English Premier League table data for all teams in the period between 1888 and mid-season 2020.
The provided applicatiton downloads (& caches) the standings tables from worldfootball.net. It then computes, and prints the top ten teams according to their cummulative points score.
To run the application:
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Ensure that
python 3.7+is instatlled -
Install the
piprequirements
pip install -r requirements.txt- Run the
app.pyscript
python app.pyThe application starts by checking the cache directory for copies of the data for a given season before attempting to download the data. For convenience, the complete data for seasons 1888/1889 throughout 2018/2019 are included. Partial data for the 2019/2020 season is also included. To force the application to use freshly pulled data (from worldfootball.net), please nuke the contents of the cache directory.
The ouput of the application will be similar to:
EPL HISTORICAL STANDINGS (POINTS_ADJUSTED)
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| NAME | PLAYED | WON | DRAW | LOST | GOALS FOR | GOALS AGAINST | POINTS | POINTS ADJUSTED |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Liverpool FC | 4155 | 1956 | 1032 | 1167 | 6918 | 5016 | 5746 | 6900 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Arsenal FC | 4157 | 1892 | 1068 | 1197 | 6895 | 5222 | 5637 | 6744 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Everton FC | 4541 | 1845 | 1140 | 1556 | 7053 | 6288 | 5422 | 6675 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Manchester United | 3800 | 1819 | 935 | 1046 | 6548 | 4829 | 5435 | 6392 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Aston Villa | 4093 | 1649 | 972 | 1472 | 6637 | 6121 | 4734 | 5919 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Manchester City | 3643 | 1467 | 876 | 1300 | 5755 | 5244 | 4312 | 5277 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Tottenham Hotspur | 3417 | 1418 | 827 | 1172 | 5395 | 4778 | 4309 | 5081 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Chelsea FC | 3421 | 1398 | 879 | 1144 | 5248 | 4786 | 4347 | 5073 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Newcastle United | 3487 | 1345 | 845 | 1297 | 5226 | 5043 | 3952 | 4880 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+
| Sunderland AFC | 3340 | 1260 | 780 | 1300 | 5143 | 5121 | 3507 | 4560 |
+-------------------+--------+------+------+------+-----------+---------------+--------+-----------------+The stats collected by the application are:
PLAYED = 'PLAYED'
WON = 'WON'
DRAW = 'DRAW'
LOST = 'LOST'
GOALS_FOR = 'GOALS FOR'
GOALS_AGAINST = 'GOALS AGAINST'
GOAL_DIFF = 'GOAL DIFFERENCE'
POINTS = 'POINTS'
POINTS_ADJUSTED = 'POINTS ADJUSTED'The POINTS ADJUSTED stat uses a consistent formula for calculating the points by awarding 3 points for a win, and 1 point for a draw throughout the league's history. The three-point standard was introduced to English football in 1981, prior to which only 2 points were awarded for a win. This stat is included to account for the biases in calculation that were introduced by the standard change.
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