Belgium VS England FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia
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England face Belgium in a play-off match for third place 2018 World Cup winners at the Saint-Petersburg Stadium.
The England team's dream of cruising into the final round was annihilated at the hands of Croatia. Though The Three Lions had lead first in the 5th minute through a free kick Kieran Trippier. However, Croatia were able to bounce, scoring two goals back through Ivan Perisic in the 68th minute and Mario Mandzukic in the 109th minute.
That way England have to meet Belgium again but this time both teams competed for third place to be held on Saturday night.
On the other hand, a similar fate experienced the Belgian stronghold who was also eliminated in the semifinals by France (losing 1-0). Though the Red Devils previously digadang-gadang become a strong favorite to win the World Cup this year because it has material players above average.
In addition, from the group stage to the quarter-finals, Belgium managed to continue to record victories, including top Brazil's strong team.
However, all the good achievements did not mean anything after Samuel Umtiti gore ball into the goal of Belgium in the 51st minute and make the dream of Belgium stalled in the semifinals.
The two teams have already met in the group phase and Belgium are out with the score 1-0. We hope the Red Devils can perform better than the meeting.
Prediction score: Belgium 2-1 England.
Head-to-head Belgium vs England
Belgium and England met for the second time in this World Cup after Belgium won 1-0 in the group stages. Before that England only lost one of their 21 previous meetings against Belgium, winning 15 times and drawing five.
Match Statistics Belgium vs England
Belgium and England are the first team to face twice at the World Cup tournament since Turkey met Brazil twice at the 2002 World Cup. Belgium had played in this play-off before, grabbing fourth in 1986 after losing 4-2 against France. Belgium losing just two of their 26 matches under Roberto Martinez. The first took place in September 2016 (0-2 against Spain), and the last 0-1 against France in the semi-finals). The only third place play-offs of England's previous World Cup took place at the 1990 World Cup. Italy and lost 2-1. Striker Romelu Lukaku has scored 23 goals in 23 appearances under Roberto Martinez for Belgium, even though he has not scored in his last three games. Harry Kane only scored a shot on target in his last three World Cup matches - a penalty against Colombia in the last 16. England's crown from Croatia in their last game was a 100th competitive defeat. The six most recent competitive defeats occur in major tournaments (five at the World Cup, one in the Euro).
Team Composition Both Belgian Team vs. England
Belgium: Courtois, Alderweireld, Kompany, Vertonghen, Meunier, Chadli, Witsel, Fellaini, De Bruyne, Hazard, Lukaku.
England: Pickford, Jones, Stones, Maguire, Alexander-Arnold, Rose, Dier, Alli, Lingard, Sterling, Kane.
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