New Posts For Thread: Football: 60% of goals in 2nd halfhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-halfFootball: 60% of goals in 2nd halfThis statistic itself is proof that scoring is not "random" or Poisson distributionWhat's going on? why the speeding up over time?there is not pressure to score a goal in the first 5 minutes of a game ,there is a lot of pressure for at least one team to do so in the last 5 minutes-thats whyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700174#419700174there is not pressure to score a goal in the first 5 minutes of a game ,there is a lot of pressure for at least one team to do so in the last 5 minutes-thats whySun, 10 Jan 2010 09:21:47 -0600cheers ken thought u may know thx.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700142#419700142cheers ken thought u may know thx.Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:40:41 -0600About 73% but that is dependent on total goal expectancy, say Chelsea v Portsmouth would have a higher goal anticipation.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700138#419700138About 73% but that is dependent on total goal expectancy, say Chelsea v Portsmouth would have a higher goal anticipation.Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:33:32 -0600while on the suject of fotbae,does anybody know what % of games has 2goals or more plzhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700134#419700134while on the suject of fotbae,does anybody know what % of games has 2goals or more plzSun, 10 Jan 2010 05:29:12 -0600I couldn't argue with any of the reasons put up by Betfairy and others.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700130#419700130I couldn't argue with any of the reasons put up by Betfairy and others.Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:23:25 -0600at the end of a match you'll often get situations where one team is much more motivated to attack than in the first half. that would be my guess.what does the distribution look like within the second half?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700122#419700122at the end of a match you'll often get situations where one team is much more motivated to attack than in the first half. that would be my guess.what does the distribution look like within the second half?Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:22:44 -0600Subs can make a big difference to a game and they usually come on in the 2nd half.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700118#419700118Subs can make a big difference to a game and they usually come on in the 2nd half.Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:20:16 -0600Is there anything unexpected in these stats? Certainly for the English game I would say it's perfectly logical. Most matches see teams starting off trying not to conceded. As the game progresses one of the two teams will feel dominant and push forhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700114#419700114Is there anything unexpected in these stats? Certainly for the English game I would say it's perfectly logical. Most matches see teams starting off trying not to conceded. As the game progresses one of the two teams will feel dominant and push forSun, 10 Jan 2010 04:18:55 -0600Teams tyre in the second half so part timers like Portsmouth will run out of legs towards the end of the second half.The more staminafied teams like Arsenical United will take advantage of this and score more goles!I hope this clarifies the situationhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700110#419700110Teams tyre in the second half so part timers like Portsmouth will run out of legs towards the end of the second half.The more staminafied teams like Arsenical United will take advantage of this and score more goles!I hope this clarifies the situationSun, 10 Jan 2010 04:16:31 -0600SM 10 Jan 11:03 Goals beget goals, innit. time of first goal is also skewed towrads second halfhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23494198/football-60-of-goals-in-2nd-half?post_id=419700106#419700106SM 10 Jan 11:03 Goals beget goals, innit. time of first goal is also skewed towrads second halfSun, 10 Jan 2010 04:14:22 -0600