Every four years, The World Cup (the second biggest sporting event) forces fans to remember their mathematics lessons. In fact, working out what each team needs from its final match to finish in the top two of a group and advance to the knockout rounds takes some algebra knowledge and powers of prediction. After Brazil […]

In an interesting article by DW on soccer and math, an analysis was done of penalty shootouts in the European Soccer league. Research showed that most shooters have a 75 percent chance of scoring. But according to binomial probability, and common preconceptions, the Germans do much better. For a world class soccer player, scoring a […]