World Cup Logs More Than Half the Record of Scoreless Draws

The 0-0 draw between Uruguay and South Korea on Thursday was the fourth scoreless game of this year's World Cup - already more than half the tournament record through the first set of matches.

The record for scoreless draws in the World Cup is seven, done four times, in 1982, 2006, 2010, and 2014. The 2018 tournament in Russia had only one 0-0 draw, between Denmark and France.

Through the 16 games completed Thursday, the Mexico-Poland, Denmark-Tunisia, Croatia-Morocco, and South Korea-Uruguay matches all went scoreless, reports AP.

There were no scoreless draws in 1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, or 1954. Before the start in Qatar, the World Cup averaged more than two goals per game. The highest average came in 1954, when 140 goals were scored in 26 games at 5.38 per game.

The least prolific scoring World Cup was the 1990 tournament when 115 goals were scored at only 2.21 goals per game.