FIFA World Cup 2022: Race for the Golden Boot and the other big stats so far | Football News – Times of India

Who will win the 2022 FIFA World Cup? We are slowly, but very steadily inching towards an answer to that question. The quarter-final stage is now done and dusted and the two semi-finals have been decided.
The four teams that were knocked out in the quarter-final were – Brazil, Netherlands, Portugal and England.
The teams that are still in the fray in the race to win the holy grail of world football are – Croatia, Morocco, Argentina and France.
The French remember are aiming to become just the third team in World Cup history to successfully defend the title. The only teams that have managed to do that so far have been Italy (1934 and 1938) and Brazil (1958 and 1962).
As is almost always the case, one of the most interesting races that is shaping up is the race for the Golden Boot, which is awarded to the highest goal-scorer of the tournament. France’s Kylian Mbappe is currently 1 goal clear of his nearest competitors.
Lionel Messi is in joint second place currently, with 4 goals to his name.
TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at how that race is shaping up and some of the other very interesting tournament statistics so far:
Race for the Golden Boot (Top goal-scorer)

MOST ASSISTS (Top 20)

MOST SAVES (Top 8)

MOST TOUCHES ON THE BALL (Top 10)

MOST NON-PENALTY GOALS (Top 8)