Cameroon v Serbia – what the stats say

This is the first meeting between Cameroon and Serbia in all competitions since a 4-3 friendly win for the Serbs in June 2010.

Serbia have lost both of their Fifa World Cup games as an independent nation against African sides, doing so against Ivory Coast in 2006 (2-3) and Ghana in 2010 (0-1).

Cameroon have now lost each of their last eight matches at the World Cup, with those defeats coming across four tournaments (2002, 2010, 2014 and 2022). Defeat here would equal the longest ever losing run by a nation at the World Cup, set by Mexico between 1930 and 1958 (9 in a row).

Serbia have lost eight of their 10 World Cup games as an independent nation (80 per cent), the highest loss per centage of any side to have played at least 10 games in the competition.

Cameroon are averaging just 0.8 goals per game at the World Cup (18 goals in 24 games), the lowest goals per game ratio of any nation to play at least 20 games in the competition. They’ve failed to score in five of their last eight games at the World Cup, scoring just three times.

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Serbia have conceded in eight of their 10 games at the World Cup, shipping at least two goals in six of those games. However, they have won both games in which they've managed to keep a clean sheet.

Cameroon have won just one of their 15 World Cup matches against European opponents (D5 L9), a 2-1 win over Romania in 1990. They are winless in 12 games since (D3 L9), with Rigobert Song playing in six of those winless games and managing them in MD1’s 1-0 defeat to Switzerland.

Serbia mustered just five shots against Brazil on MD1, with only Australia (4), Saudi Arabia (3) and Costa Rica (0) having fewer in their opening game of the 2022 World Cup. Indeed, Serbia were one of four sides not to have a single shot on target in the opening round of matches.

Eric Choupo-Moting was the only Cameroon player to have more than one effort at goal in their 1-0 defeat to Switzerland (2), with the forward now failing to score in all six games at the World Cup and with all 12 efforts at goal. Only Louis Mfede (17) has had more shots without scoring for Cameroon at the World Cup than Choupo-Moting.

No player made more tackles in the opening round of matches at the 2022 World Cup than Serbia defender Nikola Milenkovic (8).