Qatar World Cup 2022
Statistics
Although 4 matches ended in a goalless draw, heavy goals, record numbers and resounding surprises were the most prominent features of the first round of the 2022 World Cup, which was characterized by excitement and fun.
Arab teams
The good start of three of the 4 Arab teams participating in this version of the World Cup in Qatar was also the title of this round.
Goals
41 goals were present in 16 matches held in the first round, bringing the average scoring per match to 2.56 goals per match, and if you exclude the 4 matches that ended in a goalless draw, the average rises to 3.4 goals per match.
Among the 16 matches, one match ended in a goalless draw and 11 matches ended with a victory for one of the parties, and the match between the English and Iranian teams was the highest scoring team (8 goals), with the England team winning 6-2, while the Spanish team had the highest victory in this round by defeating the Costa Rican team. 7-0.
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| The number of goals scored acording to Beinsport |
Reverse targets
The noticeable thing was that the round was completely free of reverse goals (friendly fire), noting that the 2018 World Cup in Russia witnessed a record number of these goals, amounting to 12 goals throughout the tournament. The first round of the current version was completely devoid of red cards so far, while it witnessed 54 yellow cards.
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| Revers goals |
Penalties
9 penalty kicks were awarded during the 16 matches, 7 of which were scored, and 2 were missed.
Surprises
And just as the abundant goals were present from the start, resounding surprises appeared early in the tournament, and one of its most prominent heroes was the Saudi national team, which defeated its Argentine counterpart, the world champion twice previously, and one of the strong candidates to compete for the title in the current edition.
The Saudi national team presented a distinguished performance throughout the two halves, which won the admiration of most of the match's observers.
The Tunisian national team also started its participation in the tournament with a valuable tie point against its ancient Danish counterpart, and the Moroccan national team scored a similar point with another negative draw with its Croatian counterpart, who ranked second in the 2018 World Cup.
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| Clean sheet |
The second resounding surprise in the tournament came at the hands of another Asian team, the Japanese team, which surprised the German team, the world champion 4 times earlier, and overturned its delay with the aim of a valuable victory 2-1, to raise with this victory a lot of criticism and controversy towards the German team, especially since the latter was eliminated from the group stage. In the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Big teams win
Apart from the two big surprises, the rest of the big teams achieved victory in this round. The Brazilian national team deservedly defeated its Serbian counterpart 2-0, and the French team began the campaign to defend its title with a huge 4-1 victory over Australia, and the Spanish team rained down Costa Rica 7-0.
England beat Iran 6-2, the Netherlands beat Senegal 2-0, Portugal beat Ghana 3-2, and Belgium beat Canada 1-0.
The Spanish victory was a new record as the largest victory for Spain in the history of its matches in the World Cup, and it is ranked fourth in terms of the largest victories in the history of the World Cup.
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Records
But this number was only one of several records achieved in the first round of the current World Cup, including the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo and Argentine Lionel Messi's equation for the record number of times participating in the World Cup copies, as the two players joined a list that includes a very limited number of players who participated in 5 copies. Balmundial.
Ronaldo
Ronaldo also set a new record by becoming the first player in history to score at least one goal in 5 different versions of the World Cup, with his goal against the Ghanaian national team yesterday, which opened the way to a 3-2 victory.
Gavi
Spaniard Javi (18 years and 110 days) became the youngest player to score a goal in World Cup matches since Brazilian legend Pele scored in the 1958 World Cup when he was 17 years and 239 days old.
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