This page shows the ELO score history of the selected club - mapping their best and worst sides of all time, and their most unlikely victories and defeats based on their ELO score.

Inspired by ClubELO.com, the ELO rating system is a method of calculating and comparing the relative strengths of teams in competition. For every match played, the ELO scores of the two teams are considered, and adjusted for other factors (such as home advantage), to calculate the likelihood of the match result. When the actual result of the game is known, the ELO score is adjusted accordingly, comparing the expected outcome of the game with the actual outcome - so a victory over Manchester United will be worth more points than one over Supermarine. The resulting ELO score can be used to compare the strengths of teams over time, and to project future results based on the current form of all teams.

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Walsall

ELO Score History

A historical overview of Walsall's ELO scores.

Best Teams in History

A list of the top 15 Walsall sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1899	Saturday April 22nd, 1899	3,833.78
1962	Friday March 30th, 1962	3,807.15
1961	Saturday September 16th, 1961	3,804.18
1900	Saturday January 6th, 1900	3,799.97
1898	Saturday December 3rd, 1898	3,793.96
1987	Saturday October 24th, 1987	3,789.17
1984	Saturday February 11th, 1984	3,787.26
1988	Tuesday September 20th, 1988	3,782.38
2001	Tuesday August 21st, 2001	3,782.26
2003	Friday December 26th, 2003	3,781.74
2002	Saturday December 14th, 2002	3,776.86
2004	Saturday January 3rd, 2004	3,776.72
2015	Monday December 28th, 2015	3,766.95
2000	Friday October 6th, 2000	3,766.58
1896	Saturday October 17th, 1896	3,758.57

Worst Teams in History

A list of the worst 15 Walsall sides in history, based on their ELO score.

Year	Date Recorded	ELO Score
1953	Wednesday September 16th, 1953	3,371.03
1926	Saturday February 13th, 1926	3,396.13
1954	Wednesday February 24th, 1954	3,397.19
1952	Saturday December 27th, 1952	3,397.88
1992	Saturday April 11th, 1992	3,401.11
2022	Tuesday February 8th, 2022	3,415.68
1925	Saturday November 28th, 1925	3,421.74
2021	Saturday August 21st, 2021	3,431.70
1938	Saturday October 22nd, 1938	3,432.27
1991	Friday April 26th, 1991	3,433.80
2023	Tuesday December 5th, 2023	3,451.48
2019	Saturday November 9th, 2019	3,451.97
1994	Saturday May 7th, 1994	3,452.02
1993	Saturday January 30th, 1993	3,456.35

Significant Victories

A list of the twenty most significant victories in Walsall history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Walsall (3,564) vs. Arsenal (4,176) Saturday January 14th, 1933	5.88%	2-0	+28.2
Walsall (3,475) vs. West Ham United (3,910) Tuesday September 20th, 1994	10.92%	2-1	+8.9
Walsall (3,371) vs. Southampton (3,799) Saturday September 19th, 1953	13.51%	1-0	+17.3
Walsall Town Swifts (3,595) vs. Notts County (3,960) Monday March 12th, 1894	20.68%	2-1	+15.9
Stoke City (4,026) vs. Walsall (3,673) Saturday January 22nd, 1966	6.75%	0-2	+28.0
Walsall (3,491) vs. Plymouth Argyle (3,833) Saturday September 3rd, 1927	22.60%	2-1	+15.5
Walsall (3,386) vs. Norwich City (3,716) Saturday February 7th, 1953	20.97%	3-2	+15.8
Walsall (3,654) vs. Manchester United (3,981) Tuesday January 7th, 1975	21.33%	3-2	+15.7
Walsall (3,675) vs. Stoke City (3,985) Tuesday September 13th, 1966	23.28%	2-1	+15.3
Walsall Town Swifts (3,612) vs. Notts County (3,895) Monday March 25th, 1895	29.54%	2-1	+14.1
Walsall (3,396) vs. Chesterfield (3,677) Saturday February 20th, 1926	28.57%	3-1	+21.4
Walsall (3,404) vs. Brighton and Hove Albion (3,684) Friday December 25th, 1953	26.74%	3-1	+22.0
Arsenal (4,003) vs. Walsall (3,724) Tuesday November 29th, 1983	10.58%	1-2	+17.9
Chelsea (3,919) vs. Walsall (3,648) Saturday March 30th, 1963	10.31%	0-1	+17.9
Charlton Athletic (3,981) vs. Walsall (3,710) Saturday January 26th, 2002	12.54%	1-2	+8.7
Walsall (3,467) vs. Reading (3,733) Saturday April 26th, 1952	27.33%	2-0	+21.8
Walsall (3,441) vs. Bradford (Park Avenue) (3,706) Saturday September 18th, 1926	31.02%	1-0	+13.8
Brentford (3,670) vs. Walsall (3,405) Saturday October 2nd, 1954	10.55%	0-2	+26.8
Walsall (3,643) vs. Queens Park Rangers (3,907) Tuesday April 11th, 1967	28.44%	2-0	+21.5
Walsall (3,443) vs. Reading (3,704) Thursday September 25th, 1952	28.34%	2-0	+21.5

Significant Defeats

A list of the twenty most significant defeats in Walsall history, based on the ELO points difference between the two teams.

