Bale breaks Welsh scoring record as new boss Giggs enjoys debut win in China

MATCH FACTS

• This is Wales’ biggest margin of victory since August 1996 when beating San Marino by the same scoreline (6-0).
• Wales’ 6-0 win is the biggest win for any Wales manager on their debut and Giggs is just the fifth different manager to win by such a margin (Committee, Mike Smith, Terry Yorath and Bobby Gould).
• Ryan Giggs is just the second manager to win on his debut for Wales amongst the last nine managers (inc. caretakers) alongside Bobby Gould (doesn’t include second stints for managers).
• This loss was Marcello Lippi’s biggest margin of defeat as an international manager (0-6).
• Wales have scored as many goals in 2018 as they did in the whole of 2017 (six goals, eight games).
• Gareth Bale has now scored the first goal under three of the last four managers of the Welsh national team (Brian Flynn, Chris Coleman and Ryan Giggs).
• Gareth Bale is now the top scorer for the Welsh national team with 29 goals, breaking the record of 28 goals previously held by Ian Rush.
• Bale's hat-trick was his first at international level, making him the first player to bag a treble for Wales since Robert Earnshaw vs Scotland in 2004.
• Sam Vokes was directly involved in four goals against China (two goals, two assists); as many as in his previous 31 games for Wales.