Belgium vs FYR Macedonia
Ref: H. U. Meler
Match recap
Belgium and FYR Macedonia drew 0–0 in their World Cup - Qualification Europe fixture. Expected-goals data put the chance balance at 3.24 for Belgium versus 0.05 for FYR Macedonia.
First Half
Saelemaekers
Yellow Card
30'
Ashkovski
Yellow Card
Second Half
46'
⇄
Ashkovski
57'
⇄
Miovski
⇄
Saelemaekers
Theate
Yellow Card
74'
⇄
Unknown
⇄
Trossard
74'
⇄
Atanasov
⇄
Vanaken
De Bruyne
Yellow Card
84'
⇄
Musliu
87'
Kostadinov
Yellow Card
⇄
De Cuyper
⇄
Castagne
Match Statistics
BelgiumFYR Macedonia
11Won
Statistical edge
11–4
battles won across 15 metrics
Expected Goals (xG)
3.24VS0.05
Attack6 · 0 won
25
Shots
3
5
Shots on target
0
20
Shots in the box
0
5
Shots outside box
3
8
Shots off goal
1
13
Corners
2
Possession & Passing4 · 0 won
78%
Possession
22%
690
Total passes
203
608
Accurate passes
128
88%
Pass accuracy
63%
Discipline0 · 3 won
15
Fouls
8
3
Yellow cards
2
2
Offsides
0
Goalkeeping & Defence1 · 1 won
0
Goalkeeper saves
5
12
Blocked shots
2
Belgium
4-1-4-1
FYR Macedonia
5-3-2
Belgium
4-1-4-1Starting XI
- 1T. CourtoisG
- 2Z. DebastD
- 3A. TheateD
- 5M. De CuyperD
- 7K. De BruyneM
- 8N. RaskinM
- 10L. TrossardF
- 11J. DokuM
- 20H. VanakenM
- 21T. CastagneD
- 22A. SaelemaekersM
Substitutes
- 4B. MecheleD
- 6A. WitselD
- 9M. FofanaF
- 12M. VandevoordtG
- 13M. SelsG
- 14D. LukebakioF
- 15T. MeunierD
- 16J. SeysD
- 17C. VanhoutteM
- 18A. OnanaM
- 19L. OpendaF
- 23M. BatshuayiF
FYR Macedonia
5-3-2Starting XI
- 3S. AshkovskiD
- 5G. ZajkovD
- 6V. MusliuD
- 7E. ElmasM
- 8E. AlioskiD
- 10E. BardhiF
- 18T. KostadinovM
- 20B. MiovskiF
- 21J. AtanasovM
- 23S. DimitrievskiG
Substitutes
- 1D. IlievG
- 4N. SerafimovD
- 9A. TrajkovskiF
- 11D. ChurlinovF
- 12I. AleksovskiG
- 14D. VelkovskiD
- 16I. AlimiM
- 17D. BabunskiM
- 19M. RistovskiF
Belgium
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jérémy Doku | M | 90 | 9.2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7/9 |
| Kevin De Bruyne(C) | M | 90 | 8.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | — |
| Maxim De Cuyper | D | 89 | 8.0 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0/1 |
| Hans Vanaken | M | 74 | 7.9 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — |
| Nicolas Raskin | M | 90 | 7.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arthur Theate | D | 90 | 7.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Timothy Castagne | D | 89 | 7.5 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1/2 |
| Alexis Saelemaekers | M | 59 | 7.2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2/3 |
| Zeno Debast | D | 90 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thibaut Courtois | G | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Leandro Trossard | F | 74 | 6.9 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 0/2 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Maarten Vandevoordt | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matz Sels | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Michy Batshuayi | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charles Vanhoutte | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dodi Lukebakio | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon Mechele | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Axel Witsel | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Joaquin Seys | D | 8 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amadou Onana | M | 16 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Thomas Meunier | D | 8 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malick Fofana | F | 16 | 6.3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Loïs Openda | F | 31 | 6.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
FYR Macedonia
| Player | Pos | Min | Rating | G | A | Shots | SoT | Key Passes | Dribbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stole Dimitrievski | G | 90 | 8.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gjoko Zajkov | D | 90 | 7.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Visar Musliu | D | 84 | 7.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tihomir Kostadinov | M | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1/3 |
| Ezgjan Alioski | D | 90 | 7.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jani Atanasov | M | 74 | 6.9 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Andrej Stojchevski | D | 75 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Stefan Aškovski | D | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Enis Bardhi(C) | F | 90 | 6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Eljif Elmas | M | 90 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0/1 |
| Bojan Miovski | F | 57 | 6.3 | — | — | — | — | — | 0/1 |
| Substitutes | |||||||||
| Aleksandar Trajkovski | F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nikola Serafimov | D | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Igor Aleksovski | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dejan Iliev | G | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| David Babunski | M | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darko Velkovski | D | 13 | 6.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Milan Ristovski | F | 33 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Darko Churlinov | F | 45 | 6.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Isnik Alimi | M | 16 | 6.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |