Cameroon v Serbia, 28 November 2022

Kick-off: 1.00pm local (10.00am GMT) . FIFA world ranking: Cameroon 43, Serbia 21 . Having now both taken one point from their first two group games, both teams would now need to win their final group game to retain the hope of progressing to the knockout stages; Cameroon versus Brazil and Serbia versus Switzerland. . Having lost their last eight games, Cameroon avoided equalling the competition record of losing nine consecutive games at the World Cup finals set by Mexico between 1930 and 1958. . Cameroon had now won one of their 16 games at the World Cup finals against European opponents (lost nine); 2-1 versus Romania in 1990. . Cameroon had scored 18 goals in their previous 24 games at the World Cup finals. This was the first time they had scored three or more goals in a game at the tournament. . Serbia became the first-ever team to score more than one goal in added time at the end of the first-half in a game at the World Cup finals. . Serbia had lost both of their previous games at the World Cup against teams from the African confederation; against Ivory Coast in 2006 (2-3) and Ghana in 2010 (0-1). . Aleksandar Mitrović had now scored seven goals in his last six games for Serbia. . This was the second-ever meeting between Cameroon and Serbia; previously Serbia won a friendly 4-3 in Belgrade in June 2010. .