Win, lose, or draw: trends in English football match results

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37 points Vermin2000 | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 17:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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mfro ◴[15 Jul 25 13:20 UTC] No.44570858[source]▶

While the premise of 'draws are boring' is debatable, I do think the discussion on unequal finances in prem clubs needs to continue. For some years parachute payments have helped with the relegation issues, but there seems to be a recurring issue of the top 4 clubs ignoring their spending limits and overall compounding their power transferring top players.

Also, nice article. I enjoyed the interactive graphs.

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close04 ◴[15 Jul 25 13:39 UTC] No.44571065[source]▶

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> the premise of 'draws are boring' is debatable

I also found this a bit off. Lots of goals ending in a draw can also be great fun. Wins are great for the fans of the winning team. But if you're a fan of the sport, then an engaging match, ideally with lots of goals is more fun even if it's a draw.

I've seen plenty of absolutely thrilling goalless draws, and plenty of boring 1 goal wins.

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1. tharmas ◴[15 Jul 25 16:40 UTC] No.44573077[source]▶

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Precisely. Evenly matched teams can make for an exciting game. Sure, if they play extremely conservatively it could be a bore.

But is one team thrashing another 5 - Nil (even in the first half) an "exciting game? Id argue not, for both sets of fans.

But in the money league (aka EPL) this is a big problem for many of the games.

Also, its the same small set of teams vying for the title EVERY year after year after year. Its almost as bad as the Bundesliga. Seriously, is Bayern Munchin going to win the Bundesliga this year? Or is it Rael Madrid or Barcelona that are going to win the Spanish League? Celtic or Rangers? BORING!

Say what you will about the American NFL, but at least they have more variety in who wins the Super Bowl. But they do have to sort out the lopsided score always in the final.

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