who has the best numbers in 2023?

The semi-finals of the Club World Cup, which begin this Tuesday in Morocco, will put competitive rounds at different stages of development face to face. At 4pm, a Flamengo that is still trying to find the best form at the beginning of the season faces an Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) also irregular. In the fourth, it is the turn of a Real Madrid that does not live the best of the phases to face the excited Al-Ahly (Egypt). With all four teams in their first games of 2023, what do the numbers say?

The first reading is that of the great moment experienced by the Egyptian team. Al-Ahly, who arrive for the semifinal with the best numbers among the four, is the undefeated leader of the current edition of the Egyptian Championship after 15 games. The team of top scorer Mahammed Sherif, who has already scored four times this year alone, devastated Auckland City (New Zealand) and dispatched Seattle Souders (United States) in their two matches for the FIFA tournament, reaching their sixth and seventh victories in eight games in 2023. There are an incredible 16 goals scored and only one conceded.

In the semifinal, they face a Real Madrid that had the defense leaked in excess in 2023. There are 10 goals conceded in 10 games, despite the 14 scored. It is worth remembering that the Spanish team starts the second half of the European season and has already been acting in sequence since the end of last year. Between January and February, he played for the King’s Cup, the Spanish Super Cup and the Spanish Championship.

On the other side of the bracket, Flamengo is going through the beginning of the season. The club changed coaches and brought in the Portuguese Vítor Pereira, who will have his eighth game in charge of the club, being one of the most important of the season. The coach took advantage of the start of the state championship to alternate his team between starters and reserves, aiming for pace and rest on the way to the World Cup. In the tournament in Morocco, he arrives with excellent attacking numbers — 15 goals in 7 games —, but an uneven performance.

In its semifinal, Flamengo faces the well-known Al-Hilal, who arrives with the most modest numbers. That’s just three wins in seven games for Ramon Díaz’s team, fourth in the Saudi Championship. On the way to the semifinals, the team eliminated the home team, Wydad Casablanca.

Check out the numbers of the semi-finalists of the Club World Cup in 2023:

al-ahly

• 8 games (Egyptian Championship, Egyptian Cup and World Cup)
• 7 wins
• 1 draw
• 16 goals scored
• 1 goal conceded

al-hilal

• 6 games (Saudi Championship, Saudi Super Cup and World Cup)
• 3 wins
• 2 draws
• 1 loss
• 7 goals scored
• 4 goals conceded

Flamengo

• 7 games (Carioca and Supercopa do Brasil)
• 4 wins
• 2 draws
• 1 loss
• 15 goals scored
• 6 goals conceded

Real Madrid

• 10 games (Spanish League, King’s Cup, Spanish Super Cup)
• 5 wins
• 2 draws
• 3 losses
• 14 goals scored
• 10 goals conceded