The 2014 World Cup in stats

Not even John 'Motty' Motson could outdo this thread .

In the Times world cup pull-out yesterday there was this stat :

Average goals per match on :

BBC - 2.3
ITV - 3.5

So complain all you want about the ad breaks, they provide the goods on the pitch.


Also, there were 67 goals in total, compared to 44 at the same stage in 2010.

- South Korea did not manage a single shot in the first half vs Algeria.

- Algeria are the first African team to score four goals in a single WorldCup match.

- There have now been more goals in this game than in Algeria's previous four World Cup matches combined (5).

Stats update after the 11th day of the tournament.

* Players with the most assists: Juan Guillermo Cuadrado (Colombia) and Daley Blind (Netherlands) both have 3.

* Players with the most successful dribbles: Lionel Messi (Argentina) has 14 and Eden Hazard (Belgium) has 13.

* Player committing the most fouls: Reza Ghoochanneijhad (Iran) has conceded 11 (and made 1 clean tackle).

* Player fouled the most: Georgios Samaras (Greece) has been awarded 12 free kicks (and twice been dispossessed fairly).

* Player offside the most: Mario Balotelli (Italy) with 6, but Ciro Immobile (Italy) has 3 despite playing only 23 mins).

The match against Costa Rica is the first 'dead rubber' in England's World Cup history - i.e. the first time England have played a match having already been eliminated from the competition or having already qualified for the next round.

Stats update after the 12th day of the tournament.

* Leading goalscorer: Neymar with 4. There are 5 players on 3 goals.

* Most goal attempts: Karim Benzema with 15, Cristiano Ronaldo 14.

* Most successful dribbles: Alexis Sánchez with 16, Lionel Messi 14.

* Won most free kicks: Alexis Sánchez with 17, Georgios Samaras 12.

* Most Man of the Match awards: Arjen Robben 3 in 3 matches played.

- England have never recorded zero points in a World Cup group.

- Frank Lampard has now had 40 shots at World Cups without ever being credited with a goal.

- England have drawn more games 0-0 at World Cups than any other nation.

- England have scored a total of five goals in their last eight World Cup games.

luis suarez has bit more people than wayne rooney has world cup goals!

Some stats from the Costa Rica-England match.

* England had 8 goal attempts (3 on target). Daniel Sturridge had 4 of those attempts (0 on target).

* Frank Lampard touched the ball the most for England with 97. Gary Cahill was next with 83 touches.

* Ross Barkley covered the most distance for England with 11,009m. Frank Lampard was next with 10,855m.

* England's biggest passer was Frank Lampard with 64 completed passes. Gary Cahill completed 57 and Luke Shaw 43.

* England's top passing combinations were Frank Lampard to Gary Cahill with 15 and Gary Cahill to Frank Lampard with 14.

* Chris Smalling committed 3 fouls (from 4 challenges made). The only other player with 3 was Costa Rica's Christian Bolaños.

* England's top tackler was Frank Lampard with 4. Cristian Gamboa made 5 successful tackles for Costa Rica and Yeltsin Tejeda made 4.

* England were only caught offside once in the game (Daniel Sturridge was the offender). Costa Rica conceded 3 offsides.

* England passed back to their goalkeeper (Ben Foster) 13 times. Costa Rica only did so (Keylor Navas) 6 times.

* The top speed of the match came from Christian Bolaños (31.25km per hour). England's fastest was Luke Shaw (31.07).

Iran's goal aganst Bosnia last night means that all 32 teams in the World Cup have now scored.