theScore picks out the very best stats and information to floor following an entertaining slate of fixtures throughout September’s worldwide break.
0 – Kylian Mbappe hasn’t scored a non-penalty purpose over his previous eight France appearances. A faucet-in throughout June’s pleasant in opposition to Luxembourg was his solely non-penalty purpose in his previous 12 worldwide outings.
1 – Trent Alexander-Arnold is among the main beneficiaries of England’s constructive method underneath Lee Carsley. After the interim boss’ first two matches, the Liverpool full-back leads his teammates in possibilities created (seven), ahead passes (55), passes into the field (29), and passes into the opposition half (138).
3 – Colombia beat a World Cup holder for the third time in its historical past – and all 3 times it was in opposition to Argentina. Tuesday’s 2-1 conquer Argentina adopted one other 2-1 success in 1987 and a 1-0 win in 1989. Los Cafeteros are the one unbeaten group in South America’s 2026 World Cup qualification cycle with 4 wins and 4 attracts.
4 – Joshua Zirkzee grew to become the fourth males’s participant on document (since 1978) to each rating and help on his full Netherlands debut in Saturday’s 5-2 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina. The opposite Dutchmen on the listing are Klaas Jan Huntelaar, Bas Dost, and Vincent Janssen.
5 – Randal Kolo Muani has scored in every of his final 5 begins for France. Belgium was his newest sufferer in Monday’s 2-0 win for Les Bleus.
7 – China’s humiliating 7-0 loss to Japan final Thursday was the boys’s group’s worst-ever lead to World Cup qualifying and its heaviest defeat since its document 8-0 pleasant loss to Brazil in 2012. There was no aid for China, because it conceded a Ninetieth-minute purpose in Tuesday’s 2-1 residence defeat to 10-man Saudi Arabia.
8 – Scotland is on a winless skid of eight matches (three attracts and 5 defeats). It is the boys’s group’s worst-ever run. The Scots misplaced to Poland and Portugal throughout September’s worldwide fixtures.
10 – Brazil is fifth in CONMEBOL qualification for the 2026 World Cup after Tuesday’s stunning 1-0 defeat in Paraguay. The underperforming Selecao’s depressing 10-point haul is nearer to bottom-placed Peru (three factors) than first-placed Argentina (18 factors).
11 – Breaking data is a behavior for Lamine Yamal. The Spanish winger has scored three objectives and assisted eight occasions over 16 caps, marking probably the most purpose involvements (11) for a participant aged underneath 18 in La Roja males’s group historical past.
13 – Sporting CP and Sweden striker Victor Gyokeres has 13 purpose contributions (10 objectives and three assists) in his final six appearances for membership and nation. His decisiveness within the last third helped Sweden to wins over Azerbaijan and Estonia throughout the worldwide break.
21 – Cristiano Ronaldo hogs the headlines, however Bruno Fernandes is Roberto Martinez’s only participant. Since Martinez took over Portugal, Fernandes boasts 11 objectives and 10 assists in 20 appearances. That is 4 extra purpose involvements (21) than another Portuguese participant in that span.
23 – Canada beat america males’s nationwide group on American soil for the primary time since 1957. Saturday’s 2-1 win for Jesse Marsch’s aspect in Kansas Metropolis ended the USMNT’s 23-match residence unbeaten run in opposition to Canada.
27 – The Dutch have scored in 27 consecutive matches within the Netherlands. It is a document for the boys’s group, surpassing the scoring run of 26 residence video games between 1953 and 1961.
40 – Italy received its first away match in opposition to France in 40 years. The Azzurri wanted to battle again after surrendering a purpose 12 seconds into final Friday’s 3-1 victory. Bradley Barcola’s opener was unsurprisingly the quickest purpose France has ever scored and the earliest Italy has conceded.
67 – Bolivia lastly ended a winless streak of 67 away matches with Tuesday’s 2-1 win in Chile. The ugly run stretched again to 1993.
100 – Harry Kane and Mohamed Salah reached the 100-cap milestone. Each gamers are their nation’s main scorer, with Kane bagging 68 England objectives and Salah putting 56 occasions for Egypt.
116 – Angel Gomes grew to become the one participant on document (because the starting of the 2008-09 season) to finish over 100 passes on his full England debut, doing so throughout Tuesday’s 2-0 residence win over Finland.
143 – Luis Suarez known as time on his worldwide profession after 143 Uruguay caps. The attacker scored 69 objectives for his nation and received the Copa America in 2011.
901 – Ronaldo retains on including to a tally which will by no means be crushed. The Portuguese veteran notched the record-extending 900th purpose of his skilled profession in final Thursday’s victory over Croatia earlier than a late winner over the Republic of Eire on Sunday marked his 901st end. He is scored 131 objectives for Portugal, which is a document in males’s worldwide soccer.
7,435 – The variety of days the San Marino males’s group needed to anticipate the second victory in its historical past. Nicko Sensoli, who performs in Italy’s semiprofessional fourth tier, scored the successful purpose in opposition to Liechtenstein final Thursday and wasn’t alive when San Marino received its earlier match in 2004.
