STATISTICAL MODELING OF FOOTBALL MATCH PERFORMANCE DATA

This study is on the modelling of the recorded football match statistics of the group stage of the 2014 FIFA world cup. The data for the analysis was obtained from BBC sports. The researchers applied multiple regressions in the analysis, at 5% significant level. Two independent variables; ball possession and shot on target against the dependent variable goal. ANOVA and t-test statistic were used to test the hypothesis using STATA package version 13. The model shows positive linear relation between goal and shot on target, ball possession showed a weak negative relation on goal. ANOVA sh owed significant effect on goal. T-test showed that ball possession has no significant effect on goal while shot on target has a very significant effect on goal. The researchers recommend that football mangers should go for more attacking and midfield players. And also, train players on how to hit target