Archive for June 2012
Italy to meet Spain in final
Italy beat Euro 2008 finalists Germany 2-1 in the semis to set a date against Group C rival Portugal.
Spain beat Portugal 4-2 after a goalless 120 minutes on penalties to reach the final.
The Euro 2012 semis produced 3 goals.
2 goals were scored in the first half whilst 1 were scored after half-time.
Here is the Euro 2012 summary so far:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 30 | |
| Home wins | 12 | 40.0 |
| Away wins | 11 | 36.7 |
| Drawn | 7 | 23.3 |
| Goalless draws | 2 | 6.7 |
| Goals | 72 | |
| Goals/game | 2.4 | |
| First half goals | 30 | 41.7 |
| Second half goals | 42 | 58.3 |
| Home team goals | 40 | 55.6 |
| Away team goals | 32 | 44.4 |
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Italy advances after shoot-out
Italy won the penalty shoot-out 4-2 and will now face Germany in the semis.
The result means England leave the tournament without losing in open play.
The Euro 2012 quarter-finals produced 9 goals .
2 goals were scored in the first half whilst 7 were scored after half-time.
Here is the Euro 2012 summary so far:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 28 | |
| Home wins | 12 | 42.9 |
| Away wins | 10 | 35.7 |
| Drawn | 6 | 21.4 |
| Goalless draws | 1 | 3.6 |
| Goals | 69 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 28 | 40.6 |
| Second half goals | 41 | 59.4 |
| Home team goals | 39 | 56.5 |
| Away team goals | 30 | 43.5 |
* Home team refers to team named first.
Defensive show: England vs Italy
This is the only quarter-final matches that features both who go into the match undefeated.
England finished its group with two wins over Ukraine and Sweden and a draw against France.
Italy started with a draw against Spain which was followed by another draw against Croatia before a win over Ireland.
Italy hasn't conceded more than one goal in a match but England did that against Sweden.
Here is some stats for the two teams in the group stages:
| Stat | Stat | |
|---|---|---|
| Team | England | Italy |
| Played | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 7 | 5 |
| Drawn | 1 | 2 |
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Lost | 0 | 0 |
| Goal difference | 2 | 2 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 1 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 5 | 4 |
| Goals conceded | 3 | 2 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Biggest win | Sweden 2 - 3 England England 1 - 0 Ukraine | Italy 2 - 0 Ireland |
| Biggest loss | No loss | No loss |
| Scored 3 or more | 1 | 0 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
Showdown: Spain vs France
Spain have so far not lost a match but they only dropped points in a draw against Italy in their opening match.
France on other hand lost their last group match against Sweden but still managed to qualify second from the group after a draw against England and a win over Ukraine.
Here is some of the stats for the two teams going into this match.
| Category | Stat | Stat |
|---|---|---|
| Team | Spain | France |
| Played | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 7 | 4 |
| Drawn | 1 | 1 |
| Won | 2 | 1 |
| Lost | 0 | 1 |
| Goal difference | 5 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 2 | 1 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 1 |
| Goals scored | 6 | 3 |
| Goals conceded | 1 | 3 |
| Ave. goals scored | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.3 | 1.0 |
| Biggest win | Spain 4 - 0 Ireland | Ukraine 0 - 2 France |
| Biggest loss | No loss | Sweden 2 - 0 France |
| Scored 3 or more | 1 | 0 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
Crunch time: Germany vs Greece
Germany finished the group phase with nine points and finished with four.
Greece won one, drew one and lost one and finished second because of a better head-to-head record over Russia.
Germany lost in the Euro 2008 final and will be hoping to go one step further should they navigate past Greece.
The winner in this match will meet either England or Italy.
Here is some stats for the two teams so far:
| Category | Stat | Stat |
|---|---|---|
| Team | Germany | Greece |
| Played | 3 | 3 |
| Points | 9 | 4 |
| Drawn | 0 | 1 |
| Won | 3 | 1 |
| Lost | 0 | 1 |
| Goal difference | 3 | 0 |
| Clean sheets | 1 | 1 |
| Failed to score | 0 | 0 |
| Goals scored | 5 | 3 |
| Goals conceded | 2 | 3 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.7 | 1.0 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 0.7 | 1.0 |
| Biggest win | Germany 1 - 0 Portugal Netherlands 1 - 2 Germany Denmark 1 - 2 Germany | Greece 1 - 0 Russia |
| Biggest loss | No loss | Greece 1 - 2 Czech |
| Scored 3 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 | 0 |
Spain tops the scoring charts
The most popular number of goals scored at the group phase is five with five teams scoring five goals.
