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Football statistics are useful, but only when they explain something real. A match can produce pages of numbers and still tell very little if those figures are read without care. That is the first trap. Modern analysis often throws around data as if every percentage deserves applause, when some of it is little more than decorative noise. The aim is not to make football sound like a maths lecture with shin pads. The aim is to understand how games are likely to unfold. Good analysis trims away the nonsense and keeps the numbers that reveal control, threat, weakness, and rhythm.…