IFFHS DAILY STATS - CLUB WORLD CUP
Picture : Paulinho became the second player to score in multiple substitute appearances in this tournament, alongside Wallace Yan (Flamengo).
Club World Cup statistics (Round of 16, 28 June)
Palmeiras vs Botafogo 1-0
*Two CONMEBOL teams faced each other in an intercontinental club competition for the 2nd time in history, and this is again all-Brazilian tie.
The only precedent: Vasco da Gama's clash with Corinthians in the Club World Cup final on 4 January 2000 (0-0, Corinthians win on penalties).
*Palmeiras ended their streak of 5 consecutive matches (in all competitions) without beating Botafogo (since the 4-3 win on 2 November 2023).
*There were no shots on target in the first half in this game: the second such match at this tournament, and again involving Palmeiras (also vs Al Ahly in the group stage).
This game equaled the record for most cards (12) in an official FIFA intercontinental club match. There were also 12 cards in WAC Casablanca vs Al-Hilal at the 2023 World Cup (2nd round).
*Paulinho became the second player to score in multiple substitute appearances in this tournament, alongside Wallace Yan (Flamengo).
*Botafogo lost 46% of their competitive matches in 2025 at the moment (17 of 37): their third-highest defeat ratio in a calendar year in the XXI century (after 54% in 2014 and 47% in 2019).
Benfica vs Chelsea 1-3
*Chelsea have won all 5 of their all-time knockout ties against Portuguese opposition.
*Chelsea became the first team to score 3 goals in extra time in any version of the intercontinental club competition.
*Benfica is the team with the most penalties awarded at the 2025 Club World Cup (4).
*All these penalties were scored by Angel Di Maria who is the sole top scorer at the 2025 Club World Cup right now (without scoring from open play).
*Di María became the player with the most penalty goals (4) in the history of the Club World Cups.
In the World Cup for nations, the record of penalties scored by a player in a single edition is also 4 (Eusébio in 1966, Rob Rensenbrink in 1978 and Lionel Messi in 2022).
*Di María has converted all the last his 11 penalties.
*Such way Ángel di María ended his glorious European career, with 768 official matches for Benfica, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus.
*Reece James (Chelsea) became the 5th player (and the first non-American) to score from a free kick at the 2025 Club World Cup, after Bryan Gonzalez, Claudio Echeverri, Jhon Arias, and Lionel Messi.
*Reece James scored both Chelsea’s direct free-kick goals in all competitions this calendar year (also vs Bournemouth in January).
*Reece James is one of 3 Premier League players that have scored multiple direct free-kicks across all competitions in the 2024-25 season, along with
Bruno Fernandes and Declan Rice. (Another one James netted for England this year).
*Pedro Neto (Chelsea) scored in three consecutive competitive club matches for the first time in his professional career.
*Pedro Neto became the first player to score in 3 matches at this Club World Cup (also vs Los Angeles and vs Flamengo). He will not play in the quarterfinals due to accumulation of yellow cards.
*6 of 12 players sent off at the 2025 Club World Cup are South Americans (including Palmeiras’s Gustavo Gómez and Benfica’s Prestianni that were ordered off yesterday).