Archive for July 2015
Adelaide replaces Gombau with Guillermo Amor
Amor has been technical director at the club and will now switch to be coach.
Gombau led Adelaide to the FFA Cup triumph last season becoming the first team to win the trophy. Adelaide beat Perth Glory in the final.
Gombau is leaving for New York.
Here is some stats for Gombau's Adelaide in the 2014/15 season:
| Gombau's Adelaide 2014/14 | |
|---|---|
| Rank | 4 |
| Played | 27 |
| Points | 46 |
| Won | 14 |
| Drawn | 4 |
| Lost | 9 |
| Goal difference | 15 |
| Clean sheets | 8 |
| Failed to score | 3 |
| Goals scored | 47 |
| Goals conceded | 32 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.7 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.2 |
| Biggest win | Adelaide Utd 7 - 0 Newcastle Jets |
| Biggest loss | Sydney 4 - 1 Adelaide Utd |
| Scored 3 or more | 3 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 5 |
| Scored 5 or more | 1 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 |
| Home matches | |
| Played | 14 |
| Points | 25 |
| Won | 7 |
| Drawn | 4 |
| Lost | 3 |
| Goal difference | 13 |
| Goals scored | 28 |
| Goals conceded | 15 |
| Ave. goals scored | 2.0 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.1 |
| Away matches | |
| Played | 13 |
| Points | 21 |
| Won | 7 |
| Drawn | 0 |
| Lost | 6 |
| Goal difference | 2 |
| Goals scored | 19 |
| Goals conceded | 17 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.5 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.3 |
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Leicester settles for Ranieri
Ranieri was last in the English Premier League in 2004 when he was sacked to pave way for Jose Mourinho.
Ranieri's last job was in Ligue 1 with Monaco.
Here is some stats for Leicester in the 2014/15 season:
| Leicester | 2014/15 |
|---|---|
| Position | Leicester | 14
| Played | 38 |
| Points | 41 |
| Won | 11 |
| Drawn | 8 |
| Lost | 19 |
| Goal difference | -9 |
| Clean sheets | 10 |
| Failed to score | 14 |
| Goals scored | 46 |
| Goals conceded | 55 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.2 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Biggest win | Leicester 5 - 1 QPR |
| Biggest loss | Chelsea 2 - 0 Leicester Man United 3 - 1 Leicester Palace 2 - 0 Leicester Swansea 2 - 0 Leicester Leicester 1 - 3 Chelsea Man City 2 - 0 Leicester Soton 2 - 0 Leicester Leicester 1 - 3 Liverpool West Ham 2 - 0 Leicester |
| Scored 3 or more | 5 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 6 |
| Scored 5 or more | 2 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 |
| Home matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 26 |
| Won | 7 |
| Drawn | 5 |
| Lost | 7 |
| Goal difference | 6 |
| Goals scored | 28 |
| Goals conceded | 22 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.5 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.2 |
| Away matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 15 |
| Won | 4 |
| Drawn | 3 |
| Lost | 12 |
| Goal difference | -15 |
| Goals scored | 18 |
| Goals conceded | 33 |
| Ave. goals scored | 0.9 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.7 |
The Foxes never lost by more than a two goal margin last season and Ranieri would be hoping for a more comfortable finish to the season.
Asian Cup, Afcon, Copa America compared
There are less matches in the Copa America with the tournament only being a 12 team one but the averages can give a fair comparison.
| AFC 2015 | Nations Cup | Copa America | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 32 | 32 | 26 | |
| Drawn | 2 | 15 | 8 | |
| Drawn % | 6.3 | 46.9 | 30.8 | |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| Goalless draws % | 0 | 15.6 | 15.4 | |
| Goals | 85 | 68 | 59 | |
| Goals/game | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | |
| First half goals | 38 | 21 | 27 | |
| First half goals % | 44.7 | 30.9 | 45.8 | |
| Second half goals | 47 | 47 | 32 | |
| Second half goals % | 55.3 | 69.1 | 54.2 |
So once again the Asian Cup had the highest goals per game ratio.
This was a tournament where at least one goal was scored during every match as they were no goalless draws.
