Champions League: A goal every 28 minutes, 304 in 96 matches

Manos Staramopoulos • 4 de noviembre de 2022

Key stats from the three European competitions at club level

UEFA Champions League symbol

Fifty-six (56) goals (49 in the 1st, 39 in the 2nd, 51 in the 3rd, 50 in the 4th and 59 in the 5th matchday) were scored  the 16 matches of the 6th matchday - and last - in the groups of the top competition clubs in the world.


Most goals (out of 53) have been scored in the 46'-60' time frame, according to UEFA's website. Thus 304 goals have been scored, 3.17 per game or otherwise a goal every 28 minutes, after 96 of the 125 total games in the top competition.


Napoli has the best attack (with 20 goals), Manchester City has the most ball possession (64.2%), Real Madrid has the most correct passes (91.8%), Sevilla has the most tackles (102), Eintracht Frankfurt the most ball recoveries (296).


The first scorers are Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) and Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) with 7 goals, the French striker of Paris Saint-Germain has the most shots on target (13), Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain), Joao Cancelo (Manchester City) and Diogo Costa have the most assists (4 each), Massimo Verratti (Paris Saint-Germain) has made the most tackles (32), Campbell (Leipzig) has the highest percentage (98.8%) of passes ), while the most saves (out of 31) have been made by Trubin (Shakhtar) and Mignolet  (Bruges).


UEFA Europa League


Just 34 goals - nine less than the previous matchday - were scored in the 16 matches of the 6th and final UEFA Europa League matchday.


 The most total goals (out of 49) have been scored in the 46'-60' time frame, according to UEFA's website. A total of 261 goals have been scored, 2.72 per game or otherwise a goal every 33 minutes, after 96 of the 140 total games in the competition.


PSV Eindhoven has the best attack (with 15 goals), Manchester United the most possession (61.8%), the most correct passes (87.7%) and the most attempts (112), Betis the most tackles (77), Monaco the most ball recoveries (261).


The first scorers are Vitinia (Braga) and Jimenez (Feyenoord) with 4 goals, Owusu (Karabakh) has the most shots on goal (14), Evander (Midland) has the most assists (5), the most ( Kiabu (Serif) has made 24 tackles, Victor Hugo (Trabzonspor) has the highest percentage (97.4%) of passes, while Hazard (Helsinki) has made the most saves (28).



UEFA European Conference League


Forty-four (44) goals - two more than the previous matchday - were scored in the 16 matches of the 6th and last matchday of the Europa Conference League.


 The most total goals (56) have been scored in the time period 61'-75'. Thus 265 goals have been scored, 2.77 per game or otherwise a goal every 33 minutes, after 96 of the 140 total games of the competition.


 Villarreal, Fiorentina and Basaksehir have the best attack (14 goals each), Villarreal the most ball possession (63.5%), Fiorentina the most correct passes (88.7%), Hapoel Berseva the most tackles ( of 88), West Ham the most ball recoveries (298) and Slavia Prague the most attempts (140).


 The first scorer is Dovbik (Dipro) with 5 goals, Odgaard (Alkmaar) has the most shots on target (10), Kwame (Fiorentina) has the most assists (5), the most tackles (21) he has made Gorombsov (Zalgiris), Leo Duarte (Basaksehir) has the most passes (96.3%), while Ali Sasa Vural (Sivaspor) has made the most saves (34).


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