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Goals

Spain: Fabián Ruiz (30'), Mikel Merino (88')

Belgium: Charles De Ketelaere (41')


Competition: FIFA World Cup

Kickoff: 19:00+UTC

Venue: SoFi Stadium - Inglewood, California USA

Head referee: Michael Oliver


Spain form [old → recent]: ➖️✅️✅️✅️✅️

Belgium form [old → recent]: ➖️➖️✅️✅️✅️

Head to head [recent → old]: (ESP-BEL): 2-0, 5-0, 2-1, 2-0, 2-0


Lineups

Spain 4-2-3-1:

Unai Simón(23) - Aymeric Laporte(14)🟨 - Pau Cubarsí(22)🟨 - Marc Cucurella(24) - Pedro Porro(12) - ~~Dani Olmo(10)~~ ⇆ Mikel Merino(6)⚽️ - ~~Fabián Ruiz(8)⚽️~~ ⇆ Pedri(20) - Rodri(16) - ~~Mikel Oyarzabal(21)~~ ⇆ Nico Williams(17) - ~~Álex Baena(15)~~ ⇆ Ferran Torres(7) - Lamine Yamal(19)

Bench: Yéremy Pino - Alejandro Grimaldo - Víctor Muñoz - Joan García - Eric García - Borja Iglesias - Gavi - David Raya - Marc Pubill - Martín Zubimendi - Marcos Llorente - ~~Pedri~~ - ~~Ferran Torres~~ - ~~Nico Williams~~ - ~~Mikel Merino~~

Belgium 4-2-3-1:

~~Thibaut Courtois(1)~~ ⇆ Senne Lammens(12) - Brandon Mechele(4) - Nathan Ngoy(25) - ~~Maxim De Cuyper(5)~~ ⇆ Joaquin Seys(18) - Timothy Castagne(21) - ~~Kevin De Bruyne(7)🟨~~ ⇆ Alexis Saelemaekers(22) - Nicolas Raskin(23) - ~~Hans Vanaken(20)~~ ⇆ Romelu Lukaku(9) - Charles De Ketelaere(17)⚽️ - Jérémy Doku(11) - ~~Leandro Trossard(10)~~ ⇆ Axel Witsel(6)🟨

Bench: Koni De Winter - Diego Moreira - Dodi Lukébakio - Arthur Theate - Matias Fernandez-Pardo - Thomas Meunier - Mike Penders - ~~Romelu Lukaku~~ - ~~Axel Witsel~~ - ~~Joaquin Seys~~ - ~~Senne Lammens~~ - ~~Alexis Saelemaekers~~


Match Stats

Possession: 68%🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🔴🔴🔴32%

Shots On Goal: 8 - 2

Shots Attempted: -

Fouls: -

Yellow Cards: -

Red Cards: -

Corners: -

Saves: 1 - 6

Expected Goals: 2.08 - 0.37

Big Chances Created: 0 - 1

Big Chances Missed: 0 - 0

Accurate Passes: 598(90%) - 244(78%)

Duels Won: 42 - 40


Match Events

0' - 🟢 First Half begins.

2' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Belgium).Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

3' - 🚩 Offside, Spain. Marc Cucurella is caught offside.

9' - 🗣️🔴 Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.Foul by Leandro Trossard (Belgium).

11' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Pedro Porro (Spain).Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

18' - 🗣️🔴 Pedro Porro (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Foul by Maxim De Cuyper (Belgium).

19' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Lamine Yamal (Spain).Brandon Mechele (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

22' - 🗣️🔴 Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Foul by Nathan Ngoy (Belgium).

28' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Álex Baena (Spain).Timothy Castagne (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

30' - ⚽️ Goal! Spain 1, Belgium 0. Fabián Ruiz (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.

34' - 🗣️🔴 Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.Foul by Jérémy Doku (Belgium).

35' - ⛳ Corner, Spain. Conceded by Jérémy Doku.

36' - 🖐️ Handball by Álex Baena (Spain).

37' - 🚩 Offside, Belgium. Charles De Ketelaere is caught offside.

41' - ⚽️ Goal! Spain 1, Belgium 1. Charles De Ketelaere (Belgium) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Timothy Castagne with a cross.

43' - 🗣️🔴 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.

43' - 🖐️ Foul by Pau Cubarsí (Spain).

43' - 🟨 Pau Cubarsí (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

44' - 🗣️🔴 Lamine Yamal (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.Foul by Maxim De Cuyper (Belgium).

45'+1' - ⛳ Corner, Spain. Conceded by Brandon Mechele.

45'+2' - ⛳ Corner, Spain. Conceded by Kevin De Bruyne.

45'+5' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Mikel Oyarzabal (Spain).Nicolas Raskin (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

46' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Marc Cucurella (Spain).Leandro Trossard (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

47' - 🗣️🔴 Dani Olmo (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Foul by Brandon Mechele (Belgium).

48' - 🚩 Offside, Spain. Lamine Yamal is caught offside.

49' - 🗣️🔴 Fabián Ruiz (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).

50' - ⛳ Corner, Belgium. Conceded by Aymeric Laporte.

50' - 🗣️🔴 Álex Baena (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Belgium).

52' - ⛳ Corner, Spain. Conceded by Brandon Mechele.

55' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Ferran Torres replaces Álex Baena.

55' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Pedri replaces Fabián Ruiz.

59' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Lamine Yamal (Spain).Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

60' - 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Romelu Lukaku replaces Hans Vanaken.

60' - 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Axel Witsel replaces Leandro Trossard.

61' - 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Joaquin Seys replaces Maxim De Cuyper.

62' - ⛳ Corner, Spain. Conceded by Nathan Ngoy.

64' - 🗣️🔴 Dani Olmo (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Belgium).

66' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Pedro Porro (Spain).Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

70' - 🗣️🔴 Pedro Porro (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Foul by Jérémy Doku (Belgium).

71' - 🚩 Offside, Spain. Marc Cucurella is caught offside.

71' - 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Senne Lammens replaces Thibaut Courtois because of an injury.

76' - 🗣️🔴 Pedri (Spain) wins a free kick on the left wing.Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).

77' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Pedro Porro (Spain).Nicolas Raskin (Belgium) wins a free kick on the left wing.

79' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Pedro Porro (Spain).Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

79' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Nico Williams replaces Mikel Oyarzabal.

82' - 🗣️🔴 Pau Cubarsí (Spain) wins a free kick on the right wing.Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Belgium).

85' - 🗣️🔴 Ferran Torres (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium).

85' - 🟨 Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

86' - 🔄 Substitution, Belgium. Alexis Saelemaekers replaces Kevin De Bruyne.

86' - 🔄 Substitution, Spain. Mikel Merino replaces Dani Olmo.

88' - ⚽️ Goal! Spain 2, Belgium 1. Mikel Merino (Spain) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.

90'+1' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Mikel Merino (Spain).Axel Witsel (Belgium) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

90'+1' - 🖐️ Handball by Jérémy Doku (Belgium).

90'+3' - 🗣️🔴 Foul by Aymeric Laporte (Spain).Jérémy Doku (Belgium) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

90'+3' - 🟨 Aymeric Laporte (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+4' - 🗣️🔴 Mikel Merino (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Foul by Nicolas Raskin (Belgium).

90'+5' - 🗣️🔴 Rodri (Spain) wins a free kick in the attacking half.Foul by Axel Witsel (Belgium).

90'+5' - 🟨 Axel Witsel (Belgium) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

90'+6' - 🗣️🔴 Unai Simón (Spain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.Foul by Romelu Lukaku (Belgium).


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Spain [2] - 1 Belgium - Mikel Merino 88'

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