THE SECOND GOLD LIST FOR THE 2020/21 SEASON.
Gold List
UEFA ranking has these as the best 5 domestic leagues in Europe’s.
La Liga (Spain)
Premier League (England)
Serie A (Italy)
Bundesliga (Germany)
Ligue 1 (France)
The MGSVfutbol Gold List ranks the teams that are in the top flight of Europe’s top five domestic leagues.
The vital parts of the evaluation are the Performances in
- Domestic league matches
- Domestic cup matches
- Continental cup competitions
- Winning/losing streaks
The other parts are
Match results and Title wins
Cup Matches; both domestic and continental, holds more weight towards the final matches.
Progress and regress from the first list.
AC Milan (Italian Serie A) moved up from 8th to 5th. Picking up 80.33 points in comparison to the 23. 17 points they picked up in the first list of the 2020/21 season.
Angers(French Ligue 1) moved up 13 positions from 47th to 34th.
Arminia Bielefeld (German Bundesliga) dropped from 70th to the 92nd spot.
Arsenal (English Premier League) dropped from 20th to the 53rd.
Aston Villa (English Premier League) were 6th in the first list but dropped to 22nd in the second.
Atalanta (Italian Serie A) dropped from 1st to 23rd on the list.
Athletic Club (Spanish La Liga) moved up from 85tth to 73rd.
Atletico Madrid (Spanish La Liga) moved up from 52nd to the 11th.
Augsburg (German Bundesliga) dropped from 14th to the 54th.
Barcelona (Spanish La Liga) dropped from 24th to the 33rd.
Bayer Leverkusen (German Bundesliga) made a giant leap from 81st to the 19th.
Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga) moved up from 10th to 1st.
Benevento (Italian Serie A) debuted at 33 and dropped to 75th.
Bordeaux (French Ligue 1) dropped 21 positions from 44th to 65th.
Borussia Dortmund (German Bundesliga) moved up from 25th to 14th.
Burnley (English Premier League) dropped 9 positions down to the bottom of the list.
Recently promoted Cadiz (Spanish La Liga) moved up from 51st to 36th.
Cagliari (Italian Serie A) from 87th to 45th.
Chelsea (English Premier League) from 27th to 18th.
Crotone (Italian Serie A) stayed on 95th in both lists.
Eintracht Frankfurt (German Bundesliga) dropped 36 spots; from 19th to 55th.
Elche (Spanish La Liga) moved up 17 positions; from 7th to 60th.
Everton (English Premier League) debuted 2nd but dropped to 30th.
FC koln (German Bundesliga stayed on 88th in both list.
Fiorentina (Italian Serie A) stayed on 66th.
Fulham (English Premier League) made a slight gain to move from 91st to 87th.
Genoa (Italian Serie A) dropped from 60th to 84th.
Hoffenheim (German Bundesliga) dropped from 26th to the 68th.
Inter Milan (Italian Serie A) dropped 12 positions. From 16th to the 28th.
Juventus (English Premier League) moved up from 41st to the 26th.
Leeds United (English Premier League) fell from 32nd to the 58th.
Leicester City (English Premier League) gained to move from 9th to 4th.
It’s 29 spots for Lens (French Ligue 1). From 11th to 40th.
Liverpool (English Premier League) up 5 positions from 17th to 12th.
Lyon (French Ligue 1) moved from 59th to 24th.
Manchester City (English Premier League) moved 9 positions up; from 56th to 47th.
Manchester United (English Premier League) moved up 8 positions; 69th to 57th.
Marseille (French Ligue 1) moved up from 45th to 21st.
Metz (French Ligue 1) moved up from 62nd to the 46th.
Monchengladbach (German Bundesliga) moved up from 63rd to the 35th.
Nimes (French Ligue 1) moved up 30 positions, 79 to 39.
Paris St. Germain (French Ligue 1) debuted 15th and moved up to 2nd.
Parma (Italian Serie A) stayed on 80th.
RB Leipzig (German Bundesliga) made a slight dropped from 4th to 8th
Real Betis (Spanish La Liga) fell from 13th to the 38th.
Real Madrid (Spanish La Liga) dropped 15 positions; 5th to 20th.
Real Sociedad (Spanish La Liga) moved up from 23rd to 3rd.
Reims (French Ligue 1) made some gains; moving up 22 positions from 84th to 62nd.
Rennes (French Ligue 1) from 13th to 7th.
Massive leap for Roma (Italian Serie A) from 67th to 17th.
