Belgium v England Preview and Prediction

Date/time: 14^th July 2018 (Kick-off 3 PM GMT)

On Saturday afternoon, the two beaten World Cup semi-finalists Belgium and England meet in Saint Petersburg to decide who will win the bronze medal at Russia 2018.

These two teams have already met at World Cup 2018 in the group stages, as the Red Devils recorded a 1-0 win. However, both sides made a number of personnel changes for that clash.

In reality, this is a game that neither side will want to play in after semi-final defeats and to miss out on the final.

Belgium suffered a 1-0 loss against France in the semi-final, a defeat that ended a 24-game unbeaten record for Roberto Martinez’s team. The defeat also ended a seven-game winning run for the Red Devils.

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Martinez’s team have been relatively prolific of late, scoring at least two goals in six of their last eight outings.

England fell to a 2-1 defeat against Croatia in extra-time after a hard-fought clash. The Three Lions were playing in just their third World cup semi-final ever.

Despite the extra-time defeat, Gareth Southgate’s team have lost just once in 90 minutes in their last 15 outings, which came against Belgium in that aforementioned group game.

England’s recent international games have been low scoring, with under 2.5 goals scored in normal time in their last four matches.

Prediction

Belgium win and/or under 2.5 goals