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RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - William H Bonney - 26-06-2014 16:43 Stats update after the 14th day of the tournament. There are now 9 instances of a player attempting 100 passes in a match. Fernando Gago (Argentina-Iran) 117 with 106 successful Gary Medel (Chile-Spain) 113 with 107 successful Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Iran) 111 with 103 successful Andrea Pirlo (Italy-England) 108 with 103 successful Toni Kroos (Germany-Ghana) 106 with 86 successful Daniele De Rossi (Italy-England) 105 with 99 successful Muhamed Besic (Bosnia-Iran) 105 with 89 successful Daniele De Rossi (Italy-Costa Rica) 104 with 97 successful Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Bosnia) 102 with 99 successful These are the top 9 passing combinations (counting completed passes only). Javier Mascherano to Fernando Gago (Argentina-Iran) 35 Gary Medel to Francisco Silva (Chile-Spain) 34 Daniele De Rossi to Andrea Pirlo (Italy-England) 27 Fernando Gago to Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Iran) 25 Andrea Barzagli to Daniele De Rossi (Italy-Costa Rica) 23 Dani Alves to Oscar (Brazil-Croatia) 22 Javier Mascherano to Angel Di Maria (Argentina-Bosnia) 22 Vasily Berezutskiy to Sergey Ignashevich (Russia-Korea) 22 Mats Hummels to Toni Kroos (Germany-Ghana) 22 RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - railwayman - 27-06-2014 12:10 Here's a notable stat: Luis Suarez is given the biggest ban ever handed out in a World Cup. RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - William H Bonney - 27-06-2014 16:06 After the completion of the group stage there are 26 instances of a player having 100 or more touches of the ball in a match. There are 19 players on the list, with 6 of them appearing more than once. Toni Kroos (Germany), Gary Medel (Chile), Daniele De Rossi (Italy), Andrea Pirlo (Italy) and Muhamed Besic (Bosnia) all appear twice and Javier Mascherano (Argentina) makes the list 3 times. Toni Kroos (Germany-Ghana) 125 Philipp Lahm (Germany-USA) 124 Toni Kroos (Germany-USA) 122 Gary Medel (Chile-Spain) 121 Fernando Gago (Argentina-Iran) 121 Gary Medel (Chile-Netherlands) 120 Daniele De Rossi (Italy-Costa Rica) 118 Andrea Pirlo (Italy-England) 117 Ogenyi Onazi (Nigeria-Iran) 116 Muhamed Besic (Bosnia-Iran) 115 Daniele De Rossi (Italy-England) 114 Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Bosnia) 112 Per Mertesacker (Germany-USA) 112 Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Iran) 111 John Obi Mikel (Nigeria-Iran) 108 Jordi Alba (Spain-Chile) 108 Dani Alves (Brazil-Croatia) 105 Andrés Iniesta (Spain-Chile) 105 Paul Pogba (France-Ecuador) 105 Ángel di María (Argentina-Nigeria) 105 Andrea Pirlo (Italy-Costa Rica) 104 Daniel van Buyten (Belgium-Algeria) 103 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany-USA) 103 Giorgio Chiellini (Italy-Costa Rica) 102 Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Nigeria) 101 Muhamed Besic (Bosnia-Nigeria) 100 RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - railwayman - 28-06-2014 01:49 The group stage saw 134 goals scored in 48 matches at an average of 2.79 a game. 44 of the goals were scored from outside the penalty area. RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - William H Bonney - 28-06-2014 15:14 After the completion of the group stage there are 16 instances of a player covering more than 12,000m in a match. Matt McKay (Australia) and Marcel Diaz (Chile) are on the list twice and MIchael Bradley (USA) features 3 times. Matt McKay (Australia-Spain) 13,247 Michael Bradley (USA-Germany) 13,084 Koke (Spain-Australia) 12,795 Saphir Taïder (Algeria-Belgium) 12,734 Michael Bradley (USA-Ghana) 12,730 Matt McKay (Australia-Netherlands) 12,721 Marcel Diaz (Chile-Australia) 12,718 Marcel Diaz (Chile-Spain) 12,589 Muhamed Besic (Bosnia-Argentina) 12,271 Viktor Fayzulin (Russia-Belgium) 12,255 Morgan Schneiderlin (France-Ecuador) 12,228 Thomas Mueller (Germany-Ghana) 12,224 Michael Bradley (USA-Portugal) 12,204 Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia-Argentina) 12,182 Granit Xhaka (Swizerland-Ecuador) 12,107 Héctor Herrera (Mexico-Croatia) 12,083 RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - railwayman - 29-06-2014 14:35 James Rodríguez of Colombia is now the tournament's leading goalscorer with 5 and Columbia are the highest scoring team with 11. RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - William H Bonney - 30-06-2014 14:16 The knockout stages of the World Cup have already seen 2 matches go to extra time, requiring the players in those matches to cover much more ground than usual. From the 4 teams concerned, here are the players who covered the most ground (in metres). BRAZIL Luiz Gustavo 14,513 Dani Alves 13,780 Neymar 13,581 CHILE Marcel Diaz 15,524 Charles Aránguiz 15,015 Eugenio Mena 14,337 Gonzalo Jara 13,541 COSTA RICA Celso Borges 14,473 Bryan Ruiz 14,073 GREECE Giorgos Karagounis 13,619 RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - cosmonaut - 01-07-2014 14:26 So far all 6 group winners have won their knock out match. If Argentina and Belgium can get through today it will make it 8 out of 8. RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - William H Bonney - 01-07-2014 16:15 The Algeria-Germany match set a tournament high for passes by a team as Germany racked up 940. The following German players attemped over 100 passes each. Toni Kroos 118 (94 successful) Bastian Schweinsteiger 108 (98 successful) Jerome Boateng 107 (93 successful) Philipp Lahm 107 (90 successful) Per Mertesacker 104 (95 successful) No other player has attempted 100 passes in the knock out matches. After the 5 players above the highest is 85 by Dani Alves (Brazil-Chile). RE: The 2014 World Cup in stats - cosmonaut - 02-07-2014 17:52 The final 8 of the World Cup features 5 of the seeded teams when the draw was made, with the unseeded France, Netherlands and Costa Rica completing the quarter final lineup. |