Since the 1998 World Cup, the number of teams participating in the World Cup finals has expanded to 32, and the total number of games has also changed from 52 to 64, and the total number of goals has also been greatly improved. The number of goals scored in this World Cup is 169, ranking second in history, second only to 1998 and 17 1 goals in the 20th14th World Cup. As far as the number of goals is concerned, this World Cup is not inferior to any previous World Cup. Judging from the average goal data, the average goal of this World Cup is 2.6, which is not high in the history of the World Cup. You know, before the 1958 World Cup, the average number of goals per game was more than three, and the average number of goals per game in the 1954 World Cup was as high as 5.38. However, since the 1962 World Cup, the average number of goals per game has remained below three, which also confirms the development trend of modern football.
12 ball Mr. Oolong
With Manjukic scoring an own goal in the final, the total number of own goals in this World Cup is 12, setting a new historical record. In previous World Cups, the number of own goals was the largest, and in the 1998 World Cup, there were only six. No wonder many fans joked about giving the Golden Boot Award to Mr. Oolong. In the end, "Mr. Oolong" also decided the ownership of the World Cup.
6-ball golden boot shooter
After all, Mbappé and Gleizman failed to perform a "hat trick", which means that Kane, who outshines others in the scorer list with 6 goals, won the Golden Boot Award. Since the 1987 World Cup, no winner of the past 12 Golden Boot has scored more than 6 goals, except for Cristiano Ronaldo who scored 8 goals in 2002. Kane only tied J Ronaldo who scored 6 goals in the last World Cup, but unfortunately failed to increase the number of goals. In addition, the gold content of Kane's golden boots has also been questioned by many fans. Of his six goals, three were penalties and one was shot by a teammate. After entering the knockout stage, he only scored a penalty, and I'm afraid he will be labeled as "parallel gold boots".
7 1 set
The World Cup in Russia is a veritable "set-ball World Cup". There were 169 goals in this World Cup, of which 7/kloc-0 goals were set, accounting for 42% of the total goals. In this World Cup, 30 teams scored through set pieces, which is very rare in the history of the World Cup except Peru and Senegal. Set-pieces have become the regular offensive weapon of each team. In addition, the percentage of set-pieces in the knockout stages of the 20 10 and 20 14 World Cups was 27% and 26% respectively, and the percentage of set-pieces in the knockout stages of this World Cup was as high as 55.6%, which more than doubled. England has the highest usage rate of set pieces. * * Of the 12 goals scored, 9 were scored through set pieces, ranking first in the history of the World Cup.
22 penalties
In the World Cup final, Gleizman scored a penalty of 1, rewriting the total number of penalties in this World Cup to 22, which also set a new historical record. The increase in the proportion of set-pieces in this World Cup is related to the increase in penalty. The number of penalty kicks in all 64 matches in the last two World Cups was 9 and 12 respectively, which was not too much. In the previous 20 World Cups, the record of single penalty was 18 in 2002. The great increase of penalty kicks in this World Cup is closely related to the first use of VAR, especially in group matches, where the number of penalty kicks is as high as 18. No wonder some fans joked about this year's World Cup. 3 1 winner/draw
What impressed everyone in this World Cup is that many games are dead or dead, and the distribution of goal time also confirms this. According to statistics, among the total 169 goals, the number of goals scored in 85+ minutes (including overtime) reached 3 1, of which only 25 were scored in the group stage, which also made the World Cup more ups and downs.