UEFA Nations League

FT Friday, October 12, 2018
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Belgium WLWWW 2
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Match Report

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Romelu Lukaku double leads Belgium past Switzerland in Nations League

Romelu Lukaku scored twice to earn Belgium a 2-1 victory over Switzerland in the Nations League on Friday.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
5
5
Saves
4
51.9
Possession
48.1
15
SHOTS
19
5
ON GOAL
7
0.3
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
493
Accurate Passes
430
552
Passes
506
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
4
13
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
57
29
Accurate Long Balls
37
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
7
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
9
14
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
13
Interceptions
7
25
Effective Clearances
18
25
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BEL leads series 1-0

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Vincent KompanyCD
  3. 3Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Axel WitselCM-L
  6. 17Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 11Yannick CarrascoLM
  8. 15Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Nacer ChadliSUB
  2. 13Koen CasteelsSUB
  3. 20Dedryck BoyataSUB
  4. 21Timothy CastagneSUB
  5. 19Dennis PraetSUB
  6. 8Marouane FellainiSUB
  7. 12Simon MignoletSUB
  8. 18Christian KabaseleSUB
  9. 5Jason DenayerSUB
  10. 16Thorgan HazardSUB
  11. 7Hans VanakenSUB
  12. 23Michy BatshuayiSUB

SUI · 3-5-1-1

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 22Fabian SchärCD
  3. 13Ricardo RodríguezCD-L
  4. 4Nico ElvediCD-R
  5. 8Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 17Denis ZakariaCM-R
  7. 10Granit XhakaAM
  8. 14Steven ZuberLM
  9. 6Michael LangRM
  10. 9Haris SeferovicF
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriRCF

Substitutes

  1. 11Edimilson FernandesSUB
  2. 15Christian FassnachtSUB
  3. 7Renato SteffenSUB
  4. 21David Von BallmoosSUB
  5. 16Albian AjetiSUB
  6. 3Francois MoubandjeSUB
  7. 20Timm KloseSUB
  8. 12Yvon MvogoSUB
  9. 19Mario GavranovicSUB
  10. 18Djibril SowSUB
  11. 2Florent HadergjonajSUB

Timeline

  1. 58' Goal! Belgium 1, Switzerland 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Meunier.
  2. 69' Substitution, Switzerland. Mario Gavranovic replaces Haris Seferovic.
  3. 73' Substitution, Belgium. Dedryck Boyata replaces Thomas Vermaelen because of an injury.
  4. 76' Goal! Belgium 1, Switzerland 1. Mario Gavranovic (Switzerland) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nico Elvedi with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
  5. 76' Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  6. 83' Substitution, Switzerland. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Denis Zakaria.
  7. 84' Goal! Belgium 2, Switzerland 1. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  8. 87' Substitution, Switzerland. Christian Fassnacht replaces Remo Freuler.
  9. 90'+3' Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Dries Mertens.

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