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Belgium 2-1 Switzerland - October 12, 2018 / Nations League A 2018/2019

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Nations League A 2018/2019 - Round 3 - Group 2

Stade du Roi Baudouin - Bruxelles - Belgium

October 12, 2018 - 20:45

Belgium

2 - 1

Switzerland

Assist by Thomas Meunier (left foot) Romelu Lukaku

58'

Assist by Dries Mertens (left foot) Romelu Lukaku

84'

76'

Mario Gavranovic (left foot) Assist by Nico Elvedi

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58' - Goal Romelu Lukaku58

69' - Substitution Haris Seferovicis substituted by Mario Gavranovic

73' - Substitution Thomas Vermaelenis substituted by Dedryck Boyata73

76' - Substitution Yannick Carrascois substituted by Nacer Chadli76

76' - Goal Mario Gavranovic

83' - Substitution Denis Zakariais substituted by Edimilson Fernandes

84' - Goal Romelu Lukaku84

87' - Substitution Remo Freuleris substituted by Christian Fassnacht

92' - Substitution Dries Mertensis substituted by Thorgan Hazard92

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium

2 - 1

Switzerland

Belgium Switzerland

Team line-ups

Belgium

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Lukaku5884

Romelu Lukaku

Belgium

B.date13/05/1993

Age25 years

H1m93

positionStriker

10Eden Hazard

Eden Hazard

Belgium

B.date07/01/1991

Age27 years

H1m70

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

14Mertens90+2

Dries Mertens

Belgium

B.date06/05/1987

Age31 years

H1m68

positionStriker

11Carrasco76

Yannick Carrasco

Belgium

B.date04/09/1993

Age25 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

6Witsel

Axel Witsel

Belgium

B.date12/01/1989

Age29 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

17Tielemans

Youri Tielemans

Belgium

B.date07/05/1997

Age21 years

H1m76

positionBox-to-box midfielder

15Meunier

Thomas Meunier

Belgium

B.date12/09/1991

Age27 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

3Vermaelen73

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age32 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

4Kompany

Vincent Kompany

Belgium

B.date10/04/1986

Age32 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

2Alderweireld

Toby Alderweireld

Belgium

B.date02/03/1989

Age29 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

1Courtois

Thibaut Courtois

Belgium

B.date11/05/1992

Age26 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Thibaut Courtois		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Thomas Vermaelen	73	32	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Toby Alderweireld		29	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Vincent Kompany		32	85	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	M	Thomas Meunier		27	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Axel Witsel		29	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Youri Tielemans		21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Yannick Carrasco	76	25	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Eden Hazard		27	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Dries Mertens	90+2	31	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Romelu Lukaku	5884	25	78	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.6 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Switzerland

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Seferovic69

Haris Seferovic

Switzerland

B.date22/02/1992

Age26 years

H1m89

positionStriker

14Zuber

Steven Zuber

Switzerland

B.date17/08/1991

Age27 years

H1m82

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

23Shaqiri

Xherdan Shaqiri

Switzerland

B.date10/10/1991

Age27 years

H1m69

positionPlaymaker

8Freuler87

Remo Freuler

Switzerland

B.date15/04/1992

Age26 years

H1m81

positionLeft central midfielder

17Zakaria83

Denis Zakaria

Switzerland

B.date20/11/1996

Age21 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

10Xhaka

Granit Xhaka

Switzerland

B.date27/09/1992

Age26 years

H1m83

positionLeft central midfielder

13Rodriguez

Ricardo Rodriguez

Switzerland

B.date25/08/1992

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

22Schär

Fabian Schär

Switzerland

B.date20/12/1991

Age26 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

4Elvedi

Nico Elvedi

Switzerland

B.date30/09/1996

Age22 years

H1m88

positionCentral defender

6Lang

Michael Lang

Switzerland

B.date08/02/1991

Age27 years

H1m85

positionRight central defender

1Sommer

Yann Sommer

Switzerland

B.date17/12/1988

Age29 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Yann Sommer		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Fabian Schär		26	45	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Nico Elvedi		22	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Michael Lang		27	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Ricardo Rodriguez		26	60	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Remo Freuler	87	26	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Denis Zakaria	83	21	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Granit Xhaka		26	69	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Steven Zuber		27	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Xherdan Shaqiri		27	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Haris Seferovic	69	26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Simon Mignolet		30
13	G	Koen Casteels		26
20	D	Dedryck Boyata	73	27	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jason Denayer		23
18	D	Christian Kabasele		27
21	D	Timothy Castagne		22
8	M	Marouane Fellaini		30
22	M	Nacer Chadli	76	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Thorgan Hazard	90+2	25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Dennis Praet		24
7	M	Hans Vanaken		26
23	F	Michy Batshuayi		25

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Yvon Mvogo		24
21	G	David von Ballmoos		23
20	D	Timm Klose		30
3	D	François Moubandje		28
2	D	Florent Hadergjonaj		24
18	M	Djibril Sow		21
11	M	Edimilson Fernandes	83	22	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Renato Steffen		26
15	F	Christian Fassnacht	87	24	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Mario Gavranovic	7669	28	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	F	Albian Ajeti		21

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Thomas Vermaelen

Jan Vertonghen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Haris Seferovic

Mario Gavranovic

OUT

Nico Elvedi

Stephan Lichtsteiner

OUT

Michael Lang

Johan Djourou

OUT

Steven Zuber

Manuel Akanji

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Martínez

Success rate in this team:

77 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Martínez vs Switzerland

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2018

Martínez vs Petkovic

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2018

Manager

Age

Match num

Vladimir Petkovic

Success rate in this team:

57 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

52 %

Petkovic vs Belgium

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on October 12, 2018

Petkovic vs Martínez

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2018

Referee

Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium2 matches	General total	Switzerland2 matches	1 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium1 match	Season total	Switzerland1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 12, 2021					Latest figure on October 12, 2018

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Key figures

No Belgium manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Roberto Martínez has reached 2.97 goals scored per game .

No Belgium manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Roberto Martínez has done less than 0.8 goals conceded per game .

No Belgium manager (with more than 30 matches on the bench) before Roberto Martínez has reached 77% of wins .

Read the next 8 key stats

General ranking

+1	1	Belgium	6 pts	2 rd
-1	2	Switzerland	3 pts	2 rd
	3	Iceland	0 pt	2 rd

General ranking

+1	1	Belgium	6 pts	2 rd
-1	2	Switzerland	3 pts	2 rd
	3	Iceland	0 pt	2 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

DBelgium 3-3 Mexico10/11/2017

VBelgium 1-0 Japan14/11/2017

VBelgium 4-0 Saudi Arabia27/03/2018

DBelgium 0-0 Portugal02/06/2018

VBelgium 3-0 Egypt06/06/2018

VBelgium 4-1 Costa Rica11/06/2018

Overall

VBelgium 3-2 Japan02/07/2018

VBrazil 1-2 Belgium06/07/2018

LFrance 1-0 Belgium10/07/2018

VBelgium 2-0 England14/07/2018

VScotland 0-4 Belgium07/09/2018

VIceland 0-3 Belgium11/09/2018

Current form

Away

VLatvia 0-3 Switzerland03/09/2017

LPortugal 2-0 Switzerland10/10/2017

VNorthern Ireland 0-1 Switzerland09/11/2017

VGreece 0-1 Switzerland23/03/2018

DSpain 1-1 Switzerland03/06/2018

LEngland 1-0 Switzerland11/09/2018

Overall

DBrazil 1-1 Switzerland17/06/2018

VSerbia 1-2 Switzerland22/06/2018

DSwitzerland 2-2 Costa Rica27/06/2018

LSweden 1-0 Switzerland03/07/2018

VSwitzerland 6-0 Iceland08/09/2018

LEngland 1-0 Switzerland11/09/2018

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	3
Unbeaten streak	12	3
Drawless streak	2	11
Scoring streak	2	3
Conceding streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	0	3

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	1
Drawless streak	1	3
Goalless streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

General ranking (Competition total)

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

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

Goals

3	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
0	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	6
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Romelu Lukaku	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Steven Zuber
Eden Hazard	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	2 assists	Fabian Schär
Romelu Lukaku	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal, 1 assist during the last match	Haris Seferovic

Historical head to head

Home

13 matches

8 v

1 d

4 l

31 gf

17 ga

Away

14 matches

5 v

5 d

4 l

20 gf

21 ga

Total

27 matches

13 v

6 d

8 l

51 gf

38 ga

Historical head to head

Home

14 matches

4 v

5 d

5 l

21 gf

20 ga

Away

13 matches

4 v

1 d

8 l

17 gf

31 ga

Total

27 matches

8 v

6 d

13 l

38 gf

51 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 2	February 20, 1912
Home	9 - 2	February 20, 1912

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	November 02, 1947
Away	4 - 2	November 20, 1960

Latest head to head

May 28, 2016 - Rencontres amicales 2016

Switzerland

1 - 2

Belgium

October 11, 1989 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1990

Switzerland

2 - 2

Belgium

October 19, 1988 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1990

Belgium

1 - 0

Switzerland logo Switzerland

November 09, 1983 - Eliminatoires Euro 1984

Switzerland

3 - 1

Belgium

October 06, 1982 - Eliminatoires Euro 1984

Belgium

3 - 0

Switzerland logo Switzerland

Best historical scorers against Switzerland

Bernard Voorhoof	6 goals	1933 - 1939
Louis Saeys	4 goals	1912 - 1913
Jean Capelle	4 goals	1931 - 1938
Alphonse Six	2 goals	1912 - 1912
Joseph Mermans	2 goals	1949 - 1956
Marcel Paeschen	2 goals	1958 - 1960

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/02/1912. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgium

Charles Antenen	4 goals	1953 - 1960
Robert Ballaman	3 goals	1956 - 1961
André Abegglen	3 goals	1933 - 1939
Jacques Fatton	2 goals	1947 - 1953
Max Abegglen	2 goals	1933 - 1937
Léopold Kielholz	1 goal	1935 - 1935

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/02/1912. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Switzerland

Bernard Voorhoof	6 matches	1931 - 1939
Jef Jurion	6 matches	1956 - 1966
Robert Paverick	5 matches	1935 - 1939
Emile Stijnen	5 matches	1935 - 1939
Jan Ceulemans	4 matches	1982 - 1989
Joseph Mermans	4 matches	1947 - 1956

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 20/02/1912. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Severino Minelli	7 matches	1931 - 1939
Eugen Meier	5 matches	1953 - 1961
Charles Antenen	5 matches	1953 - 1961
Robert Ballaman	5 matches	1953 - 1961
Renato Bizzozzero	4 matches	1935 - 1938
André Grobéty	4 matches	1958 - 1964