy, which would have as champion Inter Milan, the current leader of Calcio, while Milan would be second and Juventus, the champion of the last 9 editions, would be third. The novelty for the Colombians is that Napoli, by David Ospina, would be the fourth and would go to the Champions League, while Atalanta, by Zapata and Muriel, would be the sixth and should be satisfied with the quota in the Europa League.
In Spain, according to calculations, the champion would be Atlético de Madrid, followed by FC Barcelona, Real Madrid and Sevilla, all with a place in the Champions League. Those ranked in the Europa League would be Real Sociedad and Villarreal, by Carlos Bacca, and relegated would be Elche, by Johan Mojica.
In Ligue 1 of France, against any odds, Lyon will snatch its place from PSG and will be champions, followed by Lille and Monaco.
In Germany, however, there are no surprises and Bayern Munich, the world champions, would be champions for the ninth consecutive season. The news is that Leipzig will be runners-up and Bayer Leverkusen will be third, ahead of Wolfsburg, with whom Borussia Dortmund, a traditional guest of the Champions League, would go to the Europa League this time, as well as Haaland, Sancho and company.