FIFA World Cup

FT Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Croatia WWWDW 0
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Ahmad bin Ali Stadium · 43,984 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Belgium knocked out of World Cup after goalless draw, Croatia into round of 16

Belgium were knocked out of the World Cup after a poor 0-0 draw against Croatia on Thursday.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
4
4
Corner Kicks
2
4
Saves
3
51.6
Possession
48.4
16
SHOTS
11
3
ON GOAL
4
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
521
Accurate Passes
471
593
Passes
554
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
5
24
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
56
35
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
2
14
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.2
7
Interceptions
6
24
Effective Clearances
22
24
Clearances
22

Head to Head

BEL leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

CRO · 4-3-3

  1. 1Dominik LivakovicG
  2. 20Josko GvardiolCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 19Borna SosaLB
  5. 22Josip JuranovicRB
  6. 11Marcelo BrozovicCM
  7. 8Mateo KovacicLM
  8. 10Luka ModricRM
  9. 14Marko LivajaF
  10. 4Ivan PerisicLF
  11. 9Andrej KramaricRF

BEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 2Toby AlderweireldCD-R
  4. 21Timothy CastagneLB
  5. 15Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 14Dries MertensAM
  7. 6Axel WitselLM
  8. 19Leander DendonckerRM
  9. 17Leandro TrossardF
  10. 11Yannick CarrascoAM-L
  11. 7Kevin De BruyneAM-R

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Romelu Lukaku replaces Dries Mertens.
  2. 59' Substitution, Belgium. Thorgan Hazard replaces Leandro Trossard.
  3. 64' Substitution, Croatia. Bruno Petkovic replaces Marko Livaja.
  4. 64' Substitution, Croatia. Mario Pasalic replaces Andrej Kramaric.
  5. 66' Leander Dendoncker (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 72' Substitution, Belgium. Jérémy Doku replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  7. 72' Substitution, Belgium. Youri Tielemans replaces Leander Dendoncker.
  8. 87' Substitution, Belgium. Eden Hazard replaces Thomas Meunier.
  9. 90'+2' Substitution, Croatia. Lovro Majer replaces Mateo Kovacic.

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