World Cup Stat Leaders - Gameweek 2: Rodriguez, Coutinho and Isco flourish
With gameweek two of the World Cup in Russia, we run through the stat leaders from the second round of fixtures.
Harry Kane’s hat-trick against Panama saw the England man jump to the top of the scoring charts as all three of his shots - and we use the term loosely for the striker’s third goal - found the net.
Xherdan Shaqiri fired off the most attempts by comparison, and it was seventh time lucky for the Swiss star, who scored a 90th minute winner against Serbia before chancing his arm for an eighth time in injury time.
Colombia’s James Rodriguez returned to the starting XI with a bang against Poland, registering two outstanding assists from three key passes.
Philippe Coutinho set up twice as many chances (six) but eventually had to take the reigns and convert an opportunity of his own in order for Brazil to avoid a real scare against Costa Rica.
Spain’s Isco was the top dribbler, completing seven as Iran frustrated the former World and European champions, while frustration wasn’t the half of it for Poland, who crashed out at the hands of Colombia despite midfielder Jacek Goralski chipping in with seven tackles.
Atletico Madrid’s in demand full-back Sime Vrsaljko was top of the charts for interceptions, making six in a memorable win over Argentina, while Panama’s Gabriel Gomez was on the end of a 6-1 drubbing but still managed to complete every one of 32 passes.
Elsewhere it was heartbreak for Keylor Navas, who couldn’t quite keep Brazil at bay in the dying moments having made a gameweek high of seven saves in Costa Rica’s ultimately failed bid to avoid an early exit.