In the 23rd World Football Championship hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico, 40 games have passed, and 121 goals have been scored. This means an average of 3.03 goals per match.
Medianews.az reports that the highest figure in the previous 22 championships was recorded in 1954, and the lowest figure in 1990.
In the first World Championship held in 1930, the average goals per game were 3.89.
The average productivity in the other championships was as follows:
1934 - 4.12
1938 - 4.67
1950 - 4
1954 - 5.38
1958 - 3.6
1962 and 1966 - 2.78
1970 - 2.97
1974 - 2.55
1978 - 2.68
1982 - 2.81
1986 - 2.54
1990 - 2.21
1994 - 2.71
1998 and 2014 - 2.67
2002 - 2.52
2006 - 2.3
2010 - 2.27
2018 - 2.64
2022 - 2.69.
Uruguay was world champion in 1930 and 1950, Italy in 1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006, Germany (West Germany) in 1954, 1974, 1990, and 2014, Brazil in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, and 2002, England in 1966, Argentina in 1978, 1986, and 2022, France in 1998 and 2018, and Spain in 2010.
Toğrul Ali,
Medianews.az