Match	Win %	Score	ELO +/-
Slough Town (2,928) vs. Walsall (3,641) Saturday November 13th, 2004	97.72%	2-1	-9.8
Shrewsbury Town (3,175) vs. Walsall (3,599) Saturday November 17th, 1945	84.63%	5-0	-33.9
Walsall (3,668) vs. Peterborough United (3,362) Saturday December 5th, 1959	91.33%	2-3	-18.3
Walsall (3,654) vs. Yeovil Town (3,359) Saturday November 5th, 1960	90.88%	0-1	-18.2
Walsall (3,680) vs. Macclesfield Town (3,404) Saturday November 5th, 2016	85.74%	0-1	-8.6
Rochdale (3,344) vs. Walsall (3,618) Saturday September 29th, 1934	69.45%	1-0	-13.9
Walsall (3,493) vs. Corinthians (3,219) Saturday January 8th, 1927	90.91%	0-4	-34.1
Walsall (3,647) vs. New Brighton (3,375) Saturday December 21st, 1935	91.12%	1-2	-18.2
Gateshead AFC (3,366) vs. Walsall (3,633) Monday April 25th, 1960	72.11%	3-0	-25.2
Blackpool (3,415) vs. Walsall (3,679) Tuesday August 30th, 1983	72.91%	2-1	-14.6
Oxford United (3,478) vs. Walsall (3,739) Saturday January 13th, 2001	75.44%	2-1	-15.1
Walsall (3,644) vs. Macclesfield Town (3,385) Tuesday November 21st, 2006	85.68%	0-1	-8.6
Walsall (3,579) vs. Lincoln City (3,335) Tuesday November 13th, 2012	83.88%	2-3	-8.4
Southport (3,420) vs. Walsall (3,661) Saturday November 16th, 1963	68.86%	2-1	-13.8
Chesterfield (3,529) vs. Walsall (3,769) Monday December 28th, 1987	70.41%	2-1	-14.1
Accrington Stanley (3,421) vs. Walsall (3,643) Tuesday August 11th, 2009	73.44%	2-1	-7.3
Preston North End (3,500) vs. Walsall (3,717) Saturday April 6th, 1985	67.17%	1-0	-13.4
Walsall (3,709) vs. Yeovil Town (3,496) Tuesday August 9th, 2016	80.79%	0-2	-12.1
Ashington (3,428) vs. Walsall (3,640) Saturday March 17th, 1923	63.66%	3-0	-22.3
Swansea City (3,550) vs. Walsall (3,759) Tuesday December 26th, 2000	69.42%	3-1	-20.8

Opponents

A complete listing of Walsall's fortunes against all opponents that they have played ten or more matches against - ranked from most to least successful, based on the average ELO points gained or lost in each match.

