Spain 2:1 Belgium: result and stats

World Cup

Spain WWWWWW

2:1

Finished

Kick-off was 10 Jul, 20:00

Belgium DDWWWL

Key numbers

Possession, % 68 – 32

Shots on target 8 – 2

Shots off target 4 – 1

Expected goals 1.96 – 0.34

⚽ 30' F. Ruiz — Goal ⚽ 41' C. De Ketelaere — Goal 🟨 43' P. Cubarsi — Yellow card ⇄ 55' A. Baena — Substitution ⇄ 55' F. Ruiz — Substitution ⇄ 60' L. Trossard — Substitution ⇄ 60' H. Vanaken — Substitution ⇄ 61' M. De Cuyper — Substitution ⇄ 71' T. Courtois — Substitution ⇄ 79' M. Oyarzabal — Substitution 🟨 85' K. De Bruyne — Yellow card ⇄ 86' K. De Bruyne — Substitution ⇄ 86' D. Olmo — Substitution ⚽ 88' M. Merino — Goal 🟨 90+3' A. Laporte — Yellow card 🟨 90+5' A. Witsel — Yellow card

Match events

30' 1:0 Spain Goal F. Ruiz
41' 1:1 Belgium Goal C. De Ketelaere assist: T. Castagne
43' 1:1 Spain Yellow card P. Cubarsi
55' 1:1 Spain Substitution A. Baena off: F. Torres
55' 1:1 Spain Substitution F. Ruiz off: Pedri
60' 1:1 Belgium Substitution L. Trossard off: A. Witsel
60' 1:1 Belgium Substitution H. Vanaken off: R. Lukaku
61' 1:1 Belgium Substitution M. De Cuyper off: J. Seys
71' 1:1 Belgium Substitution T. Courtois off: S. Lammens
79' 1:1 Spain Substitution M. Oyarzabal off: N. Williams
85' 1:1 Belgium Yellow card K. De Bruyne
86' 1:1 Belgium Substitution K. De Bruyne off: A. Saelemaekers
86' 1:1 Spain Substitution D. Olmo off: M. Merino
88' 2:1 Spain Goal M. Merino
90+3' 2:1 Spain Yellow card A. Laporte
90+5' 2:1 Belgium Yellow card A. Witsel

Statistics

68 Possession, % 32

8 Shots on target 2

4 Shots off target 1

1.96 Expected goals 0.34

2 Big chances 1

5 Corners 1

13 Fouls 18

17 Free kicks 12

3 Offsides 1

2 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

4 Goal kicks 13

22 Throw-ins 15

All statistics

19 Aerial duels 19

101 Backward passes 46

5 Blocked shots 2

15 Clearances 34

20 Crosses 11

14 Dribbles 12

1.62 Expected assists 0.39

66 Failed passes 69

1 Goalkeeper saves 6

5 Interceptions 9

13 Key passes 2

35 Long passes 45

229 Passes into the final third 45

442 Passes in the opposition half 165

242 Passes in own half 158

0.47 Shot accuracy 0.40

7 Shots from outside the box 1

10 Shots inside the box 4

7 Aerial duels won 12

2 Successful crosses 2

8 Successful dribbles 7

19 Successful long passes 20

6 Successful tackles 6

598 Successful passes 243

11 Tackles 10

664 Total passes 312

Line-ups

Spain

Starting XI
#	Player	number
23	Unai Simón Mendibil	23
12	Pedro Antonio Porro Sauceda	12
14	Aymeric Jean Louis Gérard Alph Laporte	14
22	P. Kubarci	22
24	Marc Cucurella Saseta	24
8	Fabián Ruiz Peña	8
10	Daniel Olmo Carvajal	10
15	Alejandro Baena Rodríguez	15
16	Rodri	16
19	Lamine Yamal	19
21	Mikel Oyarzabal Ugarte	21

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	David Raya	1
13	Joan García Pons	13
2	Marc Pubill Pagès	2
3	Alejandro Grimaldo García	3
4	Eric García Martret	4
5	Marcos Llorente Moreno	5
6	Mikel Merino	6
9	Pablo Martín Páez Gavira	9
11	Yeremy Jesús Pino Santos	11
18	Martín Zubimendi	18
20	Pedri	20
7	Ferran Torres García	7
17	Nicholas Williams Arthuer	17
25	Víctor Muñoz Villanueva	25
26	Borja Iglesias Quintás	26

Show full squad

Belgium

Starting XI
#	Player	number
1	Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois	1
4	Brandon Mechele	4
5	Maxim De Cuyper	5
21	Timothy Castagne	21
25	Nathan Ngoy	25
7	Kevin De Bruyne	7
8	Youri Marion A. Tielemans	8
10	Leandro Trossard	10
11	Jérémy Baffour Doku	11
23	Nicolas Thierry Raskin	23
17	Charles Marc De Ketelaere	17

Substitutes
#	Player	number
12	Senne Lammens	12
13	Mike Penders	13
3	Arthur Nicolas Theate	3
15	Thomas André A. Meunier	15
16	Koni De Winter	16
18	J. Saez	18
6	Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel	6
20	Hans Vanaken	20
9	Romelu Lukaku	9
14	Dodi Lukebakio	14
19	Diego Manuel Jadon da Silva Moreira	19
22	Alexis Saelemaekers	22
26	Matias Fernandez-Pardo	26