Good morning P-Reply expert. I have a question about football/syllogism

Question

Good morning P-Reply expert. My question is a soccer/syllogism related problem. Two soccer teams played 10 games. They have won 5 and lost 5 of these 10 games (hence they have 15 points). Do you think it is wrong for me to consider them evenly matched? Note that they failed to draw any of the 10 games. On the other hand, 2 teams have 10 points from 10 games. They drew 10 of these games and did not win or lose any of them. Isn't it okay to consider them evenly matched since they drew all their 10 games? Remember that if A=B and B=C, then A=C?

Answer 1

I consider that your question is merely based on logic but has nothing (or very little) to do soccer in the real world.

So I'll attack this as a soccer question first then a logic question.

Two teams that play each other 10 times and one wins over the other half the time may have nothing to do with whether they are evenly matched. It sounds like in this case one team or the other was missing one or more players which made a huge difference in the teams strength. This could also be due to coaching decisions or other events that we aren't aware of. So without more facts about how the games ended up as they did is difficult to judge and provide an answer to the question.

From strictly a logic question if two teams share an equal number of wins and losses when they play each other, it is logical to assume that they are evenly matched, even if there are no ties. It'll that case, is it possible that no ties were allowed in the matches (such as when they had to go to PKs)?

So.... again even from strictly a logic standpoint it's very difficult to come to a conclusion without additional information :)