FIFA World Cup Extravaganza
Ben Carter talks to Author and Opta Sports football statistician Duncan Alexander about how the ‘beautiful game’ has changed…through numbers.
The World Cup starts this week and the More or Less team is marking the event by looking at the data behind all the World Cups since 1966 (our data shows that this was the best world cup because England won).
We’ll answer all football fans most burning questions; which World Cups have seen the most shots, fouls, dribbles and most importantly goals? Do the statistics back up the reputations of famous players like Pele, Cruyff, Maradona and Paul Gascoigne? And which of them actually committed the most fouls at one World Cup?
Ben Carter talks to Author and Opta Sports football statistician Duncan Alexander about how the ‘beautiful game’ has changed…through numbers.
(Picture: The World Cup, credit: Shutterstock)
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- Sun 17 Jun 201818:50GMTBBC World Service except East and Southern Africa, News Internet & West and Central Africa
- Mon 18 Jun 201812:50GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Tue 19 Jun 201801:50GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
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