5 Euro records that will probably never be broken

#4 Fewest total number of goals in a tournament (since 1980) – 27

So this magical number refers to the lowest number of goals scored in an entire tournament by every team combined – pretty pathetic right? The superb statisticians among you would be quick to point out that this number was in fact lower in the 1968 Euros, when only 7 goals were recorded as a whole, but back then the tournament was only in its third edition and was taken part in by only four sides, so it’s not really surprising.

What would be astonishing though is if we ever saw so few goals scored in a tournament ever again, especially with the expansion of teams and inclusion of more rounds this time around. Games are less likely to fizzle out into stalemates with the new format meaning teams will go for points, knowing a win could pave a path to the last sixteen while the abolition of goalkeepers being able to pick up pass-backs long ago has assured us that playing it around the back is a thing of the past.

The highest number of goals in a tournament for those interested actually came in the UEFA Euro 2000, when Belgium and the Netherlands shared hosting duties, when the net bulged on 80 occasions. That record is far from making this list though; I’d go as far as saying it’ll be beaten in France this summer. Scoring as few as 27 though? You can back that to be surpassed in the group stage, then again there were only eight sides competing in 1980.