The Barclay’s English Premier League is often talked about. Teams such as Manchester United, Manchester City, and Chelsea are often discussed in the sports world. Equally, if not more, players such as Beckham, Salah, De Bruyne, and Ronaldo are also often discussed. Clearly, the English Premier League is popular, but is the popularity deserved?
club_rankings <- read.csv("https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/soccer-api/club/spi_global_rankings.csv", header= TRUE)
cols <- c("World Rank", "Previous World Rank", "Name", "League", "offensive Rating", "Defensive Rating", "PSI")
colnames(club_rankings)<- cols
premier_league_rankings <- filter(club_rankings, League== "Barclays Premier League")I don’t know how to inclulde graphs or tables yet.
I initially took the world rankings of clubs across the world. Then I examined just the clubs that are in the English Premier League. I found out that four of these teams are within the top ten best clubs in the world. Clearly, the top of the Premier League is strong, but what about the bottom half of the league? The worst team in the league is Norwich City. However, Norwich city is considered better than 83% of football clubs around the world. In conclusion, the English Premier League deserves the popularity.