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1 — 4 Jul 07, 2026 · 05:30 AM IST

Belgium

World Cup · Round 1/8

Venue Seattle Stadium, Seattle, Washington

Referee Adham Mohammad Tumah Makhadmeh

Attendance 66,925

Player of the Match Charles De Ketelaere 9.4 67' played

Match Events

9' Away ⚽ Charles De Ketelaere — 0-1

21' Away ↔ Hans Vanaken → Amadou Onana

31' Home ⚽ Malik Tillman — 1-1

33' Away ⚽ Charles De Ketelaere — 1-2

35' Home Weston McKennie

HT

46' Home ↔ Giovanni Reyna → Sergiño Dest

57' Away ⚽ Hans Vanaken — 1-3

59' Home ↔ Sebastian Berhalter → Christian Pulisic

67' Away ↔ Jérémy Doku → Dodi Lukébakio

67' Away ↔ Romelu Lukaku → Charles De Ketelaere

69' Home Malik Tillman

72' Home ↔ Ricardo Pepi → Tyler Adams

89' Away ↔ Alexis Saelemaekers → Leandro Trossard

89' Away ↔ Axel Witsel → Nicolas Raskin

90 + 2' Home ↔ Max Arfsten → Antonee Robinson

90 + 2' Home ↔ Haji Wright → Folarin Balogun

90 + 3' Away ⚽ Romelu Lukaku — 1-4

FT

Match Stats

56 44

Ball possession

0.63 2.01

Expected goals (xG)

7 15

Total shots

2 7

Shots on target

12 22

Touches in opposition box

0 4

Big chances

0 2

Big chances missed

459 (87%) 334 (81%)

Accurate passes

2 0

Yellow cards

3 5

Corners

Lineups

USA (4-1-2-3)

Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

Starting XI

24 Matt Freese 4.6

16 Alex Freeman 6.6

3 Chris Richards 4.8

13 Tim Ream 4.4

5 Antonee Robinson 6.3

4 Tyler Adams 6

8 Weston McKennie 5.9

17 Malik Tillman 7.6

2 Sergiño Dest 6.3

20 Folarin Balogun 5.9

10 Christian Pulisic 6

Substitutes

7 Giovanni Reyna 6.9

14 Sebastian Berhalter 6.5

9 Ricardo Pepi 6.4

18 Max Arfsten

19 Haji Wright

25 Chris Brady

1 Matt Turner

6 Auston Trusty

23 Joseph Scally

22 Mark McKenzie

12 Miles Robinson

11 Brenden Aaronson

21 Timothy Weah

26 Alex Zendejas

Belgium (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Rudi Garcia

Starting XI

1 Thibaut Courtois 6.4

21 Timothy Castagne 7

25 Nathan Ngoy 7.1

4 Brandon Mechele 6.7

5 Maxim De Cuyper 7.3

24 Amadou Onana 6.6

23 Nicolas Raskin 8

14 Dodi Lukébakio 7.2

8 Youri Tielemans 7.2

10 Leandro Trossard 7.4

17 Charles De Ketelaere 9.4

Substitutes

20 Hans Vanaken 8.4

11 Jérémy Doku 6.5

9 Romelu Lukaku 7

22 Alexis Saelemaekers

6 Axel Witsel

13 Mike Penders

12 Senne Lammens

3 Arthur Theate

18 Joaquin Seys

16 Koni De Winter

15 Thomas Meunier

2 Zeno Debast

19 Diego Moreira

7 Kevin De Bruyne

26 Matias Fernandez-Pardo