Saint-Etienne (French Ligue 1) dropped 40 positions; from 31st to 71st.
Sampdoria (Italian Serie A) moved up 22 positions; from 72nd to 50th.
Sevilla (Spanish La Liga) debuted 67th and moved up to 30th.
Sheffield United (English Premier League) dropped to the bottom of the pile from 97th.
Southampton (English Premier League moved up from 53rd to 16th.
Strasbourg (French Ligue 1) stayed on 82nd
Udinese (Italian Serie A) fell 8 positions down to the bottom of the ranking.
Union Berlin (German Bundesliga) moved up from 48th to 25th.
Villarreal (Spanish La Liga) moved up from 29th to 10th.
West Brom (English Premier League dropped from 78th to the 93rd.
Wolfsburg (German Bundesliga) made a leap from 86th to 42nd.
After the gains and losses, the final ranking looks like this.
The league leaders are at the top of the pile. With Bayern Munich on top of it all.
Bayern Munich are 27.81 points above their closest competition (Paris St. Germain). 27.81 is the second widest gap in points between two positions.
Paris St. Germain are 39.45 points clear off 3rd ranked Leicester City. 39.45 point gap is the widest gap between two positions in the ranking.
AC Milan has a narrow 0.41 lead on Real Sociedad.
RB Leipzig at 9th with a 16.44 point gap lead over 10th placed Lille.
Aston Villa 14th and 11.16 point gap on Liverpool. 11.16 is the widest point gap in positions outside the top 10.
Borussia Dortmund (19th) 7.13 points above Chelsea (20th).
League Leaders in Europe’s top 5 leagues
Leicester City (English Premier League)
Paris St. Germain (French Ligue 1)
Real Sociedad (Spanish La Liga) – There are chasers in the Spanish La Liga with games in hand to leap above Real Sociedad with a win in those games.
Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga)
AC Milan (Italian Serie A)
Team – MP (W-D-L) – PTS
Paris Saint-Germain – 10 (8-0-2) – 24 pts
AC Milan – 6 (5-1-0) – 16 pts
Real Sociedad – 9 (6-2-1) – 20 pts
Bayern Munich – 7 (6-0-1) – 18 pts
Leicester City – 8 (6-0-2) – 18 pts
The Promoted
Lens (Ligue 1), Spezia (Serie A), Cadiz (La Liga), Leeds United, (Premier League), and Stuttgart (German Bundesliga) are the best performing newly-promoted sides in their respective league.
In Ligue 1, Lens is targeting the top half of the league table.
Lorient hovers around the drop zone.
Team – MP (W-D-L) – PTS
Lens – 8 (4-2-2) – 14 pts
Lorient – 10 (2-2-6) – 8 pts
Spezia; currently the best performers from the promoted bunch in the Serie A.
It’s been a hard start for Crotone; winless, and losing 5 of their opening 7 games.
Team – MP (W-D-L) – PTS
Spezia – 7 (2-2-3) – 8 pts
Benevento – 7 (2-0-5) – 6 pts
Crotone – 7 (0-2-5) – 2 pts
Cadiz (6th) the best performing side of the newly-promoted teams in La Liga.
Elche (11th) is topping the second half of the La Liga standings.
Huesca is on the only newly-promoted side in the relegation zone. They are at the bottom of the league standings with zero wins after 9 games.
Team – MP (W-D-L) – PTS
Cádiz – 9 (4-2-3) – 14 pts
Elche – 7 (3-2-2) – 11 pts
Huesca – 9 (0-6-3) – 6 pts
Leeds United (15th); the best performing side from the newly-promoted teams in the Premier League.
We expected Leeds United to be the best performer amongst the newly-promoted teams in England, but in 15th spot, it shows that the newcomers are struggling in the Premier League.
Fulham had been without a win all season until they came across their fellow recently-promoted West Brom. (West Brom remain without a win after 8 rounds).
Team – MP (W-D-L) – PTS
Leeds United – 8 (3-1-4) – 10 pts
Fulham – 8 (1-1-6) – 4 pts
West Bromwich Albion – 8 (0-3-5) – 3 pts
Stuttgart are hovering around the midpoint of the Bundesliga standings (8th).
Arminia Bielefeld is not doing too bad either; despite sitting at 15th.
Team – MP (W-D-L) – PTS
Stuttgart – 7 (2-4-1) – 10 pts
Arminia Bielefeld – 7 (1-1-5) – 4 pts
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The teams that have scored the most goals.
Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga) – 27
Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 26
Chelsea (English Premier League) – 20
Real Sociedad (Spanish La Liga) – 20
The teams averaging the highest average goals per match.
3.86 goals – Bayern Munich’s averaging goals per game in the German Bundesliga.
Aston Villa is high on the list in the English Premier League.
Atletico Madrid are showing their attacking threat in the Spanish La Liga
Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga) – 3.86
Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 2.60
Atalanta (Italian Serie A) – 2.57
Aston Villa (English Premier League) – 2.57
Sassuolo (Italian Serie A) – 2.57
Chelsea (English Premier League) – 2.50
Atlético Madrid (Spanish La Liga) – 2.43
Tottenham Hotspur (English Premier League) – 2.38
AC Milan (Italian Serie A) – 2.33
Roma (Italian Serie A) – 2.29
Inter Milan (Italian Serie A) – 2.29
Union Berlin (German Bundesliga) – 2.29
Liverpool (English Premier League) – 2.25
Leicester City (English Premier League) – 2.25
Real Sociedad (Spanish La Liga) – 2.22
Barcelona (Spanish La Liga) – 2.14
Napoli (Italian Serie A) – 2.14
Juventus (Italian Serie A) – 2.14
Borussia Dortmund (German Bundesliga) – 2.14
RB Leipzig (German Bundesliga) – 2.14
Cagliari (Italian Serie A) – 2.00
Everton (English Premier League) – 2.00
Southampton (English Premier League) – 2.00
Bayer Leverkusen (German Bundesliga) – 2.00
Bayern Munich have scored the most goals (27) among the teams T-5 leagues.
The teams that have the highest percentage of matches won.
Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga) – 86%
AC Milan (Italian Serie A) – 83%
Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 80%
Leicester City (English Premier League) – 75%
Aston Villa (English Premier League) – 71%
Napoli (Italian Serie A) – 71%
Borussia Dortmund (German Bundesliga) – 71%
RB Leipzig (German Bundesliga) – 71%
Atlético Madrid (Spanish La Liga) – 71%
The teams with the most wins
The teams in the T-5 leagues that have the highest % of the matches played as wins.
Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 8
Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga) – 6
Leicester City (English Premier League) – 6
Real Sociedad (Spanish La Liga) – 6
The teams getting the most Points-per-Game (PPG)
AC Milan is picking up the most points-per-game amongst the teams in Europe’s T-5 leagues.
Aston Villa, Real Sociedad, and Sassuolo are not doing bad.
AC Milan (Italian Serie A) – 2.67
Bayern Munich (German Bundesliga) – 2.57
Atlético Madrid (Spanish La Liga) – 2.43
Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 2.40
RB Leipzig (German Bundesliga) – 2.29
Leicester City (English Premier League) – 2.25
Real Sociedad (Spanish La Liga) – 2.22
Aston Villa (English Premier League) – 2.14
Borussia Dortmund (German Bundesliga) – 2.14
Sassuolo (Italian Serie A) – 2.14
Bayer Leverkusen (German Bundesliga) – 2.14
Tottenham Hotspur (English Premier League) – 2.13
Liverpool (English Premier League) – 2.13
Napoli (Italian Serie A) – 2.00
Southampton (English Premier League) – 2.00
Real Madrid (Spanish La Liga) – 2.00
Villarreal (Spanish La Liga) – 2.00
Marseille (French Ligue 1) – 2.00
Roma (Italian Serie A) – 2.00
The teams that are conceding the least average goals per match.
Atlético Madrid (Spanish La Liga) – 0.29
Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 0.30
Real Sociedad (Spanish La Liga) – 0.44
Hellas Verona (Italian Serie A) – 0.50
RB Leipzig (German Bundesliga) – 0.57
Lille (French Ligue 1) – 0.70
Borussia Dortmund (German Bundesliga) – 0.71
Wolfsburg (German Bundesliga) – 0.71
Metz (French Ligue 1) – 0.80
AC Milan (Italian Serie A) – 0.83
Juventus (Italian Serie A) – 0.86
Sevilla (Spanish La Liga) – 0.86
Marseille (French Ligue 1) – 0.89
Napoli (Italian Serie A) – 1.00
Villarreal (Spanish La Liga) – 1.00
Union Berlin (German Bundesliga) – 1.00
Lyon (French Ligue 1) – 1.00
Osasuna (Spanish La Liga) – 1.00
Eibar (Spanish La Liga) – 1.00
The teams that have conceded the least number of goals.
