Interesting Stats/Analysis from WC

[kinkylola]

Thought this was really interesting and worth a look:

http://www.maths.qmul.ac.uk/~ht/footbal ... index.html

[Beanieboy]

the first thing i noticed looking at the dutch passing graph is that Nigel is not included, but Demy de Zeeuw is mentioned and "analyzed" while he only played 45 minutes in the tounament?? and there are no stats used for substitutes...nice idea but not very well worked out i think

[Ted Hughes]

What about shots, crosses, attempted dribbles etc? It doesn't tell you anything about how the ball was lost whether it was down to a bad pass, shot, cross, tackle, etc.

[john@staustell]

There are NO interesting stats/analysis from the world cup.

[TheGOAT]

Quality, this backs up what i said about Lahm always passing back to his center backs after recieving it from them!!