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Belgium 1-4 England - May 18, 1950 / Friendlies 1950

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Friendlies 1950 - Europe

Stade du Heysel - Bruxelles - Belgium

May 18, 1950

55 854

Belgium

1 - 4

England

Joseph Mermans

43'

46'

Jimmy Mullen

65'

Stan Mortensen

68'

Wilfrid J Mannion

86'

Roy Bentley

logo Belgium BEL

11' - Red card Jackie Milburn

43' - Goal Joseph Mermans43

logo Belgium BEL

46' - Goal Jimmy Mullen

65' - Goal Stan Mortensen

68' - Goal Wilfrid J Mannion

86' - Goal Roy Bentley

logo England ENG

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium

1 - 4

England

Belgium England

Team line-ups

Belgium

Meert

Henri Meert

Belgium

B.date27/08/1920

Age29 years

positionGoalkeeper

Vaillant

Arsène Vaillant

Belgium

B.date13/06/1922

Age27 years

positionDefender

Mees

Vicky Mees

Belgium

B.date27/01/1927

Age23 years

positionMidfield

van der Auwera

Jan van der Auwera

Belgium

B.date09/01/1924

Age26 years

positionMidfield

Chaves d'Aguilar

Frederic Chaves d'Aguilar

Belgium

B.date08/10/1918

Age31 years

positionMidfield

Mordant

Georges Mordant

Belgium

B.date11/09/1927

Age22 years

positionMidfield

Carré

Louis Carré

Belgium

B.date07/01/1925

Age25 years

positionMidfield

Mermans43

Joseph Mermans

Belgium

B.date16/02/1922

Age28 years

positionForward

Anoul

Léopold Anoul

Belgium

B.date19/08/1922

Age27 years

positionForward

Coppens

Rik Coppens

Belgium

B.date29/04/1930

Age20 years

H1m69

positionStriker

de Hert

Albert de Hert

Belgium

B.date18/11/1921

Age28 years

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Henri Meert		29	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Arsène Vaillant		27	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Vicky Mees		23	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jan van der Auwera		26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Frederic Chaves d'Aguilar		31	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Georges Mordant		22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Louis Carré		25	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joseph Mermans	43	28	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Léopold Anoul		27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Rik Coppens		20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Albert de Hert		28	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

England

Williams

Albert Williams

England

B.date31/01/1920

Age30 years

H1m75

positionGoalkeeper

Jones

Bill Jones

England

B.date13/05/1921

Age29 years

positionDefender

Aston

John Aston

England

B.date03/09/1921

Age28 years

positionDefender

Wright

Billy Wright

England

B.date06/02/1924

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Ramsey

Sir Alf Ramsey

England

B.date22/01/1920

Age30 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Dickinson

Jimmy Dickinson

England

B.date24/04/1925

Age25 years

positionLeft Midfielder

Mortensen65

Stan Mortensen

England

B.date26/05/1921

Age28 years

positionVersatile Midfielder

Finney

Tom Finney

England

B.date05/04/1922

Age28 years

positionForward

Bentley86

Roy Bentley

England

B.date17/05/1924

Age26 years

positionStriker

Mannion68

Wilfrid J Mannion

England

B.date16/05/1918

Age32 years

positionForward

Milburn11

Jackie Milburn

England

B.date11/05/1924

Age26 years

H1m79

positionForward

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Albert Williams		30	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bill Jones		29	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	John Aston		28	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Billy Wright		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sir Alf Ramsey		30	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jimmy Dickinson		25	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Stan Mortensen	65	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Tom Finney		28	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Roy Bentley	86	26	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wilfrid J Mannion	68	32	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Jackie Milburn	11	26	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
	F		Jimmy Mullen	4611	27	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

No changes regarding the previous match for the starting players

Manager

Age

Match num

Bill Gormlie

Success rate in this team:

36 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

35 %

Gormlie vs England

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 18, 1950

Gormlie vs Winterbottom

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on May 18, 1950

Manager

Age

Match num

Sir Walter Winterbottom

Success rate in this team:

75 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

75 %

Winterbottom vs Belgium

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 18, 1950

Winterbottom vs Gormlie

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on May 18, 1950

Referee

Raymond Vincenti

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Belgium1 match	General total	England1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Belgium1 match	Season total	England1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on May 18, 1950					Latest figure on May 18, 1950

Videos

May 23, 2014

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time Wilfrid J Mannion scores a goal in his professional career with England since the 05/11/1947 (with England vs Northern Ireland )

