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1 - The official X page for Stats Perform’s English football coverage, brought to you by OptaJoe. Illuminating.
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    Jan 5, 2023
    1 - Questions about our event definitions? If you want to know what is and is not an assist, how shots on target differ from blocked shots or want to know the full range of data we collect, you can find explanations here. Information.
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    0 - Cristiano Ronaldo with Portugal at major tournaments (World Cup + Euro): 😃First 43 matches : 22 goals, 8 assists 😕Last 10 matches : 0 goal, 1 assist Challenging.
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    Cristiano Ronaldo is goalless in his last 10 Portugal games at major tournaments: 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩: ❌ vs. Uruguay ❌ vs. South Korea ❌ vs. Switzerland ❌ vs. Morocco 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐬: ❌ vs. Czechia ❌ vs. Türkiye ❌ vs. Georgia ❌ vs. Slovenia ❌ vs. France
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    42 - Erling Haaland has had the fewest touches of any player to play the full 90 minutes in both group games so far (42). 24% of his touches have seen him have a shot (10) and he has accumulated the most xG of any player (2.68). Efficient.
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    2 - Across the last two FIFA World Cup tournaments, only two penalties taken in normal time have missed the target altogether: 2022 - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane vs 🇫🇷 France 2026 - 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi vs 🇦🇹 Austria Amiss.
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    5 - 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi in 2026 is just the second player in FIFA World Cup history to score his country's first five goals in a single edition, along with Oleg Salenko for Russia in 1994. Leader.
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    5 - Lionel Messi yesterday was the oldest player (38 years, 363 days) on record since 1966 to record 5+ shots (7) and 5+ dribbles (5) in a FIFA World Cup match. The previous oldest was... Lionel Messi in 2022 against Poland, aged 35. Vintage.
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    71 - Lionel Messi had 71 touches last night versus Austria and - two days shy of his 39th birthday - was the oldest forward on record since 1966 to have 50+ touches in a FIFA World Cup match. Timeless.
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    100 - Since the start of the 2024-25 season, Michael Olise has been involved in exactly 100 goals for club and country. 49 goals 51 assists Integral.
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    12 - Argentina's last 12 FIFA World Cup goals have been scored by... Messi Messi Alvarez Alvarez Messi Di María Messi Messi Messi Messi Messi Messi Lionel.
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    68.3% - The ball was in play for 68.3% of France's 3-0 win over Iraq yesterday, the highest percentage in a 2026 FIFA World Cup match so far. Ironic.
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    2 - Jordan is the first team to score in each of its first two FIFA World Cup matches since Cote d'Ivoire did so in 2006 (first three). Welcome.
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    6 - Erling Haaland is the sixth player to score multiple goals in each of his first two FIFA World Cup appearances: 1930 🇦🇷 Guillermo Stabile (first 3) 1954 🇭🇺 Sándor Kocsis (first 4) 1958 🇫🇷 Just Fontaine 1974 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Lato 2018 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Harry Kane 2026 🇳🇴 Erling Haaland Arrival.
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    12 - Erling Haaland has scored in his last 12 competitive appearances for Norway and has scored at least one goal in 18 of his last 21 competitive national team games. Delivered.
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