End of season Euro leagues round-up: Part 1

Three of Europe’s six major leagues came to an end this weekend with the English Premier League, German Bundesliga and Portuguese Primeira Liga all heading off for their summer break at the end of the long and unusual 2022/23 campaign. 

From the top scoring players to the biggest underperformers, according to underlying data such as expected goals. This is a stats-focused round-up of the three leagues this season…

BUNDESLIGA

GOAL CONTRIBUTIONS

EXPECTED POINTS

‘Expected’ winners: Bayern Munich

Actual winners: Bayern Munich

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‘Expected’ UCL spots: RB Leipzig, Borussia Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen

Actual UCL spots: Borussia Dortmund, RB Leipzig, Union Berlin

‘Expected’ UEL/UECL spots: Mainz 05, Stuttgart, Eintracht Frankfurt

Actual UEL/UECL spots: Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt

‘Expected’ relegation playoff: Bochum

Actual relegation playoff: Stuttgart 

‘Expected’ relegation zone: Hertha Berlin, Augsburg

Actual relegation zone: Schalke 04, Hertha Berlin

🇩🇪 Most Bundesliga clean sheets in 22/23:

13⛔️: 🐝MARK FLEKKEN🐝
12⛔️: Koen Casteels
11⛔️: Gregor Kobel, Frederik Ronnow
9⛔️: Lukas Hradecky#BrentfordFC #BeeTogether pic.twitter.com/608fWPFNkg

— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) May 31, 2023

HIGHEST SCORING/WORST DEFENSIVE RECORDS

MANAGERIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND

27 permanent managers this season

Stuttgart | 3 | Pellegrino Matarazzo, Bruno Labbadia, Sebastian Hoeness
1899 Hoffenheim | 2 | Andre Breitenreiter, Pellegrino Matarazzo
Bayer Leverkusen | 2 | Gerardo Seoane, Xabi Alonso 
Bayern Munich | 2 | Julian Nagelsmann, Thomas Tuchel
Bochum | 2 | Thomas Reis, Thomas Letsch
Hertha Berlin | 2 | Sandro Schwarz, Pal Dardai
RB Leipzig | 2 | Domenico Tedesco, Marco Rose
Schalke 04 | 2 | Frank Kramer, Thomas Reis
Augsburg | 1 | Enrico Maassen
Borussia Dortmund | 1 | Edin Terzic 
Borussia Monchengladbach | 1 | Daniel Farke
Cologne | 1 | Steffen Baumgart
Eintracht Frankfurt | 1 | Oliver Glasner
Freiburg | 1 | Christian Streich 
Mainz 05 | 1 | Bo Svensson
Union Berlin | 1 | Urs Fischer 
Werder Bremen | 1 | Ole Werner 
Wolfsburg | 1 | Niko Kovac

PREMIER LEAGUE

GOAL CONTRIBUTIONS

EXPECTED POINTS

‘Expected’ winners: Manchester City

Actual winners: Manchester City

‘Expected’ UCL spots: Arsenal, Brighton and Hove Albion, Liverpool

Actual UCL spots: Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle United

‘Expected’ UEL/UECL spots: Newcastle United, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur

Actual UEL/UECL spots: Liverpool, Brighton and Hove Albion, Aston Villa

‘Expected’ relegation zone: Leeds United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, AFC Bournemouth

Actual relegation zone: Leicester City, Leeds United, Southampton

HIGHEST SCORING/WORST DEFENSIVE RECORDS

🗣️Pep Guardiola: "[Brighton] create 20-25 chances on average a game..."

🔢Most shots on target in #PL this season:

2⃣2⃣1⃣: ⭐️BRIGHTON⭐️
2⃣1⃣2⃣: Man City
2⃣0⃣4⃣: Liverpool
1⃣9⃣8⃣: Man Utd
1⃣9⃣6⃣: Arsenal
1⃣9⃣3⃣: Newcastle
1⃣9⃣2⃣: Tottenham#BHAFC pic.twitter.com/dOGDz1rlOO

— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) May 24, 2023

MANAGERIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND

35 permanent managers this season

Chelsea | 3 | Thomas Tuchel, Graham Potter, Frank Lampard
Leeds United | 3 | Jesse Marsch, Javi Gracia, Sam Allardyce
Southampton | 3 | Ralph Hasenhuttl, Nathan Jones, Ruben Selles
Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | Antonio Conte, Cristian Stellini, Ryan Mason 
AFC Bournemouth | 2 | Scott Parker, Gary O’Neil
Aston Villa | 2 | Steven Gerrard, Unai Emery
Brighton and Hove Albion | 2 | Graham Potter, Roberto De Zerbi
Crystal Palace | 2 | Patrick Vieira, Roy Hodgson
Everton | 2 | Frank Lampard, Sean Dyche
Leicester City | 2 | Brendan Rodgers, Dean Smith
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 2 | Bruno Lage, Julen Lopetegui

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Arsenal | 1 | Mikel Arteta
Brentford | 1 | Thomas Frank
Fulham | 1 | Marco Silva
Liverpool | 1 | Jurgen Klopp
Manchester City | 1 | Pep Guardiola
Manchester United | 1 | Erik ten Hag
Newcastle United | 1 | Eddie Howe
Nottingham Forest | 1 | Steve Cooper
West Ham United | 1 | David Moyes

PRIMEIRA LIGA

GOAL CONTRIBUTIONS

EXPECTED POINTS

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‘Expected’ winners: Benfica

Actual winners: Benfica

‘Expected’ UCL spots: Sporting CP, Porto

Actual UCL spots: Porto, Braga

‘Expected’ UEL/UECL spots: Braga, Vizela, Boavista

Actual UEL/UECL spots: Sporting CP, Vitoria, Arouca

‘Expected’ relegation playoff: Estoril

Actual relegation playoff: Maritimo

‘Expected’ relegation zone: Maritimo, Santa Clara

Actual relegation zone: Pacos de Ferreira, Santa Clara

HIGHEST SCORING/WORST DEFENSIVE RECORDS

MANAGERIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND

28 permanent managers this season

Maritimo | 3 | Vasco Seabra, Joao Henriques, Jose Gomes
Pacos de Ferreira | 3 | Cesar Peixoto, Jose Mota, Cesar Peixoto
Santa Clara | 3 | Mario Silva, Jorge Simao, Danildo Accioly

@Rogério Ferreira / Kapta+

Estoril | 2 | Nelson Verissimo, Ricardo Soares
Famalicao | 2 | Rui Pedro Silva, Joao Pedro Sousa
Gil Vicente | 2 | Ivo Vieira, Daniel Sousa
Vizela | 2 | Alvaro Pacheco, Tulipa
Arouca | 1 | Armando Evangelista
Benfica | 1 | Roger Schmidt
Boavista | 1 | Petit
Braga | 1 | Artur Jorge
Casa Pia | 1 | Filipe Martins
Chaves | 1 | Vitor Campelos 
Portimonense | 1 | Paulo Sergio
Porto | 1 | Sergio Conceicao
Rio Ave | 1 | Luis Freire
Sporting CP | 1 | Ruben Amorim
Vitoria | 1 | Moreno