UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, September 22, 2022
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King Baudouin Stadium · 28,463 att.

Match Report

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Deadly De Bruyne leads Belgium to home win over Wales

Kevin De Bruyne scored one goal and set up another as Belgium profited from a strong first-half showing to beat Wales 2-1 in the Nations League.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
9
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
28.6
Possession
71.4
10
SHOTS
19
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
216
Accurate Passes
665
285
Passes
738
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
3
16
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.2
46
Long Balls
54
19
Accurate Long Balls
35
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
6
13
Effective Tackles
9
19
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
9
Interceptions
4
18
Effective Clearances
9
18
Clearances
9

Head to Head

WAL leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 2Toby AlderweireldCD
  3. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  4. 4Zeno DebastCD-R
  5. 6Axel WitselCM-L
  6. 8Youri TielemansCM-R
  7. 11Yannick CarrascoLM
  8. 15Thomas MeunierRM
  9. 23Michy BatshuayiF
  10. 10Eden HazardCF-L
  11. 7Kevin De BruyneCF-R

WAL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 1Wayne HennesseyG
  2. 6Joe RodonCD
  3. 17Rhys Norrington-DaviesCD-L
  4. 5Chris MephamCD-R
  5. 8Matt SmithCM-L
  6. 15Ethan AmpaduCM-R
  7. 3Neco WilliamsLM
  8. 14Connor RobertsRM
  9. 13Kieffer MooreF
  10. 20Daniel JamesCF-L
  11. 9Brennan JohnsonCF-R

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Belgium 1, Wales 0. Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michy Batshuayi.
  2. 37' Goal! Belgium 2, Wales 0. Michy Batshuayi (Belgium) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne.
  3. 49' Chris Mepham (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 50' Goal! Belgium 2, Wales 1. Kieffer Moore (Wales) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Brennan Johnson with a cross.
  5. 59' Ethan Ampadu (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 64' Substitution, Wales. Joe Morrell replaces Matthew Smith.
  7. 64' Substitution, Wales. Gareth Bale replaces Kieffer Moore.
  8. 65' Substitution, Belgium. Loïs Openda replaces Michy Batshuayi.
  9. 65' Substitution, Belgium. Dries Mertens replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  10. 65' Substitution, Belgium. Leandro Trossard replaces Eden Hazard.
  11. 76' Substitution, Belgium. Hans Vanaken replaces Youri Tielemans.
  12. 78' Gareth Bale (Wales) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 84' Substitution, Wales. Tyler Roberts replaces Rhys Norrington-Davies.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Belgium. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Kevin De Bruyne.

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