Of those five, Russia and Sweden could not qualify to the quarter-finals.
Interestingly Greece and France scored three goals only but had enough points and head to head advantage to reach the knockout stage.
Ireland could only muster one goal and below is the table showing all the goals by each team:
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 |
| Ukraine | 2 |
| Poland | 2 |
| Netherlands | 2 |
| Greece | 3 |
| France | 3 |
| Italy | 4 |
| Denmark | 4 |
| Czech | 4 |
| Croatia | 4 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Russia | 5 |
| Portugal | 5 |
| Germany | 5 |
| England | 5 |
| Spain | 6 |
Total Goals Scored : 60
Germany's perfect record
Spain and England each won two and drew the other one to finish with seven points.
On the other side of the table, Ireland and Netherlands finished their tournaments pointless.
Here is table that shows all the teams' points in one overall table and separates the teams using goal difference:
| Team | Played | Won | Draw | Lost | For | Against | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Czech | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Greece | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 3 |
| Poland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 0 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | -8 | 0 |
England and France deny co-host Ukraine
6 goals were scored in the first half whilst 8 were scored after half-time.
Both Poland and Ukraine did not qualify for the quarter-finals despite the home support.
England won Group D after beating Ukraine 1-nil whilst Sweden got their first victory beating France 2-nil.
England will now meet Italy whilst France will meet defending champions Spain.
Here is the Euro 2012 summary so far:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 24 | |
| Home wins | 10 | 41.7 |
| Away wins | 9 | 37.5 |
| Drawn | 5 | 20.8 |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 0.0 |
| Goals | 60 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 26 | 43.3 |
| Second half goals | 34 | 56.7 |
| Home team goals | 33 | 55.0 |
| Away team goals | 27 | 45.0 |
2012/13 A-League fixtures released
The new team from Western Sydney has also been included in the fixture list and its venues are still to be announced.
The Melbourne derby will kick off the season with the match being played at the Etihad Stadium.
The defending champions Brisbane Roar will face Perth Glory away to start their defence.
The Western Sydney team will start at home as they face the Central Coast Mariners.
The full fixture list cab be found here
Spain, Italy advance in Group C
The defending champions left it late to score the goal that meant they finished top of Group C.
Italy also advanced after overcoming Ireland 2-nil. Ireland were already out of the competition for a quarter-final place after losing the first two matches.
Spain will meet the runners from Group D whilst Italy will face the winners of that group.
Here is a table showing the number of goals conceded by each team so far:
| Team | Goals |
|---|---|
| Spain | 1 |
| France | 1 |
| Italy | 2 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Ukraine | 3 |
| Russia | 3 |
| Poland | 3 |
| Greece | 3 |
| England | 3 |
| Croatia | 3 |
| Portugal | 4 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Netherlands | 5 |
| Denmark | 5 |
| Czech | 5 |
| Ireland | 9 |
Total Goals Conceded : 57
So Ireland has had the worst defence conceding nine goals in three matches.
2012/13 Premier League fixtures released
The defending champions Manchester City will kick off by hosting the newly promoted Southampton.
Reading will start with at match against Stoke City whilst playoff winners West Ham United will mark their return by playing Aston Villa.
TipsChallenge will once again have a tipping competition for the Premier League and the competition will be open soon.
Portugal knocks out the Dutch
The Netherlands needed to win by at least a two goal margin but in the end the 2010 World Cup have left the tournament winless.
The Germans top Group B and will play Greece in the quarter finals whilst the Czech Republic will play Portugal.
Here is a table showing the goal margins at full time so far:
| Goal Margin | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 5 | 25.0 |
| 1 | 11 | 55.0 |
| 2 | 2 | 10.0 |
| 3 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 4 | 1 | 5.0 |
The table below shows the goal margins at half-time:
| Goal Margin | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 8 | 40.0 |
| 1 | 9 | 45.0 |
| 2 | 3 | 15.0 |
So no team has led by more than two goals going into the half time break.
Ireland, Sweden exit Euro 2012
Both Ireland and Sweden are winless in groups where the currently in second have four points.
11 goals were scored in the first half whilst 15 were scored after half-time.
