Scientist from the Wissenschaftler of Münster have analysed the statistics of the German Bundesliga thoroughly and could characterise a football match as a Poisson-Process a✃nd like that made football results calculable. The crucial finding of꧋ the scientists is that goals in football are a product of coincidence. Goals, however, aren’t a sole game of dice but are influenced by the technical abilities of the players, the so called performance level, of both teams.
In the Bundesliga a typical outcome of match is determined of coincidence by 86%. 14% are no coincidence and distinct a top team from 𒅌a potential relegation team.
Stunning: All teams in the Bundeslig♐a have about the same conversion of chances.
Home teams score more goals on average. Average 1,66 home and 1,20 away goals. There is an overall home advantage but no evidence that in addition to that teams perform especially well at home. Thus, home strengt𓆉h is a myth.
Typically 3 goals are scored in a match. To be precise, the numb🔜er of goals has decreased ov꧋er time and now amounts to 2,8.
Rather not. 46 % of all wins🃏 are based up🌊on a one-goal-margin.
No. Only about 25% of ma♛tches result ins draw. By implicatiღon 75% of matches have a winner!
Yes, but si🅠nce the middle of the 80s, the number of away wins is constantly getting bigger. While during the 70s distinctively more than 20% of matches resulted ins away win, that figure already amoꦦunted to 33% in the season of 2010/2011.
Extraordinary: On the last two match days ab🎀out 20% more goals are scored than on average. So: Bet on higher results!
The goal differente of past matches is especially informative for the purpose of predictions. It is significantly more informative than the number of point🅰s. The expected amount of goals, on the other hand, is quite similar ꧃among all teams.
Goalscoring opportunities are a lot 🔯more informative for the sake of prognosis. Good tಞeams show a slightly better conversion.
The market value of a team as determined before the start of the season is extremely strongly correlated with their actual per🐽formance. Rul🔯e of thumb: Doubling of the market value = 10 additional points or a goal difference increased by 16 goals.
A season-specific average Performance level of a teܫam does exist. (Performance level = goal difference that a team scores against an average oppo🐭nent)
The coincidence averages out during the course of the season. The longer the season has already progressed, the more reliable goals an💟d opportunit♒ies display the performances of teams.
A football match is dominateꦯd by effects of coincidence. Additionally tꦚhe performance level of offense and defense are correlated.
Without effects of c♏oincidence, the 💮difference of goalscoring opportunities would perfectly predict the performance level.
The goal difference is determi♌ned by effects of coincid💝ence with 86% (match day) or 29% (season) on average.
Fluctuations of 𝓀performance levels from match day to match day ▨are, therefore, not statistically relevant. The changes of performances levels take place during the summer break and only rare
There are no positive series. The concept of a &ldqu🔴o;streak“ is, thus, void. Unfortunately this does not apply for negative series - those do exist. As Andi Brehme famously put it: “When you got shit on your foot, you got shit on your foot!“
In the context of statistical preciseness, the conversion of effective goalscoring opportunities is identical for all teams. For that reas𝓰on the goalscoring opportunities are quite significant for the prediction of goals.
The performance of promoted 𒈔teams is astonishingly well predetermined. Significant deviations from the lower half of the table (goal difference: -13 +/- 8) are, thus, extremely rare. For that reason a „march through“ is very special.
With the help of the market value and the 🅘effective differente of goalscoring opportunities you can come closer to the perfect prediction of the second half of the season..
No. In fact only in𝄹 half of the cases the best team wins and ꧃becomes German champion at the end of the season.
No. Statistically🌠, there are no bogey team. The scientist’s search for bogey teams was negative. Looking at it statistically the effect is under 10%.
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