Bayern Hinrunde 2012/2013 stats

Plenty of interesting points to raise but I'm tired and will type it up later.

Thanks for posting!
Fun fact: Rafinha is a goalscoring efficiency monster only second to Godmez

And frankly, I didn't think that Boateng commits in fact so few fouls (albeit his are often in precarious situations).

The highlights:

Ribéry has far more touches than his counterparts, demonstrating how much the team "depends" on him. The assumption that he doesn't help out in defence by people who don't watch Bayern is BS.

Bayern has suffered the most against teams with low passing accuracy, aka teams that play as directly as possible with the "riskiest" passes.

Heynckes is a huge influence - Bayern score the majority of their goals after the half-time team talk.

Another interesting point I want to bring up is Müllers stats. They all show that he's far more suited to the isolated winger role than as a playmaker with his directness - Müller is all about getting the ball in the box whilst Ribéry and the other wingers are more about creating scoring chances- I hope you understand what I mean with that. I still want to see how he would do as a false 9 though.

Badstuber is our best tackler. 'nuff said.

An interesting stat is how little Martinez gets fouled compared to his counterparts who play in high pressure situations

The only thing I can use to explain the Boateng fouling stat is that he's fast and will usually get the ball first and he's more about interceptions than actual tackling (which explains why his lapse in concentration is far more obvious) - Stubsi and Dante are far more likely to find themselves in a situation where they have to make a tackle. Plus Stubsi has poor acceleration and played as a fullback most of the season - I'd expect his foul stat to go down as a CB considering his tackling ability.

Do you happen to have interception stats, too? I'd love to see the numbers of the defenders with respect to interceptions, too. Pity that Stubsi is out for pretty much the rest of the season, but I'd love to see the numbers for the next season when he's back at his natural position.

And frankly, I didn't realize that Badstuber is such a good tackler! Although he didn't need to go into as many tackles as the other defenders as he was played as LB most of this season before his injury.