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After the appalling run of form that Liverpool have endured since winning the League Cup and the same issue that got Birmingham relegated last season, I figured it may be interesting to see if there is anything more to this trend. As a disclaimer, my aim wasn’t to come to much in the way of conclusions, just collecting the data itself, so if anyone wants to do this themselves, I’m happy to publish their findings. I have chosen to examine the results since the millenium, as it is a relatively easy landmark somewhere near the time Arsene Wenger began putting out reserve sides that devalued the competition. It also gives us a good range of data but not so much that the task becomes too daunting. The first set of data I collected was how many points the League Cup winners collected before and after their win, then dividing those points by the number of games it took to collect them, finding out how many points they won per game and comparing the two averages. Here are the results: Year Team Points Before Points Per Game Points After Points Per Game Difference 2012 Liverpool 39 1.56 13 1.08 -0.48 2011 [...]
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