Atlético Madrid (Spanish La Liga) – 2
Paris Saint-Germain (French Ligue 1) – 3
Hellas Verona (Italian Serie A) – 3
Real Sociedad (Spanish La Liga) – 4
RB Leipzig (German Bundesliga) – 4
Borussia Dortmund (German Bundesliga) – 5
Wolfsburg (German Bundesliga) – 5
AC Milan (Italian Serie A) – 5
The teams that are unbeaten.
These teams haven’t suffered the pain of a defeat in their domestic league since the start of the 2020/21 season.
AC Milan is the only team in the list that is also top of the domestic league.
Wolfsburg (German Bundesliga)
Bayer Leverkusen (German Bundesliga)
AC Milan (Italian Serie A)
Juventus (Italian Serie A)
Atlético Madrid (Spanish La Liga)
Sassuolo (Italian Serie A)
The teams that are leading the highest average. goals conceded per match
Schalke (German Bundesliga) – 3.14
Mainz (German Bundesliga) – 2.86
Benevento (Italian Serie A) – 2.86
Crotone (Italian Serie A) – 2.43
Freiburg (German Bundesliga) – 2.29
Torino (Italian Serie A) – 2.29
Brest (French Ligue 1) – 2.20
Arminia Bielefeld (German Bundesliga) – 2.14
Cagliari (Italian Serie A) – 2.14
Spezia (Italian Serie A) – 2.14
Genoa (Italian Serie A) – 2.14
Leeds United (English Premier League) – 2.13
West Bromwich Albion (English Premier League) – 2.13
Liverpool (English Premier League) – 2.00
Manchester United (English Premier League) – 2.00
Atalanta (Italian Serie A) – 2.00
Angers (French Ligue 1) – 2.00
The teams that are leading the most goals conceded
Schalke (German Bundesliga) – 22
Brest (French Ligue 1) – 22
Mainz (German Bundesliga) – 20
Benevento (Italian Serie A) – 20
Angers (French Ligue 1) – 20
The teams with the most defeats
Strasbourg (French Ligue 1) – 8
Sheffield United (English Premier League) – 7
Brest (French Ligue 1) – 6
Lorient (French Ligue 1) – 6
Nîmes (French Ligue 1) – 6
Saint-Étienne (French Ligue 1) – 6
Mainz (German Bundesliga) – 6
Fulham (English Premier League) – 6
Dijon (French Ligue 1) – 6
The teams that have the highest percentage of defeats.
Sheffield United (English Premier League) – 88%
Mainz (German Bundesliga) – 86%
Strasbourg (French Ligue 1) – 80%
Fulham (English Premier League) – 75%
Bologna (Italian Serie A) – 71%
Benevento (Italian Serie A) – 71%
Crotone (Italian Serie A) – 71%
Udinese (Italian Serie A) – 71%
Arminia Bielefeld (German Bundesliga) – 71%
Burnley (English Premier League) – 71%
The teams with the lowest average goals scored per game.
Burnley (English Premier League) – 0.43
Sheffield United (English Premier League) – 0.50
Dijon (French Ligue 1) – 0.50
Arminia Bielefeld (German Bundesliga) – 0.57
Eibar (Spanish La Liga) – 0.67
Celta Vigo (Spanish La Liga) – 0.67
Schalke (German Bundesliga) – 0.71
West Bromwich Albion (English Premier League) – 0.75
Alavés (Spanish La Liga) – 0.78
Valladolid (Spanish La Liga) – 0.78
Huesca (Spanish La Liga) – 0.78
Udinese (Italian Serie A) – 0.86
Crotone (Italian Serie A) – 0.86
Osasuna (Spanish La Liga) – 0.88
Athletic Club (Spanish La Liga) – 0.88
Fulham (English Premier League) – 0.88
Cádiz (Spanish La Liga) – 0.89
Bordeaux (French Ligue 1) – 0.90
Sheffield United are averaging the lowest PPG in Europe’s T-5 leagues.
The teams with the fewest goals scored.
Burnley (English Premier League) – 3
Sheffield United (English Premier League) – 4
Arminia Bielefeld (German Bundesliga) – 4
Dijon (French Ligue 1) – 5
Schalke (German Bundesliga) – 5
The teams that are yet to register a win.
It’s November and these teams are still searching for their first win in their domestic league.
Three teams are winless in the English Premier League and from the German Bundesliga.
