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2 — 1 Jul 11, 2026 · 12:30 AM IST

Belgium

World Cup · Round 1/4

Venue Los Angeles Stadium, Inglewood, California

Referee Michael Oliver

Attendance 70,492

Player of the Match Lamine Yamal 7.8 90' played

Match Events

30' Home ⚽ Fabián Ruiz — 1-0

41' Away ⚽ Charles De Ketelaere — 1-1

43' Home Pau Cubarsí

HT

55' Home ↔ Ferran Torres → Álex Baena

55' Home ↔ Pedri → Fabián Ruiz

60' Away ↔ Axel Witsel → Leandro Trossard

60' Away ↔ Joaquin Seys → Maxim De Cuyper

60' Away ↔ Romelu Lukaku → Hans Vanaken

71' Away ↔ Senne Lammens → Thibaut Courtois

79' Home ↔ Nico Williams → Mikel Oyarzabal

85' Away Kevin De Bruyne

86' Away ↔ Alexis Saelemaekers → Kevin De Bruyne

86' Home ↔ Mikel Merino → Dani Olmo

88' Home ⚽ Mikel Merino — 2-1

90 + 3' Home Aymeric Laporte

90 + 5' Away Axel Witsel

FT

Match Stats

68 32

Ball possession

1.96 0.34

Expected goals (xG)

17 5

Total shots

8 2

Shots on target

41 11

Touches in opposition box

2 1

Big chances

0 0

Big chances missed

598 (90%) 243 (78%)

Accurate passes

2 2

Yellow cards

5 1

Corners

Lineups

Spain (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Luis de la Fuente

Starting XI

23 Unai Simón 6.2

12 Pedro Porro 7.6

22 Pau Cubarsí 7.6

14 Aymeric Laporte 7.1

24 Marc Cucurella 7.1

16 Rodri 7.8

8 Fabián Ruiz 7.7

19 Lamine Yamal 7.8

10 Dani Olmo 7.7

15 Álex Baena 6.5

21 Mikel Oyarzabal 7.4

Substitutes

20 Pedri 6.5

7 Ferran Torres 6

17 Nico Williams 6.3

6 Mikel Merino

1 David Raya

13 Joan García

4 Eric García

2 Marc Pubill

5 Marcos Llorente

3 Alejandro Grimaldo

9 Gavi

18 Martín Zubimendi

11 Yéremi Pino

26 Borja Iglesias

25 Víctor Muñoz

Belgium (4-2-3-1)

Coach: Rudi Garcia

Starting XI

1 Thibaut Courtois 7.3

21 Timothy Castagne 6.9

25 Nathan Ngoy 6.4

4 Brandon Mechele 6.5

5 Maxim De Cuyper 6.5

20 Hans Vanaken 6.2

23 Nicolas Raskin 6.6

10 Leandro Trossard 5.4

7 Kevin De Bruyne 6.7

11 Jérémy Doku 7

17 Charles De Ketelaere 7.4

Substitutes

18 Joaquin Seys 6.5

6 Axel Witsel 5.9

9 Romelu Lukaku 5.7

12 Senne Lammens 5.1

22 Alexis Saelemaekers

13 Mike Penders

3 Arthur Theate

16 Koni De Winter

15 Thomas Meunier

19 Diego Moreira

14 Dodi Lukébakio

26 Matias Fernandez-Pardo