World Cup
·Quarter-final
Featured match
- Fabián Ruiz 30'
- Mikel Merino 88'
- Charles De Ketelaere 41'
- Pre-match
- First half
- Half-time
- Second half
- Full-time
The match in brief
Spain beat Belgium 2-1. Scorers for Spain: Fabián Ruiz 30', Mikel Merino 88'. Scorers for Belgium: Charles De Ketelaere 41'. Spain had 68% of possession.
Spain
Belgium
- Full-time 2 - 1
Added time: 5 minutes
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90+5'
Axel Witsel Yellow card · Belgium Axel Witsel of Belgium is booked
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90+3'
Aymeric Laporte Yellow card · Spain Yellow card for Aymeric Laporte (Spain)
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88'
Mikel Merino 2-1 Goal · Spain Goal for Spain! Mikel Merino makes it 2-1
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86'
Alexis Saelemaekers Out: Kevin De Bruyne · Belgium Substitution for Belgium: Alexis Saelemaekers comes on for Kevin De Bruyne
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86'
Mikel Merino Out: Dani Olmo · Spain Substitution for Spain: Mikel Merino comes on for Dani Olmo
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85'
Kevin De Bruyne Yellow card · Belgium Yellow card for Kevin De Bruyne (Belgium)
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79'
Nico Williams Out: Mikel Oyarzabal · Spain Substitution for Spain: Nico Williams comes on for Mikel Oyarzabal
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71'
Senne Lammens Out: Thibaut Courtois · Belgium Substitution for Belgium: Senne Lammens comes on for Thibaut Courtois
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61'
Joaquin Seys Out: Maxim De Cuyper · Belgium Substitution for Belgium: Joaquin Seys comes on for Maxim De Cuyper
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60'
Romelu Lukaku Out: Hans Vanaken · Belgium Substitution for Belgium: Romelu Lukaku comes on for Hans Vanaken
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60'
Axel Witsel Out: Leandro Trossard · Belgium Substitution for Belgium: Axel Witsel comes on for Leandro Trossard
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55'
Pedri Out: Fabián Ruiz · Spain Substitution for Spain: Pedri comes on for Fabián Ruiz
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55'
Ferran Torres Out: Álex Baena · Spain Substitution for Spain: Ferran Torres comes on for Álex Baena
- Half-time 1 - 1
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43'
Pau Cubarsí Paredes Yellow card · Spain Yellow card for Pau Cubarsí Paredes (Spain)
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41'
Charles De Ketelaere 1-1 Goal · Assist: Timothy Castagne · Belgium Goal for Belgium! Charles De Ketelaere turns in the pass from Timothy Castagne (1-1)
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30'
Fabián Ruiz 1-0 Goal · Spain Fabián Ruiz finds the net for Spain (1-0)
- Kick-off
The teams before the match
Spain
Belgium
DWWWW
Last 5 matches DDWWW
1Position1
7Pts5
1.8Goals scored per match3.3
0.4Goals conceded per match0.8
7Clean sheets4
From each team's last 10 matches before this one, in all competitions.
Spain4-2-3-1
Belgium4-2-3-1
5
6.3
De Cuyper
61'
Maxim De Cuyper
- 61'Out
15
6.9
Baena
55'
Álex Baena
- 55'Out
- 86'Out
Spain4-2-3-1
Coach: Luis de la Fuente
Starting XI
- 23GK Unai Simón 6.5
- 12DF Pedro Porro 6.9
- 22DF Pau Cubarsí Paredes43' 7.3
- 14DF Aymeric Laporte90+3' 6.6
- 24DF Marc Cucurella 6.3
- 16MF Rodri 7.6
- 8MF Fabián Ruiz30'55' 7.3
- 19MF Lamine Yamal 7.3
- 10MF Dani Olmo86' 7.3
- 15MF Álex Baena55' 6.9
- 21FW Mikel Oyarzabal79' 6.9
Substitutes
- 1GK David Raya
- 13GK Joan García
- 5MF Marcos Llorente
- 7FW Ferran Torres55' 6.5
- 18MF Martín Zubimendi
- 20MF Pedri55' 7.0
- 9MF Gavi
- 3DF Álex Grimaldo
- 26FW Borja Iglesias
- 6MF Mikel Merino86'88' 7.2
- 4DF Eric García
- 11MF Yeremy Pino
- 17FW Nico Williams79' 6.3
- 25FW Víctor Muñoz
- 2DF Marc Pubill
Belgium4-2-3-1
Coach: Rudi Garcia
Starting XI
- 1GK Thibaut Courtois71' 7.9
- 21DF Timothy Castagne 6.6
- 25DF Nathan Ngoy 7.2
- 4DF Brandon Mechele 6.9
- 5DF Maxim De Cuyper61' 6.3
- 20MF Hans Vanaken60' 6.3
- 23MF Nicolas Raskin 6.7
- 10MF Leandro Trossard60' 6.3
- 7MF Kevin De Bruyne85'86' 6.6
- 11MF Jérémy Doku 6.7
- 17FW Charles De Ketelaere41' 7.5
Substitutes
- 12GK Senne Lammens71' 6.2
- 13GK Mike Penders
- 6MF Axel Witsel60'90+5' 6.5
- 9FW Romelu Lukaku60' 6.2
- 22FW Alexis Saelemaekers86' 6.7
- 3DF Arthur Theate
- 26FW Matias Fernandez-Pardo
- 19FW Diego Moreira
- 15DF Thomas Meunier
- 14FW Dodi Lukebakio
- 16DF Koni De Winter
- 18DF Joaquin Seys61' 6.5
Spain
Belgium
68%
32%
17
Shots
5
8
On target
2
4
Off target
1
5
Corners
1
13
Fouls
18
3
Offsides
1
2
Yellow cards
2
1
Saves
6
665
Passes
314
90%
Pass accuracy
78%
2.08
Expected goals
0.37