{"id":17338,"date":"2026-07-13T19:52:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=17338"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:22:27","slug":"golden-glove-race-2-fifa-world-cup-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/golden-glove-race-2-fifa-world-cup-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Glove Race-2 | FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Four goalkeepers entered the quarter-finals with genuine Golden Glove cases. Three of them are now eliminated. The award, in theory, still goes to the best-performing goalkeeper regardless of whether their team lifts the trophy \u2014 but in practice, the FIFA World Cup\u2122 has almost always rewarded the keeper whose team goes furthest. After the quarter-finals, that logic narrows the active race to two names: Unai Sim\u00f3n and Mike Maignan. The eliminated keepers left behind saves and performances that deserve acknowledgement.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/golden-glove-race-2-fifa-world-cup-2026\/#Unai_Simon_%E2%80%94_Spain\" title=\"Unai Sim\u00f3n \u2014 Spain\">Unai Sim\u00f3n \u2014 Spain<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/golden-glove-race-2-fifa-world-cup-2026\/#Mike_Maignan_%E2%80%94_France\" title=\"Mike Maignan \u2014 France\">Mike Maignan \u2014 France<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/golden-glove-race-2-fifa-world-cup-2026\/#Yassine_Bounou_%E2%80%94_Morocco_Eliminated\" title=\"Yassine Bounou \u2014 Morocco (Eliminated)\">Yassine Bounou \u2014 Morocco (Eliminated)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/golden-glove-race-2-fifa-world-cup-2026\/#Gregor_Kobel_%E2%80%94_Switzerland_Eliminated\" title=\"Gregor Kobel \u2014 Switzerland (Eliminated)\">Gregor Kobel \u2014 Switzerland (Eliminated)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/golden-glove-race-2-fifa-world-cup-2026\/#The_Race_%E2%80%94_Where_It_Stands\" title=\"The Race \u2014 Where It Stands\">The Race \u2014 Where It Stands<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\">FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122<\/a> semi-finals live in India on ZEE 5. Subscribe to the ZEE 5 Quarterly Plan at \u20b9799 \u2014 every save, every moment, live.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Unai_Simon_%E2%80%94_Spain\"><\/span><b> Unai Sim\u00f3n \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/spain\/spain-squad\">Spain<\/a><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Matches: 6 | Clean Sheets: 5 | Saves: 7<\/p>\n<p>Five clean sheets from six matches remains the single most dominant statistical record of any goalkeeper in this tournament. Against Belgium in the quarter-final, the streak finally ended \u2014 De Ketelaere heading in from a Castagne cross in the 41st minute \u2014 but Spain still won 2-1. One goal conceded in a match they controlled. The clean sheet is gone; the case is not.<\/p>\n<p>Sim\u00f3n&#8217;s save count of seven is the lowest among the five names in this tracker, which continues to reflect Spain&#8217;s defensive organisation rather than any lack of sharpness when called upon. His positioning, his command of the box, and the quiet authority with which he runs the back four have been as important as any individual stop. Spain are in the semi-finals. If they reach the final, Sim\u00f3n will be the frontrunner for this award. Simple as that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mike_Maignan_%E2%80%94_France\"><\/span><b> Mike Maignan \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/france\/france-squad\">France<\/a><\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Matches: 6 | Clean Sheets: 4 | Saves: 10<\/p>\n<p>France beat Morocco 2-0, and Maignan barely had to break sweat \u2014 Morocco&#8217;s best chance came from Ounahi\u2019s low shot at the goal. Four clean sheets from six matches. Ten saves across the tournament, produced efficiently and without fuss. Maignan is not building a spectacular case; he is building a thorough one.<\/p>\n<p>The Golden Glove does not always go to the keeper who made the most dramatic interventions. It often goes to the one who gave their team the platform to win matches. Maignan has done that consistently. France are in the semi-finals. They face Spain. Either Sim\u00f3n or Maignan will be going home after July 15.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Yassine_Bounou_%E2%80%94_Morocco_Eliminated\"><\/span><b> Yassine Bounou \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/morocco\/morocco-squad\">Morocco<\/a> (Eliminated)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Matches: 6 | Clean Sheets: 2 | Saves: 18<\/p>\n<p>Eighteen saves. Six goals conceded in five matches. And the single most talked-about individual goalkeeping performance of the quarter-finals. Against France, Bounou was extraordinary \u2014 nine saves in that match alone, including a penalty stop from Mbapp\u00e9 that kept Morocco alive until the 60th minute. The penalty save, the reflexes, the positioning \u2014 Bounou was not outplayed against France. He was simply outlasted.<\/p>\n<p>Bounou&#8217;s case is the most complex in this tracker: statistically, he may have outperformed everyone else. But Morocco are eliminated, and the Golden Glove at a FIFA World Cup\u2122 has rarely been awarded to a goalkeeper whose team did not reach the final. That history counts against him. What he did on this stage, however, will not be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gregor_Kobel_%E2%80%94_Switzerland_Eliminated\"><\/span><b> Gregor Kobel \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/switzerland\/switzerland-squad\">Switzerland<\/a> (Eliminated)<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Matches: 6 | Clean Sheets: 2 | Saves: 20<\/p>\n<p>Twenty saves \u2014 four of them came against Argentina in the quarter-final, including a crucial stop that led directly to Lautaro Mart\u00ednez&#8217;s rebound goal in extra time. Switzerland&#8217;s defensive structure put Kobel under heavy load throughout this tournament, and he absorbed it. His case \u2014 like Bounou&#8217;s \u2014 is built on volume and quality of saves rather than clean sheets and team results.<\/p>\n<p>Like Bounou, his team&#8217;s quarter-final exit dramatically reduces his chances. The FIFA Technical Study Group will have to weigh 20 saves and a tournament in which Switzerland reached their best World Cup finish since 1954 against a goalkeeper whose team went further but was tested less. It is an argument worth making. It is, however, unlikely to win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Race_%E2%80%94_Where_It_Stands\"><\/span><b>The Race \u2014 Where It Stands<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Two remain: Sim\u00f3n and Maignan. One goes home on 15 July when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/switzerland\/switzerland-squad\">Spain<\/a> face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/france\/france-squad\">France<\/a> in the semi-final in Dallas. The survivor almost certainly wins the Golden Glove \u2014 provided they keep performing. Sim\u00f3n has the better clean sheet record. Maignan has the more demanding tournament save-for-save.<\/p>\n<p>The two eliminated keepers \u2014 Bounou especially \u2014 made this race a genuine conversation about what the award should value. Saves against pressure, saves that changed match outcomes, saves against the best strikers in the world. Bounou and Kobel did all of that. But the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 semi-finalists now hold the real advantage. 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