The victorious debut of Brazil in the World Cup in Qatar marked the end of the first round of the group stage of the World Cup. The 365Scores platform found the main numbers of all the matches so far, some with elastic scores like the unexpected 7×1 of Spain against Costa Rica and the 6×2 that England applied in Iran.
Specialized in monitoring sports matches and generating live statistics, the 365Scores application points out that star player Neymar was the most hunted player on the field in the opening round. The number 10 suffered an impressive 9 fouls.
The second place in the item “most hunted in the field” was Gavi. The Spain midfielder suffered 5 fouls, practically half of Neymar’s. The young Spaniard also made history after scoring a goal in the 7-0 rout. At age 18, Gavi became the 2nd youngest player to score a goal in a World Cup. In first we still have King Pelé, who scored 6 goals in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden, when he was 17 years old.
Number of goals in first rounds of Cups with 32 team format
1998 World Cup – France: 38 goals
2022 World Cup – Japan and South Korea: 46 goal
2006 World Cup – Germany: 39 goals
2010 World Cup – South Africa: 25 goals
2014 World Cup – Brazil: 49 goals
2018 World Cup – Russia: 38 goals
2022 World Cup – Qatar: 41 goals
Top scorers of the 1st group stage
2 goals – Enner Valencia (EQU), Olivier Giroud (FRA), Richarlison (BRA), Ferran Torres (ESP), Mehdi Taremi (IRA) and Bukayo Saka (ING)
Player with the most accurate passes
Aymeric Laporte (ESP) – 143 accurate passes
Rodrigo Hernández (ESP) – 137 accurate passes
John Stones (ING) – 116 accurate passes
Player who wo had the most kicks towards the goal
3 shots on target – Bukayo Saka (ING), Gundogan (ALE), Messi (ARG) and Gnabry (ALE)
Player with the most assists
2 assists – Harry Kane (ING) and Bruno Fernandes (POR)
Players who scored the most fouls
1st Saud Abdulhamid (Saudi Arabia) – 6 fouls
2nd Abdullah Al-Malki (Saudi Arabia) – 5 fouls
Goalkeeper with most saves
8 saves – Shuichi Gonda (JAP)
6 saves – Vanja Milinkovic-Savic (SER)
5 saves – Sommer (SUI)
Most leaked goalkeeper
7 goals – Keylor Navas (CRC)
Team that scored the most goals
7 goals – Spain
6 goals – England
Team that took the most goals
7 goals – Costa Rica
6 goals – Iran
Team with the most time with the ball
Spain – 82%
England – 78%
Germany – 74%
Team that scored the most kicks towards the goal
Germany – 26 shots / 9 scored
France – 23 shots / 7 scored
Brazil – 22 shots / 8 scored
Team with the fewest towards the goal
Qatar, Costa Rica, South Korea and Serbia – 0 shots
Team ith the most fouls
Saudi Arabia – 21 fouls
Ghana – 19 fouls
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