The best stats from the World Cup Group Stage 📊 | OneFootball

The globe’s gaze now switches to the World Cup knockout stages after an enthralling group stage.

Germany were the biggest nation to be culled at the first stage of the tournament while Brazil, Spain, Belgium and England marched on into the last-16.

Goals, intrigue and plenty of VAR debate filled each game from Group A to H as the football spectacle kicked off in entertaining fashion.

Here, we break down all the stats from those memorable 48 matches.

The race for the Golden Boot

Harry Kane: 5

Romelu Lukaku: 4

Cristiano Ronaldo: 4

Goals Galore

Goals scored: 122

Average goals per match: 2.5

Top-scoring nation: Belgium; 9

Top-scoring match: Belgium 5-2 Tunisia

In the book

Yellow cards: 158

Average yellow cards per game: 3.4

Red cards: 3

Average red cards per game: 0.06

Most cards in one game: 8, Belgium vs Panama

Tiki-Taka

Total passes completed: 36,349

Average passes per match: 757.3

Best passing by one team: 2089, Spain

Most passes completed: 310, Toni Kroos

Match with most passes completed: 997, Portugal vs Spain

Back to front

Most attacks: 252, Germany

Most attempts on goal: 17, Neymar

Best defending (clearances, tackles and blocks): 149, Iran

Most saves: 17, Guillermo Ochoa

Most distance covered (km): 36, Christian Eriksen