Hanging over City and Dortmund like the Sword of Damocles is the second leg of their Champions League game which is coming up this midweek. It is finely poised with the Sky Blues leading 2-1 and ahead of that first meeting my notes went a lot like this ..................

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glossary:

 

Pd = games played.

Pts= points .

xP = expected points.

ITB = attempts inside the box created/allowed.

BC = big chances created/given up.

ITB 4 = attempts inside the box created/allowed for the last 4 games only.

BC 4 = big chances created/given up for the last four games only.

 

 

 

Dortmund +85

Leipzig +69

Bayern +58

Leverkusen +39

 

 

 

Bayern 87-48 33-12

Leipzig 86-36 19-5

Dortmund 81-33 23-8

Leverkusen 54-38 12-14

Union B 61-41 20-8

Wolfsburg 49-60 17-15

Pts = points

GD = goal difference

XP=  expected points

XGD = expected goal difference

ITB = inside the box net numbers for the season

L8 = inside the box totals (created-conceded) for the last 8 games.

The first three columns are "real" in terms of points won and goals scored/conceded, but league tables do sometimes "lie" even after 26 games and the last four columns are more interesting as they show performance levels and who has been over/underachieving in front of goal at both ends of the pitch.