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NC Desk November 28, 2022

The 2022 edition of the FIFA World Cup is really turning into quite the World Cup of upsets. These however are still early days in terms of the number of matches played so far. A total of 48 group stage games will be played and so far, till Sunday November 27, 28 games have been completed.
No big favourite has been eliminated yet, with 4 time champions, Germany also managing to stay alive. And as is almost always the case, one of the most interesting races that are shaping up is the race for the Golden Boot, which is awarded to the highest goal-scorer of the tournament.
TimesofIndia.com here takes a look at how that race is shaping up and some of the other very interesting tournament statistics so far:
RACE FOR THE GOLDEN BOOT (Top goal-scorer)

PLAYER	COUNTRY	GOALS SCORED
Enner Valencia	Ecuador	3
Kylian Mbappe	France	3
Lionel Messi	Argentina	2
Bukayo Saka	England	2
Ferran Torres	Spain	2
Mehdi Taremi	Iran	2
Olivier Giroud	France	2
Richarlison	Brazil	2
Cody Gakpo	Netherlands	2
Andrej Kramaric	Croatia	2

MOST ASSISTS (Top 5)

PLAYER	COUNTRY	ASSISTS
Ivan Perisic	Croatia	2
Jordi Alba	Spain	2
Theo Hernandez	France	2
Bruno Fernandes	Portugal	2
Harry Kane	England	2

MOST SAVES (Top 5)

PLAYER	COUNTRY	ASSISTS
Wojciech Szczęsny	Poland	8
Shuichi Gonda	Japan	8
Milan Borjan	Canada	8
Andries Noppert	Netherlands	7
Vanja Milinkovic-Savic	Serbia	7

MOST TOUCHES ON THE BALL (Top 5)

PLAYER	COUNTRY	ASSISTS
Aymeric Laporte	Spain	264
Rodri	Spain	262
Jordi Alba	Spain	216
John Stones	England	214
Luke Shaw	England	206

MOST NON-PENALTY GOALS (Top 8)

PLAYER	COUNTRY	GOALS
Kylian Mbappe	France	3
Alvaro Morata	Spain	2
Bukayo Saka	England	2
Andrej Kramaric	Croatia	2
Richarlison	Brazil	2
Enner Valencia	Ecuador	2
Cody Gakpo	Netherlands	2
Olivier Giroud	France	2