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EURO 2020 play-offs. Important points and tips

The Corner-stats.com team welcomes all football fans again!
The national teams will play the decisive matches of Euro 2021 qualifying today, which were supposed to take place in the spring, but have been postponed due to the quarantine.
So, let's note the important points in the upcoming matches:
1. Teams will have to play a knockout match with extra time and penalty kicks if required. 8 winners will play in the 2nd round on November 12, where 4 teams will be determined that will go to the Euro. Based on this, a tough fight can be expected, especially in the second half, if one of the teams will be winning. Red cards are likely.
2. VAR will be present at the matches. This means increased probabilities of penalties and sent-offs in matches, because now the referees cannot miss them. Also, in our opinion, VAR reduces the number of offsides, because the referee does not whistle offside until the end of the attack and it can be missed.
3. Based on the importance of the first goal scored or conceded, it can be assumed that the teams will start the game with caution. In addition, we would like to draw your attention to the fact that a lot of teams with low total goals of the 1st half (in group matches) got into the playoffs: Ireland (0.38), Northern Ireland (0.75), Georgia (0.88), Norway (0.9) , Macedonia (0.9), Iceland (1.0), Slovenia (1.0), Belarus (1.0).
4. In Sofia (Bulgaria) and Oslo (Norway) rain is expected according to the weather forecast. Based on this, teams can use more long shots and crosses.
We hope this information was useful to you and you can benefit from it. Have a nice football!

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15/11/2020. Belgium - England (UEFA Nations League). Comparison of League A national teams

The Corner-stats.com team once again welcomes all users of our service and is in a hurry to share a new statistical preview. You may not really like the breaks in clubs competitions due to national teams, but we assure you that national teams games can also be just as exciting and profitable.
Consider the Belgium vs. England match on 15/11/2020 in the 5th round of the Nations League group stage. The teams play in League A (the strongest national teams) and are currently fighting for the 1st place in the group.
In order to analyze the statistics of teams in the first 4 matches, on the Nations League tournament page, we will use the filter by stage and select only League A:



Now we can compare teams of the same level (only from League A), which makes much more sense than comparing all teams together.
So, here are some interesting statistics from Belgium and England in comparison with all 16 teams in League A:



Goals:
 - Belgium has the highest team total goals: 2.5 (10 goals in 4 games)
 - England have second lowest total goals of the whole match: 1.25 (5 goals in matches)
 - Belgium has the highest total goals in the 1st half: 2.25 (9 goals in 4 games)
 
Corner:
 - Belgium lost on corners in 3 of 4 matches in the 1st half (-1.0 avg. difference)
 
Cards and fouls:
 - Belgium has the second lowest total cards of the whole match: 1.75 (7 cards in 4 games)
 - in the matches of Belgium there was not a single card for other reasons, except for a rough foul (disputes with the referee, simulation, time wasting, etc.)
 - 8 of 17 cards in England were shown in the interval 31-HT (47.1%)
 - Belgium has the lowest total fouls for 2 teams: 16.25
 - England have the best fouls-to-cards conversion (4.3 fouls per 1 card)
 
Shots:
 - England has the lowest total shots on target for 2 teams: 5.25
 - Belgium won on all shots in 4 of 4 games (+6.0 avg difference)
 
 Other:
 - Belgium has the lowest total tackles for 2 teams: 20.50
 - England has the second lowest total tackle for 2 teams: 21.00
 - England leads by wide margin in team total longballs: 82.5
 - England won on throw-ins in 4 of 4 matches (+7.5 avg difference)
 
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