Cameroon v Brazil, 02 December 2022

Kick-off: 10.00pm local (7.00pm GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Cameroon 43, Brazil 1 . In this final group game, despite defeat, Brazil were already through to the knockout rounds and finished as group winners. . Cameroon needed to win but, due to Switzerland’s win in the other group game against Serbia, finished in third position and were eliminated. . This was Brazil’s first defeat in their last 18 group games at the World Cup finals (won 15); the longest such unbeaten run in the competition’s history. . Brazil failed in their attempt to be the only team to win all three group games at this World Cup tournament. Therefore, this was the first time that no team maintained a 100% record in the group stage since 1994. . Brazil failed in their attempt to win all three of their group games at a World Cup finals for the first time since 2006. . Brazil had now kept a clean sheet in five of their last seven games at the World Cup finals. . Aged 39 years and 210 days, Dani Alves became the oldest player to play for Brazil at a World Cup finals. Thiago Silva had set the previous record only four days earlier in the second group game against Switzerland (38 years and 67 days). . Brazil had won all seven of their previous games at the World Cup finals against African teams (scored 20 goals, conceded two). . Cameroon failed in their attempt to reach the knockout stages for the first time in their last six participations at the World Cup finals. They reached the Quarter-final in 1990, the only time they have reached the knockout rounds. . Cameroon had won, two, drawn two and lost two of their six previous games against South American nations at the World Cup finals (both defeats against Brazil). . Cameroon had now kept two clean sheets in their last 22 games at the World Cup finals (conceded 46 goals). . Cameroon did not win their final group game in any of their seven previous appearances at the World Cup finals (lost five). . In the last of the final round of group games, Vincent Aboubakar became the second player to be shown a red card at this World Cup finals. . Brazil won both previous meetings at the World Cup finals; 3-0 in Palo Alto in 1994 and 4-1 in Brasilia in 2014. .