England vs Belgium, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Match Details
- Referee Mauro Vigliano
- Referee Damir Skomina
- Referee Jure Praprotnik
- Referee Robert Vukan
- Referee Roberto Diaz
- Referee Artur Soares Dias
- Referee Pawel Gil
- Referee Mohammed Abdulla Hassan
- Referee Mohamed Ahmed Al Hammadi
Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (4 games)25% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history -
Events
Match Events
- 0' In just a few seconds will turn into a battlefield for England and Belgium.
- 5' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 10' 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.
- 15' England is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 19' Belgium player sees a Yellow card in front of him.
- 24' Supporters expect more eagerness from Leander Dendoncker, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 29' Thibaut Courtois has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 53 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
- 33' It’s gonna be a Yellow card for Leander Dendoncker.
- 38' 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.
- 43' Belgium is showing some good football. However, Belgium are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 46' Harry Maguire is replacing John Stones for the England side.
- 51' Belgium is taking the lead after the goal scored by Adnan Januzaj on 51.
- 56' England started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 56.
- 61' It looks surprising England does not make any changes. Ruben Loftus-Cheek has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 66' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 71' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 74' Belgium manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Vincent Kompany is hanging Thomas Vermaelen on the field on 74 minute.
- 79' It is a substitution in England team. Marcus Rashford is replaced by Danny Welbeck on 79 minute.
- 84' Belgium seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 86' The supporters are chanting for Dries Mertens. He replaces Adnan Januzaj on 86 minute.
- The referee blows the final whistle. Sensational lose for England.
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Lineups
England Lineups
Starting XI
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- 22
- 15
- 21
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5
John Stones ↓ Harry Maguire 46'
- 17
- 4
- 3
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19
Marcus Rashford ↓ Danny Welbeck 79'
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Bench
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14
Danny Welbeck ↑ 79'
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6
Harry Maguire ↑ 46'
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- 23
- 13
- 2
- 10
- 12
- 20
- 9
- 18
- 7
Coach Gareth SouthgateBelgium Lineups
Starting XI
- 19
- 8
- 23
- 17
- 22
- 16
- 21
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18
Adnan Januzaj ↓ Dries Mertens 86'
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- 1
- 20
Bench
- 12
- 10
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4
Vincent Kompany ↑ 74'
- 7
- 5
- 2
- 9
- 15
- 13
- 6
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14
Dries Mertens ↑ 86'
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Coach Roberto Martinez -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Thomas Meunier 1 Adnan Januzaj 1 Adnan Januzaj 1 Eden Hazard 1 Thomas Meunier 1 Eden Hazard 1 Head to Head
England Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.22 England xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.05 Belgium xGI would bet for: England or Belgium 69% + Under 2.5 goals 61%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: Belgium winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.27Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 66% 34% ± 2.5 39% 61% ± 3.5 20% 80% ± 4.5 9% 91% Double Chance
England or Draw 68%Draw or Belgium 63%England or Belgium 69%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 14.2%0 – 0 12.6%1 – 0 11.4%0 – 1 Actual2 – 1 7.8%2 – 0 7.4%1 – 2 6.7%0 – 2 5.5%2 – 2 4.2%3 – 1 3.2%3 – 0 3%1 – 3 2.4%Asian Handicap — England
Handicap England covers Push Belgium covers -2.5 6% — 94% -2 6% 11% 83% -1.5 17% — 83% -1 17% 21% 62% -0.5 38% — 62% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 18% 12% +1.5 88% — 12% +2 88% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
England keeps clean sheet 36% ✓Belgium keeps clean sheet 30% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.