Here is the Euro 2012 goals summary so far :
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 16 | |
| Home wins | 4 | 25.0 |
| Away wins | 7 | 43.8 |
| Drawn | 5 | 31.3 |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 0.0 |
| Goals | 46 | |
| Goals/game | 2.9 | |
| First half goals | 20 | 43.5 |
| Second half goals | 26 | 56.5 |
| Home team goals | 23 | 50.0 |
| Away team goals | 23 | 50.0 |
Euro 2012 round 1 goals review
9 goals were scored in the first half whilst 11 were scored after half-time.
The first match of the second round of group games will see Greece play the Czech Republic in a match the Czech cannot afford to lose.
Here is the summary after eight matches:
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Matches played | 8 | |
| Home wins | 3 | 37.5 |
| Away wins | 2 | 25.0 |
| Drawn | 3 | 37.5 |
| Goalless draws | 0 | 0.0 |
| Goals | 20 | |
| Goals/game | 2.5 | |
| First half goals | 9 | 45.0 |
| Second half goals | 11 | 55.0 |
| Home team goals | 11 | 55.0 |
| Away team goals | 9 | 45.0 |
Home teams refers to the first named teams.
Baggies appoint Clarke to replace Hodgson
This role will be Clarke's first role as head coach after having been an assistant at Liverpool, Chelsea, West Ham among other teams.
Here is some of the stats for the Baggies in the 2011/12 season:
| WBA 2011/12 | |
|---|---|
| Position | 10 |
| Played | 38 |
| Points | 47 |
| Won | 13 |
| Drawn | 8 |
| Lost | 17 |
| Goal difference | -7 |
| Clean sheets | 10 |
| Failed to score | 12 |
| Goals scored | 45 |
| Goals conceded | 52 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.2 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.4 |
| Biggest win | Wolves 1 - 5 W Brom W Brom 4 - 0 Sunderland |
| Biggest loss | Man City 4 - 0 W Brom |
| Scored 3 or more | 4 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 6 |
| Scored 5 or more | 1 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 |
| Home matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 21 |
| Won | 6 |
| Drawn | 3 |
| Lost | 10 |
| Goal difference | -1 |
| Goals scored | 21 |
| Goals conceded | 22 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.1 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.2 |
| Away matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 26 |
| Won | 7 |
| Drawn | 5 |
| Lost | 7 |
| Goal difference | -6 |
| Goals scored | 24 |
| Goals conceded | 30 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.3 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.6 |
Here is the winning trend for the Baggies in the 2011/12 season:
| Trend | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| West Bromwich Albion leading at half time, West Bromwich Albion winning at full time | 7 | 23.3 |
| West Bromwich Albion leading at half time, West Bromwich Albion losing at full time | 1 | 3.3 |
| West Bromwich Albion trailing at half time, West Bromwich Albion winning at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
| West Bromwich Albion trailing at half time, West Bromwich Albion losing at full time | 7 | 23.3 |
| West Bromwich Albion drawing at half time, West Bromwich Albion winning at full time | 6 | 20.0 |
| West Bromwich Albion drawing at half time, West Bromwich Albion losing at full time | 9 | 30.0 |
| Matches ending in result | 30 | 78.9 |
Hughton takes over at Norwich
Hughton took his Birmingham City side to the Championship's playoff but could not reach the final after being knocked out by Blackpool.
This will be the second time that Hughton is in charge of a Premiership side having taken Newcastle to the Premier League two seasons ago.
