Euro 2020: 10 interesting stats from the group stage

#6 Spain beat Slovakia 5-0 at Euro 2020 to record the joint-largest margin of victory in a European Championship game

Spain players rejoice after scoring one of their goals against Slovakia.

Three-time former winners Spain kickstarted their Euro 2020 campaign with an underwhelming goalless draw against group winners Sweden in Seville.

La Roja were wasteful in their 1-1 draw with Poland before Luis Enrique's men arrived at the party with a convincing win over Slovakia.

Despite Alvaro Morata failing to score from the spot, Spain laid seize to the Slovakia goal, scoring five unanswered goals past their visitors to finish their group-stage campaign behind Sweden.

In the process, La Roja equalled the joint-largest margin of victory in European Championship history, marking it the fifth five-goal win by a team in the competition.

5 - Spain's 5-0 win over Slovakia was the joint-largest margin of victory by any side in a European Championship match, marking the fifth five-goal victory in the competition, and first since Sweden 5-0 Bulgaria in 2004. Famous. #EURO2020 #ESP pic.twitter.com/A0iSJ74bFx

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 23, 2021

Spain, who are without any Real Madrid players at a major tournament for the very first time, will lock horns with 2018 FIFA World Cup finalists Croatia on Monday.

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#5 Portugal-France is the first game in European Championship history to see three penalties scored outside a penalty shootout

Portugal drew 2-2 with France.

In a blockbuster heavyweight clash, reigning champions Portugal avoided an embarrassing group-stage exit at Euro 2020 by holding world champions France in a four-goal thriller in Budapest.

After Cristiano Ronaldo opened the scoring for Portugal from the spot, Karim Benzema responded with a spot-kick of his own to restore parity and scored another to put Les Bleus in the ascendancy. But Ronaldo saved his team's blushes by scoring his second penalty of the night.

It marked the first instance of three penalties scored in a European Championship game, not considering penalty shootouts.

3 - Portugal v France is the first game in the history of the European Championships to see three penalties scored (excluding shootouts). Ripple. #POR #FRA #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/9Y32Wh4kDj

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 23, 2021

For a place in the quarter-finals at Euro 2020, Portugal will now face Belgium in another blockbuster clash, while France will lock horns with Switzerland.

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#4 Most goals (18) scored in a day in European Championship history

Karim Benzema exults after scoring for France in a Euro 2020 thriller.

In an exciting final day of group-stage games at Euro 2020, a staggering 18 goals were scored in four games.

Sweden survived a Robert Lewandowski double and a spirited comeback from Poland to prevail in a five-goal thriller to top Group E. In the other group game, Spain notched up their first win at the tournament by thumping Slovakia 5-0.

Later in the day, the Group of Death produced a pair of 2-2 draws. Germany twice came from behind to force a share of the spoils against Hungary to prolong their Euro 2020 campaign, while France and Portugal also played out a four-goal thriller.

That marked the most goals (18) scored in a day in European Championship history.

18 - Today's four games at EURO 2020 saw a total of 18 goals scored; the most on a single day in the history of the competition. Frenzy. #EURO2020 pic.twitter.com/1V3VzgCBoq

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 23, 2021

It remains to be seen if the goal flurry will continue in the knockout round at Euro 2020.