On The Ball Statistics In Your World 
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The Game
Here are some football results:

Manchester United 2 Leeds 2
Fulham 2 Sunderland 1
Bury 0 Hull 0
Reading 0 Torquay 3

In the first match Manchester United is the home team; the result is a score draw.

a For each of the other three matches, write down the home team and say whether the result is a home win, away win, score draw or no-score draw.
b Do you think home teams are more likely to win than away teams?
c About how, many, goals per game do you think are scored in professional football?
d Were more goals scored 20 years ago?
e How, can you predict next week's results?

In this unit you will be investigating data to help answer these questions.

 

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