The 2014 World Cup in Brazil has early goal scoring leaders in Thomas Mueller and Robin Van Persie and they are the early score rank leaders as the results come in for the first week in group play and Germany and the Netherlands have been the highest scoring teams so far in the tourney.
Germany handled Portugal with four goals in their first game and Muller had three of those and he has played in just one game, while Robin Van Persie and Arjen Robben are second with three goals. The Netherlands demolished Spain 5-1 in their first match and then won over Australia and they are in the top three over a number of players tied with two goals.
Karim Benzema and Mario Mandzukic have two goals each and have played in one match, while Tim Cahill had two goals in two games for Australia and Neymar the same for Brazil. Spain is out of the tournament after scoring just one goal in two games and they lost to the Dutch and then were eliminated and now they are gone after being the champions last time in South Africa.
Check here for the FIFA World Cup stats for the 2014 tournament and for the goal leaders and leading scorers.
https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/index.html
England and Uruguay are playing on the World Cup schedule on Thursday and the matchup is very important for the two teams. The World Cup is live streaming on Thursday as England and Uruguay matchup in a huge Group D match up from ESPN video and the live stream is online from WatchESPN from Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo and the game starts at 3 pm ET and will be a crucial tilt for Wayne Rooney, as the loser of the game will be out of the football tournament knockout stages.
The England side knows that Uruguay is a deep and talented team and they will be even better on Thursday, as they are getting star Luis Suarez back and he comes in as one of the best players in the world. Suarez feels 100 percent after having knee surgery in May, but he will need time to get up to speed and that could be an advantage for England early if they push things. England needs to score quickly in this match and playing with a lead could be the key to winning the game and that is necessary after the 2-1 result against Italy.
The game against Italy was a tough one and Mario Balotelli ended things for the team with his score to give Italy a 2-1 lead and now they are in position to advance to the next round. Costa Rica won over Uruguay and now they have a chance to make some noise here, while these two teams are playing to survive on Thursday and that could lead into some physical play for the squads. Suarez may not be 100 percent for the match and that could play into the advantage for England, as they have as deep a team as anyone at the Cup.
