UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Friday, March 24, 2023
Belgium LLWLD 3
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Sweden DWWWW 0
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Strawberry Arena · 49,296 att.

Match Report

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Lukaku hat trick overshadows Ibrahimovic return as Belgium beat Sweden 3-0

Zlatan Ibrahimovic made his return to international football but it was Romelu Lukaku who scored a hat trick as Belgium beat Sweden 3-0.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
9
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
2
56.2
Possession
43.8
14
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
431
Accurate Passes
317
506
Passes
399
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
7
Accurate Crosses
3
19
Crosses
12
0.4
Cross %
0.3
48
Long Balls
50
19
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
6
Blocked Shots
3
6
Effective Tackles
9
7
Tackles
15
0.9
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
8
22
Effective Clearances
15
22
Clearances
15

Head to Head

BEL leads series 2-0

Lineups

SWE · 4-4-2

  1. 1Robin OlsenG
  2. 5Hjalmar EkdalCD-L
  3. 3Victor LindelöfCD-R
  4. 6Ludwig AugustinssonLB
  5. 2Linus WahlqvistRB
  6. 17Samuel GustafssonCM-L
  7. 20Kristoffer OlssonCM-R
  8. 10Emil ForsbergLM
  9. 19Mattias SvanbergRM
  10. 9Alexander IsakCF-L
  11. 21Dejan KulusevskiCF-R

BEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 4Wout FaesCD-R
  4. 3Arthur TheateLB
  5. 21Timothy CastagneRB
  6. 6Amadou OnanaCM
  7. 11Yannick CarrascoLM
  8. 7Kevin De BruyneRM
  9. 10Romelu LukakuF
  10. 9Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 16Dodi LukébakioRF

Timeline

  1. 35' Goal! Sweden 0, Belgium 1. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dodi Lukébakio with a cross.
  2. 38' Kristoffer Olsson (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 49' Goal! Sweden 0, Belgium 2. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dodi Lukébakio following a corner.
  4. 61' Substitution, Belgium. Orel Mangala replaces Leandro Trossard.
  5. 61' Substitution, Belgium. Johan Bakayoko replaces Dodi Lukébakio.
  6. 62' Samuel Gustafson (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 64' Substitution, Sweden. Viktor Gyökeres replaces Kristoffer Olsson.
  8. 73' Substitution, Sweden. Zlatan Ibrahimovic replaces Alexander Isak.
  9. 73' Substitution, Sweden. Viktor Claesson replaces Emil Forsberg.
  10. 78' Victor Lindelöf (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 82' Goal! Sweden 0, Belgium 3. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Johan Bakayoko.
  12. 85' Substitution, Belgium. Sebastiaan Bornauw replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  13. 85' Substitution, Sweden. Gabriel Gudmundsson replaces Ludwig Augustinsson because of an injury.
  14. 86' Substitution, Belgium. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Arthur Theate.
  15. 90' Substitution, Belgium. Loïs Openda replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  16. 90'+4' Dejan Kulusevski (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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