Are there more long-range screamers at Euro 2024?

What's pinch each nan long-range screamers astatine this year's Euros?

'The Turkish Messi' Arda Guler's wonderment extremity against Georgia and Czech Republic's Lukas Provod's onslaught lit up Tuesday's action - and location person been a whopping 11 goals from extracurricular of nan punishment area successful nan opening information of 12 group games.

For context, location wasn't a azygous extremity from extracurricular of nan container astatine nan 2022 Qatar World Cup until nan 17th crippled - Iran’s 2-0 triumph v Wales.

We haven't landed connected an mentation yet - is it conscionable a freak trend, goalkeeping errors, nan ball? So present are nan stats, bask nan strikes, and determine connected your ain analysis...

With 11 retired of nan 34 goals earlier Wednesday's fixtures being scored from agelong range, that ratio of 32.4% is measurement supra nan norm for immoderate erstwhile Euros - but let's spot if that levels retired aft nan group shape and nan afloat tournament.

The shots from extracurricular nan container ratio from nan opening information of group games (39.2%) is really beautiful mean and is beneath nan wide fig of each different erstwhile Euros isolated from Euro 2020.

And looking astatine nan astir caller men's awesome tournament, nan World Cup 2022, only 12 of nan 172 goals scored successful Qatar were from extracurricular nan punishment area - that's 7%.

There were nary successful nan opening information of 16 group games, contempt a akin level of long-range shots.