So this left me to ask the question does statistics really work in football or it just a coincidence that it happens
Yes! statistics is the most reliable source of information that you can consider to predict the outcome of the match. It’s like technical analysis on trading because it’s the log of players contribution on the game to measure their effectiveness.
Not only on football but in all sports. There’s a lot of factor to be considered but stats alone can give you already a solid analysis that will help you to your prediction.
I won most of my sports bet by doing analysis on stats.
This is a good comment that proves that betting with the aid of statistics actually works...some bettors doubt this probably because they haven't had much wins from it...the category of bettors that don't see the importance of this are the ones that don't predict by themselves , they rely on other people's predictions so that's why they are not concerned with statistics... doing proper analysis gives you a high chance of winning