2018 World Cup Defensive Action Stats

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Host Country: Russia

Gender: Male

Champion: fr France

Most Goals: Harry Kane (England) - 6

Most Assists: Lionel Messi (Argentina), James Rodríguez (Colombia)... - 2

Most Clean Sheets: Hugo Lloris (France), Robin Olsen (Sweden)... - 3

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Squad Defensive Actions 2018 World Cup

Squad Stats

Opponent Stats

Squad Defensive Actions 2018 World Cup Table
			Tackles					Challenges				Blocks
Squad	# Pl	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Lost	Blocks	Sh	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err
ar Argentina	20	4.0	66	45	25	34	7	23	72	31.9	49	38	6	32	32	98	81	4
au Australia	15	3.0	45	28	28	11	6	20	41	48.8	21	28	2	26	24	69	74	0
be Belgium	21	7.0	94	64	45	41	8	38	104	36.5	66	64	30	34	52	146	123	2
br Brazil	18	5.0	88	57	49	29	10	29	73	39.7	44	57	14	43	60	148	85	1
co Colombia	20	4.3	63	45	41	21	1	21	57	36.8	36	31	12	19	36	99	110	2
cr Costa Rica	20	3.0	55	32	36	14	5	12	55	21.8	43	24	8	16	38	93	75	3
hr Croatia	21	8.0	112	76	47	46	19	38	110	34.5	72	61	19	42	69	181	195	3
dk Denmark	20	4.3	57	34	29	25	3	18	63	28.6	45	50	14	36	35	92	118	0
eg Egypt	16	3.0	49	30	34	9	6	14	44	31.8	30	30	10	20	55	104	80	1
eng England	21	7.7	89	47	31	47	11	31	99	31.3	68	75	22	53	56	145	139	1
fr France	21	7.0	117	80	61	40	16	39	102	38.2	63	63	12	51	72	189	195	3
de Germany	20	3.0	47	27	21	21	5	26	58	44.8	32	26	5	21	24	71	32	3
is Iceland	18	3.0	46	25	27	14	5	15	53	28.3	38	40	19	21	47	93	78	2
ir IR Iran	16	3.0	53	30	31	19	3	21	63	33.3	42	40	16	24	44	97	83	1
jp Japan	18	4.0	62	36	31	26	5	27	58	46.6	31	47	18	29	34	96	107	2
kr Korea Republic	19	3.0	44	38	23	17	4	13	49	26.5	36	34	16	18	39	83	94	0
mx Mexico	19	4.0	75	46	42	29	4	29	71	40.8	42	60	22	38	48	123	81	0
ma Morocco	19	3.0	48	32	21	22	5	11	37	29.7	26	34	7	27	24	72	50	1
ng Nigeria	16	3.0	59	32	27	28	4	24	56	42.9	32	32	5	27	42	101	75	1
pa Panama	20	3.0	43	24	31	9	3	19	42	45.2	23	19	5	14	33	76	67	2
pe Peru	17	3.0	61	41	39	17	5	21	57	36.8	36	16	9	7	28	89	76	0
pl Poland	21	3.0	48	36	20	21	7	15	41	36.6	26	25	9	16	33	81	67	2
pt Portugal	18	4.0	67	43	32	26	9	26	72	36.1	46	43	5	38	27	94	74	1
ru Russia	19	5.7	95	54	41	40	14	35	95	36.8	60	66	21	45	70	165	155	0
sa Saudi Arabia	20	3.0	55	34	29	21	5	8	33	24.2	25	30	8	22	24	79	50	2
sn Senegal	18	3.0	39	29	18	19	2	12	21	57.1	9	29	3	26	34	73	53	0
rs Serbia	18	3.0	68	45	33	26	9	36	73	49.3	37	31	15	16	22	90	66	0
es Spain	17	4.3	53	34	23	20	10	22	50	44.0	28	18	5	13	30	83	51	2
se Sweden	19	5.0	66	27	40	18	8	30	73	41.1	43	74	35	39	52	118	163	0
ch Switzerland	17	4.0	75	48	40	28	7	23	64	35.9	41	33	13	20	43	118	65	4
tn Tunisia	23	3.0	51	31	26	17	8	15	52	28.8	37	33	8	25	31	82	39	4
uy Uruguay	19	5.0	90	50	46	35	9	38	86	44.2	48	43	13	30	79	169	101	2

