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@OptaJoe
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1 - Questions about our event definitions? If you want to know what is and is not an assist, how shots on target differ from blocked shots or want to know the full range of data we collect, you can find explanations here. Information.
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18-71 - At 18 years, 71 days old, @Palmeiras' Estêvão is the second-youngest goal scorer at this year's @FIFACWC (FC Porto's Rodrigo Mora - 18 years, 49 days vs. Al Ahly). Introduction.
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6 - Cole Palmer is the 10th Englishman to score a goal at this year's @FIFACWC with more than half of those players (6) scoring for @ChelseaFC. Lions.
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4 - Germany's Lea Schüller is the only player to have scored in each of the last four combined editions of the UEFA Women's EURO and FIFA World Cup (2019, 2022, 2023 and 2025). Fixture. #WEURO2025
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1 - Jule Brand has scored her first goal at a major tournament (EURO/World Cup), while her strike was the first from outside the box for Germany in the competition since 2017 (Isabel Kerschowski v Denmark). Thunderbolt. #WEURO2025
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6 - Sweden have won six consecutive group stage matches at the UEFA Women’s EUROs and FIFA World Cup combined (between 2022 and 2025); their longest ever run across the two major tournaments. Formidable. #WEURO2025
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30 - Denmark made 30 clearances in the first half against Sweden; the most by a team in the opening half of a UEFA Women’s EURO match since Germany in the 2013 semi-final (32), also versus Sweden. Rearguard. #WEURO2025
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2683 - At the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Sweden applied more high-intensity pressures than any other nation (2683), as well as recording more pressures in the opposition’s half than any other team (1771). Botherers. #WEURO2025
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11 - Germany have never lost their opening match at any of their previous 11 UEFA Women’s EURO tournaments (W6 D5), and have kept a clean sheet in each of their last five openers (W3 D2). Launch. #WEURO2025
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25 - Poland’s Ewa Pajor was the leading scorer across Europe’s big-five leagues in 2024-25, scoring 25 goals for Barcelona and leading all players for total shots (102), shots on target (45) and xG (24.0). Silver. #WEURO2025
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RT @OptaAnalyst: João Pedro has signed for Chelsea, and Jamie Gittens is reportedly not far behind. Do they really need more forwards, thou….
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1 - Switzerland are the first ever host nation to lose their opening game of a UEFA Women’s EURO, with all 12 previous designated hosts avoiding defeat (W8 D4 - excluding EURO 1984 and 1995). Spoilsports. #WEURO2025
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8 – The host nation/s are unbeaten in their opening game of a UEFA Women’s EURO campaign in each edition since the introduction of the group stage in 1997 (W7 D1). inhospitable. #WEURO2025
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29 - There were 29 shots recorded in Iceland (13) 0-1 Finland (16), the most shots in the opening match of a Women's major tournament (World Cup/EURO) on record with Opta (since 2011). Catalyst. #WEURO2025
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12 - Across the last two Frauen-Bundesliga campaigns, only Klara Bühl (25) and Lara Prasnikar (15) have recorded more assists than new Inter signing and Iceland’s Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir (12). Threat. #WEURO2025
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3 - Finland are winless in their last three UEFA Women’s EURO games against fellow Nordic countries (D1 L2), while Iceland are also winless in each of their three matches in the competition against such opposition (D1 L2). Chilly. #WEURO2025
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RT @OptaAnalyst: 𝐂𝐥𝐮𝐛 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐩 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓: Opta Supercomputer Predictions 📈. With the round of 16 complete, the Opta supercomputer’s Club World….
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6 - Serhou Guirassy (6 shots, 2 goals) was the only @BVB player to attempt a shot in their @FIFACWC win over Monterrey. Entirety.
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1 - @realmadriden's Gonzalo García is the only player to directly contribute to a goal in all of his team's matches in this year's @FIFACWC (3 goals, 1 assist). Flying.
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RT @OptaAnalyst: Monday’s action at the FIFA Club World Cup delivered two major upsets, as Man City and Inter were knocked out in the last-….
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4 - @Alhilal_EN scored as many goals against Manchester City tonight as Pep Guardiola's sides had allowed in the first 11 @FIFACWC matches he was involved in (4). Shock.
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