Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the 'Dying Seconds' of International Football Matches

28 Pages Posted: 29 Jun 2010

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Jan C. van Ours

Tilburg University - Department of Economics; University of Melbourne - Department of Economics

Martin van Tuijl

affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Abstract

This paper investigates whether there are country-specific characteristics in goal-scoring in the final stage of important international football matches. We examine goal-scoring from 1960 onwards in full 'A' international matches of six national teams: Belgium, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. We analyze qualifying matches for the European Championship and World Cup and the matches at the final tournaments of these two events, the Copa America and the Confederations Cup. We find that the national teams of Germany, England and the Netherlands are more likely than the three other national teams to score in the last minute - including stoppage time. However, for Germans this comes at a cost. Germany is more likely to concede a goal in the dying seconds of a match than other countries. During our period of analysis, the national teams of Brazil and Italy only conceded one goal in the last minute. As to winning penalty shootouts, Germany outperforms the other five countries.

Keywords: football, goal-scoring, national team matches, full ムAメ international matches

JEL Classification: J44

Suggested Citation

van Ours, Jan C. and van Tuijl, Martin, Country-Specific Goal-Scoring in the 'Dying Seconds' of International Football Matches. IZA Discussion Paper No. 4970, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1631105 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1631105

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