Belgium vs Tunisia, Worldcup 2018 GROUP STAGE
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Match Details
- Referee Bastian Dankert
- Referee Felix Zwayer
- Referee Jair Marrufo
- Referee Andres Cunha
- Referee Nicolas Taran
- Referee Mark Geiger
- Referee Joe Fletcher
- Referee Juan Zumba
- Referee Corey Rockwell
Head-to-Head
Last 5 meetingsRecent Form
Key Stats
100% Both Teams to Score
H2H (1 games)100% Over 2.5 Goals
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Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. Belgium is hosting Tunisia for another epic battle.
- 5' Supporters expect more eagerness from Farouk Ben Mustapha, as he is very good at scoring at with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 6' What a strike from Eden Hazard! The score is 1-0.
- 11' The travelling Tunisia supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 13' The referee shows Tunisia player a Yellow card on 13.
- 14' The referee calls foul for Ferjani Sassi. He receives a Yellow card.
- 16' GOAL! Romelu Lukaku scores on 16. Assisted by Dries Mertens
- 18' GOAL! Dylan Bronn scores on 18. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri
- 23' Belgium seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 24' Hamdi Nagguez has so much to prove this time. He replaces Dylan Bronn on 24 minute.
- 29' It looks surprising Tunisia does not make any changes. Thibaut Courtois has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 34' Belgium is showing some good football. However, Belgium are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
- 39' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Naim Sliti made 312 appearances and scored 5 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 41' Time for substitution for Tunisia. Syam Ben Youssef is replaced by Yohan Benalouane.
- 45' Romelu Lukaku with the second goal in the match!
- 48' Romelu Lukaku makes a hat-trick on 45.
- 51' What a strike from Eden Hazard! The score is 5-1.
- 56' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 56 minutes.
- 59' Belgium manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Marouane Fellaini is hanging Romelu Lukaku on the field on 59 minute.
- 64' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 68' Time for substitution for Belgium. Eden Hazard is replaced by Michy Batshuayi.
- 73' Tunisia started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
- 78' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 83' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Tunisia needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 86' Time for substitution for Belgium. Dries Mertens is replaced by Youri Tielemans.
- 90' Goal! Michy Batshuayi scores his 23 goal in 408 matches.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 5-2.
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Belgium
Starting XI-
10
Eden Hazard C ↓ Michy Batshuayi 68'
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- 5
- 2
- 9
- 15
- 6
- 1
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14
Dries Mertens ↓ Youri Tielemans 86'
- 20
- 11
Bench- 12
- 4
- 19
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8
Marouane Fellaini ↑ 59'
- 23
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17
Youri Tielemans ↑ 86'
- 22
- 13
- 16
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21
Michy Batshuayi ↑ 68'
- 18
- 3
Coach Roberto MartinezTunisia
Starting XI- 1
- 2
- 12
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11
Dylan Bronn ↓ Hamdi Nagguez 24'
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- 9
- 7
- 17
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13
Ferjani Sassi ↓ Naim Sliti 59'
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- 8
Bench-
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Yohan Benalouane ↑ 41'
- 19
- 22
- 16
- 6
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23
Naim Sliti ↑ 59'
- 5
- 20
- 14
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21
Hamdi Nagguez ↑ 24'
- 15
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Coach Nabil Maaloul -
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