The goal statistics that matter

Three numbers carry most of the information: the goals per match of the league, each team's over 2.5 rate at home or away, and the number of matches behind those rates.

League first

A team that looks high-scoring in a low-scoring league is still playing in that league. Start from the goals per game of the competition.

Home and away

Many teams play open football at home and close up away. The league pages split every rate between the two.

Sample size

Six matches out of eight is 75%, and so is thirty out of forty. Only the second tells you something. Our rankings ignore teams with too few matches.

What misleads

The last three matches, a single 5-4, and head-to-head records from seasons when both squads were different.