The current edition has scored fewer goals than the last two, in Russia and Brazil, and has seen many 0-0 draws
THE Spain he scored seven and the England he scored six in the first round of the group stage. But the inspiration of the Spanish and English did not taint the other teams in the next two rounds of the championship world Cup from Qatar. As a result, this World Cup currently has the fourth worst goal average in World Cup history.
At the end of the group stage on Friday, the competition has exactly 120 goals scored in 48 matches played so far. The average is 2.5 goals per game. This number is only higher than the average recorded at the 1990 (2.21), 2006 (2.30) and 2010 (2.27) World Cups.
More recent editions of the World Cup have had higher averages. In Russia, four years ago, the statistics reached 2.64 (169 goals in 64 games). In Brazil, in 2014, the number was slightly higher: 171 goals in 64 games – an average of 2.67. 20 years ago, when Brazil won their fifth title, the South Korean and Japanese Cups averaged 2.52.
So far, before the start of the round of 16 in Qatar, the teams with the best attack are Spain and England, both with nine goals. Each of the two teams had a sensational thrashing to boost their stats. In the first round, the British applied 6 to 2 in the Want🇧🇷 The Spaniards were even more incisive: 7-0 in Costa Rica🇧🇷
The two European teams are qualified for the round of 16. Therefore, they will be able to expand their offensive numbers in the coming days. The British will tackle Senegalwhile the Spaniards will duel with Morocco🇧🇷
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The players are more disciplined in this cup than in the 2018 World Cup only taking into account the group stage. 1,159 fouls have already been committed in Qatar, an average of 24.1 per game. In Russia alone, there were 1,289 fouls in the first phase, an average of 26.8.
The most undisciplined selection so far is Saudi Arabia, fourth and last in group C, already eliminated. There were 56 fouls recorded in three games. It is no coincidence that it was the team with the highest number of yellow cards: 14 of the 166 distributed by the referee in the group stage. In total, the average is 3.5 yellow cards per game.
The number of reds is still low. There were only two, one for the Portuguese coach Paul Bentofrom South Korea, who will be Brazil’s opponent in the round of 16. The only player sent off was the Cameroonian aboubakarprecisely in the victory of the African team over the Brazilian team by 1 to 0, this Friday.
In terms of penalties, the Qatar Cup recorded a smaller amount than the Russian World Cup, when VAR made its debut. It was 14 against 24, in 2018, only in the group stage. But the Middle Eastern competition has a record of saved penalties: five. The last of them in the victory of Uruguay from Ghana by 2 to 0. The charge was wasted by the African team when the score was 0 to 0.
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