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Belgium v Russia 1700BST

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  1. lamby

    lamby Needs a cold shower

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    Belgium v Russia
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    Head-to-head
    • The two nations have met eight times, with Russia ahead by four wins to three.
    • Four of those clashes have come in the World Cup. Both sides have won twice, with Belgium victorious in the last two: in 1986 and 2002. Current Belgium boss Marc Wilmots scored what proved to be the winner in that latter game in a 3-2 group stage victory.
    • Belgium won the most recent encounter 2-0 in a friendly in Russia in November 2010. It extended their unbeaten run in this fixture to four matches (W3, D1).
    Belgium
    • Marc Wilmots' side have won three successive matches in all competitions and are unbeaten in four.
    • Belgium are unbeaten in their last seven World Cup group games, winning twice (D5).
    • However, they haven't kept a clean sheet in their last seven World Cup games.
    • Romelu Lukaku failed to register a single touch in the opposition penalty area against Algeria.
    Russia
    • Russia are unbeaten in their last 11 matches (W7, D4) since a 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat in Belfast against Northern Ireland in August 2013.
    • Aleksandr Kerzhakov's goal against South Korea equalled Vladimir Beschastnykh's national record tally of 26 goals for Russia.
    • Russia's last eight World Cup goals have come in the second half.
     
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  2. fatletiss

    fatletiss Well-Known Member

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    Shouldn't the title be Balgium v Rassia? :)
     
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  3. ChilcoSaint

    ChilcoSaint What a disgrace Forum Moderator

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    Lambie's already given me enough to sort out this morning!
     
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  4. fatletiss

    fatletiss Well-Known Member

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    Poor old Lamballana... It's his age you know!
     
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  5. Piebacca

    Piebacca Well-Known Member

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    Put a cheeky 5 quid on Russia.
     
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  6. Qwerty

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    Could be a good one, not sure about Belgium, possibly so underrated they're overrated.
     
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  7. MMJ

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    allez la belgiques
     
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  8. Joe!

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    I want De Bruyne.
     
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  9. Joe!

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    This is a good demonstration of why I keep saying Lukaku is not a top striker.
     
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  10. Saint Smiler

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    I'd like him too (assuming you mean at Saints!), think he could really have an impact with us. You think he'd want to leave Wolfsburg so soon after joining them? Also the fact that he didn't have a great time at Chelsea may make him think twice about coming back to England. However I don't think we would be willing to pay the price Wolfsburg would proably value him at, they paid quite a sum for him if I remember correctly.
     
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  11. DuÅ¡an Tadić

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    He has barely moved an inch when Mertens has had the ball.
     
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  12. fatletiss

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    Ha ha. I was thinking if you when watching this. On this game, he looks awful. I was one early in the season quoting his stats at you :(
     
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  13. Qwerty

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    I am deconverted sadly :(
     
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  14. Archers Road

    Archers Road Urban Spaceman

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    The whole may be lesser than the sum of it's parts.
     
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  15. Saint Smiler

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    He should have never cut his hair. Just looks wrong now without those awesome dreads.
     
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  16. AL.

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    This is a poor game. (Hoping this will lead to a goal)
     
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  17. Dan

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    Ooooh dear.
     
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  18. Piebacca

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    They're not playing Januzaj. Must still be in Luke Shaw's pocket.
     
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  19. MMJ

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    Allez
     
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  20. - Doing The Lambert Walk

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    Belgium 1-0 Russia - Divock Origi 87'
     
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