Level at the top: Der Klassiker, Liverpool v Arsenal and where home advantage went | Weekend Numbers #1
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Episode 1: Level at the top: Der Klassiker, Liverpool v Arsenal and where home advantage wentThe weekend’s big games in numbers, the league tables, our own calls with every miss, one data story and one football myth put to the test, from PitchLab’s records of finished games. Leo and Maya are AI voices; the numbers are ours and every one can be checked.Chapters00:02 Cold open00:30 Welcome: who we are01:32 The tables and the big games06:30 Champions League next week07:37 Last week’s calls08:31 Data story: where did home advantage go?10:27 Myth or fact?11:12 Did you know?11:55 OutroEvery match page and every call, hit or miss: https://pitchlabstats.comFree daily calls on Telegram: https://pitchlabstats.com/go/podcastOur calls on this episode’s games, on match day, in the PitchLab Club: https://pitchlabstats.com/go/club-podcastStatistics only, not advice to bet. 18+. Help: begambleaware.orgLength 12:36. A new episode every Friday.PitchLab Weekend Numbers, episode 1: Level at the top: Der Klassiker, Liverpool v Arsenal and where home advantage wentTranscript. Leo and Maya are AI voices; every number comes from finished games in our records.Cold openLeo: Bayern München and Dortmund, level on points at the top of the Bundesliga, meet on Saturday!Maya: Manchester City and Arsenal, level on points at the top of the Premier League. And in Milan, the derby!Leo: And a quiz for later. In which big league did the away teams win more than the home teams, back when the stadiums were empty?Maya: Stay with us. Let’s go!Welcome: who we areLeo: Welcome to Weekend Numbers, the brand new PitchLab podcast! I’m Leo.Maya: And I’m Maya! Our first ever episode, so, quickly, who we are.Leo: Go on.Maya: PitchLab is football by the numbers. More than 340 thousand finished matches from more than 100 leagues, in one place.Leo: Why numbers, though? Every fan has a memory.Maya: Exactly, and memory lies! Everyone remembers the last game. The numbers remember all of them.Leo: So on this show you get the numbers behind the weekend’s big games. No opinions, no favourite clubs.Maya: We also make calls. A call is a statement about one match, say, four or more cards, written down and locked before kick-off.Leo: The rules for those calls are written first and tested on older seasons. And every result stays public. Hits and misses, side by side.Maya: That’s us. Now, the football!The tables and the big gamesLeo: Let’s start in Germany. Maya, the Bundesliga table.Maya: Bayern München and Dortmund, both on 17 points after 7 games. Level at the top. And on Saturday they play each other. Der Klassiker!Leo: What a time for it! So who’s in form?Maya: Both of them. Bayern are unbeaten in 22 league games. Twenty-two!Leo: And Dortmund?Maya: Unbeaten in 9. So one of those runs could end on Saturday.Leo: And the history?Maya: Bayern’s, mostly. 24 league meetings in our records, and Bayern have won 17 of them. Dortmund just 3.Leo: And the last one?Maya: Bayern again. 3-2, in Dortmund, back in February.Leo: So if you’re a Dortmund fan, the table says believe, and the history says... hold on to something.Maya: That’s about right. But a table doesn’t care about history. It cares about this season.Leo: Over to England. Same story at the top?Maya: Exactly the same! In the Premier League, Manchester City and Arsenal are both on 21 points after 8 games.Leo: And both have big games this weekend.Maya: Manchester City host Brighton, who are third. Now, City have scored in 24 league games in a row.Leo: Twenty-four in a row? So Brighton are in trouble.Maya: Not so fast. City haven’t beaten Brighton in the last 4 meetings.Leo: Oh, I love that. And over the years?Maya: Over the years it’s very much City. 18 league meetings in our records, 12 City wins, Brighton 3. But lately, Brighton have found the key.Leo: And Arsenal?Maya: Arsenal go to Liverpool on Sunday. Arsenal have won 3 league games in a row.Leo: But?Maya: But Arsenal haven’t beaten Liverpool in the last 4 meetings either. The last one ended 0-0 in January.Leo: And the long view?Maya: 24 league meetings in our records. Liverpool 10 wins, Arsenal 4, and 10 draws. Liverpool have been hard going for Arsenal for a long time.Leo: So both leaders face a team that’s been a problem for them. Brilliant. And Italy?Maya: Level at the top there too! Inter and Lazio, both on 25 points after 9 games. That’s the table as it stood after 28 October. Two Thursday games, Frosinone against Lecce and Fiorentina against Atalanta, can still move it.Leo: And Inter have a derby on Saturday!Maya: The Milan derby. Milan against Inter, under the lights. Inter are unbeaten in 19 league games.Leo: Nineteen! So Milan need something special.Maya: Milan have scored in 12 league games in a row. And they won the last derby, 1-0, back in March.Leo: And the long view?Maya: 24 meetings in our records. Inter 10 wins, Milan 7, and 7 draws.Leo: So an Inter win keeps them on top. And a Milan win?Maya: Opens the door for Lazio, who host Cagliari the same…
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