Monday, June 21, 2010

Week 2 By the Numbers

In Week 2 we saw 4 games went into the locker room 0-0, 1 ended up that way, in a game where neither keeper played their teams first game.

3 teams have yet to score, there are approximately 678 players on rosters who have yet to score. On the other hand 4 teams have not conceded yet, and 6 Goalkeepers who have played have yet to give up a goal.

67 goals scored (updated live through Spain/Honduras pardon any errors, since I know you all are going to double check), by 58 different players + 2 own goals. 7 players have scored multiple goals, 2 of them have scored in more than one game. Only 1 of those two has scored in the run of play. (Asamoah Gyan has netted 2 penalties)

Those 58 Players represent 18 Leagues, welcoming The Dutch Eredivisie (2), Greek Super League (2), A-League (1), Portuguese Liga (3), Belgian First Division (2)and MLS (1). The Spanish Primera added 14 goals to it's total after 4 two-goal games, and 1 hat tricks, they now stand at 15. Though the A-League only has one goal, it becomes the 1st League with its leading scorer to score. The EPL goes up to 9 and is the only other league in which the leading scorer has grabbed one.

4 more sets of teammates tallied... Forlan and Tiago (Atletico Madrid although Tiago is on lona form Juventus), Eto'o and Sneijder joined Maicon (Inter), Higuain and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) and Gonzalez joined Honda (CSKA Moscow).

Cards still outnumber goals by more than 2:1 as we have seen 136 total cards, 126 yellows, 10 reds, 5 straight reds. 10 players will miss their countries final game due to yellow card accumulation. Group D leads all groups with 28 total cards, Group C in second with 19 (Group H also at 19). Those groups will match up in the knockout round.

How about COMNEBOL still having not lost, sitting at 8-2-0, 26 points through 10 games. All 4 teams are likely through, although only 1 has clinched. Oceania is the only other undefeated region at 0-2-0. CAF is not nearly as pretty with 1-4-7, 8 points through 12 games. Of the 6, only 2 have reasonable chances to advance. UEFA, AFC and CONCACAF sit 10-8-8, 2-1-5, and 1-3-2, respectively.

Soccer City in Johannesburg has seen 13 goals scored, one goal for every 130 meters above sea level. Ellis Park in Johannesburg has seen 10 goals scored in 4 matches. Making it the 2nd highest Goals per Match stadium and the 2nd highest altitude stadium.


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