I just made https://www.bigsoccer.com/soccer/evanj/2014/04/22/world-cup-2014-qualifying-final-statistics/ with statistics about the 31 countries (excluding Brazil). I posted in here rather than the World Cup section because this topic is about qualifying. If anybody would like me to e-mail them my spreadsheet with the information for every country, post or start a conversation (private message) with me with your e-mail address.
how did you get 1.13 ppg for Iran? we got 28 points from 14 games which is 2 ppg, and even if you include the 2 legged 2nd stage playoff against maldives that would be 28 points from 16 games which is 1.75 ppg.
Looking at the stats Germany has some good things going for them. After seeing those stats I looked at their schedule and it appears they got a nice draw with Fortaleza, Recife, and Salvador being in the same region. If the heat doesn't drain them they have a relatively easy road to the Quarters/Semis
It did look strange to me. Iran had 34 points (2.13 per game) including giving them 6 points for the Maldives games (I awarded points for all games even if they weren't part of groups). My spreadsheet had the right record but the wrong value in the points column. With that corrected, the fewest points per game was 1.56 for Ecuador. Another thing to look at as to compare teams' points per game and goal differential per game. Thanks to playing San Marino, England had the second best goal differential per game but only tied for 13th in points per game. Belgium was third in points per game but only tenth in goal differential per game. The correlation between points per game and goal differential per game was 0.723.