UEFA Europa

🟨 The 2026 World Cup saw significantly fewer yellow cards than the previous tournament—2.52 per match, compared to 3.50 in 2022. Referees appeared to be more lenient when it came …

🇪🇸 Five of the top seven defensive performers were Spanish: Rodri (8.23), Pau Cubarsí (7.59), Pedro Porro (7.58), Aymeric Laporte (7.13), and even Pedri (6.96)—an attacking midfielder ranking among the …

🇪🇸 Spain were in a league of their own. They allowed just 0.39 expected goals against (xGA) per match—a total of 3.09 xGA across all eight matches, including the final. …

🇫🇷 France topped the tournament in total xG, generating 16.86 expected goals across eight matches—an average of 2.11 per game. Spain (15.54) finished second and Argentina (14.73) third, with both …

📈 For the first time in World Cup history, the four teams that reached the semifinals were exactly the top four nations in the FIFA rankings at the start of …

🇪🇸 Spain has reclaimed the No. 1 spot in the FIFA World Rankings. Winning their second World Cup title and lifting the trophy in the final was enough to send …