All the Euro 2020 group stage team stats: England are boring

Ian Watson

With the knockout stages now upon us, we can take a look back at the stats leaders from the group stages. Some swift conclusions: England are boring, Scotland should stop shooting into shins, and Wales are lovely boyos. Except Ethan Ampadu…

All stats taken from UEFA.com…

 

Most goals scored
1) Netherlands – 8
=2) Italy, Portugal, Belgium – 7
=5) Germany, Spain – 6
7) Denmark – 5
=8) Austria, Sweden, Ukraine, Croatia, France, Poland, Switzerland – 4

=15) Wales – 3
=18) England – 2
=22) Scotland – 1

 

Most attempts on goal
1) Denmark – 61
2) Italy – 60
3) Switzerland – 47
4) Netherlands – 46
5) Spain – 45

6) Scotland – 42
18) Wales – 28
22) England – 22

 

Most attempts on target
1) Denmark – 22
2) Spain – 19
3) Italy – 17
4) Netherlands – 16
5) Switzerland 15

=13) Scotland, Wales – 10
22) England – 5

 

Most attempts to hit woodwork
1) Poland – 4
=2) England, France – 3
=4) Spain, Germany, North Macedonia – 2
=7) Scotland, Wales, 11 others – 1

 

Most attempts blocked
=1) Scotland, Denmark – 20
3) Italy – 14
4) Turkey – 13
=5) Switzerland, Netherlands – 12
7) Finland – 11

=12) Wales – 8
=22) England – 3


The statistics that point to England starting XI


 

Highest average possession
1) Spain – 68.7%
2) Germany – 61.3%
=3) Belgium, Italy – 57.7%
5) Denmark – 57.3%
6) England – 56.3%

19) Scotland – 44%
22) Wales – 39.7%

 

Most passes attempted (completed)
1) Spain – 2400 (2125)
2) Germany – 2086 (1872)
3) Belgium – 2003 (1779)
4) Italy – 1787 (1573)
5) Netherlands – 1784 (1535)

10) England – 1560 (1362)
20) Scotland – 1184 (941)
23) Wales – 893 (698)

 

Passing accuracy
1) Germany – 89.7%
=2) Belgium, France – 89%
4) Portugal – 88.7%
5) Spain – 88.3%

8) England – 87%
16) Scotland – 79.7%
19) Wales – 78%

 

Crosses attempted
1) Poland – 85
2) Germany – 82
3) Spain – 81
4) Denmark – 76
5) Scotland – 63

14) England – 41
20) Wales – 32

 

Crossing accuracy
1) Wales – 54.7%%
2) Turkey – 40.3%
3) Austria – 37.3%
=4) Ukraine, Slovakia – 34%
=6) Finland – 29.3%

7) Scotland – 29%
11) England – 26%

 

Most attacks
1) Spain – 209
2) Germany – 177
3) Denmark – 172
4) Italy – 169
5) Poland – 153

15) Scotland – 104
16) England – 102
21) Wales – 83

 

Corners won
1) Switzerland – 22
=2) Spain, Turkey – 20
=4) Denmark, Italy, Austria, Scotland – 18
=8) Poland – 16
5) Germany, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden – 14

13) England – 13
=14) Wales – 12

 

Caught offside
1) England, Italy, Russia – 9
4) Switzerland – 8
=5) France, Croatia – 7
7) Czech Republic – 6
=8) Germany, Netherlands, Ukraine, Slovakia – 5

=20) Scotland – 2
24) Wales – 0

 


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Goals conceded
=1) Turkey, North Macedonia – 8
=3) Slovakia, Russia – 7
=5) Portugal, Hungary, Poland – 6
=8) Ukraine, Scotland, Switzerland, Germany – 5
12) Denmark – 4

=17) Wales – 2
=23) England – 0

 

Balls recovered
1) Netherlands – 155
2) Austria – 152
3) Hungary – 147
4) Denmark – 144
5) Russia – 142

12) Scotland – 120
22) England – 99
23) Wales – 96

 

Tackles attempted (won)
1) Hungary – 62 (26)
2) Germany – 50 (29)
3) Poland – 49 (16)
4) Switzerland – 45 (22)
5) Russia – 44 (18)

=17) Scotland – 31 (10 – 21st)
20) Wales – 30 (12 – =17th)
22) England – 26 (15 – =9th)

 

Clearances attempted
1) Sweden – 117
2) Finland – 113
3) Czech Republic – 82
4) Slovakia – 80
5) Hungary – 74

6) Wales – 73
10) England – 59
12) Scotland – 54

 

Fouls committed
1) Turkey – 48
2) Poland – 46
3) Sweden – 40
4) Russia – 38
5) Hungary – 37

=11) England – 33
=20) Scotland – 28
24) Wales – 26

 

Fouls won
1) Spain – 43
=2) Wales, Denmark – 40
=4) Poland, Portugal – 39
6) Austria – 38
5) Slovakia – 37

=13) England – 32
=18) Scotland – 25

 

 

Yellow cards received
=1) Poland, North Macedonia – 8
3) Turkey – 7
=4) Hungary, Slovakia – 6
=6) Wales, Russia, France, Switzerland, Germany, Croatia – 5
=12) Denmark, Spain, Finland, Czech Republic – 4

=16) Scotland – 3
=20) England – 1

 

Red cards received
1) Poland, Wales – 1
+3) Everyone else – 0