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Belgique 1-2 Espagne - October 15, 2008 / Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010

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Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2010 - Groupe 5

Stade du Roi Baudouin - Bruxelles - Belgium

October 15, 2008

Belgique

Belgium

1 - 2

Espagne

Spain

Wesley Sonck

36'

Andrés Iniesta

88'

David Villa

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7' - Goal Wesley Sonck7

16' - Substitution Fernando Torresis substituted by Cesc Fàbregas

36' - Goal Andrés Iniesta

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46' - Substitution Daniel Van Buytenis substituted by Filip Daems46

64' - Substitution Santi Cazorlais substituted by Xabi Alonso

73' - Substitution Steven Defouris substituted by Jelle van Damme73

84' - Substitution Andrés Iniestais substituted by Daniel Güiza

87' - Substitution Anthony Vanden Borreis substituted by Guillaume Gillet87

88' - Goal David Villa

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgique

1 - 2

Espagne

Belgique Espagne

Team line-ups

Belgique

Stijnen

Stijn Stijnen

Belgium

B.date07/04/1981

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

Van Buyten46

Daniel Van Buyten

Belgium

B.date07/02/1978

Age30 years

H1m96

positionCentral defender

Kompany

Vincent Kompany

Belgium

B.date10/04/1986

Age22 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

Vermaelen

Thomas Vermaelen

Belgium

B.date14/11/1985

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Vertonghen

Jan Vertonghen

Belgium

B.date24/04/1987

Age21 years

H1m89

positionLeft central defender

Vanden Borre87

Anthony Vanden Borre

Belgium

B.date24/10/1987

Age20 years

H1m85

positionRight full-back

Simons

Timmy Simons

Belgium

B.date11/12/1976

Age31 years

H1m86

positionDefensive Midfielder

Defour73

Steven Defour

Belgium

B.date15/04/1988

Age20 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

Witsel

Axel Witsel

Belgium

B.date12/01/1989

Age19 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

Fellaini

Marouane Fellaini

Belgium

B.date22/11/1987

Age20 years

H1m94

positionBox-to-box midfielder

Sonck7

Wesley Sonck

Belgium

B.date09/08/1978

Age30 years

H1m74

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Stijn Stijnen		27	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Daniel Van Buyten	46	30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Vincent Kompany		22	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Thomas Vermaelen		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jan Vertonghen		21	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Vanden Borre	87	20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Timmy Simons		31	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Steven Defour	73	20	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Axel Witsel		19	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marouane Fellaini		20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Wesley Sonck	7	30	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

23.8 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Espagne

Casillas

Iker Casillas

Spain

B.date20/05/1981

Age27 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

Puyol

Carles Puyol

Spain

B.date13/04/1978

Age30 years

H1m78

positionVersatile Defender

Juanito

Spain

B.date23/07/1976

Age32 years

H1m82

positionCentral defender

Ramos

Sergio Ramos

Spain

B.date30/03/1986

Age22 years

H1m84

positionRight full-back

Capdevila

Joan Capdevila

Spain

B.date02/03/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

Senna

Marcos Senna

Spain

B.date17/07/1976

Age32 years

H1m77

positionDefensive Midfielder

Iniesta3684

Andrés Iniesta

Spain

B.date11/05/1984

Age24 years

H1m70

positionLeft central midfielder

Xavi

Spain

B.date25/01/1980

Age28 years

H1m70

positionCentre Midfield

Santi Cazorla64

Santi Cazorla

Spain

B.date13/12/1984

Age23 years

H1m68

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Torres16

Fernando Torres

Spain

B.date20/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m86

positionStriker

Villa88

David Villa

Spain

B.date03/12/1981

Age26 years

H1m75

positionStriker

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Iker Casillas		27	87	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Carles Puyol		30	71	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Juanito		32	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Sergio Ramos		22	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Joan Capdevila		30	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Marcos Senna		32	20	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Andrés Iniesta	3684	24	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Xavi		28	65	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Santi Cazorla	64	23	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Fernando Torres	16	24	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	David Villa	88	26	40	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.1 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Filip Daems	46	29	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Jelle van Damme	73	25	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Guillaume Gillet	87	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Xabi Alonso	64	26	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Cesc Fàbregas	16	21	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Daniel Güiza	84	28	12	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Anthony Vanden Borre

Jelle van Damme

OUT

Daniel Van Buyten

Mousa Dembélé

OUT

Thomas Vermaelen

Guillaume Gillet

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Marcos Senna

Xabi Alonso

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

René Vandereycken

Success rate in this team:

35 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

41 %

Vandereycken vs Espagne

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 2008

Vandereycken vs Del Bosque

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Vicente Del Bosque

Success rate in this team:

100 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

47 %

Del Bosque vs Belgique

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 2008

Del Bosque vs Vandereycken

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 15, 2008

Referee

Tom Henning Ovrebo

0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Belgique1 match	General total	Espagne1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
0 victory	0 draw	1 loss	Belgique1 match	Season total	Espagne1 match	1 victory	0 draw	0 loss
Latest figure on October 15, 2008					Latest figure on October 15, 2008

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Key figures

Espagne keeps its 7 consecutive wins running (since 26/06/2008).

