kicker magazine still isn’t doing sparklines. So I’ll do them for you: This is how they played soccer. So far.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | Diff. | Pts | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayern München | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 43:10 | 33 | 37 |  |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 35:12 | 23 | 34 |  |
| 3 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 38:22 | 16 | 34 |  |
| 4 | Bor. Mönchengladbach | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 25:11 | 14 | 33 |  |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 30:31 | -1 | 29 |  |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 22:22 | 0 | 26 |  |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20:24 | -4 | 23 |  |
| 8 | VfB Stuttgart | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23:20 | 3 | 22 |  |
| 9 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19:19 | 0 | 22 |  |
| 10 | 1. FC Köln | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 27:35 | -8 | 21 |  |
| 11 | Hertha BSC Berlin | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 24:26 | -2 | 20 |  |
| 12 | VfL Wolfsburg | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 23:34 | -11 | 20 |  |
| 13 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21:27 | -6 | 19 |  |
| 14 | FSV Mainz 05 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 22:29 | -7 | 18 |  |
| 15 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 17:28 | -11 | 18 |  |
| 16 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 13:21 | -8 | 16 |  |
| 17 | FC Augsburg | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15:28 | -13 | 15 |  |
| 18 | SC Freiburg | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 21:39 | -18 | 13 |  |
Soccer bundesliga, 2011/2012 season after 17 matches. Source: DeltaMaster.
And this is how they played last time.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | Goals | Diff. | Pts | Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 67:22 | 45 | 75 |  |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 64:44 | 20 | 68 |  |
| 3 | Bayern München | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 81:40 | 41 | 65 |  |
| 4 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 19 | 3 | 12 | 49:45 | 4 | 60 |  |
| 5 | FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 18 | 4 | 12 | 52:39 | 13 | 58 |  |
| 6 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 47:45 | 2 | 47 |  |
| 7 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 48:51 | -3 | 46 |  |
| 8 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46:52 | -6 | 45 |  |
| 9 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 41:50 | -9 | 44 |  |
| 10 | 1. FC Köln | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 47:62 | -15 | 44 |  |
| 11 | 1899 Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 50:50 | 0 | 43 |  |
| 12 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 60:59 | 1 | 42 |  |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47:61 | -14 | 41 |  |
| 14 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38:44 | -6 | 40 |  |
| 15 | VfL Wolfsburg | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 43:48 | -5 | 38 |  |
| 16 | Bor. Mönchengladbach | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 48:65 | -17 | 36 |  |
| 17 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 31:49 | -18 | 34 |  |
| 18 | FC St. Pauli | 34 | 8 | 5 | 21 | 35:68 | -33 | 29 |  |
Soccer bundesliga, 2010/2011 season, final table. Source: DeltaMaster.
I showed kicker the sparklines in 2005. And he did in 2007, 2008, and 2010. They didn’t want them. The readers don’t understand, they said. I don’t understand kicker.
