England vs Belgium LIVE World Cup 2018: England second in Group G - latest reaction and analysis from Kaliningrad
The battle for the top of Group G looks like it will be a close one. Both England and Belgium have already qualified for the round of 16 with decisive victories over both Panama and Tunisia.
Belgium will be far and away the biggest challenge that England will face in the group stage of the competition. Their team is packing a lot of star power, big Premier League names like Romelu Lukaku, Eden Hazard, and Kevin De Bruyne pack a punch for the Belgian national side.
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The IndependentIt's in games such as these where the youngster needs to be making a difference. That wasn't the case - something that Gareth Southgate will be all too aware of looking ahead to the last-16
Gareth Southgate says he had double objectives on the night, Vardy and Rashford kept plugging on but the main goal was to keep his main XI reserved for the knockout stages
If you tuned into the England game and were bitterly disappointed in the performance then you missed a treat in Saransk, Tunisia coming from a goal behind to overcome Panama
Scrappy at the back from England Batshuayi beats Cahill on the right hand side byline and the ball comes into the area where a cluster of bodies try to clear it, Belgium come back on the counter now and Fellaini's in space but his shot hits the side netting
Good save from Pickford, Tielemans sets up Mertens who strikes it through the defence. Pickford almost dives past it but he manages to gets his hands there and bat it away
Rashford whips the corner in and Courtois punches it to Welbeck whose shot is cleared behind. Same thing again, Rashford with the corner but Courtois catches the ball
There's very little intensity here from England, Danny Welbeck is about to come on and Southgate must have decided that an equaliser isn't that important but England are playing very sluggishly, mush like the England of old
Januzaj whips a free kick into England's box but Maguire heads it away well, Rose gets the ball of the left but Fellaini wins it back before it's pumped forward for Pickford to claim
Rashford has the best chance for England, he gets in behind the defence and is one on one with the keeper but Courtois gets a finger in his shot and tips it wide, Rashford should have scored, he even had Vardy on the right to lay it off to
England vs Belgium kicks off at 19:00 at the Kaliningrad Stadium.
Where can I watch it?
Live coverage is available on ITV and online via the ITV Hub.
Odds
England: 17/10
Belgium: 15/8
Draw: 2/1
Prediction
This game will be a close one. England will need to bring the level of play that they brought for last week’s game against Panama. The Belgian side has been very impressive in the competition so far and is among the favourites to win the trophy.
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