FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Saturday, March 27, 2021
Belgium WWWWW 1
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Czechia LLWWW 1
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Fortuna Arena · ESPN2

Match Report

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Belgium's Lukaku nets goal in draw with Czech Republic

Romelu Lukaku's second-half strike helped Belgium salvage a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic on Saturday in an entertaining World Cup qualifier.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
8
3
Corner Kicks
7
4
Saves
3
62.5
Possession
37.5
9
SHOTS
14
4
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
455
Accurate Passes
242
571
Passes
333
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
25
0.1
Cross %
0.2
65
Long Balls
71
29
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
1
Blocked Shots
2
8
Effective Tackles
8
12
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
20
23
Effective Clearances
15
23
Clearances
15

Head to Head

BEL leads series 3-2

Lineups

CZE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Tomás VaclíkG
  2. 3Ondrej CelustkaCD-L
  3. 17Ondrej KudelaCD-R
  4. 21Tomás HolesDM
  5. 18Jan BorilLB
  6. 5Vladimír CoufalRB
  7. 15Tomás SoucekCM-L
  8. 7Antonín BarákCM-R
  9. 14Jakub JanktoLM
  10. 13Lukás ProvodRM
  11. 11Michael KrmencíkF

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 4Jason DenayerCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  5. 6Leander DendonckerCM-L
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 22Nacer ChadliLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 10Romelu LukakuF
  10. 14Dries MertensCF-L
  11. 7Kevin De BruyneCF-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Timothy Castagne (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 43' Tomas Soucek (Czech Republic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 50' Goal! Czech Republic 1, Belgium 0. Lukáš Provod (Czech Republic) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jakub Jankto.
  4. 56' Substitution, Belgium. Leandro Trossard replaces Dries Mertens because of an injury.
  5. 56' Substitution, Belgium. Thomas Foket replaces Nacer Chadli.
  6. 60' Goal! Czech Republic 1, Belgium 1. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  7. 61' Substitution, Czech Republic. Lukas Masopust replaces Jakub Jankto.
  8. 73' Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 78' Substitution, Czech Republic. Matej Vydra replaces Michael Krmencik.
  10. 78' Substitution, Czech Republic. David Pavelka replaces Antonin Barak.
  11. 90'+4' Substitution, Czech Republic. Tomas Pekhart replaces Lukáš Provod.

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