Spain reached the final with 3 more goals than Mbappe

A total of 305 goals were scored in various stages before the World Cup final for 48 teams. This scoring tournament has broken all previous World Cup records and created new history. However, let us share a very interesting fact for the audience. Kylian Mbappe is leading the race for the Golden Boot by scoring the most goals in this World Cup so far.
But despite seeing so many goals, he has already been eliminated from the title stage. France’s dream of winning the World Cup ended after losing to Spain in the semi-finals. Although Mbappe’s dream has been shattered, Lamine Yamal’s Spain will face the current world champion Argentina in the title fight today. Now the question may arise, what is the relationship between Spain and Mbappe? Here is a surprise.
Spain, which reached the final as a whole team, has scored 13 goals so far. That is, the total number of goals scored by the entire Spanish team is only three more than Mbappe’s one goal. On the other hand, England and France have scored the most goals as a team, 20 each. Argentina are right behind them with 19 goals. Although Spain and Argentina have a chance to increase their goal tally in the final.
Let’s take a look at Spain’s performance statistics.
Of the team’s 13 goals, 12 came from inside the penalty box. They took a total of 120 shots throughout the tournament, of which 42 were on target and 53 were off target. The goal-scoring rate was 11 percent. 71 shots were taken from inside the penalty box and 49 from outside the box. They also attempted 17 headers. Spain created 20 big scoring chances throughout the tournament, of which 9 were not taken. The team also made a total of 9 assists.
Spain also dominated possession and passing. Their average possession rate in the seven matches was 63.7 percent. They made a total of 4,592 passes, of which 4,156 were successful. As a result, the passing accuracy rate was 91 percent. They converted 21 percent of their 154 crosses and 45 corners.
Spain had conceded just one goal in seven matches before reaching the final. They kept six clean sheets, setting a new World Cup record. Opposing teams had a total of 44 shots against Spain, of which only 10 were on target. Goalkeeper Unai Simon maintained a 93 percent save rate and went 650 minutes without conceding a goal.
Mbappe’s tournament stats
French forward Kylian Mbappe was in excellent form throughout the tournament. He played a total of 769 minutes on the field. In addition to scoring a maximum of 10 goals during this time, he also assisted on four more goals with his teammates. Mbappe had 41 shots on goal, of which 23 were on target. His goal-scoring rate was 24 percent. Of those, 27 were from inside the penalty area and 14 from outside. His expected goal value was 6.54 and expected goal-scoring efficiency was 1.53.
He also took 5 corners for the team. He was also unique in terms of speed. His top speed in the tournament was 37.61 kilometers per hour. He completed 529 fast runs and 250 sprints. In total, Mbappe covered a distance of 66,726.57 meters on the field in the tournament.