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The most common method of scoring in team sports is through goals (as in association football and hockey) or point-based measures, which can be awarded by the referee depending on the rules of the competition. In individual-based sports such as tennis and golf, the competitor accrues points by overcoming an opponent in a series of events such as winning a set or breaking an opponent’s record.

Scoring dynamics are remarkably consistent across the three sports examined in this article. The tempo of scoring events – when they occur – is well described by a Poisson process with a sport-specific rate, while the balance of scores between teams – how often one team wins an event – follows a Bernoulli model with a bias parameter that varies effectively over gameplay.

Despite these similarities, the data suggest that gameplay in different sports can be very different. For example, the tempo and balance of scoring in CFB games is much more predictable than that in NFL or NHL games, reflecting a greater degree of similarity in latent team skill across those sports.