Which teams have made the best starts to 2016/17?
Thursday, December 22, 2016
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Who has had the best start to 2016/17, which teams are perfect at home, the attacking masters, defensive misers, the draw specialists? We crunch the numbers.
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We are nearing the halfway mark for many of Europe's top leagues in 2016/17 so who are the shining lights? We take a look at the top ten leagues according to the current UEFA association club coefficient rankings and discover a French team that can't stop scoring and a couple of Portuguese sides adept at depriving others of the pleasure.
League leaders
Spain: Real Madrid
Germany: Bayern München*
England: Chelsea
Italy: Juventus*
France: Nice
Russia: Spartak Moskva
Portugal: Benfica*
Ukraine: Shakhtar Donetsk
Belgium: Club Brugge*
Turkey: İstanbul Başakşehir
Best start to league season (points per game)
2.78 Shakhtar Donetsk
2.53 Benfica
2.53 Chelsea
2.47 Juventus
2.47 Real Madrid
Home record (points per game)
3.00 Juventus
3.00 Roma
2.78 Shakhtar Donetsk
2.75 Porto
2.71 RB Leipzig
2.71 Benfica
2.71 Braga
Away record (points per game)
2.78 Shakhtar Donetsk
2.44 Chelsea
2.43 Real Madrid
2.43 İstanbul Başakşehir
2.38 Barcelona
2.38 Benfica
Best attack (goals per game)
2.95 Monaco
2.67 Real Madrid
2.56 Barcelona
2.41 Liverpool
2.38 Bayern München
Best defence (goals per game)
0.47 Porto
0.53 Benfica
0.56 Bayern München
0.61 Shakhtar Donetsk
0.65 Chelsea
0.65 CSKA Moskva
Still unbeaten
Hoffenheim
İstanbul Başakşehir
Real Madrid
Shakhtar Donetsk
Draw specialists
63% Hoffenheim
53% Osmanlıspor
50% Chaves
47% Lokomotiv Moskva
47% Gençlerbirliği
Statistics up to date as of time of publishing, ahead of games in Belgium, Portugal and Italy on Thursday