Shortage of goals in the World Cup in Qatar! A first after the US…

The group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar has been completed.

After 48 games played between November 20 and December 2, the teams that occupied the first 2 places in 8 groups advanced to the last 16 rounds.

The Netherlands, Senegal, England, the United States, Argentina, Poland, France, Australia, Japan, Spain, Morocco, Croatia, Brazil, Switzerland, Portugal and South Korea qualified to play in the round of 16.

Ecuador, Qatar, Iran, Wales, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Denmark, Germany, Costa Rica, Belgium, Canada, Cameroon, Serbia, Uruguay and Ghana said goodbye to the tournament in the group stage.

2.5 GOALS PER MATCH

A total of 120 goals were scored in the 2022 World Cup group stage.

England and Spain were the top scorers in the group stage matches, averaging 2.5 goals per game, netting 9 times each.

THE GROUP STAGE WITH AT LEAST GOALS AFTER 12 YEARS

Qatar 2022 was recorded as the World Cup with the fewest goals scored in the group stage after South Africa 2010.

If group stage matches are taken into account, the teams netted 101 times in 2010, while Brazil scored 136 goals in 2014 and 122 goals in Russia 2018.

NO 3 IN 3 FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER US 94

The 2022 FIFA World Cup garnered attention as the tournament that did not have a team go 3-for-3 in the group stage after 28 years.

At USA 1994, neither team completed the group stage with 9 points. After this tournament, at least one team managed to pass the group stage matches without defeat in the 6 World Cups played until 2022 in Qatar.

TOP KINGDOM RACE

5 names shared the title of the player who scored the most goals in the group stage matches of the Qatar tournament.

Álvaro Morata from Spain, Kylian Mbappe from France, Marcus Rashford from England, Cody Gakpo from the Netherlands and Enner Valencia from Ecuador scored 3 goals each.

166 YELLOW, 2 RED OUT

In the 48 group stage matches played at Qatar 2022, the referees showed 166 yellow cards and 2 red cards.

The team with the most cards in the group stage was Saudi Arabia (14). England, for their part, drew attention as the only team not to get a card in this process.

Throughout the remainder of the tournament, Wales goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey and Cameroon striker Vincent Aboubakar were given red cards.

3 TECHNICIANS LEAVE DUTY

The coach of 3 teams, who said goodbye to Qatar 2022 in the group stage, has left his post.

Roberto Martinez from Belgium, Otto Addo from Ghana and Gerardo Martino from Mexico left post following the ruling.

RONALDO, MESSI AND NEUER MADE HISTORY

In the group stage of the 2022 World Cup in Russia, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer won new titles.

Portuguese footballer Ronaldo became the first player to score in 5 World Cups.

Argentina’s star player, Messi, one of the tournament favourites, was recorded as the first player to assist in 5 World Cups.

Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer became the goalkeeper with the most appearances in World Cup history with 19 times.

French referee Stephanie Frappart served in the Costa Rica-Germany match. Frappart made history as the first female referee to referee a World Cup held since 1930. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)