Return of the Top Defenses of the Top 5 Leagues 2013-2014 (stats)

Top Defense Statistics 2013/14:

9 – FC Bayern München (19 matches) – Manuel Neuer

11* – AS Roma (21 matches) – Morgan de Sanctis

14 – Lille OSC (23 matches) – Vincent Enyeama
14 – Atletico Madrid (22 matches) – Thibaut Courtois

15 – Paris St.Germain (23 matches) – Salvatore Sirigu

16 – AS Monaco (23 matches) - Danijel Subašić
16 – FC Barcelona (22 matches) – V.Valdés / J.Pinto (4)
16 – Juventus Turin (22 matches) – G.Buffon / M.Storari (3)

18 – FC Basel 1893 (19 matches) – Yann Sommer <3

20 – Chelsea FC (24 matches) – Petr Cech
20 – Bayer Leverkusen (19 matches) – Bernd Leno

21 – Arsenal FC (24 matches) – Wojciech Szczesny

22 – AS Saint-Etienne (23 matches) – Stéphane Ruffier
22 – Real Madrid (22 matches) – Diego Lopez

23 – FC Nantes (23 matches) – Rémy Riou
23 – FC Villarreal (22 matches) – Sergio Asenje
23 – Borussia Dortmund (19 matches) – Roman Weidenfeller

Order: 1st number of goals, 2nd number of matches, 3rd alphabetical
Data up to 2013/02/03 23:59 GMT+1


Stats up to 03 Feb 2014, 23:59 GMT+1:

Top Defense Statistics 2013/14:

9 – FC Bayern München (20 matches) – Manuel Neuer

11* – AS Roma (22 matches) – Morgan de Sanctis

14 – Lille OSC (24 matches) – Vincent Enyeama

16 – Paris St.Germain (24 matches) – Salvatore Sirigu
16 – Atletico Madrid (23 matches) – Thibaut Courtois

17 – AS Monaco (24 matches) - Danijel Subašić
17 – FC Barcelona (23 matches) – V.Valdés / J.Pinto (4)

18 – Juventus Turin (23 matches) – G.Buffon / M.Storari (3)

20 – Chelsea FC (25 matches) – Petr Cech
20 – Bayer Leverkusen (20 matches) – Bernd Leno
20 – FC Basel 1893 (20 matches) – Yann Sommer <3

22 – AS Saint-Etienne (24 matches) – Stéphane Ruffier

24 – AC Fiorentina (23 matches) – Neto
24 – Real Madrid (23 matches) – Diego Lopez
24 – Borussia Dortmund (20 matches) – R.Weidenfeller / M.Langerak (2)
24 – Hertha BSC (20 matches) – Thomas Kraft
24 – VfL Wolfsburg (20 matches) – Diego Benaglio

Order: 1st number of goals, 2nd number of matches, 3rd alphabetical
Data up to 2013/02/09 23:59 GMT+1


Stats up to 09 Feb 2014, 23:59 GMT+1:

Top Defense Statistics 2013/14:

9 – FC Bayern München (21 matches) – Manuel Neuer

11* – AS Roma (23 matches) – Morgan de Sanctis

16 – Lille OSC (25 matches) – Vincent Enyeama
16 – Paris St.Germain (25 matches) – Salvatore Sirigu
16 – Atletico Madrid (24 matches) – Thibaut Courtois

17 – AS Monaco (25 matches) - Danijel Subašić
17 – FC Barcelona (24 matches) – V.Valdés / J.Pinto (4)

19 – Juventus Turin (24 matches) – G.Buffon / M.Storari (3)
20 – FC Basel 1893 (21 matches) – Yann Sommer <3
21 – Chelsea FC (26 matches) – Petr Cech
22 – Bayer Leverkusen (21 matches) – Bernd Leno
23 – AS Saint-Etienne (25 matches) – Stéphane Ruffier

24 – Real Madrid (24 matches) – Diego Lopez
24 – Borussia Dortmund (21 matches) – R.Weidenfeller / M.Langerak (2)

Order: 1st number of goals, 2nd number of matches, 3rd alphabetical
Data up to 2013/02/16  23:00 GMT+1


Stats up to 16 Feb 2014, 23:00 GMT+1:

7th not bad hope we get into the top 5 by the end of the season

So by the "major" leagues, the top 20 are composed of:

1.   6 - English Premier League teams
2.   5 - Ligue 1 teams
3.   3 - La Liga and Serie A teams
4.   2 - Bundesliga teams

I expected the the French league to be up there as always, but I didn't expect to find 6 EPL teams in the top 20.

Barca 3th best defense in the world.

