World Cup: Match day statistics
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THE DAY
BAD BOYS (SAW RED) WORLD CUP XI
Pavel Pardo (Mexico)
Raymond Kalla (Cameroon)
Mohammed Al-Khlaiwi (Saudi Arabia)
Gert Verheyen (Belgium)
Morten Wieghorst (Denmark)
Alfred Phiri (South Africa)
Zinedine Zidane (France)
Anatoli Nankov (Bulgaria)
Miklos Molnar (Denmark)
Ha Seok-ju (South Korea)
Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)
HIGHS AND
LOWS
Highest scoring matches
Spain 2 Nigeria 3; Netherlands 5 South Korea 0; Argentina 5 Jamaica 0
Lowest scoring matches
Paraguay 0 Bulgaria 0; Netherlands 0 Belgium 0; Spain 0 Paraguay 0
Earliest goal
4 min - Cesar Sampaio, Brazil (v Sco)
Most cards in a match
10 - S Africa v Denmark (3 red, 7 yellow)
Fewest cards in a match
1 - Morocco v Norway (1 yellow); Germany v Yugoslavia (1 yellow)
Highest Attendance
80,000 - Brazil v Scotland (St Denis)
Lowest Attendance
27,650 - Paraguay v Bulgaria (Montpellier)
STATISTICS OF THE DAY
14 THE NUMBER of consecutive games that Dennis Bergkamp has scored in when he has started matches in World Cup finals
15 THE NETHERLANDS' biggest ever winning margin in a World Cup finals, secured against South Korea on Saturday. The last time they scored five goals was against Austria in 1978, when they won 5-1
12 THE TOTAL number of goals scored by England and Romania in their nine previous meetings to date. England have won two games, Romania one, and there have been six draws
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