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could jumble them all up, and colour them with slightly different shades of brown

I agree, they've opted for a tighter grid instead of more clarity. Yes you can figure it out but the point of infographics is to make data more accessible not convolute it for the sake of a more structured design.

I wonder if they'd gone for a single column, vertical style it'd be a lot easier to decipher!

What's confusing about it? You count the amount of same coloured squares below the team name and you get the number of times Pep has lost to that team

Spurs 6, Chelsea 5, utd 5, Liverpool 4, Wolves 3, Leicester 3, Brentford 2, Palace 2,