Here is some of the stats for Norwich in the 2011/12 season:
| Nowrich 2011/12 | |
|---|---|
| Position | 11 |
| Played | 38 |
| Points | 47 |
| Won | 12 |
| Drawn | 11 |
| Lost | 15 |
| Goal difference | -14 |
| Clean sheets | 3 |
| Failed to score | 9 |
| Goals scored | 52 |
| Goals conceded | 66 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.4 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.7 |
| Biggest win | Norwich 3 - 1 Swansea Norwich 4 - 2 Newcastle Norwich 2 - 0 Bolton Norwich 2 - 0 Aston Villa |
| Biggest loss | Norwich 1 - 6 Man City |
| Scored 3 or more | 5 |
| Conceded 3 or more | 8 |
| Scored 5 or more | 0 |
| Conceded 5 or more | 2 |
| Home matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 27 |
| Won | 7 |
| Drawn | 6 |
| Lost | 6 |
| Goal difference | -2 |
| Goals scored | 28 |
| Goals conceded | 30 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.5 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.6 |
| Away matches | |
| Played | 19 |
| Points | 20 |
| Won | 5 |
| Drawn | 5 |
| Lost | 9 |
| Goal difference | -12 |
| Goals scored | 24 |
| Goals conceded | 36 |
| Ave. goals scored | 1.3 |
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.9 |
Here is the trend in the matches that Norwich won last season:
| Trend | Frequency | Percentage(%) |
|---|---|---|
| Norwich City leading at half time, Norwich City winning at full time | 7 | 25.9 |
| Norwich City leading at half time, Norwich City losing at full time | 0 | 0.0 |
| Norwich City trailing at half time, Norwich City winning at full time | 1 | 3.7 |
| Norwich City trailing at half time, Norwich City losing at full time | 10 | 37.0 |
| Norwich City drawing at half time, Norwich City winning at full time | 4 | 14.8 |
| Norwich City drawing at half time, Norwich City losing at full time | 5 | 18.5 |
| Matches ending in result | 27 | 71.1 |
Euro 2012 kicks off
The second match of the tournament will see Russia play the Czech Republic.
This is the last Euro tournament that will feature 16 teams with the next edition in France going to feature 24 teams.
The Netherlands will kick off Group B with its match against Denmark and the second match in that group will feature Germany against Portugal.
Group C will start with a blockbuster match with the last two champions clashing as Spain take on Italy.
The Republic mark their return to the tournament when they play Croatia.
In Group D, France will face England before co-hosts Ukraine meet Sweden.
Lambert replaces McLeish at Villa Park
McLeish was sacked at the end of last season and Lambert is coming from the team that beat Aston Villa in McLeish's last match for Villa.
Lambert managed two successive promotions at Norwich and his team finished four places above Villa on the table.
He takes over a team that flirted with relegation for the later part of the season and ensured survival with just one match to go.
Here is some stats for the two teams:
| Aston Villa | Norwich | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position | 16a | 12 | |||
| Played | 38 | 38 | |||
| Points | 38 | 47 | |||
| Drawn | 17 | 11 | |||
| Won | 7 | 12 | |||
| Lost | 14 | 15 | |||
| Goal difference | -16 | -14 | |||
| Clean sheets | 9 | 3 | |||
| Failed to score | 15 | 9 | |||
| Goals scored | 37 | 52 | |||
| Goals conceded | 53 | 66 | |||
| Ave. goals scored | 1.0 | 1.4 | |||
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.4 | 1.7 | |||
| Biggest win | Aston Villa 3 - 1 Blackburn Aston Villa 2 - 0 Wigan Chelsea 1 - 3 Aston Villa | Norwich 3 - 1 Swansea Norwich 4 - 2 Newcastle Norwich 2 - 0 Bolton Norwich 2 - 0 Aston Villa | |||
| Biggest loss | Man United 4 - 0 Aston Villa | Norwich 1 - 6 Man City | |||
| Scored 3 or more | 4 | 5 | |||
| Conceded 3 or more | 4 | 8 | |||
| Scored 5 or more | 0 | 0 | |||
| Conceded 5 or more | 0 | 2 | |||
| Home matches | |||||
| Played | 19 | 19 | |||
| Points | 19 | 27 | |||
| Drawn | 7 | 6 | |||
| Won | 4 | 7 | |||
| Lost | 8 | 6 | |||
| Goal difference | -5 | -2 | |||
| Goals scored | 20 | 28 | |||
| Goals conceded | 25 | 30 | |||
| Ave. goals scored | 1.1 | 1.5 | |||
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.3 | 1.6 | |||
| Away matches | |||||
| Played | 19 | 19 | |||
| Points | 19 | 20 | |||
| Drawn | 10 | 5 | |||
| Won | 3 | 5 | |||
| Lost | 6 | 9 | |||
| Goal difference | -11 | -12 | |||
| Goals scored | 17 | 24 | |||
| Goals conceded | 28 | 36 | |||
| Ave. goals scored | 0.9 | 1.3 | |||
| Ave. goals conceded | 1.5 | 1.9 | |||
| Recent Matches |
|---|
| Season | Round | Team | Goals | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011/12 | 11 | Aston Villa | 3 | Norwich City | 2 |
| 2011/12 | 38 | Norwich City | 2 | Aston Villa | 0 |
