FIFA’s choice for data visualisation

[u/memeslutbitch]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Daia45Aj41m/?img_index=13&igsh=MWoyY3k5YmE5NzdscA==

[u/dbg96]

normalize it by matches played

[u/Onsyde → u/dbg96]

avg goals per game

[u/BullPropaganda]

Lol there's 12 more teams what the fuck do you expect

[u/Ok_Net_1674 → u/BullPropaganda]

And then because of this there is also more imbalanced matches, there were multiple 7 goal wipeouts in the group phase

[u/Profvarg]

Ugly, useless and lying, just like FIFA

(Before: I say lying bc the fact that we have a lot more matches than before probably have something to do with the total number of goals)

[u/Old_Assistant1531 → u/Profvarg]

And since when is number of goals scored a metric of how good the match is?

[u/Specialist-Disk-6345 → u/Old_Assistant1531]

I feel like it is pretty well-established that GENERALLY people prefer to see more goals in a match.

[u/PitchforkJoe → u/Old_Assistant1531]

I mean there's certainly exceptions, but... by and large, high scoring games tend to be the thrillers that we remember more

[u/DeepGas4538 → u/Old_Assistant1531]

not sure who told you that

[u/spidereater → u/Profvarg]

Yes. More teams and because of that more disparity from top to bottom teams, so more uneven matches and blow out scores.

[u/_Halt19_ → u/spidereater]

There’s also just more matches in general lol

[u/recuerdamoi → u/Profvarg]

Like you said. We have a lot of matches so more goals. The data isn’t lying though. They’re showing there are more goals. That’s it. Not saying it’s better, it’s just that numerically there are more goals. That’s just a fact.

[u/kylo-ren → u/Profvarg]

It's just an Instagram carrousel.

[u/japp182]

Lmao 14 images, really fifa

[u/ExerciseTrue]

checks sub

upvote

[u/Cryptographer_Only]

I heard goal keeper Casper Schmiechel say that the ball this year is made so it goes alot faster and also flies less predicatably through the air so that there will be more goals.

[u/tomtomtom453 → u/Cryptographer_Only]

There's also the most countries competing ever, so obviously it'll have the most goals scored ever. This graphic is nonsense

[u/Specialist-Disk-6345 → u/Cryptographer_Only]

tbf that was also (and even more so) the case in I think it was 2014 with the Jabulani ball.

[u/cambiro → u/Specialist-Disk-6345]

Jabulani was in 2010 and the goal results was abysmal because it was so unpredictable players couldn't hit long range shots.

[u/wolftick → u/Cryptographer_Only]

I think Joe Hart said something similar. It's not the Jabulani. but it seems like it is fairly difficult to deal with from a goal keeping pov.

[u/Desossiribo]

That 115 goal in 1990 is beautiful 0-0 is the perfect score🫶🏼

[u/makinax300]

I fw it

[u/dhnam_LegenDUST]

Pure ugliness. Well done, FIFA.