Finland vs Belgium, European Championship 2021 GROUP STAGE
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Overview
Match Preview
Finland vs Belgium — European Championship at Saint Petersburg Stadium.
Match Details
- Referee Stefan Lupp
- Referee Felix Brych
- Referee Mark Borsch
- Referee Marco Fritz
- Referee Davide Massa
- Referee Christian Dingert
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)0% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Belgium this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Belgium0-151/116-30–/–31-45–/–46-60–/–61-75–/–76+1/–■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' It’s Showtime! The match between Finland and Belgium is underway.
- 5' Belgium is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 10' The travelling Belgium supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 15' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Teemu Pukki made 359 appearances and scored 100 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 20' It’s high time Markku Kanerva made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 25' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 30' 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.
- 35' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 40' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 45' 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.
- 50' 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.
- 55' Finland 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.
- 59' The supporters are chanting for Rasmus Schuller. He replaces Tim Sparv on 59 minute.
- 64' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 65' Goal! Romelu Lukaku scores his 140 goal in 396 matches.
- 70' Time for substitution for Finland. Joel Pohjanpalo is replaced by Joni Kauko.
- 74' Goal! Lukas Hradecky scores his 4 goal in 530 matches.
- 75' GOAL! Lukas Hradecky scores on 75.
- 75' It is a substitution in Belgium team. Leandro Trossard is replaced by Thomas Meunier on 75 minute.
- 76' Another substitution for Belgium to replace Leandro Trossard by Thomas Meunier on 76 minute.
- 81' GOAL! Romelu Lukaku scores on 81. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne
- 84' Another change for Belgium made on 84 minute. Romelu Lukaku leaves to be changed by Christian Benteke.
- 89' It looks surprising Belgium does not make any changes. Jason Denayer has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 90' Belgium manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Hans Vanaken is hanging Kevin De Bruyne on the field on 90 minute.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-2.
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Lineups
Finland Lineups
Starting XI
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- 4
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- 3
- 22
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18
Jere Uronen ↓ Nikolai Alho 70'
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14
Tim Sparv ↓ Rasmus Schuller 59'
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8
Robin Lod ↓ Marcus Forss 90'
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10
Teemu Pukki ↓ Fredrik Jensen 90'
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20
Joel Pohjanpalo ↓ Joni Kauko 70'
Bench
- 12
- 23
- 5
- 7
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Fredrik Jensen ↑ 90'
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11
Rasmus Schuller ↑ 59'
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19
Joni Kauko ↑ 70'
- 24
- 25
- 13
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17
Nikolai Alho ↑ 70'
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26
Marcus Forss ↑ 90'
Coach Markku KanervaBelgium Lineups
Starting XI
- 10
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7
Kevin De Bruyne ↓ Hans Vanaken 90'
- 9
- 22
- 18
- 6
- 3
- 1
- 4
- 24
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25
Jeremy Doku ↓ Michy Batshuayi 76'
Bench
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17
Hans Vanaken ↑ 90'
- 12
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20
Christian Benteke ↑ 84'
- 5
- 19
- 8
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15
Thomas Meunier ↑ 75'
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23
Michy Batshuayi ↑ 76'
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- 26
- 11
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H2H
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy4 / 40.75 Finland xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.43 Belgium xGI would bet for: Under 2.5 goals 63% + Under — clean sheet likely 59%Match Result
✓ CorrectActual: Belgium winBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.18Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 87% 13% ± 1.5 64% 36% ± 2.5 37% 63% ± 3.5 18% 82% ± 4.5 8% 92% Double Chance
Finland or Draw 51%Draw or Belgium 78%Finland or Belgium 71%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 1 15%0 – 0 13.5%1 – 1 13%0 – 2 Actual1 – 2 8.4%1 – 0 7.3%0 – 3 5.2%2 – 1 4.4%1 – 3 4.1%2 – 2 3.3%2 – 0 3%0 – 4 1.9%Asian Handicap — Finland
Handicap Finland covers Push Belgium covers -2.5 1% — 99% -2 1% 4% 94% -1.5 6% — 94% -1 6% 13% 82% -0.5 18% — 82% +0.5 48% — 52% +1 48% 25% 26% +1.5 74% — 26% +2 74% 16% 10% +2.5 90% — 10% Clean Sheet
Finland keeps clean sheet 25% ✓Belgium keeps clean sheet 48% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.