World Cup 2022: Stat leaders heading into October's fixtures

The World Cup 2022 is now just over a year away with the tournament being played in Qatar during the winter, for the first time in its history. This week sees the return of the qualification matches and here at Betting Odds.com we’ve decided to take a look at some of the stat leaders to help you with your punting over the International break.

Goals

Serbia’s Aleksandar Mitrovic currently leads the way in the scoring charts along with Memphis Depay with the pair both having scored seven goals in World Cup qualifying. 

• 7 - Aleksandar Mtrovic (Serbia)
• 7 - Memphis Depay (Netherlands)
• 6 - Eran Zahavi (Israel) 
• 6 - Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
• 5 - Antoine Griezmann (France)
• 5 - Erling Haaland (Norway)
• 5 - Harry Kane (England)
• 5 - Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)

Shots 

Most sides have played six matches so far and it’s Cristiano Ronaldo who leads the way in terms of shots per game. We’ve looked at players to start at least three games.

• 7 per game - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 6 per game - Memphis Depay (Netherlands)
• 5.7 per game - Erling Haaland (Norway)
• 5.2 per game - Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia)
• 5 per game - Andriy Yarmolenko (Ukraine)
• 5 per game - Eran Zahavi (Israel) 
• 5 per game - Gareth Bale (Gareth Bale)
• 5 per game - Marko Arnautovic (Austria)

Shots on Target 

Besides being the joint-top scorer in the Championship for Fulham and for Serbia in the qualifiers, Aleksandar Mitrovic also ranks first for shots on target per game across the six games so far. (minimum 3 appearances)

• 3.4 per game -  Aleksandar Mitrovic (Serbia)
• 3.2 per game - Memphis Depay (Netherlands)
• 3 per game - Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
• 3 per game - Stevan Jovetic (Montenegro)
• 2.6 per game - Ciro Immobile (Italy)
• 2.5 per game - Erling Haaland (Norway)
• 2 per game -  Eran Zahavi (Israel) 
• 2 per game - Hans Vanaken (Belgium)
• 2 per game - Harry Kane (England)
• 2 per game - Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)

Fouls

Filip Ozoboic has committed the joint-most fouls per game so far in qualifying with an average of 4 per game. (minimum 3 appearances)

• 4 per game - Filip Ozobic (Azerbaijan)
• 4 per game - Henri Anier (Estonia)
• 3.7 per game - Tihomir Kostadinov (North Macedonia)
• 3.3 per game - Alan Browne (Ireland)
• 3.3 per game - Tjay De Barr (Gibraltar)
• 3 per game - Artem Dzyuba
• 3 per game - Klaus Gjasula 
• 2.8 per game - Marc Pujol (Andorra)

Yellow Cards

Below are the players to pick up the most yellows in qualifying so far with Albania’s Klaus Gjasula having the most with four in four appearances! (minimum 3 appearances)

• 4 - Klaus Gjasula (Albania)
• 3 - Albert Gudmundsson (Iceland)
• 3 - Florian Grillitsch (Austria)
• 3 - Jasmin Kuritc (Russia)
• 3 - Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Russia)
• 3 - Varazdat Haroyan (Armenia)
• 2 - Adam Nagy (Hungary)
• 2 - Alan Browne (Ireland)
• 2 - Aleksey Miranchuck (Russia)
• 2 - Bruno Fernandes (Portugal)
• 2 - Alexander Sorloth (Norway)