2018 World Cup results and statistics

Event data

Expected goals in 2018

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Finishing, measured

Goals against the expected goals of the chances each player took.

Player	Nation	Shots	xG	Goals	+/−
Harry Kane	England	14	4.03	6	+1.97
Antoine Griezmann	France	21	3.56	4	+0.44
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro	Portugal	22	2.70	4	+1.30
Romelu Lukaku Menama	Belgium	14	2.61	4	+1.39
Kylian Mbappé Lottin	France	8	1.78	4	+2.22
Denis Cheryshev	Russia	13	1.11	4	+2.89
Eden Hazard	Belgium	18	3.27	3	-0.27
Mario Mandžukić	Croatia	12	2.71	3	+0.29
Diego da Silva Costa	Spain	11	2.30	3	+0.70
Edinson Roberto Cavani Gómez	Uruguay	16	2.15	3	+0.85

Results least like the chances

Where the scoreline diverged most from the expected-goals margin.

• Russia5–0Saudi ArabiaxG 1.28–0.25margin +5 v +1.03
• Australia0–2PeruxG 1.63–0.34margin -2 v +1.29
• Brazil1–2BelgiumxG 2.61–0.41margin -1 v +2.20
• South Korea2–0GermanyxG 1.77–2.71margin +2 v -0.93
• England6–1PanamaxG 3.17–1.08margin +5 v +2.09
• Poland0–3ColombiaxG 1.11–1.39margin -3 v -0.27
• Russia3–1EgyptxG 0.98–1.70margin +2 v -0.72
• Iceland1–2CroatiaxG 2.13–0.67margin -1 v +1.46

Derived from StatsBomb Open Data under the StatsBomb Public Data User Agreement, covering 64 of the 64 matches played. Calculations are this site's own; StatsBomb do not endorse them. Open any match above for its expected-goals race and shot map, or read how these numbers are built.