Upsets of the week-end
40 Rennes - Sochaux 0:2 39 Inverness Caledonian Thistle - Hearts 2:1 38 Gretna - Dundee Utd 3:2 37 Hibernians - Celtic 3:2 35 Hansa Rostock - Duisburg 2:0 34 Zaragoza - Osasuna 2:1 34 Sheffield Wednesday - Hull City 1:0 32 Crystal Palace - Sheffield United 3:2 32 Blackburn Rovers - Portsmouth 0:1 31 Southampton - Barnsley 2:3 31 Auxerre - Marseille 2:0 30 Recreativo Huelva - Espanyol 2:1 30 Heerenveen - Utrecht 2:3 18 Livorno - Inter 2:2 18 Liverpool - Birmingham City 0:0 17 Queen's Park Rangers - Watford 1:1 15 Valladolid - Real Madrid 1:1 15 AC Milan - Parma 1:1
Three big upsets in Scotland allow Rangers - 3:0 winners over Aberdeen - to take the lead in the SPL, and a clear lead in the Glickoblog-Football rankings. First wins of the season for Hansa Rostock and Sheffield Wednesday were always going to be upsets, but Marseille will be particularly grumpy at losing their match. In non-upset news, Barcelona beat Seville, and Manchester Buccaneers beat CSKA Kensington Under New Management.
League 1
LYN 1095 89.0 BDX 1079 88.7 NCY 1050 90.6 REN 1044 88.5 LEM 1022 88.7 PSG 1002 87.7 VCN 988 89.5 MON 985 88.8 NIC 984 89.5 MAR 980 86.8 LOR 972 88.6 TOU 968 87.6 AUX 960 89.1 LIL 957 88.9 LEN 939 89.3 SET 919 89.2 STR 902 112.9 SCX 900 87.5 MTZ 806 120.4 CAE 771 119.6 NTS (II) 917 111.1 TRY (II) 904 116.8 SED (II) 901 111.3
Lyon's shaky start to the season hasn't been enough to stop them from leading France, but that owes more to the shaky state of the rest of the league. There was no clear challenger last season, and one has yet to emerge in this campaign. At the bottom, Metz and Caen are already looking like relegation fodder. Troyes has yet to play ranked opposition.
Division A
RAN 1008 91.4 CEL 951 92.0 ABD 897 92.5 HBS 853 93.4 KLM 812 95.0 HRT 801 94.8 DDU 750 94.0 FAL 728 93.7 MTW 710 93.2 ICT 674 94.9 GRE 642 114.1 STM 627 96.7 DNF (II) 710 115.4 LVG (II) 555 145.8
As we mentioned, Rangers are now clearly ahead of Celtic, with Aberdeen best of the rest. Wins for Gretna and Inverness now mean St Mirren prop up the table, and Dunfermline is yet to play this season.
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