UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, March 20, 2025
Belgium LDLLL 1
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Ukraine LWDDW 3
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UKR033
1st Leg · Enrique Roca · 8,767 att.

Match Report

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Ukraine shock Belgium in Nations League first-leg playoff

Ukraine came from behind to beat Belgium 3-1 in the first leg of their Nations League playoff on Thursday, moving into a strong position to earn promotion to the competition's top tier.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
3
4
Saves
3
55.5
Possession
44.5
8
SHOTS
12
4
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.6
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
444
Accurate Passes
345
500
Passes
402
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
2
13
Crosses
12
0.4
Cross %
0.2
38
Long Balls
57
19
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
1
6
Effective Tackles
8
12
Tackles
12
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
9
22
Effective Clearances
20
22
Clearances
20

Head to Head

Lineups

UKR · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Andriy LuninG
  2. 22Mykola MatviyenkoCD-L
  3. 13Illia ZabarnyiCD-R
  4. 6Ivan KalyuzhnyiDM
  5. 16Vitaliy MykolenkoLB
  6. 2Yukhym KonopliaRB
  7. 10Mykola ShaparenkoCM-L
  8. 17Oleksandr ZinchenkoCM-R
  9. 8Georgiy SudakovLM
  10. 15Viktor TsygankovRM
  11. 9Roman YaremchukF

BEL · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 18Brandon MecheleCD-L
  3. 16Koni De WinterCD-R
  4. 5Maxim De CuyperLB
  5. 15Thomas MeunierRB
  6. 7Kevin De BruyneAM
  7. 8Youri TielemansLM
  8. 2Zeno DebastRM
  9. 10Romelu LukakuF
  10. 11Leandro TrossardAM-L
  11. 17Charles De KetelaereAM-R

Timeline

  1. 25' Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksii Sych replaces Yukhym Konoplia because of an injury.
  2. 40' Goal! Ukraine 0, Belgium 1. Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a cross following a set piece situation.
  3. 62' Substitution, Ukraine. Yehor Yarmoliuk replaces Oleksii Sych because of an injury.
  4. 62' Substitution, Ukraine. Vladyslav Vanat replaces Mykola Shaparenko.
  5. 63' Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksii Hutsuliak replaces Roman Yaremchuk.
  6. 66' Goal! Ukraine 1, Belgium 1. Oleksii Hutsuliak (Ukraine) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  7. 68' Youri Tielemans (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Substitution, Belgium. Hans Vanaken replaces Kevin De Bruyne.
  9. 70' Substitution, Belgium. Dodi Lukébakio replaces Charles De Ketelaere.
  10. 73' Goal! Ukraine 2, Belgium 1. Vladyslav Vanat (Ukraine) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  11. 78' Goal! Ukraine 3, Belgium 1. Illia Zabarnyi (Ukraine) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Zinchenko with a cross following a corner.
  12. 80' Substitution, Belgium. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Leandro Trossard.
  13. 80' Substitution, Belgium. Nicolas Raskin replaces Koni De Winter.
  14. 88' Substitution, Ukraine. Yehor Nazaryna replaces Ivan Kaliuzhnyi because of an injury.
  15. 88' Substitution, Belgium. Jorthy Mokio replaces Maxim De Cuyper.

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