1970 World Cup results and statistics

Event data

Expected goals in 1970

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Finishing, measured

Goals against the expected goals of the chances each player took.

Player	Nation	Shots	xG	Goals	+/−
Jair Ventura Filho	Brazil	13	3.85	7	+3.15
Édson Arantes do Nascimento	Brazil	32	4.33	4	-0.33
Roberto Rivelino	Brazil	30	1.53	3	+1.47
Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade	Brazil	21	3.39	2	-1.39
Roberto Boninsegna	Italy	3	0.85	1	+0.15
Ladislav Petráš	Czechoslovakia	3	0.73	1	+0.27
Teófilo Juan Cubillas Arizaga	Peru	5	0.69	1	+0.31
Carlos Alberto Torres	Brazil	13	0.44	1	+0.56
Emerich Dembrovschi	Romania	2	0.44	1	+0.56
Florea Dumitrache	Romania	2	0.41	1	+0.59

Results least like the chances

Where the scoreline diverged most from the expected-goals margin.

• Brazil4–1ItalyxG 2.77–1.64margin +3 v +1.13
• Brazil1–0EnglandxG 0.87–1.54margin +1 v -0.67
• Brazil4–1CzechoslovakiaxG 3.81–2.42margin +3 v +1.40
• Brazil3–1UruguayxG 1.42–0.84margin +2 v +0.58
• Brazil4–2PeruxG 3.66–0.92margin +2 v +2.73
• Brazil3–2RomaniaxG 2.22–1.17margin +1 v +1.05

Derived from StatsBomb Open Data under the StatsBomb Public Data User Agreement, covering 6 of the 32 matches played. Calculations are this site's own; StatsBomb do not endorse them. Open any match above for its expected-goals race and shot map, or read how these numbers are built.