World Cup final: Netherlands vs Spain
The 2010 FIFA World Cup final will feature two teams that have never won the competition before as the Netherlands take on Spain.
It will be the third final for the Dutch but for Spain its the first time to reach this stage.
The Netherlands are unbeaten so far having won all their matches and they have scored 12 goals in the process and are currently second in the goal scoring charts behind Germany.
Spain hasn't been scoring many goals since the knockout stages and the knockout stage matches have all been won by an odd goal.
In the group stages Spain two goals against Honduras and Chile and they got their highest winning margin against Honduras.
Chile was the last team to score against Spain and the only other team to score against them was Switzerland.
Now I will take a look at the winning trend for the Netherlands:
| Trend | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands leading at half time, Netherlands winning at full time | 2 | 33.3 |
| Netherlands leading at half time, Netherlands losing at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
| Netherlands trailing at half time, Netherlands winning at full time | 1 | 16.7 |
| Netherlands trailing at half time, Netherlands losing at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
| Netherlands drawing at half time, Netherlands winning at full time | 3 | 50.0 |
| Netherlands drawing at half time, Netherlands losing at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
| Matches ending in result | 6 | 100.0 |
So the Dutch have 100% winning record and its important to note both teams have not played extra time so far.
The winning trend for Spain:
| Trend | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| Spain leading at half time, Spain winning at full time | 2 | 33.3 |
| Spain leading at half time, Spain losing at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
| Spain trailing at half time, Spain winning at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
| Spain trailing at half time, Spain losing at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
| Spain drawing at half time, Spain winning at full time | 3 | 50.0 |
| Spain drawing at half time, Spain losing at full time | 1 | 16.7 |
| Matches ending in result | 6 | 100.0 |
The majority of Spain's wins have come in a match when they have gone into the break drawn and then score the winning goal in the second half.
So it will be interesting to see what changes in the trends will take place for the 2010 FIFA World Cup final as one team ends as a loser.
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