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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Tough task for South American quartet
The matches which began the 2014 World Cup second round on Saturday are both all-South American affairs and each of the countries taking part – Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Uruguay – have an incredibly tough route if they are to … Continue reading
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Tagged Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, forecast, Netherlands, strength of schedule, Uruguay, world cup
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World Cup 2014 – what will happen now?
Now that the business end of the World Cup has been reached, the Infostrada Sports Forecast has been updated. Brazil remain the favourites and therefore the most likely winners with an all-South American final between Brazil and Argentina the most … Continue reading
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Tagged Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, forecast, France, Germany, Greece, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Switzerland, Uruguay, USA, world cup
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The ‘Copa de Zebra’ revisited
As we reported earlier this week, the 2014 World Cup has been termed the ‘Copa de Zebra’ in Brazil where zebra refers to results being unexpected. Although six of the 16 teams who have progressed to the second round could be … Continue reading
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Tagged Algeria, Brazil, Chile, Copa de Zebra, Costa Rica, England, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Shocks, Spain, Surprises, Uruguay, world cup
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Is World Cup 2014 really the ‘Copa de Zebra’?
In Brazil, this World Cup is being termed the ‘Copa de Zebra’ with zebra meaning unexpected results but the Infostrada Sports Forecast model shows that the number of genuine surprises in match results is actually fairly low with just six … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, Costa Rica, England, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Spain, world cup
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Why Dutch shooting accuracy unlikely to continue
Group B rivals Chile and the Netherlands have been the most accurate of the 32 teams with their shooting at the 2014 World Cup. The Dutch in particular have been genuine sharp shooters with 21 of their 27 shots on … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Cameroon, Chile, Ghana, Iran, Liverpool, Mexico, Netherlands, Norwich City, Premier League, Regression toward the mean, Russia, shooting accuracy, Stoke City, Swansea City, world cup
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Netherlands double chances by winning Group B
The Dutch team play their final match of Group B this evening against Chile with the group winners probably playing easier second round and quarter-final matches than the team which ends as runners-up. The Infostrada Sports Forecast model has simulated … Continue reading
Djokovic and Serena the Wimbledon favourites
The third Grand Slam of the year, Wimbledon, begins on Monday and the Infostrada Sports’ Forecast model agrees with the seeding commission on the favourites. Number one seed Novak Djokovic has a 37% chance of winning in London this year … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Murray, Maria Sharapova, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, Serena Williams, Tennis, Victoria Azarenka, Wimbledon
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World Cup squads perfectly illustrate the birthday paradox
Two members of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s squad, goalkeeper Asmir Begovic (27) and defender Sead Kolasinac (21), celebrate birthdays today but what are the chances of this happening? Pretty unusual one would have thought, or not?
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Tagged Argentina, Asmir Begovic, Australia, Birthday paradox, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Cameroon, France, Honduras, Iran, Korea Republic, Nigeria, Russia, Sead Kolasinac, Spain, squads, Switzerland, United States, world cup
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What are the 2014 World Cup’s biggest shocks?
The Infostrada Sports’ Forecast model has a variety of useful functions, one of which is to provide an objective measure of which matches have delivered the biggest shocks at the World Cup so far. Of the 24 matches played so far, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, England, forecast, Infostrada Sports, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Shocks, Spain, Surprises, Uruguay, world cup
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Why France (and a Group D team) are the real dark horses
Which team is the best team to fail to qualify for the 2014 World Cup? Looking at almost any ranking system provides the same answer: Ukraine. They began their World Cup qualification in England’s group but failed to qualify despite … Continue reading
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Tagged dark horse, dark horses, England, France, Italy, Ukraine, Uruguay, World Cup 2014
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