Huesca (Spanish La Liga)
Schalke (German Bundesliga)
FC Köln (German Bundesliga)
West Bromwich Albion (English Premier League)
Burnley (English Premier League)
Crotone (Italian Serie A)
Dijon (French Ligue 1)
Mainz (German Bundesliga)
Sheffield United (English Premier League)
The teams picking up the least point-per-game (PPG)
Sheffield United (English Premier League) – 0.13
Mainz (German Bundesliga) – 0.14
Burnley (English Premier League) – 0.29
Crotone (Italian Serie A) – 0.29
West Bromwich Albion (English Premier League) – 0.38
Dijon (French Ligue 1) – 0.40
Schalke (German Bundesliga) – 0.43
FC Köln (German Bundesliga) – 0.43
Fulham (English Premier League) – 0.50
Arminia Bielefeld (German Bundesliga) – 0.57
Udinese (German Bundesliga) – 0.57
Strasbourg (French Ligue 1) – 0.60
Huesca (Spanish La Liga) – 0.67
Valladolid (Spanish La Liga) – 0.67
Genoa (Italian Serie A) – 0.71
Torino (Italian Serie A) – 0.71
Levante (Spanish La Liga) – 0.75
Brighton & Hove Albion (English Premier League) – 0.75
Celta Vigo (Spanish La Liga) – 0.78
Nîmes (French Ligue 1) – 0.80
Lorient (French Ligue 1) – 0.80
Parma (Italian Serie A) – 0.86
Freiburg (German Bundesliga) – 0.86
Benevento (Italian Serie A) – 0.86
Bologna (Italian Serie A) – 0.86
Reims (French Ligue 1) – 0.90
Eibar (Spanish La Liga) – 1.00
Alavés (Spanish La Liga) – 1.00
Hoffenheim (German Bundesliga) – 1.00
Hertha Berlin (German Bundesliga) – 1.00
Saint-Étienne (French Ligue 1) – 1.00
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The early laps of the European Golden Boot race.
Robert Lewandowski is the first to hit double-digit goals and the only one with double digit goals amongst the players in Europe’s T-5 leagues.
Four players in the English Premier LEague are leading the scoring list with 8 goals.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is topping the goalscoring chart in the Italian Serie A with 8 goals.
Boulaye Dia leads the scoring list in the French Ligue 1 with 8 goals.
Mikel Oyarzaal tops the list in the Spanish La Liga with 6 goals.
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Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich / German Bundesliga) – 11 goals
Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton / English Premier League) – 8 goals
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool / English Premier League) – 8 goals
Korea Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur / English Premier League) – 8 goals
Jamie Vardy (Leicester City / English Premier League) – 8 goals
Zlatan Ibrahimović (AC Milan / Italian Serie A) – 8 goals
Boulaye Dia (Reims / French Ligue 1) – 8 goals
Lucas Alario (Bayer Leverkusen / German Bundesliga) – 7 goals
Patrick Bamford (Leeds United / English Premier League) – 7 goals
Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur / English Premier League) – 7 goals
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain / French Ligue 1) – 7 goals
Mikel Oyarzabal (Real Sociedad / Spanish La Liga) – 6 goals
Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund / German Bundesliga) – 6 goals
Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim / German Bundesliga) – 6 goals
Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa / English Premier League) – 6 goals
Callum Wilson (Newcastle United / English Premier League) – 6 goals
Andrea Belotti (Torino / Italian Serie A) – 6 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus / Italian Serie A) – 6 goals
Ben Yedder (Monaco / French Ligue 1) – 6 goals
Ibrahima Niane (Metz / French Ligue 1) – 6 goals
Burak Yılmaz (Lille / French Ligue 1) – 6 goals
Paco Alcácer (Villarreal / Spanish La Liga) – 5 goals
João Félix (Atlético Madrid / Spanish La Liga) – 5 goals
Luis Suárez (Atlético Madrid / Spanish La Liga) – 5 goals
André Silva (Eintracht Frankfurt / German Bundesliga) – 5 goals
Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United / English Premier League) – 5 goals
Danny Ings (Southampton / English Premier League) – 5 goals
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace / English Premier League) – 5 goals
Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo / Italian Serie A) – 5 goals
João Pedro (Cagliari / Italian Serie A) – 5 goals
Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan / Italian Serie A) – 5 goals
Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari / Italian Serie A) – 5 goals
Memphis Depay (Lyon / French Ligue 1) – 5 goals
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