UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Tuesday, September 12, 2023
Estonia LLDLL 0
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Belgium WWDWW 5
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King Baudouin Stadium · 24,127 att.

Match Report

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Lukaku shrugs off cobwebs to score twice as Belgium thrash Estonia

Romelu Lukaku showed no ill-effects from a lack of playing time this season as he hammered home two goals in as many minutes for Belgium as they beat Estonia 5-0 in their European Championship qualifier in Brussels on Tuesday.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
5
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
0
Corner Kicks
9
5
Saves
0
24.9
Possession
75.1
1
SHOTS
22
0
ON GOAL
11
0.0
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
154
Accurate Passes
598
226
Passes
670
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
4
2
Crosses
28
0.0
Cross %
0.1
45
Long Balls
46
7
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.2
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
4
5
Effective Tackles
5
8
Tackles
5
0.6
Tackle %
1.0
10
Interceptions
5
36
Effective Clearances
3
36
Clearances
3

Head to Head

BEL leads series 5-0

Lineups

BEL · 4-3-3

  1. 12Koen CasteelsG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD-L
  3. 4Wout FaesCD-R
  4. 3Arthur TheateLB
  5. 21Timothy CastagneRB
  6. 6Amadou OnanaCM
  7. 11Yannick CarrascoLM
  8. 18Orel MangalaRM
  9. 10Romelu LukakuF
  10. 9Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 7Jérémy DokuRF

EST · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Karl HeinG
  2. 16Joonas TammCD
  3. 18Karol MetsCD-L
  4. 21Nikita BaranovCD-R
  5. 20Markus PoomCM-L
  6. 4Mattias KäitCM-R
  7. 3Artur PikkLM
  8. 13Maksim PaskotšiRM
  9. 8Henri AnierF
  10. 11Henrik OjamaaCF-L
  11. 14Konstantin VassiljevCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Belgium 1, Estonia 0. Jan Vertonghen (Belgium) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco with a cross following a corner.
  2. 18' Goal! Belgium 2, Estonia 0. Leandro Trossard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
  3. 41' Karol Mets (Estonia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45' Substitution, Estonia. Rocco Shein replaces Markus Poom.
  5. 56' Goal! Belgium 3, Estonia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Orel Mangala with a through ball.
  6. 58' Goal! Belgium 4, Estonia 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Arthur Theate.
  7. 59' Substitution, Belgium. Dodi Lukebakio replaces Yannick Carrasco.
  8. 61' Substitution, Belgium. Loïs Openda replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  9. 61' Substitution, Estonia. Georgi Tunjov replaces Konstantin Vassiljev.
  10. 61' Substitution, Estonia. Vlasiy Sinyavskiy replaces Henrik Ojamaa.
  11. 66' Substitution, Belgium. Hugo Siquet replaces Timothy Castagne.
  12. 66' Substitution, Belgium. Charles De Ketelaere replaces Leandro Trossard.
  13. 67' Substitution, Estonia. Sergei Zenjov replaces Henri Anier.
  14. 70' Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 76' Substitution, Estonia. Martin Miller replaces Mattias Käit.
  16. 84' Substitution, Belgium. Zeno Debast replaces Jan Vertonghen.
  17. 88' Goal! Belgium 5, Estonia 0. Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.

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