Belgique keeps its 18 matches with at least one goal conceded vs Espagne running (since 02/01/1949). It's a record streak. The first of history

Belgique keeps its 3 consecutive losses vs Espagne running (since 09/10/2004). It's a record streak. The previous one was back on the 17/12/1994 (2 matches)

Read the next 24 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBelgique 3-2 Serbia22/08/2007

DBelgique 0-0 Finland13/10/2007

VBelgique 3-0 Armenia17/10/2007

LBelgique 1-4 Morocco26/03/2008

VBelgique 3-2 Estonia06/09/2008

VBelgique 2-0 Armenia11/10/2008

Overall

LBelgique 1-4 Morocco26/03/2008

LItaly 3-1 Belgique30/05/2008

LGermany 2-0 Belgique20/08/2008

VBelgique 3-2 Estonia06/09/2008

DTurkey 1-1 Belgique10/09/2008

VBelgique 2-0 Armenia11/10/2008

Current form

Away

VLiechtenstein 0-2 Espagne06/06/2007

VGreece 2-3 Espagne22/08/2007

DIceland 1-1 Espagne08/09/2007

VDenmark 1-3 Espagne13/10/2007

VDenmark 0-3 Espagne20/08/2008

VEstonia 0-3 Espagne11/10/2008

Overall

VRussia 0-3 Espagne26/06/2008

VGermany 0-1 Espagne29/06/2008

VDenmark 0-3 Espagne20/08/2008

VEspagne 1-0 Bosnia and Herzegovina06/09/2008

VEspagne 4-0 Armenia10/09/2008

VEstonia 0-3 Espagne11/10/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	2	1
Unbeaten streak	2	3
Drawless streak	4	1
Scoring streak	4	3
Invincibility streak	1	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	3	6
Unbeaten streak	8	26
Drawless streak	3	6
Scoring streak	8	6
Invincibility streak	2	7

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	3
2	Victories (Home / Away)	1
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
0	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

6	Goals scored (Competition total)	8
5	Goals scored (Home / Away)	3
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
2	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
2	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2.67
2.5	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	3
1	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
1	Clean sheets (Competition total)	3
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	1
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
2	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
3-2 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	3-0 (1 times)

Bookings

4	Yellow cards (Competition total)	2
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Wesley Sonck	4 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	4 goals	David Villa
Wesley Sonck	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Carles Puyol
Wesley Sonck	4 goals during the last 3 matches	The fittest player	4 goals during the last 3 matches	David Villa

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

11 gf

17 ga

Away

9 matches

1 v

3 d

5 l

6 gf

16 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

20 matches

5 v

6 d

9 l

21 gf

37 ga

Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

5 v

3 d

1 l

16 gf

6 ga

Away

8 matches

3 v

2 d

3 l

17 gf

11 ga

Neutral ground

3 matches

1 v

1 d

1 l

4 gf

4 ga

Total

20 matches

9 v

6 d

5 l

37 gf

21 ga

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	August 29, 1920
Home	3 - 1	August 29, 1920

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 0	March 31, 1957
Away	5 - 0	March 31, 1957

Latest head to head

October 08, 2005 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Belgique

0 - 2

Espagne

October 09, 2004 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 2006

Espagne

2 - 0

Belgique

March 29, 1995 - Eliminatoires Euro 1996

Espagne

1 - 1

Belgique

December 17, 1994 - Eliminatoires Euro 1996

Belgique

1 - 4

Espagne

June 21, 1990 - Coupe du Monde 1990

Belgique

1 - 2

Espagne

Best historical scorers against Espagne

Robert Coppée	4 goals	1920 - 1923
Johan Devrindt	3 goals	1968 - 1969
Raymond van Gestel	2 goals	1951 - 1951
Marc Degryse	2 goals	1994 - 1995
Paul Vandenberg	1 goal	1963 - 1963
Julien Cools	1 goal	1980 - 1980

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1920. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgique

Fernando Torres	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Luis Suárez	2 goals	1957 - 1957
J. M. Satrústegui	2 goals	1981 - 1981
Francisco Marcet	2 goals	1953 - 1953
Julio Salinas	2 goals	1986 - 1994
Alfredo Di Stéfano	2 goals	1957 - 1957

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1920. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Espagne

Eric Gerets	4 matches	1980 - 1986
Jan Ceulemans	4 matches	1980 - 1990
Wilfried Van Moer	4 matches	1968 - 1981
Vicky Mees	4 matches	1949 - 1957
Robert Coppée	3 matches	1920 - 1923
Marc Degryse	3 matches	1990 - 1995

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/08/1920. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgique

Andoni Zubizarreta	5 matches	1986 - 1995
Julio Salinas	5 matches	1986 - 1995
José Antonio Camacho	3 matches	1981 - 1986
Antonio Ramallets	3 matches	1951 - 1957
Ricardo Zamora	3 matches	1920 - 1923
Emilio Butragueño	3 matches	1986 - 1990