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World Cup Winners

Football: Why statistics are the best guide to predicting winners - our guest tells us that too many people, including club managers, trust their gut rather than the numbers.

The World Cup: Why statistics are the best guide to predicting the winners. Our guest is Chris Anderson, author of The Numbers Game: Why Everything You Know About Football is Wrong, and he tells us that too many people, including football club managers, wrongly trust their gut rather than the numbers. Plus ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents Evan Davies and Katy Watson report on why this is not just a big sporting moment for the World Cup's host country Brazil, it's also showtime for the country's economy.

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25 minutes

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Thu 12 Jun 2014 14:06GMT

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  • Thu 12 Jun 2014 14:06GMT

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