Follow-up – WAA
Hours before the anticipated confrontation in the European Nations Cup (Euro 2024) final between Spain and England, which will be held next Sunday, the numbers indicate the superiority of the Spanish national team.
Spain have now won twice as many games as England, 6 to 3, and almost twice as many goals, 13 to 7, and shots, 108 to 66, in the first six matches of the competition, before they meet in the decisive match next Sunday at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
England manager Gareth Southgate said after their semi-final win over the Netherlands: “They press very well and we have to be good on the ball and without it as well because it’s a final and Spain are the best team in the tournament so far.”
Statistics show that Spain is superior after winning all six of its matches, against Croatia (3-0), Italy (1-0), Albania (1-0), Georgia (4-1), Germany (2-1) and France (2-1). While the English team’s journey was fluctuating: 3 wins and 3 draws, although there were no defeats either.
But the feelings are different for the two teams. Luis de la Fuente’s team were unbeaten throughout the tournament, while Gareth Southgate’s team were winning the knockout matches with difficulty. They came from behind to beat Slovakia 2-1 with goals from Jude Bellingham in the 95th minute and Harry Kane early in extra time. They then beat Switzerland on penalties, and in the semi-final they came from behind to beat the Netherlands 2-1.
Spain scored 6 more goals than England, because they also shoot more. There is a difference of 42 shots: 108 to 66. Not only that, the Spanish team shot 37 shots on target, almost twice as many as England (19).
There is a big difference in shots and shooting accuracy that reflects the offensive differences between the two teams, and Spain carried out more attacks than England, with 351 compared to 313 for the English. The number of corner kicks for Spain was 34 compared to 22, and likewise, Spain recovered more balls, 255 compared to 225.
There is one statistic that stands out as an exception: possession, where England have the edge with 58.8% of the ball compared to Spain’s 57.3%.
Source: Kora