[TheSportsAnalyst]

So far in the 2014 WC we got

17 Over 2.5
5 Under 2.5
77.27% Over

Avg. Goals per game: 3.00


Past Tournaments Over 2.5 % in the Group Stage:

1998 25/48 52.08%
2002 21/48 43.75%
2006 21/48 43.75%
2010 17/48 35.42%


Avg. Goals per game in past years

1998 2.89
2002 2.69
2006 2.63
2010 2.48


Just curious about your thoughts.

Are you expecting a downtrend?
Will you ride the wave backing overs again and again?
Or you just don't care?

[NguyenImproved]

Well obviously the trend will be to less goals as the tournament proceeds because the bad teams (who concede numerous goals) will be eliminated.

As good defenses meet good defenses the scoring will dry up.

At least that's the mathematical theory.

[NguyenImproved]

Nice stats by the way.

As an asian your stats gave me a boner.

[TheSportsAnalyst]

lol

Anyway the O 2.5 stat is referred to the GS only, so with all 32 teams involved.