February 2013
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The objective of this study was to analyze the distribution of goals, fouls and cards from home and away teams to the Paulista Football Championship, Series A1, in the year 2008. The study is characterized as descriptive document notational analysis with statistical compilation. They took up the summaries of the matches as central instruments of analysis, totaling 202 games. 529 goals were scored, with 42.35% of the match in the first period and 57.65% in the second. We found a positive correlation between goals scored and game time. Concerning the incidence of yellow cards, home team received less then away team. As for the red cards, indicating a greater amount occurring in the last 15 minutes of play. The results indicate the relevance of the teams are well prepared to support the ends of matches, for the last 15 minutes of matches that are critical moments for accomplishment of goals, as well as application of yellow and red cards.