Just another way to look at the S.League title race over the years...
In European Leagues there's an honor called "Winter Champions" that is awarded to the leaders when the league takes a break during winter, which usually signify the halfway point of the season as well.
Since there's NO winter in Singapore, I'll just look at the "Halfway Leaders" as below:
Season Champions- Halfway Leaders- Remarks
1996-- Geylang--- Geylang--------- After 1st Series
1997-- SAFFC----- SAFFC
1998-- SAFFC----- Tanjong Pagar
1999-- Home------ Home
2000-- SAFFC----- SAFFC
2001-- Geylang--- Home------------ After 17th Game
2002-- SAFFC----- SAFFC----------- After 17th Game
2003-- Home------ Home------------ After 17th Game
2004-- Tampines-- Woodlands------- After 14th Game
2005-- Tampines-- Tampines-------- After 14th Game
2006-- SAFFC----- YoungLions
2007-- ?--------- Home------------ After 17th Game
Out of 11 seasons, 7 Halfway Leaders have went on to win the league, that's 63% chance (almost two-third!), pretty decent isn't it?
It's worth noting that only 1 of the remaining 4 Halfway Leaders did finish as league runners-up eventually (Tanjong Pagar in 1998).
The worst finish for a Halfway Leaders was 6th by Woodlands in 2004, while Home & Young Lions both ended-up 3rd in 2001 & 2006 respectively.
Should Home win the league in 2007, the magic number would become 8 & success rate = 67%!
Similar analysis was done for the MLS of USA as well, go check it out if interested...
2010 Combined Table of Domestic Competitions, as at 7-Mar (after League Cup Final)
# Team----- P W-D-L F-A P- GD
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1 Etoile-- 6 5-1-0 12-5 16 +7
2 Sengkang 7 4-1-2 13-9 13 +4
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3 Tampines-- 4 2-1-1 5-3 7 +2
4 Gombak---- 6 2-1-3 7-8 7 -1
5 Woodlands- 6 1-4-1 6-7 7 -1
6 Geylang--- 5 1-3-1 5-5 6 0
7 SAFFC----- 4 1-2-1 5-6 5 -1
8 Home------ 3 1-1-1 4-4 4 0
9 Y.Lions--- 4 0-3-1 4-5 3 -1
10 Balestier 4 1-0-3 4-7 3 -1
11 Albirex-- 4 0-2-2 3-6 2 -3
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12 Beijing-- 3 0-1-2 1-4 1 -3
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1 Etoile-- 6 5-1-0 12-5 16 +7
2 Sengkang 7 4-1-2 13-9 13 +4
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3 Tampines-- 4 2-1-1 5-3 7 +2
4 Gombak---- 6 2-1-3 7-8 7 -1
5 Woodlands- 6 1-4-1 6-7 7 -1
6 Geylang--- 5 1-3-1 5-5 6 0
7 SAFFC----- 4 1-2-1 5-6 5 -1
8 Home------ 3 1-1-1 4-4 4 0
9 Y.Lions--- 4 0-3-1 4-5 3 -1
10 Balestier 4 1-0-3 4-7 3 -1
11 Albirex-- 4 0-2-2 3-6 2 -3
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12 Beijing-- 3 0-1-2 1-4 1 -3
S.League All-Time Table Watch (up to 19-Feb-2010: break for League Cup)
# Teams---- Ssn P-- W---D--L-- F---A-- Pts GD--
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01 SAFFC---- 15 391 261-69-061 964-460 854 +504 *
02 Home----- 15 389 219-70-100 812-517 729 +295 *
03 Tampines- 15 390 191-83-116 754-535 659 +219 *
04 Geylang-- 15 391 175-84-132 659-518 612 +141 *
05 Woodlands 15 389 142-95-152 618-637 519 -019 *
06 Balestier 15 390 100-88-202 535-783 390 -248 *
07 Tjg.Pagar 09 234 100-46-086 399-385 350 +014
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08 Gombak-- 11 259 82-64-113 366-437 310 -071 *
09 Yng.Lions 8 216 76-51-089 330-362 280 -032 *
10 Jurong--- 7 179 70-36-073 261-274 253 -013
11 Albirex-- 7 183 66-50-067 282-276 248 +006 *
12 Sengkang 11 292 52-64-176 303-624 228 -321 *
13 Sembawang 7 207 53-52-102 256-405 216 -149
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14 SuperReds 3 96 41-20-35 144-146 143 -02
14 Clementi 4 110 22-29-59 150-261 95 -111
16 Sinchi--- 3 87 22-19-46 109-166 88 -057
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17 Liaoning- 1 33 8-5-20 33-63 29 -30
19 Afrique-- 1 30 5-9-16 36-58 24 -22
20 Dalian--- 1 33 5-7-21 26-75 22 -49
20 Etoile FC 1 02 1-1-00 03-02 04 +01 *
21 PayaLebar 1 27 1-1-25 23-78 04 -55
22 Beijing-- 1 02 0-1-01 00-01 01 -01 *
23 Brun.DPMM 1 00 0-0-00 00-00 00 000 **
"*" : teams active in current season
"**": Brunei DPMM's results in 2009 expunged due to FIFA ban.
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01 SAFFC---- 15 391 261-69-061 964-460 854 +504 *
02 Home----- 15 389 219-70-100 812-517 729 +295 *
03 Tampines- 15 390 191-83-116 754-535 659 +219 *
04 Geylang-- 15 391 175-84-132 659-518 612 +141 *
05 Woodlands 15 389 142-95-152 618-637 519 -019 *
06 Balestier 15 390 100-88-202 535-783 390 -248 *
07 Tjg.Pagar 09 234 100-46-086 399-385 350 +014
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08 Gombak-- 11 259 82-64-113 366-437 310 -071 *
09 Yng.Lions 8 216 76-51-089 330-362 280 -032 *
10 Jurong--- 7 179 70-36-073 261-274 253 -013
11 Albirex-- 7 183 66-50-067 282-276 248 +006 *
12 Sengkang 11 292 52-64-176 303-624 228 -321 *
13 Sembawang 7 207 53-52-102 256-405 216 -149
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14 SuperReds 3 96 41-20-35 144-146 143 -02
14 Clementi 4 110 22-29-59 150-261 95 -111
16 Sinchi--- 3 87 22-19-46 109-166 88 -057
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17 Liaoning- 1 33 8-5-20 33-63 29 -30
19 Afrique-- 1 30 5-9-16 36-58 24 -22
20 Dalian--- 1 33 5-7-21 26-75 22 -49
20 Etoile FC 1 02 1-1-00 03-02 04 +01 *
21 PayaLebar 1 27 1-1-25 23-78 04 -55
22 Beijing-- 1 02 0-1-01 00-01 01 -01 *
23 Brun.DPMM 1 00 0-0-00 00-00 00 000 **
"*" : teams active in current season
"**": Brunei DPMM's results in 2009 expunged due to FIFA ban.
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I don't know about previous seasons, but this years championship is very interesting, a three way tie with a few games remaining, could be anyone's championship.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's in Home's favour, due to your research