Ron Smith is coming to Canberra to give a talk about goal scoring. I am delighted he is sharing his findings based on meticulous research.
I looked carefully at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France (link) and have a Google Sheet to share my data (link). The data I have curated are the official FIFA data recorded at each game as Match Facts (link). Referee information and weather were on the same page too:
I have been using R and ggplot2 to look at some contextual data for Ron’s goal scoring discussions.
I use median measures to monitor performance. At this World Cup some of my median data were:
- Ball in Play = 55 Minutes
- Total Game Time = 97 Minutes
- Ball Not In Play = 43 Minutes
- Temperature = 22C
- Humidity = 60%
- Wind = 12kph
- Fouls = 20
- Goals = 3
Goals Scored
Ball in Play Time
Total Game Time
Ball Not In Play
Time Measures
Temperature and Humidity
Referees: Ball in Play
Referees: Game Time
Referees: 3 Games > 130 Minutes Game Time
Referees: Ball Not In Play
Referees: Fouls Penalised
I am hopeful these data are of some use. I have all the jpgs and pdfs to share with Ron if needed. What interests me in Ron’s talk is how teams score goals in these contexts.