Stay safe, logic.

Fußball wrote:Barca 3th best defense in the world.

Stay safe, logic.

Despite our complaints we.actually don't concede a lot, though reading people's reactions you would think we let in 973733728282 goals a game.

2 years ago we were top, last year we were joint 2nd

Now we're god knows how many down.

Damn you Bonucci, damn you ffs.

We get lucky 95% of the time when our backline screws up, plus Valdes really save us soooo much

Jonathan28 wrote:Despite our complaints we.actually don't concede a lot, though reading people's reactions you would think we let in 973733728282 goals a game.

Reminds me of Bayern. For some reason people always assume they have a very leaky defense.

I miss Bayern's almost impenetrable 12/13 defense. The low goals conceded stat this season is very misleading. The defense isn't nearly as good as last season.

But Manuel Neuer fortunately is. From what I remember he has the highest percentage of successful saves in the Bundesliga (interestingly followed by Ralf Fährmann).

Yes, Manuel Neuer has raised his game to another level this season. The only error I remember, which then also lead to a goal, was against Hoffenheim when he messed up at a corner. Other than that, nearly flawless.

rwo power wrote:

Jonathan28 wrote:Despite our complaints we.actually don't concede a lot, though reading people's reactions you would think we let in 973733728282 goals a game.

Reminds me of Bayern. For some reason people always assume they have a very leaky defense.

Mainly average performances in unimportant but visible fixtures. The Supercup against Chelsea and the home fixture against City. Neither of which we were bad in, but both consisted of large periods where we were well below our expected level.

Our greatest weakness will always be our willingness to look past our opponent. Last year against Arsenal we weren't worried about them and this year after demolishing City away and at home in the first half we checked out and almost gave up the top position.

Speaking of Manuel Neuer, given his last 2 years, how is he not up for the Ballon d'or? Seriously when is a keeper going to get some respect. Think of all the major European victories the past few years they all came down to superior performances by keepers:

1. Chelsea upsetting Bayern in the CL Final - Cech was immense
2. Casillas carrying Spain in the Euro's, probably the best display of goal keeping I have ever seen.
3. Neuer for the last 2 years has been the best goal keeper in the world and is always up for the big moments.

Well, as you know I will not contradict you there XD

Unfortunately the Ballon d'Or voters only look for goals scored, not for goals saved to make their verdict...

Top Defense Statistics 2013/14:

9 – FC Bayern München (22 matches) – M.Neuer / T.Starke (1)

11* – AS Roma (24 matches) – Morgan de Sanctis

16 – Lille OSC (26 matches) – Vincent Enyeama

18 – Paris St.Germain (26 matches) – Salvatore Sirigu

19 – AS Monaco (26 matches) - Danijel Subašić
19 – Atletico Madrid (25 matches) – Thibaut Courtois
19 – Juventus Turin (25 matches) – G.Buffon / M.Storari (3)

20 – FC Barcelona (25 matches) – V.Valdés / J.Pinto (4)

21 – Chelsea FC (27 matches) – Petr Cech
21 – FC Basel 1893 (22 matches) – Yann Sommer <3

23 – AS Saint-Etienne (26 matches) – Stéphane Ruffier
24 – Real Madrid (25 matches) – Diego Lopez
25 – Bayer Leverkusen (22 matches) – Bernd Leno
26 – VfL Wolfsburg (22 matches) – Diego Benaglio

Order: 1st number of goals, 2nd number of matches, 3rd alphabetical
Data up to 2013/02/24 23:00 GMT+1


Stats up to 24 Feb 2014, 23:59 GMT+1:

7th now.

Wasn't long ago when we were like 30th or something.

Top Defense Statistics 2013/14:

10 – FC Bayern München (23 matches) – M.Neuer / T.Starke (1)

11* – AS Roma (25 matches) – Morgan de Sanctis

18 – Lille OSC (27 matches) – Vincent Enyeama
18 – Paris St.Germain (27 matches) – Salvatore Sirigu

19 – Juventus Turin (26 matches) – G.Buffon / M.Storari (3)

21 – AS Monaco (27 matches) - Danijel Subašić
21 – Atletico Madrid (26 matches) – Thibaut Courtois
21 – FC Barcelona (26 matches) – V.Valdés / J.Pinto (4)

22 – Chelsea FC (28 matches) – Petr Cech

23 – AS Saint-Etienne (27 matches) – Stéphane Ruffier
23 – FC Basel 1893 (23 matches) – Yann Sommer <3

26 – Real Madrid (26 matches) – Diego Lopez
26 – Bayer Leverkusen (23 matches) – Bernd Leno

