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Leading scorer Davor Suker of Croatia grabbed his six goals from a mere 11 shots on target while Italy's Christian Vieri and Argentina's Ga...

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  • Leading scorer Davor Suker of Croatia grabbed his six goals from a mere 11 shots on target while Italy8217;s Christian Vieri and Argentina8217;s Gabriel Batistuta both scored five times from 12 shots on target. Suker was also off-side more than any other player, being blown up 16 times in seven games. Vieri was caught off-side 14 times in his five matches.
  • France finished as the best team scoring record with 15 goals from 83 attempts on target while Brazil8217;s 14 came from 47 shots or headers on target.
  • France also had the best defensive record, conceding just two goals in seven games, compared to Paraguay8217;s two in four games. However, Fabien Barthez had to make only 15 saves compared with Paraguay8217;s Jose Luis Chilavert8217;s 22 stops.
  • Holland8217;s Edgar Davids committed more fouls than any other player 8212; 24 in six matches. Next was Iran8217;s Ali Daei with 20 in three matches, followed by Chile8217;s Nelson Vivas with 18 in four games. England8217;s Alan Shearer committed as many fouls as Jaap Stam 8212; 16 8211;although the Dutch defender played three more games.
  • Croatia, France and Holland, with 126 fouls each, conceded the most free-kicks while Brazil 123, France 120 and Croatia 108 won the most free-kicks.
  • France and Cameroon both had three players sent off, although Cameroon8217;s average was one a game, while France picked up 13 yellow cards to Cameroon8217;s six. Croatia were booked most -19 yellow cards.
  • Ariel Ortega of Argentina won the most free-kicks 8212; 33 in five games. Rivaldo, fouled 24 times in seven matches. Then came Shearer, 21 in four matches, and Ronaldo, 20 in seven matches.

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