I have been using some basic R code to look at game data from the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. I have tried out some of the colourblind-friendly palettes too (link).
Some of my data: FIFA provided a record in minutes of actual game time and total game time. I used the number of fouls awarded by referees as a background theme:
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/wwc.jpeg?resize=583%2C394&ssl=1)
There were some temperature data and I used these to look how much the ball was out of play (in minutes):
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DTTempF.jpeg?resize=583%2C394&ssl=1)
There were some humidity data:
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Humidity.jpeg?resize=583%2C394&ssl=1)
The median time for ball in play at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup was 55 minutes. I looked at three types of games: less than the median; greater than the median; and three extra time games:
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/L55.jpeg?resize=583%2C394&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/G55.jpeg?resize=583%2C394&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/ET3.jpeg?resize=583%2C394&ssl=1)
My data for these visualisations are shared in a GitHub repository (link).