Goals and Assists : Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup

DATAVIZ BY: EDWIN MENDIVIL BARCELÓ | @VIZUALDATOS

Explore how Spain's assists were distributed across the team.

How many goals were unassisted?

Which players were both Assist Providers and Goal Scorers?

Who scored Spain's 14 goals?

○ Spain was the fourth-highest-scoring team, with 14 goals.

○ Seven players scored.

○ One was an opponent's own goal.

○ Oyarzabal was Spain's top Goal Scorer, with five goals.

Who were the Assist Providers?

○ Four goals were unassisted.

○ Eight players provided assists; six had one assist each.

○ Cucurella y Olmo were the top Assist Providers, with two assists each.

Who passed to whom?

Passes to Oyarzabal

○ The Goal Scorer received assists from Cucurella (2), Olmo (1), and Laporte (1). One goal was unassisted.

Four unassisted goals

○ Oyarzabal, Merino, and Ruiz scored without an Assist Provider. The fourth was an opponent's own goal.

A concept for a football design

DATAVIZ BY: EDWIN MENDIVIL BARCELÓ | @VIZUALDATOS

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