Statistics: La Liga tables - houses outside a stadium vs football inside a stadium (7th January, 2018)

In another episode of "Statistics", the third one since March 2017, here I rank every team based on their league position as well as the average property prices outside their stadiums.

Note that high property prices don't indicate the prosperity of a club, just the location - even if the winner of the housing league was also the winner of La Liga. For example, Eibar is one of the poorest clubs in the division but house prices are not cheap.

Rayo Vallecano was poor and housing prices were low and their sporting performance reflected that but that doesn't indicate any trend.

If you're a modest club, financially sound, and not in the capital of your autonomous community (housing prices are low) then you might just punch above your weight - Málaga, Celta Vigo and Villarreal are examples, but counter examples include Granada - so even that trend is hard to justify.

In other words, this is not scientific - just a bit of fun.

*price in euros per square meter of the houses surrounding the stadiums

2015-16 season statistics

Team	Minimum*	Maximum*	Average*	Team	Points
Barcelona	1800	6000	3900	Barcelona	91
Real Madrid	3000	4200	3600	Real Madrid	90
Real Sociedad	2600	3900	3250	Atlético Madrid	88
Athletic Club	1800	4000	2900	Villarreal	64
Atlético Madrid	1900	3000	2450	Athletic Club	62
Valencia	1900	2900	2400	Celta Vigo	60
Deportivo	1500	2860	2180	Sevilla	52
Levante	1600	2700	2150	Málaga	48
Sporting Gijón	1650	2600	2125	Real Sociedad	48
Espanyol	1100	3000	2050	Real Betis	45
Sevilla	1300	2800	2050	Las Palmas	44
Real Betis	1700	2300	2000	Valencia	44
Granada	990	2300	1645	Espanyol	43
Eibar	1500	1750	1625	Eibar	43
Celta Vigo	1270	1950	1610	Deportivo	42
Getafe	1500	1700	1600	Granada	39
Las Palmas	1450	1700	1575	Sporting Gijón	39
Rayo Vallecano	1000	1200	1100	Rayo Vallecano	38
Málaga	700	1100	900	Getafe	36
Villarreal	500	800	650	Levante	32

2016-17 season statistics

Team	Minimum*	Maximum*	Average*	Team	Points
Real Madrid	3400	4700	4050	Real Madrid	93
Barcelona	1900	6000	3950	Barcelona	90
Real Sociedad	2725	4075	3400	Atlético Madrid	78
Athletic Club	1800	4000	2900	Sevilla	72
Atlético Madrid	1900	3500	2700	Villarreal	67
Valencia	1900	3000	2450	Real Sociedad	64
Alavés	1800	3000	2400	Athletic Club	63
Sporting Gijón	1725	2725	2225	Espanyol	56
Deportivo	1500	2900	2200	Alavés	55
Sevilla	1400	2900	2150	Eibar	54
Real Betis	1700	2500	2100	Málaga	46
Espanyol	1100	3050	2075	Valencia	46
Eibar	1575	1840	1708	Celta Vigo	45
Leganés	1400	2000	1700	Las Palmas	39
Granada	950	2300	1625	Real Betis	39
Celta Vigo	1200	2050	1625	Deportivo	36
Las Palmas	1450	1700	1575	Leganés	35
Osasuna	1200	1800	1500	Sporting Gijón	31
Málaga	750	1200	975	Osasuna	22
Villarreal	500	800	650	Granada	20

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