How often are recorded games decided by one goal?
A dated look at draws and winning margins in our published result sample.
Edition published: 2026-10-26 UTC · Cutoff: 2026-10-24
were decided by one goal
n = 1500 recorded games
Draws are shown separately: a draw does not count as a one-goal win. The chart uses the absolute recorded score difference, excluding penalty shootouts.
Of 1500 results, 324 were decided by one goal and 178 were draws. The headline percentage uses every game as its denominator, so draws remain in the sample.
Draw: 178 · One goal: 324 · Two goals: 274 · Three or more: 724
This is a sample of results published on PitchNexus, not a national estimate or a comparison of playing strength between countries. Ages, game formats, competitions and coverage dates vary. Date ordering can concentrate the sample in particular rounds or providers.
Coverage and method
1500 results · 53 competitions · 2026-10-18 — 2026-10-24
CoastSoccer, GotSport
At most 5,000 fully scored rows were read from the 90-day window ending at the cutoff. After excluding invalid or future dates, ambiguous identities, conflicts, provisional results, scores explicitly flagged as unconfirmed, and suspended, postponed, cancelled or forfeited games, up to the latest 1,500 valid results per country were retained, one row per provider, event and match. Recorded goals exclude penalty shootouts. Some providers publish scores without a final status; “recorded” does not mean independently confirmed. This is a fixed edition; later profile corrections do not rewrite this publication.
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