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12 days to go - The highest scoring match at the @FIFAWorldCup is... 🇦🇹 Austria 7-5 Switzerland 🇨🇭 ...in the 1954 quarter-final. It's also the last match to produce two hat-tricks (🇦🇹 Theodor Wagner, 🇨🇭 Josef Hügi). Entertainment. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

4 - Tonight's game between Paris SG & Arsenal will be just the fourth European Cup/#UCLfinal between clubs from two different capital cities, after: Benfica v Real Madrid (1962) Real Madrid v Partizan Belgrade (1966) Ajax v Panathinaikos (1971) Capitalised.

13 days to go - 🇫🇷 Just Fontaine holds the record for the most goals in a single @FIFAWorldCup edition, scoring 13 goals for France at the 1958 tournament. He found the net in all six games during that edition. Prolific. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

14 days to go - 🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé has been involved in more goals than any other player across the last two FIFA World Cups in 2018 and 2022. @FIFAWorldCup ⚽️ 12 goals 🤝 2 assists Integral. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

15 days to go - Ronaldo is the second top scorer in @FIFAWorldCup history, scoring 15 goals for Brazil. 🇧🇷 He's scored the most braces in World Cup history (4), including two goals in the 2002 final against Germany. R9. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

16 days to go - 🇩🇪 Miroslav Klose has scored the most goals in @FIFAWorldCup history. He scored 16 goals in 24 games for Germany across the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 editions - all 16 goals were scored from inside the box. Fox. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

17 days to go - Pelé is the only 17-year-old to score at a @FIFAWorldCup. He is also the youngest player to appear in a World Cup final, scoring a brace against Sweden in 1958 aged 17 years and 249 days. Legend. #OptaWorldCupCountdown

18 days to go - The lowest possession in a victory at the @FIFAWorldCup (since 1966) is 🇯🇵 Japan against Spain in 2022. They who won 2-1 despite having just 18% possession. Economical. #OptaWorldCupCountdown