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The English team is the only one that has not yet received cards in this World Cup, while the French were the ones that committed the least fouls in the competition
In addition to being among the eight best teams in the world Cup🇧🇷 England and France They have also been shown to be quite disciplined. However, only one of them will reach the semifinals of the competition, as they face each other this Saturday (10), at 4 pm (Brasília time), for the quarterfinals.
If, on the one hand, the English are the only ones who, so far, have not received a yellow card at the World Cup, the French are the ones who committed the least fouls among the 32 teams – counting, including, those that were eliminated in the group stage and, therefore, , are one game short.
Les Bleus register 25 foul actions in this Cup, but have two yellow cards, given to Koundé and Tchouaméni. The first, in France’s 2-1 victory over Denmark, in the second round of the group stage. The second, in the round of 16, when France beat Poland 3-1.
England, on the other hand, despite not having yellowed after the first four games of the Cup, committed more fouls than the French. There were 43 actions so far at the World Cup.
Still, both teams committed more fouls in the Round of 16 than their group stage averages. France doubled the number, as they registered five fouls per game in the first phase, but in the round of 16 they stopped the game 10 times. The England team almost did the same thing, as they averaged nine fouls, adding the three group clashes, and committed 16 against Senegal, in the first knockout duel.
Check below the number of fouls and bookings game by game for the English and French teams in this edition of the World Cup, according to SofaScore.
France:
Australia (4 to 1 in favour) – 5 fouls and 0 card;
Denmark (2 to 1 in favor) – 4 fouls and 1 card (yellow for Koundé);
Tunisia (1 to 0 against) – 6 fouls and 0 card;
Poland (3 to 1 in favor) – 10 fouls and 1 card (yellow for Tchouaméni).
Total of 25 fouls and 2 cards.
England:
Iran (6 to 2 in favor) – 9 fouls and 0 card;
United States (0 to 0) – 9 fouls and 0 card;
Wales (3-0 in favour) 9 fouls and 0 cards;
Senegal (3-0 in favour) – 16 fouls and 0 card;
Total of 43 fouls and 0 cards.
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