FIFA World Cup

FT Saturday, July 14, 2018
England WLWWL 0
–
Belgium WWWWL 2
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ENG000
BEL1-12
Gazprom Arena · 64,406 att. · FOX

Match Report

Belgium finishes 3rd at World Cup, beats England 2-0

Belgium earned its highest World Cup finish on Saturday by beating England 2-0 in the third-place match.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
57
Possession
43
15
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
619
Accurate Passes
418
674
Passes
482
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
6
Accurate Crosses
1
20
Crosses
9
0.3
Cross %
0.1
41
Long Balls
50
20
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
5
5
Effective Tackles
8
10
Tackles
14
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
10
10
Effective Clearances
24
10
Clearances
24

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Vincent KompanyCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Axel WitselCM-L
  6. 17Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 22Nacer ChadliLM
  8. 15Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 7Kevin De BruyneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Thomas VermaelenSUB
  2. 18Adnan JanuzajSUB
  3. 12Simon MignoletSUB
  4. 16Thorgan HazardSUB
  5. 19Mousa DembéléSUB
  6. 21Michy BatshuayiSUB
  7. 8Marouane FellainiSUB
  8. 13Koen CasteelsSUB
  9. 20Dedryck BoyataSUB
  10. 23Leander DendonckerSUB
  11. 11Yannick CarrascoSUB
  12. 14Dries MertensSUB

ENG · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 5John StonesCD
  3. 6Harry MaguireCD-L
  4. 16Phil JonesCD-R
  5. 4Eric DierSW
  6. 17Fabian DelphCM-L
  7. 21Ruben Loftus-CheekCM-R
  8. 3Danny RoseLM
  9. 12Kieran TrippierRM
  10. 10Raheem SterlingCF-L
  11. 9Harry KaneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 14Danny Welbeck
  2. 23Nick Pope
  3. 20Dele Alli
  4. 11Jamie Vardy
  5. 2Kyle Walker
  6. 19Marcus Rashford
  7. 7Jesse Lingard
  8. 18Ashley Young
  9. 22Trent Alexander-Arnold
  10. 8Jordan Henderson
  11. 13Jack Butland
  12. 15Gary Cahill

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Belgium 1, England 0. Thomas Meunier (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nacer Chadli with a cross.
  2. 39' Substitution, Belgium. Thomas Vermaelen replaces Nacer Chadli because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, England. Marcus Rashford replaces Raheem Sterling.
  4. 45' Substitution, England. Jesse Lingard replaces Danny Rose.
  5. 52' John Stones (England) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Substitution, Belgium. Dries Mertens replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  7. 76' Harry Maguire (England) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 78' Substitution, Belgium. Mousa Dembélé replaces Youri Tielemans.
  9. 82' Goal! Belgium 2, England 0. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  10. 84' Substitution, England. Dele Alli replaces Ruben Loftus-Cheek.
  11. 90'+3' Axel Witsel (Belgium) is shown the yellow card.

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