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Updated from last year:
On average how many points (and what goal difference) does a team need to finish 6th in the Championship?
Listed below are the teams that finished 6th for the previous 11 seasons:
2009/10 - Blackpool - 70 pts - Goal Difference +16
2008/09 - Preston - 74 pts - Goal Difference +12 (Play off by GD)
2007/08 - Watford - 70 pts - Goal Difference +6 (Play off by GD)
2006/07 - Southampton - 75 pts - Goal Difference +24
2005/06 - Crystal Palace - 75 pts - Goal Difference +19
2004/05 - West Ham - 73 pts - Goal Difference +10
2003/04 - Crystal Palace - 73pts - Goal Difference +11
2002/03 - Nottingham Forest - 74 pts - Goal Difference +32
2001/02 - Norwich City - 75 pts - Goal Difference +9 (Play off by GD)
2000/01 - West Brom - 74 pts - Goal Difference +8
1999/00 - Bolton - 76 pts - Goal Difference +19
The average is 73.5 (rounded to 74 points) but on three occassions 74 points would not have been enough to have finished 6th:
In 2006/07 Preston finished 7th on 74 points behind Southampton with 75.
In 2001/02 Burnley finished 7th with 75 points behind Norwich on goal difference.
In 99/00 Wolves and Huddersfield finished 7th and 8th on 74 points behind Bolton on 76.
In the two of the previous three seasons 70 points was enough to finish 6th place and over the past five seasons the average reduces from 73.5 points to 72.8 rounding both up to 74 and 73 shows a decline of a single point. Doesn't sound like a lot but Swansea finished just a single point behind Blackpool last season, Preston beat Cardiff to the play offs on goal difference the year before that, Watford finished 6th above Wolves on goal difference in 07/08 and the season before that Southampton finished a single point ahead of Preston North End.
74 points is the equivalent to 1.608 points per game or 16 points after 10 matches, 32 after 20, 48 after 30, 64 after 40 and 10 points from the remaining 6 matches. Below is the matches played and the amount of points we need to be on to finish with 74 points.
1 - - - 1.608
2 - - - 3.216
3 - - - 4.824
4 - - - 6.432
5 - - - 8.04
6 - - - 9.648
7 - - - 11.256
8 - - - 12.864
9 - - - 14.472
10 - - - 16.08
11 - - - 17.688
12 - - - 19.296
13 - - - 20.904
14 - - - 22.512
15 - - - 24.12
16 - - - 25.728
17 - - - 27.336
18 - - - 28.944
19 - - - 30.552
20 - - - 32.16
21 - - - 33.768
22 - - - 35.376
23 - - - 36.984
24 - - - 38.592
25 - - - 40.2
26 - - - 41.808
27 - - - 43.416
28 - - - 45.024
29 - - - 46.632
30 - - - 48.24
31 - - - 49.848
32 - - - 51.456
33 - - - 53.064
34 - - - 54.672
35 - - - 56.28
36 - - - 57.888
37 - - - 59.496
38 - - - 61.104
39 - - - 62.712
40 - - - 64.32
41 - - - 65.928
42 - - - 67.536
43 - - - 69.144
44 - - - 70.752
45 - - - 72.36
46 - - - 73.968
On average how many points (and what goal difference) does a team need to finish 6th in the Championship?
Listed below are the teams that finished 6th for the previous 11 seasons:
2009/10 - Blackpool - 70 pts - Goal Difference +16
2008/09 - Preston - 74 pts - Goal Difference +12 (Play off by GD)
2007/08 - Watford - 70 pts - Goal Difference +6 (Play off by GD)
2006/07 - Southampton - 75 pts - Goal Difference +24
2005/06 - Crystal Palace - 75 pts - Goal Difference +19
2004/05 - West Ham - 73 pts - Goal Difference +10
2003/04 - Crystal Palace - 73pts - Goal Difference +11
2002/03 - Nottingham Forest - 74 pts - Goal Difference +32
2001/02 - Norwich City - 75 pts - Goal Difference +9 (Play off by GD)
2000/01 - West Brom - 74 pts - Goal Difference +8
1999/00 - Bolton - 76 pts - Goal Difference +19
The average is 73.5 (rounded to 74 points) but on three occassions 74 points would not have been enough to have finished 6th:
In 2006/07 Preston finished 7th on 74 points behind Southampton with 75.
In 2001/02 Burnley finished 7th with 75 points behind Norwich on goal difference.
In 99/00 Wolves and Huddersfield finished 7th and 8th on 74 points behind Bolton on 76.
In the two of the previous three seasons 70 points was enough to finish 6th place and over the past five seasons the average reduces from 73.5 points to 72.8 rounding both up to 74 and 73 shows a decline of a single point. Doesn't sound like a lot but Swansea finished just a single point behind Blackpool last season, Preston beat Cardiff to the play offs on goal difference the year before that, Watford finished 6th above Wolves on goal difference in 07/08 and the season before that Southampton finished a single point ahead of Preston North End.
74 points is the equivalent to 1.608 points per game or 16 points after 10 matches, 32 after 20, 48 after 30, 64 after 40 and 10 points from the remaining 6 matches. Below is the matches played and the amount of points we need to be on to finish with 74 points.
1 - - - 1.608
2 - - - 3.216
3 - - - 4.824
4 - - - 6.432
5 - - - 8.04
6 - - - 9.648
7 - - - 11.256
8 - - - 12.864
9 - - - 14.472
10 - - - 16.08
11 - - - 17.688
12 - - - 19.296
13 - - - 20.904
14 - - - 22.512
15 - - - 24.12
16 - - - 25.728
17 - - - 27.336
18 - - - 28.944
19 - - - 30.552
20 - - - 32.16
21 - - - 33.768
22 - - - 35.376
23 - - - 36.984
24 - - - 38.592
25 - - - 40.2
26 - - - 41.808
27 - - - 43.416
28 - - - 45.024
29 - - - 46.632
30 - - - 48.24
31 - - - 49.848
32 - - - 51.456
33 - - - 53.064
34 - - - 54.672
35 - - - 56.28
36 - - - 57.888
37 - - - 59.496
38 - - - 61.104
39 - - - 62.712
40 - - - 64.32
41 - - - 65.928
42 - - - 67.536
43 - - - 69.144
44 - - - 70.752
45 - - - 72.36
46 - - - 73.968
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