FACTS & STATS: SPAIN RUN RIOT IN 7-0 PERFECT WORLD CUP START VS COSTA RICA

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Farouq Oduola A.

FIFA World Cup Group E Match Statistics

SPAIN VS COSTA RICA

Venue: Al Thumama Stadium

Spain 7 vs 0 Costa Rica

D Olmo (11′)

M Asensio (21′)

F Torres (31′ pen, 54′)

P Gaviria (74’)

C Soler Barragan (90′)

Morata (90+2’)

Spain XI (4-3-3): Simón; Carvajal, Rodri, Laporte, Alba; Pedri, Busquets, Gavi; F. Torres, Asensio, Olmo

Costa Rica XI (5-2-3): Navas; C. Martínez, Calvo, Duarte, Fuller, Oviedo; Tejeda, Celso Borges; Bennette, Contreras, Campbell

MATCH FACTS

2 – With Gavi and Pedri both starting, Spain are the first European side to name two teenagers in their starting XI for a World Cup match since Bulgaria against England in 1962 (Jechev and Sokolov).

100 – Dani Olmo opener became Spain’s 100th goal in the World Cup, making them the sixth team to reach this milestone in the history of the tournament, after Brazil 🇧🇷 (229), Germany 🇩🇪 (227), Argentina 🇦🇷 (138), Italy 🇮🇹 (128) and France 🇫🇷 (124).

3 – Ferran Torres is the third player to score a brace on his debut for Spain 🇪🇸 at the World Cup, after José Iraragorri against Brazil 🇧🇷 in 1934 and David Villa against Ukraine 🇺🇦 in 2006.

18 – Aged 18 years and 110 days, Gavi is the youngest goalscorer in a World Cup match since Pelé in the 1958 final against Sweden (17y 249d).

1 – At 18 years and 110 days, Pablo Gavi became the youngest player to play for Spain in a major international tournament (World Cup + European Championship) in the history of the national team.

537 – Most successful passes in the 1st half of a World Cup game (since 1966) :

🥇Spain v Costa Rica today – 537

🥈Germany v Japan today – 422

🥉Spain v Russia in 2018 – 395

Spain’s victory over Costa Rica is their biggest in the World Cup, and the biggest in the competition since Portugal beat DPR Korea by the same scoreline in 2010.

This is Costa Rica’s biggest defeat in the World Cup, with them conceding as many goals tonight as they did in their previous eight games in the competition.

MATCH STATS

Spain Costa Rica

Possession: 76% 24%

Shots: 15 0

Shots on target: 8 0

Corners: 5 0

Fouls: 8 12

Yellow Card: 0 2

Red Card: 0 0

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mohammed Abdullah Hassan

Assistants: Mohammed Ahmed Al Hammadi, Hassan Al Mahri