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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jez101" data-source="post: 161336" data-attributes="member: 163">So, from the beginning...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There are 380 matches recorded. 287 of these were won and 93 were drawn</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The winning team scored 2.39 goals on average, the losing team 0.55. In drawn matches, teams average 0.97 goals / game</li> </ul>Teams that won those 287 did the following things<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scored the winning goal in 277 of the matches (the other 10 were when the winning goal was the opposition scoring an own goal)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scored the first goal in 238 matches. Only 49 times did a team not score the first goal but still won the match</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scored more than 1 goal in 234 matches</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scored a right foot goal in 227 matches</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had more than 1 big chance in 201 matches. A big chance is defined as when a player should reasonably be expect to score (eg a 1 on 1 or from close range). You can score without it being recorded as a big chance!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had more than 4 shots on target (including goals) 199 times</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had more than 7 shots inside the box (including shots on, off target and blocked) 187 times</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Had more Big Chances than the opposition 187 times</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Took more than 5 short corners in the match 181 times</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Played at least one through ball 176 times</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Won more challenges than they lost 175 times</li> </ul>It is also interesting to look at what they didn't do. Again out of 287<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Only 9 winning teams had a man sent off</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Only 19 times did the team winning score from a Direct Free Kick</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Only 26 times did the winning side concede more than 1 goal</li> </ul>While on the subject of Direct Free Kicks. I noticed that one team (Sunderland) and one player in particular (Larsson) stood head and shoulders above the rest. He took 10 free kicks, 8 were on target, 1 off target and 1 blocked. He scored 3 goals.In fact only 29 goals were scored from DFK's all season, out of 553 attempts which to me seems frankly rubbish (5.2%). What is even more rubbish is that only 25.7% of DFKs are actually on target / not blocked.Compare that to open play. 8.8% of shots in open play end up as goals and 30% are on target / not blocked. All that falling over to try and get a free shot on goal just seems even more like a waste of time in this light.Unless you are Nicklas Bendtner and you have Seb Larsson in your team...<table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Player</td><td>Goals from DFKs</td><td>DFK On Target</td><td>On Target %</td><td>Goal %</td></tr><tr><td>Sebastian Larsson</td><td>3</td><td>8</td><td>80%</td><td>30%</td></tr><tr><td>Dempsey</td><td>2</td><td>2</td><td>33%</td><td>33%</td></tr><tr><td>Pedersen</td><td>2</td><td>5</td><td>26%</td><td>11%</td></tr><tr><td>Rooney</td><td>2</td><td>7</td><td>44%</td><td>13%</td></tr><tr><td>McClean</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>100%</td><td>100%</td></tr><tr><td>Walker</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>50%</td><td>50%</td></tr><tr><td>Sigurdsson</td><td>1</td><td>9</td><td>64%</td><td>7%</td></tr><tr><td>Ba</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>33%</td><td>33%</td></tr><tr><td>Pilkington</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>43%</td><td>14%</td></tr><tr><td>Taarabt</td><td>1</td><td>6</td><td>46%</td><td>8%</td></tr><tr><td>Bellamy</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>22%</td><td>11%</td></tr><tr><td>Rodallega</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>50%</td><td>25%</td></tr><tr><td>Nasri</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>50%</td><td>50%</td></tr><tr><td>Gardner</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>20%</td><td>20%</td></tr><tr><td>Cabaye</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>14%</td><td>14%</td></tr><tr><td>Dorrans</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>50%</td><td>25%</td></tr><tr><td>Taiwo</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>40%</td><td>20%</td></tr><tr><td>Buzsáky</td><td>1</td><td>3</td><td>43%</td><td>14%</td></tr><tr><td>Ryan Taylor</td><td>1</td><td>4</td><td>19%</td><td>5%</td></tr><tr><td>Baines</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>8%</td><td>8%</td></tr><tr><td>van Persie</td><td>1</td><td>7</td><td>41%</td><td>6%</td></tr><tr><td>Arteta</td><td>1</td><td>2</td><td>13%</td><td>6%</td></tr><tr><td>Reid</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>33%</td><td>33%</td></tr><tr><td>Gerrard</td><td>1</td><td>1</td><td>50%</td><td>50%</td></tr></table>Funnily enough, teams didn't give Sunderland many free kicks <img src="/styles/default/images/smilies/dunno.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":dunno:" title="Dunno    :dunno:" data-shortname=":dunno:" /><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Team</td><td>Goals from DFK</td><td>Total DFK</td><td>On Target %</td><td>Goal %</td></tr><tr><td>Arsenal</td><td>2</td><td>38</td><td>24%</td><td>5%</td></tr><tr><td>Aston Villa</td><td>0</td><td>20</td><td>35%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Blackburn Rovers</td><td>2</td><td>29</td><td>21%</td><td>7%</td></tr><tr><td>Bolton Wanderers</td><td>0</td><td>25</td><td>28%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Chelsea</td><td>0</td><td>38</td><td>24%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Everton</td><td>1</td><td>33</td><td>18%</td><td>3%</td></tr><tr><td>Fulham</td><td>2</td><td>34</td><td>26%</td><td>6%</td></tr><tr><td>Liverpool</td><td>2</td><td>33</td><td>15%</td><td>6%</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester City</td><td>1</td><td>26</td><td>27%</td><td>4%</td></tr><tr><td>Manchester United</td><td>2</td><td>28</td><td>39%</td><td>7%</td></tr><tr><td>Newcastle United</td><td>3</td><td>33</td><td>18%</td><td>9%</td></tr><tr><td>Norwich City</td><td>1</td><td>26</td><td>19%</td><td>4%</td></tr><tr><td>Queens Park Rangers</td><td>3</td><td>39</td><td>38%</td><td>8%</td></tr><tr><td>Stoke City</td><td>0</td><td>15</td><td>27%</td><td>0%</td></tr><tr><td>Sunderland</td><td>5</td><td>19</td><td>53%</td><td>26%</td></tr><tr><td>Swansea City</td><td>1</td><td>25</td><td>36%</td><td>4%</td></tr><tr><td>Tottenham Hotspur</td><td>1</td><td>38</td><td>16%</td><td>3%</td></tr><tr><td>West Bromwich Albion</td><td>2</td><td>17</td><td>29%</td><td>12%</td></tr><tr><td>Wigan Athletic</td><td>1</td><td>21</td><td>10%</td><td>5%</td></tr><tr><td>Wolverhampton Wanderers</td><td>0</td><td>16</td><td>25%</td><td>0%</td></tr></table></blockquote>

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