With a 4-0 win over Italy, Spain saw themselves once again crowned as European Champions. In this post I looked at - as I have done for each and every Spain game during Euro 2012 - scoring chances...
Perhaps stung by criticism over their style as the tournament progressed, Spain hit back in some style last night to defeat Italy 4-0 in the final of Euro 2012. Whilst the scoreline was emphatic...
Contrasting the Spain v Portugal semi-final last nights Italy v Germany match-up provided plenty of scoring chances, with Germany - despite losing the game - out-chancing Italy 13-7. At half-time,...
With victory over Portugal on penalties in their sem-final clash, Spain booked their passage to the final of Euro 2012. Spain out-chanced Portugal 6-3 to mean their tournament +/- stands +34 (F56...
An interesting and at times absorbing game, as opposed to one filled with drama and excitement, but this did not detract from the game as a spectacle as two top sides battled one another to the...
So England crash out in familiar fashion; once more the agony of a loss on penalties in a quarter-final tie. This time around though, there is less of the hard luck story about the exit. The...
The game may have gone to penalties but it was a game that Italy dominated. England did have a bright start and created the first two scoring chances, but where out-chanced 14-4 in total (4-2 at...
Spain move on to the semi-final stages then and given they only out-chanced France 6-2 there was not a great deal of change from the totals at the end of the group stages. Xavi, however, extended...
A disappointment in many ways. Expectation levels were high heading into the game last night but, mindful of the threat Spain possess, Laurent Blanc opted to leave out Samir Nasri to bolster his...
France bow out of the tournament with defeat to Spain, with their individual scoring chance totals as follows: The strong performers through the tournament as a whole were Karim Benzema (who...
There was to be no fairytale then. Euro 2004 will live long in the memory but the odds of repeating their previous feat were always slim and Greece were ultimately brushed aside by what looks to be...
For a while it looked as though Portugal's dominance during the game would come to nothing and we would witness extra-time (and possibly penalties) in the first of the quarter-final games. The...
Group D was the last of the groups to be settled at Euro 2012 and I have now had time to finalise the Scoring Chance numbers that I have been collating. Whilst I have looked at each of Spain's...
So England get the win that saw them not only progress, but move on from Group D top of the group to set up a quarter-final tie with Italy. And once again it was a game that did not feature a host...
A surprise result as Sweden, without a point from their first two games, upset France who miss out on top spot and now have to face Spain in the quarter-finals. It was an interesting game to look...
Given their style of play Spain made for an excellent side to look at through this tournament in terms of the Scoring Chance Index. For those that follow the blog regularly you will be familiar...
Some nervy moments then but a goal in the latter stages confirmed Spain’s progress into the knockout stages – and perhaps importantly as group winners – whilst Croatia miss out by virtue of...
We are now through two of the three Group D games with England and France in the driving seat in terms of qualifying for the knock-out stages. One thing I have done during the tournament is to...
England's come from behind win turned around a game that looked to have gone and now sees them with qualification in their own hands, whilst Sweden can no longer qualify. The Scoring Chance Index...
A comfortable win that puts France in the driving seat in terms of qualification and means that Ukraine now need to defeat England in the final group game to progress. Much was expected of Ukraine...
With four points from two games, Spain sit on the verge of qualifying to the knockout stages of Euro 2012. Their victory over Ireland saw them at their attacking best and after two games their...
In what must surely rank as the performance of the tournament to date, Spain - after stuttering a little in their opening against Italy - hit top form with a ruthless defeat of Ireland. Spain made...
I looked at the Scoring Chance Index numbers for England v France earlier today and have now had a chance to look at the other game in Group D, featuring co-hosts Ukraine against Sweden, as I look...
England kicked off their Euro 2012 campaign yesterday with what could be a valuable point against France, with City's Joleon Lescott and Samir Nasri scoring the goals in a 1-1 draw. There was not a...
Spain and Italy played out a 1-1 draw yesterday in what was considered to have been the best game of Euro 2012 so far. For those that follow the blog regularly you will be familiar with what we...
The shot totals from the win over QPR show that City outshot the visitors by a huge margin of 44-3. There is a growing sense however that shot total numbers on their own are of little use and can...
