There were 16 fouls in the first half of Argentina vs. Mexico 
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Which two sides will advance? 
Youngest player to score and assist in a World Cup game:
◉ Lionel Messi vs Serbia 2006 (18y 357d)
Oldest player to score and assist in a World Cup game:
◉ Lionel Messi vs Mexico 2022 (35y 155d)
Simply unbelievable. 
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Match Highlights - 
Argentina 2-0 
Mexico
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Match Highlights: 
2-0 
Saudi Arabia
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On Thursday, Cristiano Ronaldo became the first man in history to score at five different World Cup tournaments
On Saturday, Lionel Messi became the first man in history to provide an assist in five different World Cup tournaments
We live in a GOAT era.
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Lionel Messi has 4 goal contributions in his last 2 World Cup games facing elimination.
Delivering when the team needs him most 
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Enzo Fernandez is the youngest player to score for Argentina at a World Cup since Lionel Messi in 2006 
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Opta Analyst probability of winning the World Cup:
21.23% - Brazil
13.12% - France
11.41% - England
10.87% - Spain
9.37% - Argentina
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Japan vs Costa Rica Key Stats
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Japan have never lost in four previous meetings with Costa Rica across all competitions (W3 D1), scoring three goals in each of the three wins. This will mark the first World Cup clash between the two.
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Costa Rica’s only prior FIFA World Cup encounter against an Asian team was in 2002 when they defeated China 2-0.
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Costa Rica have failed to win their last 7 FIFA World Cup matches (D4 L3), failing to score in five of them.
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Costa Rica shipped more goals (7) than any other team on the opening matchday of the FIFA World Cup.
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Belgium vs Morocco key stats
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Belgium have won seven of their last eight matches in the FIFA World Cup.
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Belgium have won three and lost two of their last six international games in all competitions.
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Belgium and Morocco last met in the FIFA World Cup during USA 1994.
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Morocco have failed to score in nine of their 17 FIFA World Cup games.
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Morocco have failed to win ten of their last 11 matches in the FIFA World Cup.
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Croatia vs Canada Key Stats
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Sunday’s clash will be the first-ever meeting between Croatia and Canada. The Blazers have faced CONCACAF sides on three previous occasions at the World Cup, beating Jamaica 3-1 in their first-ever match in the competition in 1998, before losing to Mexico in both 2002 and 2014.
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Canada have lost all four of their World Cup matches without scoring a single goal. That is the most games any nation has played without ever scoring in the competition. Only El Salvador (six games) have played more matches at the finals without ever avoiding defeat.
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Croatia’s goalless draw with Morocco on Matchday 1 ended their run of scoring in 11 consecutive World Cup matches. Only once have they failed to score in successive games at the same edition of the tournament, doing so in their first two group games in 2006.
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Canada are yet to find the back of the net from 50 shots in their four World Cup matches. Only one nation ever failed to score in their first five World Cup matches, with Bolivia doing so from 1930 to 1994.
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Jonathan David had seven shots in their opening game defeat to Belgium, all from inside the box but with none on target. Since Opta have this data available (from 1966), this is a joint-high for shots inside the penalty area by a player in a World Cup match without one being on target, along with Paolo Barison for Italy against DPR Korea in 1966 (also seven).
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Germany vs Spain Key Stats
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Sunday’s clash will be the fifth meeting between Spain and Germany at the FIFA World Cup, the joint-most that Spain have faced any side at the competition (also 5 vs Brazil). They failed to win any of their first three against Germany (D1 L2) but won the most recent encounter 1-0 in the 2010 semi-final en route to lifting the trophy.
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Germany have lost three of their last four World Cup games, as many as they had in their previous 21. They have lost two in a row in the competition for just the third time (also in 1958 and 1982), never losing three consecutive World Cup games before.
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Spain won their opening game of the 2022 World Cup against Costa Rica 7-0, their biggest ever win in the finals. In only three previous World Cup editions have Spain won both of their opening two matches: 1950, 2002 and 2006.
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Spain have scored 16 penalties at the World Cup, the most of any nation in the history of the competition (excluding shootouts). However, Germany have not conceded a penalty goal in normal time of a World Cup match since 1990 against the Netherlands, with this an ongoing run of 45 matches at the tournament without conceding from the spot outside of shootouts.
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Ilkay Gundogan has scored nine goals in 22 appearances for Germany since the start of 2021, after scoring eight goals in 42 games for the national side between 2011 and 2020. He is looking to become the first player to score in both of Germany’s first two games at a World Cup since Miroslav Klose in 2002.
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