The 2014 World Cup in stats

5 fastest goals scored in World Cup history


Clint Dempseys 29 second goal against Ghana last night goes down as the fifth fastest goal ever scored at the World Cup !

Dempsey has now scored in three consecutive World Cup finals



Here's the top 4......

Stats update after the 5th day of the tournament.

* Michael Bradley of the USA set a new high in this tournament for distance covered - 12,730m in the match against Ghana.

* 6 players now have 100 touches of the ball - Andrea Pirlo, Ogenyi Onazi, Daniele De Rossi, John Obi Mikel, Javier Mascherano, Dani Alves.

* Cristiano Ronaldo touched the ball every 128 seconds against Germany - only 5 outfield players in the match touched the ball less.

* In the Germany-Portugal match the only outfield player to cover less distance per minute than Cristiano Ronaldo was Per Mertesacker.

* Cristiano Ronaldo had 7 attempts at goal (2 on target) against Germany, a tournament high equal with Karim Benzema.

(16-06-2014 19:51 )Ram Wrote:  

Just a note to say that if players who were on loan this season were included, the Chelsea figure would be 17 and the highest of any club.

The 5 added would be Thibaut Courtois and Romelu Lukaku of Belgium, Victor Moses and Ken Omeruo of Nigeria and Christian Atsu of Ghana.

Stats update after the 6th day of the tournament.

* We have a new record for distance covered, Saphir Taïder with 12,734m against Belgium, topping the previous mark by just 4m.

* Neymar is now the tournament's most prolific dribbler with 9, although he's played 2 matches. Messi has 7 dribbles from 1 match.

* Vasily Berezutskiy passed to Sergey Ignashevich 22 times against Korea. Only De Rossi to Pirlo with 27 is a greater passing combination.

* Algeria set a tournament low with only 3 goal attempts against Belgium. The only 1 on target was a penalty which they scored from.

* Fred touched the ball only 22 times against Mexico, still higher than the 20 touches he managed in the previous match against Croatia.

- Spain have lost their two opening games for first time in the World Cup history.

- Spain have lost two games in a row for the first time since 2006.

- Three of the last four teams to win the World Cup have gone out in the following group stage (France 02, Italy 10, Spain 14).

- Diego Costa has failed to register a single shot on target in his 126 minutes of play at the World Cup 2014 (5 shots).

- In winning Euro 2008, WC 2010 and Euro 2012, Spain conceded a total of six goals, one fewer than they have so far at WC 2014.

Stats update after the 7th day of the tournament.

There are 3 players who have attempted 100 passes in a match.
Andrea Pirlo (Italy-England) 108 with 103 successful
Daniele De Rossi (Italy-England) 105 with 99 successful
Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Bosnia) 102 with 99 successful

There are now 7 players who have covered 12,000m in a match. Marcel Diaz has done it twice.
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
Miralem Pjanic (Bosnia-Argentina) 12,182
Granit Xhaka (Swizerland-Ecuador) 12,107

There are now 7 players with 100 touches of the ball in a match.
Andrea Pirlo (Italy-England) 117
Ogenyi Onazi (Nigeria-Iran) 116
Daniele De Rossi (Italy-England) 114
Javier Mascherano (Argentina-Bosnia) 112
John Obi Mikel (Nigeria-Iran) 108
Dani Alves (Brazil-Croatia) 105
Daniel van Buyten (Belgium-Algeria) 103