Squad Defensive Actions 2018 World Cup Table
			Tackles					Challenges				Blocks
Squad	# Pl	90s	Tkl	TklW	Def 3rd	Mid 3rd	Att 3rd	Tkl	Att	Tkl%	Lost	Blocks	Sh	Pass	Int	Tkl+Int	Clr	Err
ar vs Argentina	20	4.0	76	43	49	22	5	28	81	34.6	53	54	19	35	72	148	110	3
au vs Australia	15	3.0	64	42	35	26	3	21	54	38.9	33	30	11	19	26	90	89	0
be vs Belgium	21	7.0	96	51	49	35	12	29	121	24.0	92	72	27	45	82	178	124	4
br vs Brazil	18	5.0	109	64	56	45	8	39	113	34.5	74	60	28	32	50	159	127	5
co vs Colombia	20	4.3	83	60	34	41	8	33	64	51.6	31	43	11	32	46	129	90	1
cr vs Costa Rica	20	3.0	69	47	34	27	8	22	49	44.9	27	21	6	15	25	94	55	1
hr vs Croatia	21	8.0	107	66	47	50	10	43	126	34.1	83	90	25	65	77	184	203	3
dk vs Denmark	20	4.3	49	33	29	15	5	21	52	40.4	31	26	5	21	28	77	102	1
eg vs Egypt	16	3.0	54	33	22	22	10	17	34	50.0	17	23	6	17	54	108	60	0
eng vs England	21	7.7	110	66	71	33	6	36	106	34.0	70	66	26	40	52	162	178	1
fr vs France	21	7.0	123	85	62	40	21	50	127	39.4	77	50	14	36	57	180	141	3
de vs Germany	20	3.0	41	30	25	14	2	11	38	28.9	27	49	24	25	44	85	121	0
is vs Iceland	18	3.0	49	29	21	22	6	22	46	47.8	24	24	4	20	24	73	89	1
ir vs IR Iran	16	3.0	25	18	13	7	5	8	33	24.2	25	24	2	22	17	42	44	0
jp vs Japan	18	4.0	51	32	25	20	6	12	33	36.4	21	32	8	24	34	85	67	4
kr vs Korea Republic	19	3.0	61	37	34	18	9	35	70	50.0	35	42	14	28	31	92	44	2
mx vs Mexico	19	4.0	77	40	42	28	7	36	92	39.1	56	48	20	28	39	116	71	0
ma vs Morocco	19	3.0	64	37	30	26	8	27	63	42.9	36	27	7	20	26	90	61	1
ng vs Nigeria	16	3.0	46	24	21	21	4	18	64	28.1	46	31	12	19	30	76	88	2
pa vs Panama	20	3.0	38	25	11	19	8	14	36	38.9	22	24	3	21	22	60	34	0
pe vs Peru	17	3.0	48	34	18	21	9	8	32	25.0	24	42	4	38	37	85	62	0
pl vs Poland	21	3.0	41	24	26	14	1	12	27	44.4	15	33	10	23	34	75	81	0
pt vs Portugal	18	4.0	71	40	36	27	8	24	67	35.8	43	51	17	34	56	127	77	3
ru vs Russia	19	5.7	80	58	42	35	3	23	60	38.3	37	40	9	31	58	138	115	1
sa vs Saudi Arabia	20	3.0	54	30	22	23	9	27	56	48.2	29	33	10	23	32	86	58	0
sn vs Senegal	18	3.0	42	34	20	19	3	25	51	49.0	26	16	5	11	19	61	69	4
rs vs Serbia	18	3.0	56	37	37	16	3	14	41	34.1	27	29	7	22	38	94	61	1
es vs Spain	17	4.3	71	47	42	19	10	23	81	28.4	58	50	20	30	41	112	122	1
se vs Sweden	19	5.0	54	34	22	26	6	15	49	30.6	34	39	12	27	48	102	99	2
ch vs Switzerland	17	4.0	51	33	33	11	7	24	58	41.4	34	57	21	36	43	94	91	0
tn vs Tunisia	23	3.0	41	26	16	19	6	17	46	37.0	29	20	8	12	31	72	47	1
uy vs Uruguay	19	5.0	79	41	43	29	7	15	54	27.8	39	48	11	37	64	143	122	4

Player Defensive Actions 2018 World Cup

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