UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Sunday, March 24, 2019
Belgium WDWLW 2
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Cyprus LDDLW 0
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CYP000
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Match Report

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Hazard, Batshuayi strike as Belgium ease to victory over Cyprus

Eden Hazard marked his 100th cap with an early goal to set Belgium on their way to a comfortable 2-0 away win over Cyprus.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
7
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
4
Corner Kicks
0
1
Saves
4
60.3
Possession
39.7
13
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
1
0.5
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
608
Accurate Passes
375
704
Passes
467
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
1
9
Crosses
4
0.2
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
68
31
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
8
23
Tackles
8
0.7
Tackle %
1.0
10
Interceptions
11
8
Effective Clearances
18
8
Clearances
18

Head to Head

BEL leads series 4-0

Lineups

CYP · 5-3-2

  1. 12Urko PardoG
  2. 4Giorgos MerkisCD
  3. 19Konstantinos LaifisCD-L
  4. 2Dossa JúniorCD-R
  5. 3Nicholas IoannouLB
  6. 13Ioannis KousoulosRB
  7. 18Kostakis ArtymatasCM
  8. 17MargaçaCM-L
  9. 15Fotis PapoulisCM-R
  10. 7Georgios EfremCF-L
  11. 8Minas AntoniouCF-R

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 3Thomas VermaelenCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Leander DendonckerCM-L
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 16Thorgan HazardLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 23Michy BatshuayiF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Cyprus 0, Belgium 1. Eden Hazard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner.
  2. 18' Goal! Cyprus 0, Belgium 2. Michy Batshuayi (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thorgan Hazard with a through ball.
  3. 45' Substitution, Cyprus. Anthony Georgiou replaces Dossa Júnior.
  4. 57' Substitution, Belgium. Adnan Januzaj replaces Dries Mertens.
  5. 68' Substitution, Belgium. Yannick Carrasco replaces Thorgan Hazard.
  6. 75' Substitution, Cyprus. Matija Spoljaric replaces Georgios Efrem.
  7. 81' Substitution, Cyprus. Andreas Makris replaces Minas Antoniou.
  8. 89' Substitution, Belgium. Dennis Praet replaces Michy Batshuayi.

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