Goal Averages in Europe

**eoinh** · 19/12/2004, 5:30 PM

In which country do you think you would find the most goals on average per game (for the top division)? Whats the worst country?

Where would you find the EL. Read and be mystified. I certainly was!

Country/ Goals per league game

1 Estonia 3,705
2 Malta 3,377
3 Faroe Isles 3,344
4 Luxemburg 3,198
5 Netherlands 3,193
6 N.Ireland 3,095
7 Latvia 3,071
8 Wales 3,067
9 Cyprus 3,065
10 Denmark 3,065
11 Poland 2,978
12 Germany 2,935
13 Norway 2,918
14 Turkey 2,917
15 Hungary 2,917
16 Armenia 2,884
17 Switzerland 2,833
18 Belgia 2,819
19 Austria 2,810
20 Georgia 2,767
21 Iceland 2,767
22 Albania 2,760
23 Bulgaria 2,750
24 Slovakia 2,733
25 Finland 2,725
26 Belarus 2,717
27 Macedonia 2,716
28 Croatia 2,713
29 Romania 2,692
30 Scotland 2,657
31 England 2,655
32 Lithuania 2,580
33 Israel 2,577
34 Portugal 2,560
35 Bosnia 2,550
36 Serbia 2,525
37 Russia 2,492
38 Italy 2,467
39 Sweden 2,434
40 Slovenia 2,392
41 Spain 2,349
42 Ireland 2,344
43 Kazakhstan 2,330
44 Moldavia 2,304
45 Azerbaidsjan 2,294
46 Ukraine 2,192
47 Czech Rep. 2,188
48 Greece 2,182
49 France 2,094

**pineapple stu** · 19/12/2004, 6:11 PM

In fairness, I think there were either 12 or 16 goals scored at the Brandywell in the whole season - by home and away teams! Longford didn't exactly help either! I think the average has gone down a lot since the 10-team Premier - would be interesting to see how much of an effect that had. Smaller leagues are always going to be high up on the list.

If you take away goals which result from hideous defensive blunders, how high would the North rank?! I've watched the BBC highlights on Saturday afternoons!

**CollegeTillIDie** · 19/12/2004, 6:31 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

In fairness, I think there were either 12 or 16 goals scored at the Brandywell in the whole season - by home and away teams! Longford didn't exactly help either! I think the average has gone down a lot since the 10-team Premier - would be interesting to see how much of an effect that had. Smaller leagues are always going to be high up on the list.

If you take away goals which result from hideous defensive blunders, how high would the North rank?! I've watched the BBC highlights on Saturday afternoons!

At least the EL premier has players who know how to defend... unlike the Premiership cross channel