Chile wins 2015 Copa America
The final had finished goalless on full time and so the match proceeded to a penalty shoot out.
Argentina who also lost in the final of the 2014 FIFA World Cup now finish as runners up for the second consecutive tournament.
Here is the 2015 Copa America:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 26 | |
| Home wins | 13 | 50.0 |
| Away wins | 5 | 19.2 |
| Drawn | 8 | 30.8 |
| Goalless draws | 4 | 15.4 |
| Goals | 59 | |
| Goals/game | 2.3 | |
| First half goals | 27 | 45.8 |
| Second half goals | 32 | 54.2 |
| Home team goals | 38 | 64.4 |
| Away team goals | 21 | 35.6 |
Copa America bronze medal match goals review
Peru scored two second half goals to secure the bronze medal for the 2015 Copa America.
0 goals were scored in the first half whilst 2 were scored after half-time.
Here is the 2015 Copa America summary:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 25 | |
| Home wins | 13 | 52.0 |
| Away wins | 5 | 20.0 |
| Drawn | 7 | 28.0 |
| Goalless draws | 3 | 12.0 |
| Goals | 59 | |
| Goals/game | 2.4 | |
| First half goals | 27 | 45.8 |
| Second half goals | 32 | 54.2 |
| Home team goals | 38 | 64.4 |
| Away team goals | 21 | 35.6 |
Season 2014/15 top leagues comparison
The English Premier League, Serie A, Ligue 1 and La Liga all played 380 matches whilst the Bundesliga with its 34 team league had 306 matches.
| EPL | La Liga | Bundesliga | Serie A | Ligue 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 380 | 380 | 306 | 380 | 380 |
| Home wins | 172 | 171 | 145 | 152 | 181 |
| Home wins % | 45.3 | 45.0 | 47.4 | 40.0 | 47.6 |
| Away wins | 115 | 118 | 79 | 108 | 111 |
| Away wins % | 30.3 | 31.1 | 25.8 | 28.4 | 29.2 |
| Drawn | 93 | 91 | 82 | 120 | 88 |
| Drawn % | 24.5 | 23.9 | 26.8 | 31.6 | 23.2 |
| Goalless draws | 31 | 30 | 28 | 30 | 34 |
| Goalless draws % | 8.2 | 7.9 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 8.9 |
| Goals | 975 | 1009 | 843 | 1024 | 947 |
| Goals/game | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| First half goals | 461 | 455 | 367 | 468 | 418 |
| First half goals % | 47.3 | 45.1 | 43.5 | 45.7 | 44.1 |
| Second half goals | 514 | 554 | 476 | 556 | 529 |
| Second half goals % | 52.7 | 54.9 | 56.5 | 54.3 | 55.9 |
| Home team goals | 560 | 584 | 486 | 570 | 536 |
| Home team goals % | 57.4 | 57.9 | 57.7 | 55.7 | 56.6 |
| Away team goals | 415 | 425 | 357 | 454 | 411 |
| Away team goals % | 42.6 | 42.1 | 42.3 | 44.3 | 43.4 |
Even though the most goals were scored in Serie A with 1024 goals, it is the Bundesliga with the highest goals per game ratio.
The least amount of goals and the lowest goals per game ratio was in Ligue 1.
Asian Cup compared to Nations Cup
Whilst there were many drawn matches in the Africa Nations Cup there were only two draw matches in the Asian Cup hosted by Australia.
| AFC 2015 | Nations Cup | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 32 | 32 |
| Non drawn | 30 | 17 |
| Drawn | 2 | 15 |
| Drawn % | 6.3 | 46.9 |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 5 |
| Goalless draws % | 0.0 | 15.6 |
| Goals | 85 | 68 |
| Goals/game | 2.7 | 2.1 |
| First half goals | 38 | 21 |
| First half goals % | 44.7 | 30.9 |
| Second half goals | 47 | 47 |
| Second half goals % | 55.3 | 69.1 |
The Asian Cup saw more goals than the Afcon and also a higher goals per game ratio of 2.7 compared to 2.1 for Afcon.
