England vs Belgium Head to Head in FIFA World Cup 2022
Hosts Qatar will face Ecuador in the inaugural match of this edition FIFA World Cup. The match will start at 9.30 pm IST.
Former World Champions England are coming into the tournament as one of the favourites. The English team have been drawn into group B along with Iran, the USA, and Wales. European giants Belgium are another huge favourite for the World Cup.
The 2018 World Cup semi-finalists Belgium have been drawn into Group F along with Croatia, Morocco, and Canada. With both England and Belgium are big candidates for the World Cup, we might see them facing each other in the knockout stages.
Belgium and England are two of the biggest names in Europe. They have faced each other twenty-five times. The Three Lions are clearly the dominant side with sixteen victories against their Belgian counterparts. Meanwhile, Belgium have defeated England five times so far. Four matches between these two teams have ended in a draw.
England’s biggest victory against Belgium (by goal margin) came in 1931 when they defeated the Belgian team by a huge margin of 9-1. Belgium’s biggest victory against England came in the 2018 World Cup when they defeated the Three Lions by a margin of 2-0. The Belgian side also achieved the same scoreline in a UEFA Nations League match in 2020.
As mentioned earlier, England and Belgium have featured in 25 matches together. England have a better record against Spain.
The Three Lions have got sixteen victories while the Red Devils team won five times. Four other matches have ended in a stalemate.
Both sides met each other in the World cup four times. Belgium have an edge over England in the FIFA World Cup matches. The first match between these two teams at the World Cup ended in a 4-4 draw. England then defeated Belgium in their second meeting in 1990.
The last time England played Belgium in the World Cup was during the 2018 edition. FIFA World Cup 2018 was held in Russia. After suffering a 1-0 loss against Belgium in the group stage, the Three Lions met the Red devils once again in the third-place decider match. Belgium won this match 2-0 courtesy of Meunier and Hazard’s goals.
England have qualified 16 times in the FIFA World Cup. Their first appearance in the World Cup came in 1950. England then hosted the 1966 World Cup and won the major event in front of their home crowd.
Belgium have failed to qualify for the World Cup eight times (1950, 1958, 1962,1966, 1974, 1978, 2006, 2010). In the fourth edition of the World Cup in 1950, Belgium did not enter.
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