Key Stats from England’s 4-0 win over Ukraine in EURO 2020 Quarterfinals

England put on a show both offensively and defensively in 4-0 win against Ukraine at Rome. The comprehensive win broke so many records for England in Major Tournaments.

Key stats

• This was England’s most emphatic win at a EURO: their previous biggest wins were 4-1 vs the Netherlands at EURO ’96 and 3-0 vs Switzerland at EURO 2004.
• This was the first time England have scored four goals in a knockout stage match of a major tournament since the 4-2 win against West Germany in the final of the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
• This is the third time England have scored four goals in a EURO final tournament game (4-1 win vs Netherlands in 1996 and 4-2 win vs Croatia in 2004).
• England have yet to concede a goal at EURO 2020. They had never previously started a major international final tournament with five successive clean sheets, their four to kick off the 1966 World Cup their best until now.
• Harry Kane’s last 24 goals for England have all been in competitive matches.
• Kane is the first player to score twice for England in a EURO knockout match, and first England player to score twice in a EURO final tournament match since Wayne Rooney, against Croatia in 2004.
• England have scored within the opening five minutes in four of their last six EURO final tournament knockout phase matches.
• England have become the first team to keep five consecutive clean sheets from the start of a EURO final tournament; Spain did record five clean sheets in 2012 but only from their second match onwards.
• Maguire scored his fourth goal for England and his second in a major tournament after his effort against Sweden at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
• Jordan Henderson’s first England goal came on his 62nd appearance for his country.
• Jude Bellingham has become the youngest player to feature appear in a EURO knockout fixture at 18 years and four days old.
• Ukraine have only failed to score in two of their last 11 international matches; they are yet to keep a clean sheet in 11 EURO final tournament matches.
• This was England’s fourth EURO final tournament quarter-final tie. Each of the previous three finished level and required a penalty shoot-out to decide the outcome (1996 W vs Spain, 2004 L vs Portugal, 2012 L vs Italy).
• Excluding penalty shoot-outs, England have lost only one of their last 16 EURO final tournament matches (W9 D6 L1); they have won ten and drawn one of their last 11 international matches.
• Harry Kane is now level with Alan shearer for most major tournament goals for England (World Cup/EUROs), with only Gary Lineker (10) netting more than the Tottenham striker at such competitions for the Three Lions.
• England have kept seven consecutive clean sheets for the first time in their history, with the Three Lions run without conceding currently standing at 662 minutes.
• Gareth Southgate will be just the second manager to take charge of England in the semi-final of both the World Cup and the European Championship, after Alf Ramsey in 1966 and 1968.
• Jordan Henderson scoring his first senior England goal on his 62nd cap is the longest ever wait by a player before scoring their first goal for the Three Lions; Sol Campbell was the previous record holder, scoring his first in his 47th appearance.
• England are the first side in European Championship history to score three headed goals in a single match, and have done so in a single game themselves in any competition for the first time since November 2016 v Scotland.
• England have scored nine headed goals at the World Cup and EUROs since the start of the 2018 World Cup; no other nation has scored more than four headers across the 2018 World Cup and EURO 2020 combined.
• Raheem Sterling has assisted Harry Kane six times for England – this is the most one player has assisted another for the Three Lions in all competitions in the 21st century.
• England have faced just eight shots on target in their four games at EURO2020 (2 per game), their lowest ratio on record in a major tournament (since 1966 for the World Cup and since 1980 for the EUROs).