Football fever: self-affirmation model for goal distributions

• Published in: Condensed Matter Physics
• Date: 2009
• Main Authors: Janke, W., Bittner, E., Nubaumer, A., Weigel, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут фізики конденсованих систем НАН України 2009
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/120553
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Football fever: self-affirmation model for goal distributions / W. Janke, E. Bittner, A. Nubaumer, M. Weigel // Condensed Matter Physics. — 2009. — Т. 12, № 4. — С. 739-752. — Бібліогр.: 37 назв. — англ.

The outcome of football games, as well as matches of most other popular team sports, depends on a combination of the skills of players and coaches and a number of external factors which, due to their complex nature, are presumably best viewed as random. Such parameters include the unpredictabiliti...