FIFA world cup 2018

FIFA-world-cup-2018

This repository contains FIFA World Cup 2018 data which I compiled from various websites, as well as some analyses I have done.

Data

• World_cup_2018_country.csv: Ranking data on the 32 countries which made it to Russia. Rankings are as of 2018-06-07, and were taken from https://www.fifa.com/fifa-world-ranking/ranking-table/men/index.html.

• World_cup_2018_matches.csv: Summary statistics for each match. Data taken from Google answer boxes, which seems to take data from foxsports.com.

• World_cup_2018_goals.csv: Each line in this dataset is a goal that was scored at World Cup 2018. Data taken from Google answer boxes, which seems to take data from foxsports.com.

Analyses

• Goals: An analysis of goals scored during the World Cup.

• Group_points: A script which tabulates all possible point totals for a group, as well as the number of ways to obtain that point total.

• PageRank: An attempt to rank teams after the group stages using PageRank.

• Possession: An analysis on possession % for the group stages.