The 2014 FIFA World Cup holding in Brazil has produced the following results at the end of group stage matches.
Goal Scorers
4 goals : Lionel Messi (Argentina), Neymar (Brazil), Thomas Müller (Germany)
3 goals: James Rodríguez (Colombia), Enner Valencia (Ecuador), Karim Benzema (France), Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland)
2 goals: Islam Slimani (Algeria), Tim Cahill (Autralia), Jackson Martínez (Uruguay), Mario Mandžukić, Ivan Perišić(Croatia), André Ayew, Asamoah Gyan (Ghana), Wilfried Bony, Gervinho (Côte d’ivoire), Memphis Depay, Ahmed Musa (Nigeria), Clint Dempsey (United States), Luis Suárez (Uruguay)
Individual
- Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3
Thomas Müller for Germany against Portugal, Xherdan Shaqiri for Switzerland against Honduras - Youngest goal scorer: 19 years, 2 months and 4 days
Divock Origi for Belgium against Russia against France)
Overall Scoring
- Total Number of matches: 96
- Total number of goals scored: 136
- Average goals per match: 2.83
- Total number of braces (2 goals in one match) : 11
Karim Benzema (France), Mario Mandžukić (Croatia), Jackson Martínez (Uruguay), Lionel Messi (Argentina), Ahmed Musa (Nigeria), Neymar (Brazil) (2), Robin van Persie (Netherlands), Arjen Robben (Netherlands), Luis Suárez (Uruguay), Enner Valencia (Ecuador) - Total number of hat-tricks: 2
Thomas Müller (Germany), Xherdan Shaqiri (Switzerland) - Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 10
- Total number of penalty kicks scored: 9
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Timing
- Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 1 minute (0:30), Clint Dempsey for United States against Ghana
Teams
- Most goals scored by a team: 10
Netherlands - Fewest goals scored by a team: 1
Cameroon, Honduras, Iran - Most goals conceded by a team: 9
Australia, Cameroon - Fewest goals conceded by a team: 1
Belgium, Costa Rica, Mexico - Best goal difference: +7
Colombia, Netherlands - Worst goal difference: -8
Cameroon - Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 7
Switzerland 2 – 5 France - Most goals scored in a match by one team: 5
France against Switzerland, Netherlands against Spain - Biggest margin of victory: 4 goals
Spain 1 – 5 Netherlands, Germany 4 – 0 Portugal, Cameroon 0 – 4 Croatia - Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 2
Belgium, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Mexico, Nigeria - Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 0
Algeria, Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Ghana, Honduras, Italy, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Russia, South Korea, United States - Most clean sheets given by an opposing team: 2
Cameroon, Greece, Honduras, Iran, Italy - Fewest clean sheets given by an opposing team: 0
Algeria, Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Croatia, Germany, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Netherlands, Switzerland, Uruguay - Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 2
Belgium, Costa Rica, Mexico, Nigeria - Most consecutive clean sheets given by an opposing team: 2
Cameroon, Greece, Iran, Italy
Wins and losses
- Most wins: 3 – Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Netherlands
- Fewest wins: 0 – Australia, Cameroon, England, Ghana, Honduras, Iran, Japan, Russia, South Korea
- Most losses: 3 – Australia, Cameroon, Honduras
- Fewest losses: 0 – Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Mexico, Netherlands
- Most draws: 2 – Russia
- Most points in the group stage: 9 – Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Netherlands
- Fewest points in the group stage: 0 – Australia, Cameroon, Honduras
Discipline
- Total number of yellow cards: 128
- Average yellow cards per match: 2.67
- Total number of red cards: 9
- Average red cards per match: 0.19
- Most yellow cards teams : Côte d’Ivoire, Honduras
- Most yellow cards match: 7 – France versus Honduras
