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World Cup XIFinal XI · 64 matches

Team Strength 85 — Messi's tournament, France's squad, and Bounou's wall — the World Cup XI

64 matches
4-3-3
ST
LW
RW
CM
DM
CM
LB
CB
CB
RB
GK

Worth notingK. Mbappé leads the XI with 8 goals so far.

Bench7 players

Team Strength

How it compares vs EA Sports FIFA 23 ToT

Our statistical XI agreed with EA Sports’ FIFA 23 Team of the Tournament on 6 of 11 picks — shared names in green.

Our World Cup XI — Starting XI
  1. GKY. Bounou
  2. LBT. Hernández
  3. CBD. Upamecano
  4. CBJ. Gvardiol
  5. RBA. Hakimi
  6. DME. Fernández
  7. CMA. Tchouaméni
  8. CMA. Griezmann
  9. LWK. Mbappé
  10. STL. Messi
  11. RWI. Perišić
Subs
  1. SubA. Noppert
  2. SubD. Lovren
  3. SubI. Konaté
  4. SubA. Allister
  5. SubM. Kovačić
  6. SubC. Gakpo
  7. SubH. Kane
EA Sports · FIFA 23 ToT — Starting XI
  1. GKY. Bounou
  2. LBT. Hernández
  3. CBThiago Silva
  4. CBJ. Gvardiol
  5. RBDiogo Dalot
  6. DMS. Amrabat
  7. CMCasemiro
  8. CMA. Allister
  9. LWK. Mbappé
  10. STLionel Messi
  11. RWPhil Foden
Subs
  1. LBR. Guerreiro
  2. RBD. Dumfries
  3. CMGavi
  4. LWIvan Perišić
  5. STHarry Kane
  6. STCody Gakpo
  7. RWRitsu Doan

Manager of the tournament

Lionel Scaloni
Argentina

18 pts from 10 matches vs ~22.7 expected on FIFA ranking — the model rewards beating expectation.

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Who created the most

Expected-goals isn't published for 2022, so the headline is raw shot volume + possession. Context only; it doesn't feed the XI.

Most shots
102
France · 7 matches
Best accuracy
47%
Argentina · 47/100 on target
Most possession
63%
England · 5 matches

Shots by team

Bars · on-target overlay
France
10238 OT
Argentina
10047 OT
Brazil
9540 OT
Croatia
7927 OT
Germany
6924 OT
Portugal
6626 OT
England
6329 OT
Morocco
6118 OT
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TeamPossShotsOn TGT%
France
51%1023837%
Argentina
58%1004747%
Brazil
56%954042%
Croatia
55%792734%
Germany
59%692435%
Portugal
61%662639%
England
63%632946%
Morocco
38%611830%

Golden Boot & Playmaker

Group + Knockout · final
Top scorers
1Kylian Mbappé8G
2L. Messi7G
3J. Álvarez4G
4O. Giroud4G
5Gonçalo Ramos3G
Top creators
1L. Messi3A
2H. Kane3A
3Bruno Fernandes3A
4I. Perišić3A
5A. Griezmann3A

Final — Argentina 3-3 France

Penalty shootout · 4–2 on penalties.
23’L. MessiArgentina
36’Á. Di María (assist A. Mac Allister)Argentina
80’K. MbappéFrance
81’K. Mbappé (assist M. Thuram)France
108’L. MessiArgentina
118’K. MbappéFrance
Argentina won 4–2 on penalties.

Group stage

Group A
PGDPts
1Netherlands3+47
2Senegal3+16
3Ecuador3+14
4Qatar3-60
Group B
PGDPts
1England3+77
2USA3+15
3Iran3-33
4Wales3-51
Group C
PGDPts
1Argentina3+36
2Poland304
3Mexico3-14
4Saudi Arabia3-23
Group D
PGDPts
1France3+36
2Australia3-16
3Tunisia304
4Denmark3-21
Group E
PGDPts
1Japan3+16
2Spain3+64
3Germany3+14
4Costa Rica3-83
Group F
PGDPts
1Morocco3+37
2Croatia3+35
3Belgium3-14
4Canada3-50
Group G
PGDPts
1Brazil3+26
2Switzerland3+16
3Cameroon304
4Serbia3-31
Group H
PGDPts
1Portugal3+26
2South Korea304
3Uruguay304
4Ghana3-23

Knockout Bracket

Argentina3 (4)
France3 (2)
Final
Round of 16
Netherlands3
USA1
Argentina2
Australia1
France3
Poland1
England3
Senegal0
Quarter-finals
Croatia1 (4)
Brazil1 (2)
Netherlands2 (3)
Argentina2 (4)
Semi-finals
Argentina3
Croatia0
Final
Argentina3 (4)
France3 (2)
Final
Semi-finals
France2
Morocco0
Quarter-finals
Morocco1
Portugal0
England1
France2
Round of 16
Japan1 (1)
Croatia1 (3)
Brazil4
South Korea1
Morocco0 (3)
Spain0 (0)
Portugal6
Switzerland1