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Group Premier League Teams

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  • 23-06-2017 4:38pm
    #1
    Division
    Registered Users Posts: 501 ✭✭✭


    I'm interested to see how people would group premier league teams for the upcoming season.

    Take 3 groups and place each team into one group.

    Group 1:
    Chelsea
    ect

    Group 2:
    Everton
    ect

    Group 3:
    Huddersfield
    ect



    Team List:

    Arsenal
    Bournemouth
    Brighton
    Burnley
    Chelsea
    Crystal Palace
    Everton
    Huddersfield
    Leicester
    Liverpool
    Man City
    Man Utd
    Newcastle
    Southampton
    Stoke
    Swansea
    Tottenham
    Watford
    West Brom
    West Ham


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    #2
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Group 1:

    Chelsea
    City
    United
    Spurs
    Arsenal

    Group 2:

    Liverpool
    Everton
    Soton


    Group 3:

    The rest


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    #3
    Division
    Registered Users Posts: 501 ✭✭✭Division


    How many groups do you think would be needed to gain a close enough grouping of similar teams in the Premier League. Fewer the better for analysis but there would need to be a minimum number of groups for it to be useful.


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    DB74
    Registered Users Posts: 559 ✭✭✭DB74


    Ideally you would have 4 groups IMO but when you look at Group 2, it's actually very difficult to separate those teams

    Group 1 (Champions to European spots)
    Arsenal
    Chelsea
    Liverpool
    Manchester City
    Manchester Utd
    Tottenham

    Group 2 (Perennial mid-table teams, unlikely to get relegated)
    Everton (7th-11th-11th-5th in last 4 seasons, most recent stated 1st)
    Southampton (8-6-7-8)
    Bournemouth (9-16-n/a-n/a)
    West Brom (10-14-13-17)
    West Ham (11-7-12-13)
    Leicester (12-1-14-n/a)
    Stoke (13-9-9-9)
    Palace (14-15-10-11)
    Swansea (15-12-8-12)

    Group 3 (the rest)
    Burnley
    Watford
    Newcastle (potential Group 2)
    Brighton
    Huddersfield

    What's your thinking anyway?


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    #5
    Division
    Registered Users Posts: 501 ✭✭✭Division


    Still experimenting with various combinations from a pricing model I'm working on

    Its not simply a case of grouping teams that finish 8-12 every season for example. I have to balance overall standard with team tactics also to get 'similar teams'.


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