Tag Archives: England

Six Nations Report Card: England

Posted on March 21, 2018 by scoreboardjournalism

With the 2018 Six Nations Championship in the books, I am publishing report cards based on my data and observations. Number 1: Ireland Number 2: France Number 3: Wales Number 5: Scotland England lost three times as many matches during … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 22 entries, England, Penalties, Six Nations, Six Nations Championship | 4 Comments

England, here we go again

Posted on March 29, 2016 by scoreboardjournalism

For most of us, it is a familiar pattern dating back many years or even decades. England’s footballers pull off an impressive result in a friendly or qualification before a major tournament and the hype begins. Famous figures are quoted … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged England, Euro 2016, Germany | 2 Comments

China joins England as biggest annual transfer spenders

Posted on March 3, 2016 by scoreboardjournalism

This post is a collaboration between Scoreboard Journalism and Show Legend. The data is sourced from Transfermarkt.com. The Chinese Super League begins this weekend and, as we showed here, Chinese clubs have become a major force on the international transfer … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged China, Chinese Super League, Cristiano Ronaldo, England, La Liga, Premier League, Russia, Transfers, Xabi Alonso | Leave a comment

China and England the two big winter transfer window players

Posted on February 2, 2016 by scoreboardjournalism

This post is a collaboration between Scoreboard Journalism and Show Legend, a data visualisation blog which provided the idea and the graphs and plots. You can click on these for the full interactive version. The data is sourced from Transfermarkt.com. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged China, England, Transfers | Leave a comment

USA, Germany, Japan and Canada favoured for World Cup semis

Posted on June 24, 2015 by scoreboardjournalism

The FIFA World rankings for women’s football have provided a good basis for forecasting the Women’s World Cup so far with seven of the eight favourites in the second round progressing through to the quarter-finals. In addition, our pre-tournament forecast … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Australia, Canada, China Women's World Cup, England, football, France, Germany, Japan, United States | Leave a comment

Croatia Group H favourites ahead of Italy

Posted on September 4, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

Euro 2016 qualification begins this weekend and two of the top seeded teams in the draw, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy, are not the favourites to win their groups according to the Infostrada Sports’ National Team Ranking. Six of the nine groups … Continue reading →

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The ‘Copa de Zebra’ revisited

Posted on June 27, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Algeria, Brazil, Chile, Copa de Zebra, Costa Rica, England, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Shocks, Spain, Surprises, Uruguay, world cup | Leave a comment

Is World Cup 2014 really the ‘Copa de Zebra’?

Posted on June 25, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chile, Costa Rica, England, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Spain, world cup | 1 Comment

What are the 2014 World Cup’s biggest shocks?

Posted on June 19, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, England, forecast, Infostrada Sports, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Shocks, Spain, Surprises, Uruguay, world cup | Leave a comment

Why France (and a Group D team) are the real dark horses

Posted on June 6, 2014 by scoreboardjournalism

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 →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged dark horse, dark horses, England, France, Italy, Ukraine, Uruguay, World Cup 2014 | Leave a comment