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:
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Screen-Shot-2019-09-07-at-4.03.00-am.png?fit=660%2C327&ssl=1)
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
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCGoals.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Ball in Play Time
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCATM.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Total Game Time
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCGTM.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Ball Not In Play
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCBNP.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Time Measures
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCTime.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Temperature and Humidity
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCTH.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Referees: Ball in Play
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCRefBiP.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Referees: Game Time
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCRefGTM.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Referees: 3 Games > 130 Minutes Game Time
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWC130.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Referees: Ball Not In Play
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCBNIP.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
Referees: Fouls Penalised
![](https://i0.wp.com/keithlyons.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WWCFouls.jpeg?resize=702%2C414&ssl=1)
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.