Belgium vs Russia will play at Euro 2020 – Group B, in St Petersburg on Saint Petersburg Stadium, Saturday, 12 June 2021 at 20:00 (GMT+1). This will be the 2nd match from this group after earlier, Denmark played with Russia.
Belgium vs Russia Match Preview
Belgium and Russia were in Group I in the Euro 2020 qualifiers and qualified together, Belgium in 1st place and Russia in 2nd. The matches in the qualifying group were very spectacular, scoring many goals and both confrontations were won by Belgium, 3-1 at home and 4-1 away.
Belgium:
Belgium, the host team in this match comes after a series of nine consecutive matches in which it was not defeated. Before Euro 2020, Belgium played two friendly matches, 1-1 with Greece and 1-0 with Croatia.
Russia:
Russia, the team considered a guest in this match, although they play at home, has won only three of the last ten matches. Like tonight’s opponent, Russia played two friendly matches, drawing 1-1 with Poland and a 1-0 victory with Bulgaria.
Belgium vs Russia statistics and possible teams
So far, six direct clashes have taken place and Russia has failed to win against Belgium. The only confrontation that ended in a 3-3 draw took place in 2017 in a friendly match played in Russia. It will be the 3rd direct confrontation at a final tournament, the previous matches taking place at the World Cup 2002 and World Cup 2014.
Belgium squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge), Matz Sels (Strasbourg)
Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Dedryck Boyata (Hertha Berlin), Timothy Castagne (Leicester), Jason Denayer (Lyon), Thomas Meunier (Dortmund), Thomas Vermaelen (Vissel Kobe), Jan Vertonghen (Benfica)
Midfielders: Nacer Chadli (İstanbul Başakşehir), Yannick Carrasco (Atlético Madrid), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Leander Dendoncker (Wolves), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Thorgan Hazard (Dortmund), Dennis Praet (Leicester), Youri Tielemans (Leicester), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Axel Witsel (Dortmund)
Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), Jeremy Doku (Rennes), Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Leandro Trossard (Brighton)
Russia squad for Euro 2020
Goalkeepers: Yuri Dyupin (Rubin), Matvei Safonov (Krasnodar), Anton Shunin (Dinamo Moskva)
Defenders: Igor Diveev (CSKA Moskva), Georgi Dzhikiya (Spartak Moskva), Mário Fernandes (CSKA Moskva), Vyacheslav Karavaev (Zenit), Fedor Kudryashov (Antalyaspor), Andrei Semenov (Akhmat), Roman Evgenyev (Dinamo Moskva)
Midfielders: Dmitri Barinov (Lokomotiv Moskva), Denis Cheryshev (Valencia), Daniil Fomin (Dinamo Moskva), Aleksandr Golovin (Monaco), Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit), Maksim Mukhin (CSKA Moskva), Magomed Ozdoev (Zenit), Rifat Zhemaletdinov (Lokomotiv Moskva), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moskva)
Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Zenit), Aleksei Ionov (Krasnodar), Denis Makarov (Rubin), Aleksei Miranchuk (Atalanta), Aleksandr Sobolev (Spartak Moskva), Anton Zabolotny (CSKA Moskva)
* Possible prediction: Denmark win
* This preview is from our perspective and we highly recommend to inform yourself, about all details of this game!