Belgium vs Russia (3-1)
This Thursday’s UEFA monetary unit 2020 qualifier in the capital of Belgium is one in every of the standout fixtures over the international time.
It options two sides World Health Organization created the last eight at the 2018 World Cup, with hosts Russia exiting at that stage on penalties whereas European country created it to the previous four before suffering defeat against ultimate winners France.
They’re the highest two seeds in cluster I that conjointly includes European country. European country definitely can powerfully expect to quality from this cluster with relative ease.
They were tho’ astonishingly beat 5-2 by Svizzera in their final UEFA Nations League game so that they are going to be keen to finally banish those recollections as they come back to action four months on from a troublesome night in Luzern.
Since shocking everybody at the 2018 World Cup, Russia are brought go into reverse to earth to some extent.
They were crushed 3-0 in a European country and 2-0 in Sweden over the first recent international break thus it’s laborious to fancy them here however that they had an affordable Nations League campaign overall, with seven points from their four fixtures.
Belgium’s golden generation is currently AN practiced international unit, and they’ll be hungry to create in third place at the planet Cup by obtaining their hands on some tableware over the subsequent four years.
They’ve not lost reception since a friendly defeat to Espana in 2016, whereas their last competitive home defeat was method back in September 2010.
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Goals:
| 15′ | Belgium | Y. Tielemans |
| 45′ | Belgium | E. Hazard (pen.) |
| 88′ | Belgium | E. Hazard |
Lineups
| Belgium | T. Courtois, T. Alderweireld, V. Kompany, D. Boyata, T. Meunier, Y. Tielemans, A. Witsel, N. Chadli, E. Hazard, T. Hazard, D. Mertens. |
| Russia | A. Lunyov, V. Ignatyev, R. Neustadter, G. Dzhikiya, K. Nababkin, D. Kuzyayev, Y. Gazinskiy, A. Yerokhin, D. Poloz, A. Lonov, A. Dzyuba. |
Belgium – Russia Match Statistics
Belgium |
Russia |
|
| 14 | Shots Total | 4 |
| 5 | Shots on goal | 2 |
| 4 | Shots off goal | 2 |
| 5 | Shots blocked | 0 |
| 7 | Shots inside box | 2 |
| 7 | Shots outside box | 2 |
| 10 | Fouls | 13 |
| 8 | Corners | 2 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 1 | Saves | 2 |
| 62% | Possession Time | 38% |
| 612 | Passes Total | 372 |
| 533 | Accurate Passes | 304 |
| 87% | Accurate Passes% | 82% |