UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Sunday, November 19, 2023
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King Baudouin Stadium · 30,276 att.

Match Report

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Lukaku nets 4 to break Euro qualifying record vs. Azerbaijan

Striker Romelo Lukaku scored four goals in 20 first-half minutes as brilliant Belgium cruised to an emphatic 5-0 victory over 10-man Azerbaijan in a Euro 2024 Group F qualifier in blustery Brussels on Sunday.

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Team Stats

7
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
0
25.1
Possession
74.9
1
SHOTS
22
0
ON GOAL
7
0.0
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
156
Accurate Passes
590
216
Passes
648
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
3
4
Crosses
20
0.0
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
30
17
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.8
1
Blocked Shots
7
5
Effective Tackles
5
8
Tackles
9
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
3
27
Effective Clearances
3
27
Clearances
3

Head to Head

BEL leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

BEL · 3-4-2-1

  1. 12Koen CasteelsG
  2. 5Jan VertonghenCD
  3. 3Arthur TheateCD-L
  4. 4Wout FaesCD-R
  5. 6Aster VranckxCM-L
  6. 18Orel MangalaCM-R
  7. 7Jérémy DokuLM
  8. 21Timothy CastagneRM
  9. 10Romelu LukakuF
  10. 9Leandro TrossardCF-L
  11. 19Johan BakayokoCF-R

AZE · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Sahruddin MahammadaliyevG
  2. 5Anton KrivotsyukCD-L
  3. 2Rahil MammadovCD-R
  4. 14Eddy SilvestreDM
  5. 3Elvin CafarquliyevLB
  6. 6Hojjat HaghverdiRB
  7. 20Aleksey IsayevCM-L
  8. 8Emin MakhmudovCM-R
  9. 17Toral BayramovLM
  10. 10Mahir EmreliRM
  11. 9Renat DadachovF

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Belgium 1, Azerbaijan 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku with a cross.
  2. 20' Eddy Israfilov (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 22' Arthur Theate (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 24' Second yellow card to Eddy Israfilov (Azerbaijan) for a bad foul.
  5. 26' Goal! Belgium 2, Azerbaijan 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Timothy Castagne with a headed pass.Goal awarded following VAR Review.
  6. 30' Goal! Belgium 3, Azerbaijan 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Wout Faes.
  7. 37' Goal! Belgium 4, Azerbaijan 0. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Orel Mangala.
  8. 45' Aster Vranckx (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 45' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Qismat Aliyev replaces Elvin Cafarquliyev.
  10. 45' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Nariman Akhundzade replaces Mahir Emreli.
  11. 45' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Cosqun Diniyev replaces Aleksey Isayev.
  12. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Youri Tielemans replaces Aster Vranckx.
  13. 45' Substitution, Belgium. Loïs Openda replaces Romelu Lukaku.
  14. 60' Substitution, Belgium. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Arthur Theate.
  15. 60' Substitution, Belgium. Yannick Carrasco replaces Johan Bakayoko.
  16. 64' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Rüstam Ahmadzada replaces Renat Dadashov.
  17. 77' Substitution, Azerbaijan. Elvin Camalov replaces Emin Mahmudov.
  18. 84' Substitution, Belgium. Ameen Al Dakhil replaces Jan Vertonghen.
  19. 86' Sahruddin Mahammadaliyev (Azerbaijan) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 90' Goal! Belgium 5, Azerbaijan 0. Leandro Trossard (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jérémy Doku.

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