The Characters and Underlying Factors of Football Players' Foul: Evidence from World Cup

Abstract

 FIFA World Cup is the most well-known and the most striking event in the worldwide. This study will focus on the characteristic and underlying factors of football player’s fouls. Based on the data comes from 2010-2022 FIFA World Cup, the study collect the data about the fouls and the result studies in six perspectives: (1) the period with the highest frequency of fouls. (2) the use of VAR influence the number of penalties. (3) the use of VAR influence the number of fouls in the big penalty area. (4) the impact of managers’ former positions when they were players. (5) the effect of the tactics that the team use. (6) the influence of the different continents teams. In light of the findings, we can find that the fouls have plenty of characteristic and underlying factors. And this paper only illustrates some of the perspectives To conclude, the time period, the use of VAR and the influence of tactics will cause the difference in the matches.