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World Cup: Group H Passing and Shooting Stats
Group H was the lowest-scoring group of the eight, mostly due to its low shooting percentage: Passes/G Weighted Avg Shots/G Goals/G Shot% Group G 360 79.38 22.1 9.33 0.67 7.14 ...
World Cup: Group G Passing and Shooting Stats
This was a higher-event group than most we've seen so far, but without Portugal's 7-0 drubbing of North Korea, the overall shooting percentage would have been the lowest of the seven completed groups:...
World Cup: Group E Passing and Shooting Summary
Aside from a slightly higher shooting percentage, Group E doesn't stand out from the rest of the World Cup games: Passes/G Weighted Avg Shots/G Goals/G Shot% Group E 363 75.32 20.8 10....
World Cup: Group A-D Passing and Shooting Summary
Group D is the only group that stands out in terms of passing totals, while Group B had the highest shooting percentage: Passes/G Weighted Avg Shots/G Goals/G Group A 349 76.05 21.8 10...
World Cup: Group D Passing and Shooting Stats
Group D had quite a bit more ball movement than the other groups, and more shots on goal, but ultimately no more goals than the cup-wide average: Passes/G Weighted Avg Shots/G Goals/G Shot...
World Cup: Group C Passing and Shooting Stats
Group C had slightly less passing than the World Cup as a whole has had, and about five fewer goals: Passes/G Weighted Avg Shots/G Goals/G Shot% Group C 330 70.18 21.3 10.50 0.75 ...
World Cup: Group B Passing and Shooting Stats
Group B featured the same passing levels as the tournament as a whole, but had a lot more goals, primarily thanks to Argentina's dominance of its opponents: Passes/G Weighted Avg Sh...
World Cup: Group A Passing and Shooting Stats
Group A featured the same kind of play as the tournament overall: Passes/G Weighted Avg Shots/G Goals/G Shot% Group A 349 76.05 21.8 10.58 0.92 8.66 Overall 351 75.18 21.4 10.56 ...
More on Goal-Scoring and True Talent
I thought I'd take a look at some of the quantities surrounding even-strength goal-scoring. Again, I'm looking at the persistence of each of these rates in even and odd games, just for initial s...
Cammalleri vs Malkin shooting
I wanted to look at Mike Cammalleri and Evgeni Malkin's shooting performance over the last five years relative to expected shooting based purely on shot location. These are only even-strength in...
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