FIFA World Cup 2022: Race for the Golden Boot and the other big stats so far | Football News – Times of India
The 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup is really turning into quite the World Cup of upsets. These however are still early days in terms of the number of matches played so far. A total of 48 group stage games will be played and so far, till Sunday November 27, 28 games have been completed.
No big favourite has been eliminated yet, with 4 time champions, Germany also managing to stay alive. And as is almost always the case, one of the most interesting races that are shaping up is the race for the Golden Boot, which is awarded to the highest goal-scorer of the tournament.
TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at how that race is shaping up and some of the other very interesting tournament statistics so far:
RACE FOR THE GOLDEN BOOT (Top goal-scorer)
No big favourite has been eliminated yet, with 4 time champions, Germany also managing to stay alive. And as is almost always the case, one of the most interesting races that are shaping up is the race for the Golden Boot, which is awarded to the highest goal-scorer of the tournament.
TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at how that race is shaping up and some of the other very interesting tournament statistics so far:
RACE FOR THE GOLDEN BOOT (Top goal-scorer)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | GOALS SCORED |
| Enner Valencia | Ecuador | 3 |
| Kylian Mbappe | France | 3 |
| Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2 |
| Bukayo Saka | England | 2 |
| Ferran Torres | Spain | 2 |
| Mehdi Taremi | Iran | 2 |
| Olivier Giroud | France | 2 |
| Richarlison | Brazil | 2 |
| Cody Gakpo | Netherlands | 2 |
| Andrej Kramaric | Croatia | 2 |
MOST ASSISTS (Top 5)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | ASSISTS |
| Ivan Perisic | Croatia | 2 |
| Jordi Alba | Spain | 2 |
| Theo Hernandez | France | 2 |
| Bruno Fernandes | Portugal | 2 |
| Harry Kane | England | 2 |
MOST SAVES (Top 5)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | ASSISTS |
| Wojciech Szczęsny | Poland | 8 |
| Shuichi Gonda | Japan | 8 |
| Milan Borjan | Canada | 8 |
| Andries Noppert | Netherlands | 7 |
| Vanja Milinkovic-Savic | Serbia | 7 |
MOST TOUCHES ON THE BALL (Top 5)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | ASSISTS |
| Aymeric Laporte | Spain | 264 |
| Rodri | Spain | 262 |
| Jordi Alba | Spain | 216 |
| John Stones | England | 214 |
| Luke Shaw | England | 206 |
MOST NON-PENALTY GOALS (Top 8)
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | GOALS |
| Kylian Mbappe | France | 3 |
| Alvaro Morata | Spain | 2 |
| Bukayo Saka | England | 2 |
| Andrej Kramaric | Croatia | 2 |
| Richarlison | Brazil | 2 |
| Enner Valencia | Ecuador | 2 |
| Cody Gakpo | Netherlands | 2 |
| Olivier Giroud | France | 2 |
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