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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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53% - The Opta predictor gives England a 53% chance of reaching the quarter-final - do you agree? Have your say below.

Survey.

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1986 - England's game against Mexico will be their first at the Azteca since the infamous 'hand of God' game vs Argentina at the 1986 World Cup.

Altitude.

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16 - 🇧🇷 Gabriel Magalhães has lost more duels against 🇳🇴 Erling Haaland than he has against any other player in the Premier League (16).

Haaland has also scored in each of his last four league games when facing Gabriel (4 goals).

Reunited.

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2 - The two outfielders with the highest % of their distance covered by walking at the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup (min. 150 minutes played):

🇦🇷 47% - Lionel Messi (7 goals)
🇫🇷 45% - Kylian Mbappé (7 goals)

Apex.

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6 - Since beating Germany 2-0 in the 2002 final, Brazil have lost all six of their #FIFAWorldCup knockout stage games against UEFA nations.

However, they still have a 64.5% chance of progressing to the quarter-final against Norway later.

Prognosis.

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4 - Of these four, who do you think is most likely to finish the tournament as the top goalscorer?

Shoe.

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7 - Both Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi have scored 7 goals at the 2026 #FIFAWorldCup. Check out our video below for insights on this year's major stars vying for the golden boot.

Up.

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26.4 - 🇵🇾 Paraguay averaged 26.4 tackles per game at the 2026 @FIFAWorldCup, the highest average by a team since Argentina in 2006 (also 26.4).

Limit.

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54 - Since 1966, the two lowest passing accuracies by a team in a FIFA World Cup match have been...

🇵🇾 Paraguay vs 🇹🇷 Türkiye in 2026 (53.9%)
🇵🇾 Paraguay vs 🇫🇷 France in 2026 (54.1%)

Preoccupied.

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16 - Matías Galarza has been dribbled past 16 times during this World Cup, which is more than any other player.

Muted.

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0 - Today against France, Paraguay didn't pick up a single card in a FIFA World Cup match for the first time since 1998 against Nigeria.

Gentlemanly.

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11 - Since the 2018 tournament, Kylian Mbappé has scored more goals in the knockout stages of the World Cup (11) than...

Brazil (10)
England (10)
Portugal (9)
Spain (4)

Relentless.

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3 - 🇲🇦 Morocco today were the first African team to score three goals in a FIFA World Cup knockout match.

History.

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51 - CAF teams have now scored 51 goals at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

They are only the second confederation to see their national teams score 50+ goals in a single World Cup, along with UEFA (21 times).

Collective.

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10 - 🇲🇦 Noussair Mazraoui today was only the second Morocco player to win 10+ duels (11) make 10+ clearances (10) in a FIFA World Cup match.

The other was record appearance holder Noureddine Naybet in 1998 vs Norway (12 duels won, 15 clearances).

Tireless.

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3 - 🇲🇦 Soufiane Rahimi has been involved in three goals in five FIFA World Cup appearances (2 goals, 1 assist), all as a sub.

It's the most goal involvements by an African player who has never started a game in World Cup history.

Impact.

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Exactly who you’d expect. Rahimi🇲🇦⭐

#FIFAWorldCup

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60% - 🇲🇦 Morocco scored with 60% of their shots today (3/5), the best shot conversion by a team in a FIFA World Cup knockout match on record since 1966.

Precise.

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4 - Brahim Díaz now has the most assists of any African player in FIFA World Cup history (4).

🇲🇦 Record-breaker.

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50% - Morocco now account for 50% of all African knockout stage victories in FIFA World Cup history (4/8).

4 - 🇲🇦 Morocco
1 - 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇪🇬 Egypt

Dominant.