The Bundesliga season has seen a high number of teams finish with negative goal differences, but which league had the fewest teams achieve this feat? Bayern Munich's dominant performances have undoubtedly contributed to this trend. With a goal difference of +57 after just 18 games, they are giving their opponents a hard time.
However, when looking at complete seasons across all European leagues, the Portuguese top flight stands out as having one of the highest percentages of teams finishing with negative goal differences. In fact, only four teams in the league managed to achieve a positive goal difference during the 2022-23 season. This is not an isolated incident, as the same trend was seen in previous seasons.
If we take a step back further and look at full seasons across European leagues, the English second tier (now known as the Championship) holds a record for having the highest percentage of teams with negative goal differences. In the 2005-06 season, an impressive 70.83% of teams finished with negative goal differences.
On the other hand, some leagues have struggled to produce such dominance in negative goal difference finishes. The English Premier League has seen as few as 20% of teams finish with positive goal differences during a single season, most notably in the 1990-91 campaign where only Benfica and Porto managed to achieve this feat.
Looking at European leagues that consist of 18 teams, there is an example from Romania's Divizia A in 1988-89, but even then, five out of 18 teams had positive goal differences. In contrast, the Portuguese top flight consistently features a high number of negative goal difference finishes across its 18-team format.
In another interesting question, we are asked to consider instances where fathers and sons play for opposing teams in the same league. The example of Darren Ferguson (son of Alex) playing for Manchester United against his father's team, Nottingham Forest, is quite famous, with Brian Clough's final season as Forest manager coming to an end.
Finally, some questions are posed about record wins and losses, particularly among southern English clubs like Southampton and Bournemouth. The most notable examples include Southampton's 8-0 win over Sunderland in the Premier League and their subsequent 9-0 loss against Leicester City five years later. Similarly, Bournemouth enjoyed a big win over Birmingham in the league but suffered a 9-0 defeat at Liverpool two years later.
Other questions range from where football clubs' names come from to whether any team has caused more managerial sackings than Werder Bremen this season. The latter answer is that no team has yet surpassed Werder's impressive record of sacking four managers in one season.
Lastly, some are curious about the origin of the phrase "at sixes and sevens," which comes from 14th-century gambling slang referring to people being confused or at odds with each other.
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However, when looking at complete seasons across all European leagues, the Portuguese top flight stands out as having one of the highest percentages of teams finishing with negative goal differences. In fact, only four teams in the league managed to achieve a positive goal difference during the 2022-23 season. This is not an isolated incident, as the same trend was seen in previous seasons.
If we take a step back further and look at full seasons across European leagues, the English second tier (now known as the Championship) holds a record for having the highest percentage of teams with negative goal differences. In the 2005-06 season, an impressive 70.83% of teams finished with negative goal differences.
On the other hand, some leagues have struggled to produce such dominance in negative goal difference finishes. The English Premier League has seen as few as 20% of teams finish with positive goal differences during a single season, most notably in the 1990-91 campaign where only Benfica and Porto managed to achieve this feat.
Looking at European leagues that consist of 18 teams, there is an example from Romania's Divizia A in 1988-89, but even then, five out of 18 teams had positive goal differences. In contrast, the Portuguese top flight consistently features a high number of negative goal difference finishes across its 18-team format.
In another interesting question, we are asked to consider instances where fathers and sons play for opposing teams in the same league. The example of Darren Ferguson (son of Alex) playing for Manchester United against his father's team, Nottingham Forest, is quite famous, with Brian Clough's final season as Forest manager coming to an end.
Finally, some questions are posed about record wins and losses, particularly among southern English clubs like Southampton and Bournemouth. The most notable examples include Southampton's 8-0 win over Sunderland in the Premier League and their subsequent 9-0 loss against Leicester City five years later. Similarly, Bournemouth enjoyed a big win over Birmingham in the league but suffered a 9-0 defeat at Liverpool two years later.
Other questions range from where football clubs' names come from to whether any team has caused more managerial sackings than Werder Bremen this season. The latter answer is that no team has yet surpassed Werder's impressive record of sacking four managers in one season.
Lastly, some are curious about the origin of the phrase "at sixes and sevens," which comes from 14th-century gambling slang referring to people being confused or at odds with each other.
We hope you enjoyed these puzzles!
The Portuguese top flight is low-key the most savage when it comes to negative goal difference finishes. Like, only 4 teams even managed to get a positive one in the 22-23 season? That's just brutal 
. And 70.83% of teams going bust in the Championship back in 05-06? Yikes! 
But on the bright side, it's always entertaining to see dads and sons go head-to-head on the pitch 
Like 70.83% of teams can be really bad at scoring, and I'm all for a good underdog story! 
But seriously, it's interesting to see which leagues are dominating in terms of goal difference, and Portugal definitely seems to be one of them #FootballFacts #LeagueGoals #GoalDifference
But on the other hand, Bayern Munich are crushing it this season... 
And what's up with these record wins and losses? Are they just getting lucky or is there something more to it? 
. The fact that only a few teams can do well in leagues with 18 teams is pretty interesting tho.
but still, it's cool to see some smaller clubs like southampton and bournemouth making headlines for good or bad reasons! 
i mean, its like theyre struggling to even score goals, u feel? but i guess its all part of the game 
and its interesting to see which leagues are more prone to it. the english second tier is really surprising though - 70% of teams having negative goal differences in the 2005-06 season is just wild 
And even in the Portuguese top flight, which is often seen as one of the toughest leagues to finish with a positive goal difference, it's still not uncommon for most teams to be like "we're good, we're bad, meh" 
. I mean, think about it, some leagues have like 70% of teams finishing with negative goal differences, that's just too suspicious 
. I'm not saying it's anything serious, but there's definitely some fishy business going on beneath the surface...
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and now they're still doing it, which just goes to show that football is all about consistency and hard work. 
It seems like the English second tier has a knack for making their teams go sour, literally and figuratively. 70.83% of teams finishing with negative goal differences is quite something. Maybe they should just try to find their sweet spot?
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