Belgium vs England, Worldcup 2018 3RD PLACE
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Overview
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Match Details
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Paolo Valeri
- Referee Mark Geiger
- Referee Joe Fletcher
- Referee Malang Diedhiou
- Referee Djibril Camara
- Referee Alireza Faghani
- Referee Reza Sokhandan
- Referee Mohammadreza Mansouri
16 games this season 🟨 0.4/game ⚽ 4.1 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Mexico 1 3 2 South Korea 1 3 3 Czechia 1 0 4 South Africa 1 0 5 Switzerland 1 1 6 Canada 1 1 7 Qatar 1 1 8 Bosnia-Herzegovina 1 1 9 Scotland 1 3 10 Morocco 1 1 11 Brazil 1 1 12 Haiti 1 0 13 United States 1 3 14 Australia 1 3 15 Turkey 1 0 16 Paraguay 1 0 17 Germany 1 3 18 Ivory Coast 1 3 19 Ecuador 1 0 20 Curacao 1 0 21 Sweden 1 3 22 Japan 1 1 23 Netherlands 1 1 24 Tunisia 1 0 25 New Zealand 1 1 26 Iran 1 1 27 Belgium 1 1 28 Egypt 1 1 29 Uruguay 1 1 30 Saudi Arabia 1 1 31 Spain 1 1 32 Cape Verde Islands 1 1 33 Norway 1 3 34 France 1 3 35 Senegal 1 0 36 Iraq 1 0 37 Argentina 1 3 38 Austria 1 3 39 Jordan 1 0 40 Algeria 1 0 41 Congo DR 0 0 42 Colombia 0 0 43 Portugal 0 0 44 Uzbekistan 0 0 45 England 0 0 46 Ghana 0 0 47 Croatia 0 0 48 Panama 0 0 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Season Stats
Belgium England #27 Position #45 1 Points 0 1 Played 0 0 / 1 / 0 W / D / L 0 / 0 / 0 1 Scored 0 1 Conceded 0 +0 GD +0 1.00 PPG – 0% Win % – Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history0% Clean Sheets
Belgium this seasonBelgium are 27th (1 pts). England are 45th (0 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
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Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Belgium is hosting England for another epic battle.
- 4' Goal! Thomas Meunier scores his 16 goal in 501 matches.
- 9' It looks like no one’s ball. Belgium is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 14' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 19' England started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 19.
- 24' It’s high time Roberto Martinez made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 29' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 34' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 39' Time for substitution for Belgium. Nacer Chadli is replaced by Thomas Vermaelen.
- 44' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Belgium that had 117 games and scored 36 goals.
- 46' Another change for England made on 46 minute. Danny Rose leaves to be changed by Jesse Lingard.
- 51' Supporters expect more eagerness from Harry Maguire, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 52' England player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 57' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 60' Another substitution for Belgium to replace Romelu Lukaku by Dries Mertens on 60 minute.
- 65' The travelling England supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 70' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 70 minutes.
- 75' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Belgium needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 77' That looks like a foul for a Yellow card for Harry Maguire.
- 78' The supporters are chanting for Moussa Dembele. He replaces Youri Tielemans on 78 minute.
- 82' GOAL! Eden Hazard scores on 82. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne
- 84' It is a substitution in England team. Ruben Loftus-Cheek is replaced by Dele Alli on 84 minute.
- 89' England is showing some good football. However, England are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 90' The referee calls foul for Axel Witsel. He receives a Yellow card.
- Full Time. Belgium beats England
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Lineups
Belgium Lineups
Starting XI
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- 7
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- 2
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Romelu Lukaku ↓ Dries Mertens 60'
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22
Nacer Chadli ↓ Thomas Vermaelen 39'
- 15
- 6
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Bench
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19
Moussa Dembele ↑ 78'
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- 23
- 13
- 16
- 21
- 18
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Thomas Vermaelen ↑ 39'
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14
Dries Mertens ↑ 60'
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- 11
Coach Roberto MartínezEngland Lineups
Starting XI
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21
Ruben Loftus-Cheek ↓ Dele Alli 84'
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- 5
- 10
- 17
- 12
- 4
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3
Danny Rose ↓ Jesse Lingard 46'
- 9
- 16
Bench
- 14
- 11
- 8
- 22
- 15
- 23
- 13
- 2
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20
Dele Alli ↑ 84'
- 18
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Jesse Lingard ↑ 46'
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Marcus Rashford ↑ 46'
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H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Adnan Januzaj 1 Adnan Januzaj 1 Eden Hazard 1 Thomas Meunier 1 Eden Hazard 1 Thomas Meunier 1 Head to Head
Belgium Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 40.94 Belgium xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.47 England xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 83% + Under — clean sheet likely 75%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Belgium winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 1.41Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 73% 27% ± 1.5 42% 58% ± 2.5 17% 83% ± 3.5 6% 94% ± 4.5 2% 98% Double Chance
Belgium or Draw 84%Draw or England 50%Belgium or England 66%Half-Time Result
✗ WrongActual: Belgium win at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 27.1%1 – 0 21.6%1 – 1 11.6%2 – 0 Actual0 – 1 9.8%2 – 1 5.3%3 – 0 3.1%1 – 2 2.5%0 – 2 2.3%3 – 1 1.7%2 – 2 1.4%4 – 0 0.8%Asian Handicap — Belgium
Handicap Belgium covers Push England covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 12% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 27% 56% -0.5 44% — 56% +0.5 84% — 16% +1 84% 12% 3% +1.5 97% — 3% +2 97% 3% 0% +2.5 100% — 0% Clean Sheet
Belgium keeps clean sheet 63% ✓England keeps clean sheet 40% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.