3 – Likely number of German top goalscorers over the past 10 years by season’s end. With Ibisevic’s injury cementing his tally at 18, it seems likely that Patrick Helmes (17), Mario Gomez or Grafite (14 each) will end up with title of Torschützenkönig. BUT if Grafite were to win, it’d increase the number of Brazilians at the top over that same time to 4.
3 (Bonus) – Goals Schalke need until they break even on goal differential on the all-time Bundesliga table. At 9th place they’re currently the highest ranked team with a negative differential, 4 spots ahead of Hertha Berlin.
5 – Andriy Voronin’s hat-trick was only the fifth of the season. The others were Claudio Pizarro’s against Frankfurt, Grafite’s against Cottbus, Patrick Helmes’ against Hannover 96, and Demba Ba’s against Stuttgart. (Szabolcs Huszti gets an honorable mention for missing a penalty but scoring a brace later in the game versus Gladbach.)
5 – Games Hoffenheim have now gone winless. Furthermore, over this stretch they’ve conceded 8 goals. That’s as many as in November, December and January combined (although the latter two were shortened by the winter break).
8 – Seasons since the 1991/1992 (the first year of a unified Bundesliga) that featured a champion that did not also lead the league in goal differential. More on the correlation between goal differential and table position in a future post.
10 – Games Wolfsburg have won at home after their 1-0 victory against Karlsruhe. Across all competitions this season that number increases to 13. In fact, their only defeat was a 2-5 setback to Bremen during a mid-week DFB Pokal match earlier this month.
12 – Games (only one of which ended nil-nil) that Karlsruhe have failed to score in which, unsurprisingly, tops all teams. You might not be surprised to learn that they are also the only club not to have won a game by 2 or more goals.
14 – Goals scored (out of 22) by ‘foreigners’ (including German-born players who represent other countries, e.g. Hamit Altintop). This isn’t something I pay particular attention to, considering the Bundesliga is an international league. Neverthless, 64%? Is that the norm?

Bundesliga Matchday 23 by the Numbers - World Soccer Talk

Bundesliga Matchday 23 by the Numbers

1 – Number of weeks Hamburg spent at the top of the table 
2 – Number of 0-0 draws after five weeks 
5 – Clean sheets, tied (alongside week 4) for the most in one week 
8 – Minutes it took sub Jonas Kamper to score in Bielefeld’s 2-0 win over Köln 
11 – The mean length of a goalscorer’s name this week and… 
12 – Well, 12.03, the average length of a goalscorer’s name this week 
28 – Minutes Valerien Ismael spent on the pitch before becoming the quickest player subbed this week 
40 – About the time, in minutes, I spent gathering these figures 
46 – Average minute in which a yellow was awarded this week 
47 – Minutes needed for Patrick Helmes to score a hattrick, this season’s first 
52 – Number of subs used (out of 54 possible). Only Schalke and Frankfurt did not use all three 
64 – Percentage of possession Hamburg had in their 0-3 loss to Wolfsburg 
373 – Number of minutes, not including added time, needed for Cottbus to score their first goal of the season against Bochum

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Week Five by the Numbers

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Bundesliga Matchday 23 by the Numbers

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Week Five by the Numbers