Attacks and Defenses Stats Round-up 
— 2006 World Cup Statistics
2006 Quick Stats 
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  Best attack: |
 Germany – 13 7 
  Italy – 12 in 7
 Argentina – 11 in 5
 Brazil – 10 in 4
 Spain – 9 in 4 |
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 Best defense: |
 Switzerland –  in 4
Italy –  in 7 |
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 Unproductive attack: |
 Trinidad and Tobago – in 3 |
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 Weak defense: |
 Serbia and Montenegro –  in 3
 Costa Rica –  in 3 |
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above: — top eight teams
— top three & four
— top two teams |
in italics [teams in the Quarter-Finals] —
both in italics and underlined [teams in the Semi-Finals] —
In bold [teams playing the Final Match] — |
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Stats Quick Menu — |
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Goals scored in 2006:
A total of 147 have been scored in 64
Goal⁄match ratio, thus far: 2.3 ⁄
The 2006 World Cup looks all set to end up with a lower goal count
than the previous World Cups, 
1998 & 
2002. See right below.
The current World Cup goals record dates from the
1998 World Cup:
in France-1998, 171 were scored in 64
1998 goal⁄match ratio: 2.67 ⁄
2002 goal⁄match ratio: 2.52 ⁄
Compare these to the 2006 World Cup numbers, right above.
Goal-less matches in 2006:
There have been 8 x scores in 64
Ratio: 0.125 ⁄
— the 2006 World Cup has broken the all-time record of goal-less matches —
— the 1978 World Cup, however, in which there were 6 x results in 38 , only,
still holds the goal-less ratio record (more below)
compare below to previous World Cup, in addition to the all-time record
Penalties in 2006:
13 have been 
converted, whereas
4 have been (–
) missed⁄defended
Penalty ratios:
• Penalties called per match: 0.27 ⁄
• Penalties converted vs. # of penalties: 0.76 ⁄
• Penalties missed or saved vs. # of penalties : 0.24 ⁄
• Penalties missed⁄saved vs. penalties converted: 0.31 ⁄
— click on the links right above for the respective details —
— click here for the all-time penalty shoot-out stats —
See next page for the beneficiaries of every penalty called in 2006
Own Goals in 2006:
x ratio comparison:
2006 x score ratio: 0.125 ⁄
2006 — 8 x in 64 — the highest ever, in absolute terms
The 2006 x score ratio matches the 1962 (Chile) ratio — 4 x in 32
Highest ever x score ratio was in 1978 (Argentina): 0.158 ⁄
1978 — 6 x in 38
Second highest x score ratio was in 1982 (Spain): 0.135 ⁄
1982 — 7 x in 52
Previous World Cup's x score ratio (2002-Korea-Rep⁄Japan): 0.047 ⁄
2002 — 3 x in 64
Abbreviations, above: used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook.
Numbers 1-4, above, correspond to the numbering used for the Groups drawing,
in Leipzig (2005), number one being the seed.squad, in each Group.
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