💣 | Record = shattered You’ve officially made Sofascore history with *by far* the most Fantasy teams ever created for a single tournament. 🤯🌍 Missed the deadline? It’s not too late to join in on the fun ahead of Round 2 👇 🔗 sofascore.com/fantasy/compet…

🗺️ | Team of the group stage Our highest-rated XI of the World Cup group stage is as star-studded as it gets 🤩

✨ | Fantasy specialist Most Fantasy points in the World Cup group stage: 🥇 41 – Vinícius Júnior 🥈 39 – Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé 🥉 34 – Achraf Hakimi, Aymeric Laporte Vini's ownership is 12.9%, making him only the 20th most-owned player so far 🧐

🗺️ | Team of the week Here are the heroes of Round 3, led by the only man with a perfect Rating, Ousmane Dembélé 👑

🇩🇿 | Class is permanent Riyad Mahrez v Austria: 👣 71 touches ⚽️ 2 goals 📈 0.70 xG/1.56 xGOT 🎯 3 shots/2 on target 🔭 4/5 accurate long balls 👟 47/51 accurate passes ⚔️ 5/8 duels won ⭐️ 9.1 Sofascore Rating His first World Cup goals helped Algeria reach the Round of 32 💫

🔥 | Busy day at the office Players with 150+ completed passes in a single #FIFAWorldCup match since 1966: 🇪🇸 Sergio Ramos v Russia in 2018 (172) 🇪🇸 Pau Torres v Japan in 2022 (173) 🇪🇸 Rodri v Japan in 2022 (204) 🇪🇸 Aymeric Laporte v Morocco in 2022 (174) 🇪🇸 Rodri v Morocco in 2022 (207) 🇦🇷 Leandro Paredes v Jordan in 2026 (154) 🆕 The first non-Spaniard to achieve the feat! 👏👏

🐐 | A historic run Lionel Messi has today become the first player ever to score in seven consecutive #FIFAWorldCup matches. Across the entire World Cup history, only nine other players scored 11+ goals, while he scored 11 in his last seven appearances. 😂

🏆 | The stage is set World Cup group stage is in the books, and after 48 teams arrived to USA, Mexico and Canada, 32 remain, ready to produce thrilling knockout matches ⚔️ Who goes all the way? 🤔

🐐 | He's completing side quests now Players with multiple free-kick goals at the #FIFAWorldCup since 1966: 🇧🇷 Pelé 🇧🇷 Rivellino 🇵🇪 Téofilo Cubillas 🇫🇷 Bernard Genghini 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 David Beckham 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi 🆕 His 19th career World Cup goal came in style 💫

✅ | Group K = Done 🇨🇴 Colombia secured a meeting with Ghana in Round of 32 🇵🇹 Portugal will face Croatia 🇨🇩 DR Congo play England Surprising outcome or not? 🤔

🗺️ | Goalless? How?!? • xG: 1.63 – 0.69 • Shots (on target): 24 (6) – 13 (2) • Big chances: 2 – 1 • Touches in opp. box: 35 – 14 • Possession: 55% – 45% Colombia and Portugal produced a thrilling match despite the scoreline 🔥

✅ | Group L = Done 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England await one of the third-placed teams 🇭🇷 Croatia will face second-placed side from Group K 🇬🇭 Ghana face off with the winner of Group K Did you expect this outcome here? 🤔

🎩 | Maestro was at it again Luka Modrić among all players on the pitch in #CROGHA: • Most touches (102) • Most key passes (4) • Most accurate crosses (3) • Most blocked shots (2) • Joint-most accurate passes (82) At 40 years of age in his 201st appearance for Croatia. 🇭🇷🐐

💎 | He's still only 22 Englishmen with most goals scored for England at major tournaments in the 21st century: 🥇 18 – Harry Kane 🥈 7 – Wayne Rooney 🥉 5 – Jude Bellingham Bellingham only turns 23 years old on Monday. 🤯

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | English World Cup royalty Six players have now recorded 5+ goal involvements at the #FIFAWorldCup for England since 1966: • Harry Kane (14) • Gary Lineker (10) • David Beckham (9) • Geoff Hurst (6) • Jude Bellingham (5) 🆕 • Bukayo Saka (5) 🆕 They keep showing up on the biggest stage 💪

🌟 | BellingHIM Jude Bellingham among all players on the pitch in #PANENG: • Highest xA (0.54) • Most big chances created (2) • Most successful dribbles (3) • Most key passes (4) • Most fouls suffered (4) • Most tackles won (4) • Most duels won (11) A complete performance to go alongside a goal and an assist in a no. 8 role for Jude 💫

🇺🇾 | The face of failure Fernando Muslera recorded an error leading to an opposition goal in each of Uruguay’s group stage matches, becoming the first player in our World Cup database (since 1966) with 3+ such errors at a single tournament. A sad experience both for him and Uruguay, who are knocked out 😕

🇨🇻 | History made Cape Verde have just become the first side in the 21st century to go winless in the group stage at the World Cup and still finish 2nd in their group. A historic success for the small nation, who now await a meeting with Argentina in the Round of 32 👏👏

✅ | Group I = Done 🇫🇷 France will face one of the third-placed teams 🇳🇴 Norway await Côte d’Ivoire in Round of 32 🇸🇳 Senegal are in a strong position among third-placed teams Quite an expected outcome in this “group of death” after all, right? 🤔

🇸🇳 | History maker Pape Gueye v Iraq: • First African player in World Cup history with 3 goal involvements in one match • Highest-rated performance by an African player in World Cup history That was 33 minutes of pure magic off the bench for the Senegalese star 🔥

😅 | “Why is it always you three?” Three players have recorded 20+ goal involvements at the World Cup since 1966: 🇦🇷 Lionel Messi (18 ⚽️ & 8 🅰️) 🇩🇪 Miroslav Klose (16 ⚽️ & 4 🅰️) 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé (16 ⚽️ & 4 🅰️) 🆕 He’s got every World Cup record you can imagine in his sights 👀