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Belgium 2-0 England - November 15, 2020 / Nations League A 2020/2021

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Nations League A 2020/2021 - Round 5 - Group 2

Stade Den Dreef - Leuven - Belgium

November 15, 2020

Belgium

2 - 0

England

Assist by Romelu Lukaku (right foot) Youri Tielemans

10'

(free kick) Dries Mertens

24'

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10' - Goal Youri Tielemans10

24' - Goal Dries Mertens24

38' - Substitution Benjamin Chilwellis substituted by Bukayo Saka

44' - Yellow card Axel Witsel44

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46' - Substitution Jordan Hendersonis substituted by Harry Winks

51' - Yellow card Toby Alderweireld51

54' - Yellow card Thomas Meunier54

69' - Substitution Mason Mountis substituted by Dominic Calvert-Lewin

70' - Substitution Kieran Trippieris substituted by Jadon Sancho

83' - Substitution Dries Mertensis substituted by Dennis Praet83

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium

2 - 0

England

Belgium England

Team line-ups

Belgium

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Lukaku

Romelu Lukaku

Belgium

B.date13/05/1993

Age27 years

H1m93

positionStriker

7De Bruyne

Kevin De Bruyne

Belgium

B.date16/08/1991

Age29 years

H1m80

positionPlaymaker

14Mertens2483

Dries Mertens

Belgium

B.date06/05/1987

Age33 years

H1m68

positionStriker

8Tielemans10

Youri Tielemans

Belgium

B.date07/05/1997

Age23 years

H1m76

positionBox-to-box midfielder

6Witsel44

Axel Witsel

Belgium

B.date12/01/1989

Age31 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

10Hazard

Thorgan Hazard

Belgium

B.date29/03/1993

Age27 years

H1m74

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

15Meunier54

Thomas Meunier

Belgium

B.date12/09/1991

Age29 years

H1m90

positionRight full-back

5Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age33 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

3Denayer

Jason Denayer

Belgium

B.date28/06/1995

Age25 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

2Alderweireld51

Toby Alderweireld

Belgium

B.date02/03/1989

Age31 years

H1m86

positionRight central defender

1Courtois

Thibaut Courtois

Belgium

B.date11/05/1992

Age28 years

H1m97

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Thibaut Courtois		28	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Toby Alderweireld	51	31	103	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jason Denayer		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Jan Vertonghen		33	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Thomas Meunier	54	29	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Youri Tielemans	10	23	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Axel Witsel	44	31	110	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Kevin De Bruyne		29	77	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	D	Thorgan Hazard		27	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Dries Mertens	2483	33	93	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Romelu Lukaku		27	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

England

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Kane

Harry Kane

England

B.date28/07/1993

Age27 years

H1m88

positionStriker

7Mount69

Mason Mount

England

B.date10/01/1999

Age21 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

16Grealish

Jack Grealish

England

B.date10/09/1995

Age25 years

H1m75

positionSecond striker

8Henderson46

Jordan Henderson

England

B.date17/06/1990

Age30 years

H1m82

positionBox-to-box midfielder

5Rice

Declan Rice

England

B.date14/01/1999

Age21 years

H1m85

positionDefensive Midfielder

15Chilwell38

Benjamin Chilwell

England

B.date21/12/1996

Age23 years

H1m78

positionLeft full-back

3Trippier70

Kieran Trippier

England

B.date19/09/1990

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

12Mings

Tyrone Mings

England

B.date13/03/1993

Age27 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

4Dier

Eric Dier

England

B.date15/01/1994

Age26 years

H1m88

positionRight central midfielder

2Walker

Kyle Walker

England

B.date28/05/1990

Age30 years

H1m78

positionRight full-back

1Pickford

Jordan Pickford

England

B.date07/03/1994

Age26 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jordan Pickford		26	29	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Tyrone Mings		27	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Kieran Trippier	70	30	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Benjamin Chilwell	38	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Kyle Walker		30	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Declan Rice		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Jordan Henderson	46	30	58	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Eric Dier		26	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Mason Mount	69	21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Jack Grealish		25	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Harry Kane		27	50	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Simon Mignolet		32
13	G	Koen Casteels		28
21	D	Hannes Delcroix		21
4	D	Brandon Mechele		27
16	D	Thomas Foket		26
19	M	Dennis Praet	83	26	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Hans Vanaken		28
22	M	Nacer Chadli		31
18	M	Yari Verschaeren		19
11	F	Dodi Lukebakio		23
23	F	Michy Batshuayi		27
20	F	Christian Benteke		29

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
22	G	Dean Henderson		23
13	G	Nick Pope		28
6	D	Michael Keane		27
14	M	Harry Winks	46	24	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	M	Jude Bellingham		17
11	M	Jadon Sancho	70	20	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Phil Foden		20
17	M	Ainsley Maitland-Niles		23
20	F	Bukayo Saka	38	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	F	Dominic Calvert-Lewin	69	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Tammy Abraham		23

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Thibaut Courtois

Simon Mignolet

OUT

Thomas Meunier

Nacer Chadli

OUT

Dries Mertens

Dennis Praet

OUT

Romelu Lukaku

Michy Batshuayi

OUT

Axel Witsel

Hans Vanaken

OUT

Jason Denayer

Brandon Mechele

OUT

Youri Tielemans

Leander Dendoncker

OUT

Kevin De Bruyne

Dodi Lukebakio

OUT

Toby Alderweireld

Sebastiaan Bornauw

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Eric Dier

Harry Maguire

OUT

Kyle Walker

Michael Keane

OUT

Jordan Pickford

Nick Pope

OUT

Jordan Henderson

Harry Winks

OUT

Harry Kane

Dominic Calvert-Lewin

OUT

Kieran Trippier

Reece James

OUT

Benjamin Chilwell

Bukayo Saka

OUT

Declan Rice

Jadon Sancho

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Roberto Martínez

Success rate in this team:

78 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Martínez vs England

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 15, 2020

Martínez vs Southgate

3 victories

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on November 15, 2020

Manager

Age

Match num

Gareth Southgate

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

42 %

Southgate vs Belgium

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on November 15, 2020

Southgate vs Martínez

1 victory

0 draw

3 losses

Latest figure on November 15, 2020

Referee

Danny Makkelie

2 victories	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium2 matches	General total	England6 matches	3 victories	1 draw	2 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium1 match	Season total	England1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on November 15, 2020					Latest figure on September 26, 2022

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Key figures

It's the first time Youri Tielemans scores a goal in his professional career with Belgium since the 10/10/2019 (with Belgium vs San Marino )

End of streak for England after 5 matches with only one goal conceded at most in Nations League A (since 09/06/2019). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time since the 16/11/2018 (Netherlands vs France ) that a game ends with 2-0 in Nations League A

Read the next 20 key stats

General ranking

1	Belgium	12 pts	5 rd
2	Denmark	10 pts	5 rd
3	England	7 pts	5 rd
4	Iceland	0 pt	5 rd

General ranking

1	Belgium	12 pts	5 rd
2	Denmark	10 pts	5 rd
3	England	7 pts	5 rd
4	Iceland	0 pt	5 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBelgium 3-0 Scotland11/06/2019

VBelgium 9-0 San Marino10/10/2019

VBelgium 6-1 Cyprus19/11/2019

VBelgium 5-1 Iceland08/09/2020

DBelgium 1-1 Ivory Coast08/10/2020

VBelgium 2-1 Switzerland11/11/2020

Overall

VDenmark 0-2 Belgium05/09/2020

VBelgium 5-1 Iceland08/09/2020

DBelgium 1-1 Ivory Coast08/10/2020

LEngland 2-1 Belgium11/10/2020

VIceland 1-2 Belgium14/10/2020

VBelgium 2-1 Switzerland11/11/2020

Current form

Away

VMontenegro 1-5 England25/03/2019

LCzech Republic 2-1 England11/10/2019

VBulgaria 0-6 England14/10/2019

VKosovo 0-4 England17/11/2019

VIceland 0-1 England05/09/2020

DDenmark 0-0 England08/09/2020

Overall

VIceland 0-1 England05/09/2020

DDenmark 0-0 England08/09/2020

VEngland 3-0 Wales08/10/2020

VEngland 2-1 Belgium11/10/2020

LEngland 0-1 Denmark14/10/2020

VEngland 3-0 Ireland12/11/2020

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	23	2
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	13	23
Conceding streak	4	5

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Drawing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	4	1
Winless streak	1	0
Drawless streak	0	4
Scoring streak	0	1
Goalless streak	1	0
Invincibility streak	4	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

1	General ranking (Competition total)	3
2	General ranking (Home / Away)	3

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

4	Number of games (Competition total)	4
1	Number of games (Home / Away)	2
3	Victories (Competition total)	2
1	Victories (Home / Away)	1
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	1
1	Losses (Competition total)	1
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

10	Goals scored (Competition total)	3
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
4	Goals conceded (Competition total)	2
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.75
5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0.5
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

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

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	6
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	3
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Romelu Lukaku	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Raheem Sterling
Michy Batshuayi	2 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Raheem Sterling
Romelu Lukaku	2 penalties	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Raheem Sterling
-		Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Raheem Sterling
Kevin De Bruyne	2 assists	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Kieran Trippier
Kevin De Bruyne	2 assists	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Romelu Lukaku	3 goals during the last 2 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Marcus Rashford

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

1 v

1 d

9 l

16 gf

44 ga

Away

7 matches

0 v

1 d

6 l

5 gf

22 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

2 v

3 d

1 l

8 gf

6 ga

Total

24 matches

3 v

5 d

16 l

29 gf

72 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

6 v

1 d

0 l

22 gf

5 ga

Away

11 matches

9 v

1 d

1 l

44 gf

16 ga

Neutral ground

6 matches

1 v

3 d

2 l

6 gf

8 ga

Total

24 matches

16 v

5 d

3 l

72 gf

29 ga

Largest victory

Overall	2 - 0	July 14, 2018
Home	3 - 2	May 09, 1936

Largest victory

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

Latest head to head

October 11, 2020 - Ligue des Nations A 2020/2021

England

2 - 1

Belgium

July 14, 2018 - Coupe du Monde 2018

Belgium

2 - 0

England

June 28, 2018 - Coupe du Monde 2018

England

0 - 1

Belgium

June 02, 2012 - Rencontres amicales 2012

England

1 - 0

Belgium

October 10, 1999 - Rencontres amicales 1999

England

2 - 1

Belgium

Best historical scorers against England

Léopold Anoul	2 goals	1954 - 1954
Jacques Moeschal	2 goals	1928 - 1929
Raymond Braine	2 goals	1926 - 1926
Henrik Isemborghs	2 goals	1936 - 1936
Joseph Mermans	2 goals	1947 - 1950
Henri Larnoe	1 goal	1923 - 1923

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
Nat Lofthouse	4 goals	1952 - 1954
Frank R Osborne	3 goals	1926 - 1926
Ivor Broadis	2 goals	1954 - 1954
Billy Walker	2 goals	1924 - 1924

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

Flavien Van Halme	6 matches	1923 - 1929
Armand Swartenbroeks	6 matches	1921 - 1927
Jean de Bie	6 matches	1921 - 1929
Pierre Braine	5 matches	1924 - 1929
Maurice Gillis	4 matches	1923 - 1926
Joseph Mermans	4 matches	1947 - 1954

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

Tom Finney	4 matches	1947 - 1954
Billy Wright	4 matches	1947 - 1954
Harry Maguire	3 matches	2018 - 2020
Roy F Goodall	3 matches	1927 - 1931
Ernie Blenkinsop	3 matches	1928 - 1931
Marcus Rashford	3 matches	2018 - 2020