text: what do the numbers in the parenthesis next to the final score of a soccer match represent? for example in germany's win over costa rica, yahoo's site shows the score like this: 4:2 (2:1)  what do the numbers in the parenthesis represent? the score of the game at have time. one of the teams is asign as the home team and the other as visitng team. the score of the game is display x : y, where : *the first number (in this case x) reference the home team score, * : is used to separate the score * the second number (in this case y) reference the visiting team score  the score 4:2 (2:1), means * 4:2 the final score was 4 goals for the home team and 2 goals for the visitng team * (2:1), show how the score was at the end of the first half time: 2 goals for the home team and 1 goal for the visiting team.