Sunday, December 28, 2014

Bayern, Barcelona & Juventus have Europe’s best defences

Goal teams up with Huawei to provide you with all the key statistics Europe’s five biggest leagues have to offer in 2014-15

Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Juventus have Europe’s best defences, with the reigning Bundesliga champions leading the Huawei Team Ranking ahead of the Liga giants and Massimiliano Allegri’s outfit.  

The Allianz Arena side have conceded just four times in 17 league games - an average of 0.24 per match - with goalkeeper Manuel Neuer – who came third in the vote for the Fifa Ballon d’Or - keeping 13 clean sheets in the process.  

Juventus and Barcelona, meanwhile, have been impressive at the back as well with an average of 0.50 goals conceded per match so far this season.  

Both sides have conceded nine goals in 18 appearances, with the Serie A champions’ defence proving unbeatable on 10 occasions, while the Camp Nou side shut out their opponents 11 times.  

Saint-Etienne somewhat surprisingly have France's best defence with an average of 0.65 goals conceded per game, while Southampton hold that title in England with an average of 0.71 goals conceded.  

Roma sit sixth in the ranking with an average of 0.72 goals conceded per game, with Valencia occupying seventh place with 0.83 goals conceded per game.  

Olympique Lyonnais, Paris Saint-Germain, Nantes and Lille complete the top 10 with an average of 0.85 goals conceded per encounter.  

At the bottom end of the table, Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen have the worst defence of Europe’s top five leagues, conceding 39 goals in 17 games so far, averaging 2.39 goals conceded each match.  

Furthermore, Parma have Serie A's worst defence with an average of 2.17 goals conceded per encounter, with Elche (1.94), QPR (1.76) and Evian (1.70) have the biggest problems at the back in Spain, England and France, respectively.  

Source: http://www.goal.com/

No comments:

Post a Comment