UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Thursday, March 21, 2019
Russia WDWLL 1
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Belgium WWDWL 3
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RUS101
BEL213
King Baudouin Stadium · 34,245 att. · ESPN2

Match Report

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Hazard scores twice, Courtois has howler as Belgium beats Russia

Eden Hazard scored twice for Belgium to spare the blushes of goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois and secure a 3-1 victory over Russia.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
8
2
Saves
1
39.1
Possession
60.9
4
SHOTS
15
2
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
332
Accurate Passes
558
410
Passes
640
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
12
Crosses
15
0.1
Cross %
0.2
52
Long Balls
58
22
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
5
13
Effective Tackles
6
17
Tackles
11
0.8
Tackle %
0.5
19
Interceptions
9
24
Effective Clearances
11
24
Clearances
11

Head to Head

BEL leads series 3-0-1

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 20Dedryck BoyataCD
  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

RUS · 5-4-1

  1. 1GuilhermeG
  2. 13Fedor KudryashovCD
  3. 14Georgi DzhikiyaCD-L
  4. 3Kirill NababkinCD-R
  5. 18Yuri ZhirkovLB
  6. 2Mário FernandesRB
  7. 7Daler KuzyaevCM-L
  8. 17Aleksandr GolovinCM-R
  9. 6Denis CheryshevLM
  10. 19Ilzat AkhmetovRM
  11. 22Artem DzyubaF

Timeline

  1. 14' Goal! Belgium 1, Russia 0. Youri Tielemans (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Timothy Castagne.
  2. 16' Goal! Belgium 1, Russia 1. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal.
  3. 18' Aleksandr Golovin (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 26' Substitution, Russia. Anton Miranchuk replaces Daler Kuzyaev because of an injury.
  5. 45' Goal! Belgium 2, Russia 1. Eden Hazard (Belgium) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 65' Substitution, Russia. Fedor Chalov replaces Denis Cheryshev.
  7. 77' Substitution, Russia. Fedor Smolov replaces Artem Dzyuba.
  8. 84' Substitution, Belgium. Nacer Chadli replaces Thorgan Hazard.
  9. 88' Goal! Belgium 3, Russia 1. Eden Hazard (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michy Batshuayi.
  10. 89' Dries Mertens (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 90' Second yellow card to Aleksandr Golovin (Russia).

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