#	Opponent	P	W	D	L	Avg ELO +/-
1	Arsenal Arsenal	17	8	3	6	+4.72
2	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion	13	5	4	4	+3.47
3	Hereford Hereford	25	13	8	4	+2.95
4	Reading Reading	74	28	23	23	+2.89
5	Port Vale Port Vale	97	47	26	24	+2.63
6	Darwen Darwen	10	5	1	4	+2.51
7	Peterborough United Peterborough United	53	21	16	16	+2.21
8	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest	21	9	5	7	+2.17
9	Bradford (Park Avenue) Bradford (PA)	15	7	1	7	+1.90
10	Stoke City Stoke City	23	8	4	11	+1.85
11	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town	71	33	13	25	+1.80
12	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town	93	41	29	23	+1.79
13	Exeter City Exeter City	84	40	17	27	+1.68
14	Cambridge United Cambridge United	13	7	2	4	+1.65
15	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers	82	38	16	28	+1.59
16	Burton Swifts Burton Swifts	16	9	0	7	+1.49
17	Norwich City Norwich City	49	17	11	21	+1.49
18	Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers	21	10	4	7	+1.37
19	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth	103	36	36	31	+1.33
20	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town	66	30	14	22	+1.30
21	Ashington Ashington	12	6	2	4	+1.28
22	Darlington Darlington	44	19	14	11	+1.24
23	Blackpool Blackpool	46	19	11	16	+1.07
24	AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon	23	12	2	9	+1.07
25	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers	71	36	11	24	+1.01
26	Crawley Town Crawley Town	17	5	8	4	+1.01
27	Scarborough Athletic Scarborough Ath.	10	5	2	3	+1.01
28	Fleetwood Town Fleetwood Town	15	8	2	5	+1.00
29	Accrington Stanley Accrington	31	13	7	11	+0.99
30	Swindon Town Swindon	108	38	30	40	+0.99
31	Macclesfield Macclesfield	10	4	4	2	+0.87
32	Aldershot Town Aldershot	47	20	13	14	+0.86
33	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough	15	5	4	6	+0.85
34	Chester Chester	39	15	13	11	+0.85
35	York City York City	47	21	12	14	+0.73
36	Carlisle United Carlisle United	68	26	22	20	+0.72
37	Brighton and Hove Albion Brighton	86	30	20	36	+0.72
38	Sunderland Sunderland	17	4	4	9	+0.69
39	Preston North End Preston North End	58	25	10	23	+0.69
40	Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic	63	26	15	22	+0.64
41	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra	80	33	22	25	+0.63
42	Chesterfield Chesterfield	95	35	30	30	+0.58
43	Stockport County Stockport County	52	24	9	19	+0.50
44	Lincoln City Lincoln City	72	27	19	26	+0.47
45	Burnley Burnley	34	11	10	13	+0.44
46	Wigan Borough Wigan Borough	13	6	1	6	+0.41
47	Northampton Town Northampton Town	86	36	17	33	+0.40
48	Notts County Notts County	68	25	17	26	+0.37
49	Luton Town Luton Town	43	17	6	20	+0.32
50	Sheffield United Sheffield United	32	8	10	14	+0.31
51	Barnsley Barnsley	49	16	14	19	+0.15
52	Gillingham Gillingham	122	47	28	47	-0.06
53	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves	15	4	5	6	-0.09
54	Milton Keynes Dons MK Dons	28	8	10	10	-0.09
55	Newport County Newport County	74	25	21	28	-0.10
56	Colchester United Colchester United	77	27	24	26	-0.12
57	Coventry City Coventry City	50	14	14	22	-0.14
58	Nelson Nelson	10	3	0	7	-0.23
59	Bristol City Bristol City	65	21	15	29	-0.23
60	Hartlepool United Hartlepool United	57	20	19	18	-0.24
61	Bolton Wanderers Bolton	27	10	4	13	-0.32
62	Workington Workington	10	4	2	4	-0.33
63	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United	56	18	19	19	-0.48
64	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers	102	37	22	43	-0.51
65	Derby County Derby County	12	4	3	5	-0.52
66	Liverpool Liverpool	11	0	4	7	-0.56
67	Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic	38	10	8	20	-0.64
68	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town	37	8	12	17	-0.65
69	Gainsborough Trinity Gainsborough	11	4	4	3	-0.65
70	Millwall Millwall	76	21	19	36	-0.71
71	New Brighton New Brighton	24	9	6	9	-0.74
72	FC Halifax Town FC Halifax Town	52	22	11	19	-0.79
73	Cardiff City Cardiff City	26	7	7	12	-0.80
74	Wrexham Wrexham	66	22	15	29	-0.85
75	Manchester United Man Utd	17	2	5	10	-0.87
76	Leyton Orient Leyton Orient	78	24	22	32	-0.89
77	Brentford Brentford	76	23	20	33	-1.02
78	Harrogate Town Harrogate Town	10	3	4	3	-1.10
79	Rotherham United Rotherham United	73	29	13	31	-1.11
80	Watford Watford	84	25	18	41	-1.15
81	Bradford City Bradford	60	16	23	21	-1.19
82	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace	65	17	17	31	-1.23
83	Portsmouth Portsmouth	29	7	9	13	-1.24
84	Bury Bury	56	19	13	24	-1.28
85	Salford City Salford	12	5	1	6	-1.29
86	Southport Southport	36	13	9	14	-1.33
87	Durham City Durham City	12	4	3	5	-1.34
88	Swansea City Swansea City	46	15	11	20	-1.54
89	Cheltenham Town Cheltenham Town	10	3	3	4	-1.64
90	Stevenage Stevenage	13	3	6	4	-1.73
91	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday	23	4	9	10	-1.74
92	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	18	2	6	10	-1.83
93	Torquay United Torquay United	75	25	17	33	-1.91
94	Southend United Southend United	88	24	20	44	-1.96
95	Barrow Barrow	42	15	12	15	-2.01
96	Chelsea Chelsea	12	1	1	10	-2.04
97	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle	68	20	13	35	-2.17
98	Fulham Fulham	32	4	13	15	-2.26
99	Queens Park Rangers Q.P.R.	49	9	10	30	-2.27
100	Hull City Hull City	26	6	7	13	-2.28
101	Southampton Southampton	21	3	6	12	-2.36
102	Yeovil Town Yeovil Town	23	7	7	9	-2.49
103	Manchester City Man City	26	2	9	15	-2.64
104	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic	33	10	7	16	-2.87
105	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town	35	8	3	24	-2.90
106	Rochdale Rochdale	67	23	17	27	-2.91
107	Gateshead AFC Gateshead	15	5	3	7	-2.93
108	Leeds United Leeds United	16	2	5	9	-2.99
109	Birmingham City Birmingham	26	5	3	18	-3.09
110	Leicester City Leicester City	21	3	5	13	-3.32
111	Newcastle United Newcastle United	14	3	0	11	-3.97
112	Oxford United Oxford United	35	9	8	18	-4.17

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