UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Saturday, November 16, 2019
Belgium WWWWW 4
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Russia WWWWW 1
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RUS011
Gazprom Arena · 53,317 att. · ESPN3

Match Report

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Hazard brothers shine as Belgium thump Russia 4-1

Belgium secured top spot in Euro 2020 qualifying Group I and stretched their perfect record to nine wins.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
13
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
7
3
Saves
4
47.3
Possession
52.7
11
SHOTS
12
8
ON GOAL
4
0.7
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
468
Accurate Passes
512
549
Passes
599
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
6
Crosses
21
0.0
Cross %
0.2
57
Long Balls
49
33
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
2
4
Effective Tackles
6
8
Tackles
9
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
12
Interceptions
13
25
Effective Clearances
11
25
Clearances
11

Head to Head

BEL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

RUS · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1GuilhermeG
  2. 14Georgi DzhikiyaCD-L
  3. 5Andrei SemenovCD-R
  4. 23Sergei PetrovLB
  5. 2Mário FernandesRB
  6. 15Alexey MiranchukAM
  7. 11Roman ZobninLM
  8. 7Magomed OzdoevRM
  9. 22Artem DzyubaF
  10. 18Yuri ZhirkovAM-L
  11. 20Aleksei IonovAM-R

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Dedryck BoyataCD
  3. 3Thomas VermaelenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Axel WitselCM-L
  6. 7Kevin De BruyneCM-R
  7. 16Thorgan HazardLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Sergey Petrov (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Goal! Russia 0, Belgium 1. Thorgan Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
  3. 33' Goal! Russia 0, Belgium 2. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku with a headed pass.
  4. 40' Goal! Russia 0, Belgium 3. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  5. 50' Substitution, Russia. Zelimkhan Bakaev replaces Yuri Zhirkov.
  6. 52' Substitution, Belgium. Youri Tielemans replaces Dries Mertens because of an injury.
  7. 62' Substitution, Russia. Daler Kuzyaev replaces Roman Zobnin.
  8. 67' Substitution, Belgium. Jason Denayer replaces Thomas Vermaelen.
  9. 72' Goal! Russia 0, Belgium 4. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  10. 77' Substitution, Belgium. Michy Batshuayi replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  11. 79' Goal! Russia 1, Belgium 4. Georgi Dzhikiya (Russia) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner following a corner.
  12. 80' Substitution, Russia. Nikolay Komlichenko replaces Artem Dzyuba.

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