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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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