FIFA WC 2022: Most Goals, Penalties, Red Cards, Clean-Sheets, Most Wins and Losses
WC 2022 Stats: The FIFA World Cup 2022 is in its final stages with the Quarter-Finals beginning on Friday when Brazil meet Croatia in the 1st one.
The World Cup has shown its brilliance with once again with several upsets and less one-sided matches taking place.
From Saudi Arabia beating Argentina to Japan topping their group over Spain and Germany, the WC has seen it all in 17 days.
Morocco’s first appearance in the Q/F’s of the World Cup has once again showed us why underestimation is the root cause of evil in World Cup football.
We give you a run down of the important WC 2022 stats which one must know ahead of the crucial Quarter-Finals.
Most Goals
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England and Portugal lead the way in the World Cup 2022 with both sides having scored 12 goals each.
Kylian Mbappé is the frontrunner for the Golden Boot with the Frenchman having found the net 5 times.
In the 5 goals, Mbappé has created several records and already created a legendary status for himself in the competition.
Kylian Mbappe’s season so far is unreal 🔥 pic.twitter.com/joHj5W58Yq
— GOAL (@goal) December 7, 2022
Mbappé has scored 9 World Cup goals in just 2 editions*, which leaves him 7 behind Klose (16) for the all-time record in WC history.
With age on his side, he could well get close in this tournament before making a return in 2026 as well.
Penalties awarded
Portugal, Argentina and Poland have been awarded 2 penalties each in the competition as of today.
However, Portugal is the only side with 100% conversion rate from the mentioned three.
Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes scored both goals when they struck in wins over Ghana and Uruguay.
Messi and Lewandowski have missed their spot-kicks vs Poland and Mexico respectively.
Assists and Goals contributions
Bruno Fernandes and Harry Kane have 3 assists each to their name but Mbappé with 7 goal contributions remains on top of the heap. Apart from 5 goals, the Frenchman provided 2 crucial assists in France’s emphatic WC title defence journey so far.
Most goals and assists at the 2022 World Cup 🏆
Kylian Mbappé (7) 🥇
Bruno Fernandes (5) 🥈
Harry Kane (4) 🥉#mufc pic.twitter.com/tt2azy5Zjf— Man United News (@ManUtdMEN) December 7, 2022
Bookings
Saudi Arabia’s Abdulelah Al Amri has picked up 2 yellow cards in the competition alongside teammate, Abdulelah Al Malki.
Vincent Aboubakar and Wayne Hennessey are the only two players who have been sent off in the WC 2022.
Vincent Aboubakar scores in stoppage time and gets a red card. 😅 pic.twitter.com/3IYIQjy9Km
— theScore (@theScore) December 2, 2022
The Cameroon captain was sent off vs Brazil after he removed his shirt to celebrate after having already received a booking earlier in the match.
Clean Sheets
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England’s Jordan Pickford has secured most clean-sheets in the competition (3).
The Three Lions meet France in the Q/F on Saturday night, where they hope to see another sensational performance from their stopper as he comes up against a fearsome trio.
Most Wins and Losses
Netherlands, Argentina, Brazil, England, Morocco, Portugal and France have all picked up 3 wins in WC 2022.
Meanwhile; Qatar and Canada were the two sides that lost all their matches in the group stage.
