"After the Portugal/France game I'm wondering what was the most boring Euro game on record (no goals, fewest shorts on target, fewest corners, etc)?" tweets Nicholas Stuart. There have been 37 goalless draws in the men's Euros, including a record six at this year's tournament. The first was in 1968 when Italy beat the Soviet Union on a coin toss.
We can't find the vital statistics for that one, but Sofascore has detailed data for all the others. We've based the answer on their "big chances" metric, even though we're not wholly sure what that entails. Where the games are level, shots on target and then total shots are the tiebreaker.
There are only three matches with no big chances and fewer than five shots on target. The first is actually quite memorable: France 0-0 England at Euro 92. It was England's second goalless draw in the group and, though it was a dog of a game, it lingers for two reasons: Basile Boli putting the head on Stuart Pearce behind the referee's back, and an affronted Pearce almost breaking the crossbar with a subsequent free-kick.
But despite the presence of Jean-Pierre Papin, Eric Cantona, Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker, there was very little goalmouth excitement. View image in fullscreen Stuart Pearce after his meeting with Basile Boli's forehead at Euro 92. Photograph: Colorsport/Shutterstock There were two shots on target in that game, veritable riches compared to our top/bottom two: Norway 0-0 Slovenia in 2000 and Romania 0-0 France in 2008.
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