In 68 per cent of Premier and Football League matches the team who score first win, and in 88 per they do not lose. In quarter of all games the first goal arrived within 13 minutes, in a half of all games it arrived within 29 minutes, and in three-quarters of all games it arrived within 53 minutes. In three out of four games, therefore, spectators had witnessed at least one goal before the second half was very old. | |