Yeah, I know. It’s football, hockey and basketball season. But soccer popped into my mind.

Ever wonder what the goals for and against were for World Cup finalists?

Not really? Same here.

Meh.

Here we go: There have been 69 goals in total scored in a World Cup final. 45 come from four countries:

Brazil - seven finals: 15-9
Germany - seven finals: 11-15
Italy - six finals: 11-6
Argentina - four finals: 8-8

Interesting that Italy has an equal amount of goals (1.8 goals per game) to Germany (1.6) with one less final to its name. Not surprisingly, Brazil manages 2.1 goals per game. Again, no shock here, Italy has the best goals against figure allowing just one goal per game. Germany’s defense has permitted 2.1 goals per game (what’s the German equivalent of Swiss cheese?) followed by Argentina with 2.0.

The ratios look like this:

Brazil: 2.1 - 1.3
Italy 1.8-1.0
Argentina 2.0 -2.0
Germany 1.6 - 2.1

As for France, in two appearances, four Gaullic goals were scored against one foreign. This translates into a 2.0- .05.

Want to continue? Ok, let’s consider one more champion with at least two appearances: Uruguay. The once prolific Uruguayans scored six goals and allowed three in two finals. A ratio of 3.0-1.5.

Look for more stats in the other three sports in the future.

Bye-bye.