Return of the Top Defenses of the Top 5 Leagues 2012-2013 (stats)

Yet shit in the Champion's League. 7 goals conceded in 6 matches

I was really upset that the defense let Manuel Neuer down again tonight

On the plus side, he got the Bayern captain's armband for the first time!

Stats up to 06 Dec 2012, 23:05 GMT+1:

Great job again rwo, Saint Ettienne

YW.

BTW, Baselona is getting better and better, too. Yann Sommer

That shows the difference between real CB's and makeshift CB's.

Well, after quite some teams decided to utterly mess up their defensive records, the best defense in England can be found in ... Stoke!

Only in Italy and Germany we are left with the usual suspects atm (Gigi+Manu), with Manuel Neuer setting a new Bayern record of only one goal against in all BL away matches of the first half of the season

BTW, with Germano Vailati in goal, Basel conceded 2 goals in the 3rd round of the Swiss Cup, thus worsening the overall quotient (Germano Vailati played in all 3 Swiss Cup matches so far and conceded 4 goals in 3 matches against veritable Swiss minnows).

Stats up to 09 Dec 2012, 19:00 GMT+1:

Freiburg last time i saw them their defense was a mess

Stoke. Respect.

El Shaarawy wrote:Freiburg last time i saw them their defense was a mess

Well, Freiburg's last matches (most recent first) were:
SC Freiburg 1:0 SpVgg Greuther Fürth
FC Augsburg 1:1 SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg 0:2 Bayern München
SC Freiburg 3:0 Stuttgart
Hannover 1:2 SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg 0:0 HSV
So they were always rather stingy in allowing goals (even against Bayern), no matter how messy their defense ^^

Stats up to 10 Dec 2012, 23:00 GMT+1:

Stats up to 13 Dec 2012, 23:30 GMT+1:

Funny how since we got Pique and Puy back Barca is rising up so fast

Conte's Juve

Sirigu and Thiagod saving PSG's scrub defenders

Ganso wrote:Sirigu and Thiagod saving PSG's scrub defenders

Stats up to 17 Dec 2012, 23:00 GMT+1:



(Sort order B > D > F)

Stats up to 21 Dec 2012, 23:30 GMT+1:



Added the data for several Cup matches in Germany, Italy and England.

Stats up to 22 Dec 2012, 23:30 GMT+1:



Some teams managed to mess up their defense records today...

Funny, that only Chelsea is as bad as Bayern in the UCL stats, and only City is as bad - really doesn't make Bundesliga look that great.

VivaStPauli wrote:Funny, that only Chelsea is as bad as Bayern in the UCL stats, and only City is as bad - really doesn't make Bundesliga look that great.

Actually it is not that bad. Here's the CL data sorted A > D:

Stoke City.

PSG had a scrub group tbf..Ideally you would rank Juve's and BVB's defensive records as even more impressive because both these teams had 2 extremely tough groups to deal with.

And this completes the results of this weekend - stats up to 23 Dec 2012, 23:30 GMT+1:



(One Chelsea match is missing as it was postponed due to them playing in the CWC)

Bayern look statistically good. Defensively good on that chart and on whoscored they're ranked 1st.

Still conceded too much in UCL though.

Stats up to 26 Dec 2012, 22:40 GMT+1: