THE STATS THROUGHOUT THE MATCH BETWEEN ENGLAND AND BELGIUM

  • Belgium have now won their past seven World Cup group stage games. They had won just eight of their previous 24 at this stage of the competition.
  • Belgium have won all three of their group stage games in consecutive World Cup appearances, the first nation to do so since both Argentina and the Netherlands in 2010 and 2014.
  • Belgium are just the third team to have a 100% win ratio at this World Cup, after Uruguay and Croatia.
  • This is the first World Cup match that England failed to score in that didn’t finish 0-0 since losing 1-0 against Portugal in 1986.
  • England had 11 shots in this match but failed to score. They also had 11 shots in their previous match against Panama, scoring six times.
  • Adnan Januzaj’s goal was his first for Belgium in his ninth appearance for the national side.
  • Danny Welbeck’s appearance from the bench means that England have used all 20 outfield players in the 2018 World Cup.

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