World Cup: Team Territory Percentage
by Hawerchuk on Jun 13, 2010 7:57 PM EDT
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Our stats feed reports the relative territorial ownership by each team in each game. It seems to roughly match up with what I watched, but I can't say that I watched closely enough to say that it's correct:
| Team | Territory | Shots For | Shots Vs |
| France | 55.8 | 20 | 7 |
| Mexico | 52.6 | 16 | 10 |
| England | 51.9 | 18 | 12 |
| Ghana | 51.7 | 15 | 14 |
| Argentina | 51.7 | 20 | 12 |
| Slovenia | 50.7 | 7 | 10 |
| Greece | 50.7 | 6 | 17 |
| Australia | 50.6 | 11 | 34 |
| Germany | 49.4 | 17 | 11 |
| South Korea | 49.3 | 17 | 6 |
| Algeria | 49.3 | 10 | 7 |
| Nigeria | 48.3 | 12 | 20 |
| Serbia | 48.3 | 14 | 15 |
| United States | 48.1 | 12 | 18 |
| South Africa | 47.4 | 10 | 16 |
| Uruguay | 44.2 | 7 | 20 |
Any opinions on the accuracy of this metric are greatly appreciated.
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True.
Are these all just the first games? Cause I doubt US-England produced 50+ shots. Otherwise I think this metric does have some weight. I watched US-England with a bunch of college soccer players who were stressing the point that the US just needed to keep making the English goalie Green work. When they saw him botch Dempsey’s shot, they we’re not surprised. They said the US needed to keep testing him with anything.
But, at the same time, this can be looked at from a hockey view too; where if these shots aren’t quality or from a poor distance/angle then it doesn’t really prove much.
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