FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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Match Report

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Belgium come from behind to beat Wales 3-1

Belgium shrugged off an early scare to see off Wales 3-1 and make a winning start to their World Cup qualifying campaign on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
4
1
Saves
0
25.3
Possession
74.7
4
SHOTS
12
1
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
221
Accurate Passes
807
298
Passes
897
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
4
9
Crosses
13
0.3
Cross %
0.3
60
Long Balls
46
22
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
9
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
25
Interceptions
4
19
Effective Clearances
7
19
Clearances
7

Head to Head

WAL leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

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. 10Thorgan HazardLM
  8. 15Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 9Romelu LukakuF
  10. 14Dries MertensCF-L
  11. 7Kevin De BruyneCF-R

WAL · 3-4-3

  1. 12Danny WardG
  2. 6Joe RodonCD
  3. 4Jamie LawrenceCD-L
  4. 22Chris MephamCD-R
  5. 15Ethan AmpaduCM-L
  6. 7Joe AllenCM-R
  7. 3Neco WilliamsLM
  8. 14Connor RobertsRM
  9. 10Harry WilsonF
  10. 20Daniel JamesCF-L
  11. 11Gareth BaleCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Substitution, Wales. Joe Morrell replaces Joe Allen because of an injury.
  2. 10' Goal! Belgium 0, Wales 1. Harry Wilson (Wales) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gareth Bale with a through ball.
  3. 22' Goal! Belgium 1, Wales 1. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thorgan Hazard.
  4. 28' Goal! Belgium 2, Wales 1. Thorgan Hazard (Belgium) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Thomas Meunier with a cross.
  5. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Jason Denayer replaces Thomas Vermaelen.
  6. 66' Substitution, Wales. Tyler Roberts replaces Harry Wilson.
  7. 73' Goal! Belgium 3, Wales 1. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  8. 75' Thorgan Hazard (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 84' Substitution, Belgium. Timothy Castagne replaces Thorgan Hazard.
  10. 84' Substitution, Wales. Kieffer Moore replaces Gareth Bale.
  11. 90'+2' Substitution, Belgium. Leandro Trossard replaces Dries Mertens.

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