It's the first time Wilfrid J Mannion scores 1 goal vs Belgium in his professional career

It's the first time Jimmy Mullen scores 1 goal vs Belgium in his professional career

Read the next 18 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBelgium 4-2 France06/06/1948

DBelgium 1-1 Netherlands21/11/1948

VBelgium 3-1 Wales22/05/1949

VBelgium 3-0 Switzerland02/10/1949

VBelgium 2-0 Netherlands16/04/1950

VBelgium 5-1 Ireland10/05/1950

Overall

VBelgium 3-0 Switzerland02/10/1949

VNetherlands 0-1 Belgium06/11/1949

LWales 5-1 Belgium23/11/1949

LItaly 3-1 Belgium05/03/1950

VBelgium 2-0 Netherlands16/04/1950

VBelgium 5-1 Ireland10/05/1950

Current form

Away

LSweden 3-1 England13/05/1949

VNorway 1-4 England18/05/1949

VFrance 1-3 England22/05/1949

VWales 1-4 England15/10/1949

VScotland 0-1 England15/04/1950

VPortugal 3-5 England14/05/1950

Overall

LEngland 0-2 Ireland21/09/1949

VWales 1-4 England15/10/1949

VEngland 9-2 Northern Ireland16/11/1949

VEngland 2-0 Italy30/11/1949

VScotland 0-1 England15/04/1950

VPortugal 3-5 England14/05/1950

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	4	2
Unbeaten streak	7	2
Drawless streak	4	8
Scoring streak	25	13
Conceding streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	5	5
Unbeaten streak	5	5
Drawless streak	7	13
Scoring streak	7	5
Conceding streak	1	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	1
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	1
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

8	Goals scored (Competition total)	5
7	Goals scored (Home / Away)	5
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	3
2.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	5
3.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	5
1.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	3

Betting aid

2	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
2-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	5-3 (1 times)

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Joseph Mermans	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	Tom Finney
Joseph Mermans	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	4 goals	Tom Finney
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	2 penalties	Tom Finney
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	2 penalties	Tom Finney
Joseph Mermans	4 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last match	Tom Finney

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

1 v

1 d

7 l

14 gf

37 ga

Away

2 matches

0 v

0 d

2 l

1 gf

10 ga

Total

11 matches

1 v

1 d

9 l

15 gf

47 ga

Historical head to head

Home

2 matches

2 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

1 ga

Away

9 matches

7 v

1 d

1 l

37 gf

14 ga

Total

11 matches

9 v

1 d

1 l

47 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	May 09, 1936
Home	3 - 2	May 09, 1936

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	May 11, 1927
Away	9 - 1	May 11, 1927

Latest head to head

September 21, 1947 - Rencontres amicales 1947

Belgium

2 - 5

England

May 09, 1936 - Rencontres amicales 1936

Belgium

3 - 2

England

May 16, 1931 - Rencontres amicales 1931

Belgium

1 - 4

England

May 11, 1929 - Rencontres amicales 1929

Belgium

1 - 5

England

May 19, 1928 - Rencontres amicales 1928

Belgium

1 - 3

England

Best historical scorers against England

Jacques Moeschal	2 goals	1928 - 1929
Raymond Braine	2 goals	1926 - 1926
Henrik Isemborghs	2 goals	1936 - 1936
Albert de Cleyn	1 goal	1947 - 1947
Achille Schelstraete	1 goal	1923 - 1923
Joseph Mermans	1 goal	1947 - 1947

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgium

George Camsell	5 goals	1929 - 1936
Dixie Dean	5 goals	1927 - 1928
Frank R Osborne	3 goals	1926 - 1926
George Brown	2 goals	1927 - 1927
Kenneth E Hegan	2 goals	1923 - 1923
Tommy Lawton	2 goals	1947 - 1947

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Jean de Bie	6 matches	1921 - 1929
Flavien Van Halme	6 matches	1923 - 1929
Armand Swartenbroeks	6 matches	1921 - 1927
Pierre Braine	5 matches	1924 - 1929
Maurice Gillis	4 matches	1923 - 1926
Raymond Braine	4 matches	1926 - 1929

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Roy F Goodall	3 matches	1927 - 1931
Ernie Blenkinsop	3 matches	1928 - 1931
Leonard Barry	2 matches	1928 - 1929
James M Seed	2 matches	1921 - 1923
Alfred G Bower	2 matches	1923 - 1924
Samuel Cowan	2 matches	1926 - 1931