27* – Everton FC (27 matches) – T.Howard / J.Robles (2)
27** – Manchester City (26 matches) – J.Hart / C.Pantillimon (7)
27 – Borussia Dortmund (23 matches) – Roman Weidenfeller
27 – Hertha BSC (23 matches) – Thomas Kraft

Order: 1st number of goals, 2nd number of matches, 3rd alphabetical
Data up to 2014/03/02  23:00 GMT+1


Stats up to 02 Mar 2014, 23:00 GMT+1:

Top Defense Statistics 2013/14:

11 – FC Bayern München (24 matches) – M.Neuer / T.Starke (1)

12* – AS Roma (26 matches) – Morgan de Sanctis

18 – Lille OSC (28 matches) – Vincent Enyeama
18 – Paris St.Germain (28 matches) – Salvatore Sirigu

19 – Juventus Turin (27 matches) – G.Buffon / M.Storari (3)

21 – Atletico Madrid (27 matches) – Thibaut Courtois

22 – Chelsea FC (29 matches) – Petr Cech
22 – AS Monaco (28 matches) - Danijel Subašić
22 – FC Barcelona (27 matches) – V.Valdés / J.Pinto (4)

24 – AS Saint-Etienne (28 matches) – Stéphane Ruffier
24 – FC Basel 1893 (24 matches) – Y.Sommer <3 / G.Vailati (1)

26 – Real Madrid (27 matches) – Diego Lopez

27** – Everton FC (27 matches) – T.Howard / J.Robles (2)
27*** – Manchester City (26 matches) – J.Hart / C.Pantillimon (7)
27 – Bayer Leverkusen (24 matches) – Bernd Leno
27 – Borussia Dortmund (24 matches) – Roman Weidenfeller

Order: 1st number of goals, 2nd number of matches, 3rd alphabetical
Data up to 2014/03/09 23:00 GMT+1


Stats up to 09 Mar 2014, 23:00 GMT+1:

After the CL+EL matches:

Stats up to 13 Mar 2014, 23:30 GMT+1:

Top Defense Statistics 2013/14:

12 – FC Bayern München (25 matches) – M.Neuer / T.Starke (1)
14* – AS Roma (27 matches) – Morgan de Sanctis

18 – Lille OSC (29 matches) – Vincent Enyeama
18 – Paris St.Germain (29 matches) – Salvatore Sirigu

19 – Juventus Turin (28 matches) – G.Buffon / M.Storari (3)
21 – Atletico Madrid (28 matches) – Thibaut Courtois
22 – FC Barcelona (28 matches) – V.Valdés / J.Pinto (4)
23 – Chelsea FC (30 matches) – Petr Cech

24 – AS Monaco (29 matches) - Danijel Subašić
24 – FC Basel 1893 (25 matches) – Y.Sommer <3 / G.Vailati (1)

26 – AS Saint-Etienne (29 matches) – Stéphane Ruffier
26 – Real Madrid (28 matches) – Diego Lopez

27*** – Manchester City (27 matches) – J.Hart / C.Pantillimon (7)

28* – Arsenal FC (29 matches) – Wojciech Szczesny
28** – Everton FC (28 matches) – T.Howard / J.Robles (2)

Order: 1st number of goals, 2nd number of matches, 3rd alphabetical
Data up to 2014/03/17 23:59 GMT+1


Stats up to 17 Mar 2014, 23:59 GMT+1:

After the CL+EL matches:

Stats up to 21 Mar 2014, 23:59 GMT+1:

Top Defense Statistics 2013/14:

12 – FC Bayern München (26 matches) – M.Neuer / T.Starke (1)

14* – AS Roma (28 matches) – Morgan de Sanctis

18 – Paris St.Germain (30 matches) – Salvatore Sirigu

19 – Lille OSC (30 matches) – Vincent Enyeama
19 – Juventus Turin (29 matches) – G.Buffon / M.Storari (3)

21 – Atletico Madrid (29 matches) – Thibaut Courtois

23 – Chelsea FC (31 matches) – Petr Cech

24 – FC Basel 1893 (26 matches) – Y.Sommer <3 / G.Vailati (1)

25 – AS Monaco (30 matches) - Danijel Subašić
25 – FC Barcelona (29 matches) – V.Valdés / J.Pinto (4)

27 – AS Saint-Etienne (30 matches) – Stéphane Ruffier
27*** – Manchester City (28 matches) – J.Hart / C.Pantillimon (7)

Order: 1st number of goals, 2nd number of matches, 3rd alphabetical
Data up to 2014/03/23 23:00 GMT+1


Stats up to 23 Mar 2014, 23:00 GMT+1: