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Zheng Yen · August 28, 2026
A walkover happens when a match is not played at all because one team withdraws, is expelled, or cannot field a valid side, and the opposition is awarded the win without kicking a ball. It shows up most often in...
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Zheng Yen · August 28, 2026
A cap is simply one appearance for a national team, whether the player starts the match or comes on for the final minute of stoppage time. A player with “80 caps” has featured in 80 official international matches for their...
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Zheng Yen · August 27, 2026
GF stands for goals for, the total goals a team has scored all season. GA stands for goals against, the total they have conceded. GD, goal difference, is simply GF minus GA, and it is one of the first numbers...
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Zheng Yen · August 27, 2026
A yellow card is a formal caution for a foul, act of dissent, or piece of misconduct that falls short of a sending off, while a red card removes a player from the match entirely with no replacement allowed. Two...
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Zheng Yen · August 26, 2026
Expected goals, shortened to xG, is a number between 0 and 1 that estimates how likely a single shot was to result in a goal, based on thousands of similar shots taken in the past. A tap-in from two yards...
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Zheng Yen · August 26, 2026
Offside means an attacking player is standing closer to the opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last defender at the moment a teammate plays the ball forward to them, and the officials judge that player to be...
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Zheng Yen · August 25, 2026
You are ten minutes into a cup tie and the underdog has not had a single shot. Nine or ten players are camped inside their own penalty box, the ball keeps getting hoofed clear, and the home crowd is getting...
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