Picture : Michael Olise is the first player in history to reach the 10-assist mark in a calendar year for France.
Nations League Statistics (Match-day 4, October 4-6)
France 4-1 Belgium
*France continue heir rare streaks:
They have not scored in the first half of their last 8 matches. This is their longest such run since May–October 2010 (9 matches).
They have scored all their last 16 goals in the second half, marking their longest ever such streak, surpassing the similar run of 14 goals between November 1947 and June 1948.
*France have won all their last 8 competitive matches against Belgium.
*France have won after trailing in the 76th minute for the first time since May 2012 (a 3–2 victory against Iceland after equalizing to 2–2 in the 85th minute).
For the first time in their history, France won by a three-goal margin after trailing during the final half-hour.
*All four of France’s goals were both scored and assisted by substitutes.
Désiré Doué (1 goal, 2 assists) and Michael Olise (2 goals, 1 assist) are the first substitutes to be involved in three goals in a match for France since Marvin Martin against Ukraine on June 6, 2011 (2 goals, 1 assist).
*Olise is the first player in history to record a goal contribution in each of a France coach’s first four matches (4 goals, 2 assists).
*Olise is the first player in history to reach the 10-assist mark in a calendar year for France.
*Olise has been involved in 17 goals for France in 2026 (7 goals, 10 assists); only Thierry Henry (19 in 2003) has bettered this tally in a single calendar year in the XXI century.
*Olise has become the fastest player to reach both 10 goals and 10 assists for France (after 29 caps) since Raymond Kopa in 1958 (after 28 caps).
Italy 3-1 Turkey
*Having lost all four of their matches in the Nations League this season, Turkey have suffered four consecutive defeats for the first time since the period between October 1987 and March 1988.
*Italy is the opponent Turkey have faced most often in their history without ever managing to secure a win (5 draws, 13 losses in 18 total games between them).
*Francesco Pio Esposito has become only the second player in Italy’s history to score his seventh goal by the age of 21 (at 21 years 99 days), following Giuseppe Meazza (20 years 155 days old on January 25, 1931).
Greece 0-0 Germany
*Jonas Urbig is only the second German goalkeeper since 1977 to keep a clean sheet in each of his first two international matches—the other being Oliver Baumann in October-November 2024.
England 3-0 Czechia
*Thomas Tuchel has reached 20 wins in the fewest games (26) of any coach in England’s history.
*Harry Kane won his 125th cap for England, equalling the record set by goalkeeper Peter Shilton between 1970 and 1990.
*Kane is the oldest player in England’s history (33 years) to score a brace in consecutive games.
*Kane becomes the 7th player in world football history to reach 90 goals for his national team (he has actually 91), following:
Ali Daei (Iran)
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
Lionel Messi (Argentina)
Sunil Chhetri (India)
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)
Robert Lewandowski (Poland)
Netherlands 2-1 Serbia
*Virgil van Dijk is the 11th man to reach 100 caps for the Netherlands, almost 11 years after making his debut, in October 2015 vs Kazakhstan.
*Teun Koopmeiners is the first player with a direct free kick goal for Netherlands since Memphis Depay in June 2021 vs Scotland.
Croatia 1-2 Spain
*Spain beat Croatia away for the first time, extended their unbeaten run to 42 consecutive matches (the world record), and reached 11 straight victories.
*Spain became only the 2nd national teams in the history of football to win their first four matches after winning the World Cup title, following Argentina who, after winning the 2022 edition, defeated Panama, Curaçao, Australia, and Indonesia (all friendlies).
*Spain won all last 4 games in which they conceded the opening goal, following:
vs Northern Ireland (08.06.2024)
vs Georgia (30.06.2024)
vs France (09.07.2024)
*Spain hadn’t conceded the opening goal of a match in over two years. It last happened in the Euro 2024 semi-finals against France.
They had gone 32 consecutive games without an opponent taking a 1–0 lead against them.
Now Ivan Perišić has finally stopped this unprecedented run.
*Mikel Merino reached 7 goals scored as a substitute for Spain. Only 4 players in history scored more:
Mikel Oyarzabal (10), Alvaro Morata (9), Fernando Morientes (8) and Ferran Torres (8).