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UEFA U-21 Championship Qualifying 2025 - Round 11 - Group 2

Stade Den Dreef - Leuven - Belgium

March 21, 2024 - 20:00

786

Belgium U-21

Belgium

3 - 1

Malta U-21

Malta

Assist by Arne EngelsRomeo Vermant

40'

Assist by Romeo VermantJarne Steuckers

47'

Assist by Tuur RommensKazeem Olaigbe

90+1'

62'

Andrea Zammit (penalty)

logo Belgium BEL

9' - Yellow card Romeo Vermant9

26' - Yellow card Arne Engels26

40' - Goal Romeo Vermant40

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47' - Goal Jarne Steuckers47

61' - Yellow card Zeno Van Den Bosch61

62' - Goal Andrea Zammit

63' - Substitution Hugo Siquetis substituted by Killian Sardella photo Kazeem Olaigbe

63' - Substitution Malick Fofanais substituted by Kazeem Olaigbe63

64' - Substitution Eliot Matazois substituted by Julien Duranville64

69' - Substitution Nikolai Micallefis substituted by Karl Mohnani

72' - Substitution Romeo Vermantis substituted by Youssuf Sylla72

80' - Substitution Kurt Bondinis substituted by Brooklyn Borg photo Jake Engerer

80' - Substitution Andrea Zammitis substituted by Jake Engerer

88' - Substitution Jarne Steuckersis substituted by Noah Mbamba88

88' - Substitution Aleandro Garziais substituted by Kurt Briffa photo Matthew Debattista

88' - Substitution Gianluca Sciberrasis substituted by Matthew Debattista

91' - Goal Kazeem Olaigbe91

95' - Yellow card Matthew Ellul

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Belgium U-21

3 - 1

Malta U-21

Belgium U-21 Malta U-21

Team line-ups

Belgium U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Vermant40729

Romeo Vermant

Belgium

B.date24/01/2004

Age20 years

positionForward

7Fofana63

Malick Fofana

Belgium

B.date31/03/2005

Age18 years

positionLeft Winger

10Matazo64

Eliot Matazo

Belgium

B.date15/02/2002

Age22 years

H1m74

positionCentre Midfield

8Stroeykens

Mario Stroeykens

Belgium

B.date29/09/2004

Age19 years

H1m77

positionOffensive Midfielder

17Steuckers4788

Jarne Steuckers

Belgium

B.date04/02/2002

Age22 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

6Engels26

Arne Engels

Belgium

B.date08/09/2003

Age20 years

H1m85

positionCentre Midfield

23Rommens

Tuur Rommens

Belgium

B.date26/03/2003

Age20 years

H1m81

positionLeft full-back

3Spileers

Jorne Spileers

Belgium

B.date21/01/2005

Age19 years

positionDefender

4Van Den Bosch61

Zeno Van Den Bosch

Belgium

B.date06/07/2003

Age20 years

H1m91

positionCentral defender

2Siquet63

Hugo Siquet

Belgium

B.date09/07/2002

Age21 years

H1m75

positionRight full-back

1Vandevoordt

Maarten Vandevoordt

Belgium

B.date26/02/2002

Age22 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Maarten Vandevoordt		22	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Jorne Spileers		19	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Zeno Van Den Bosch	61	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Hugo Siquet	63	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Tuur Rommens		20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Eliot Matazo	64	22	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Arne Engels	26	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Jarne Steuckers	4788	22	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mario Stroeykens		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	M	Malick Fofana	63	18	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Romeo Vermant	40729	20	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Malta U-21

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Zammit6280

Andrea Zammit

Malta

B.date05/04/2003

Age20 years

positionForward

19Tuma

Basil Tuma

Malta

B.date24/04/2005

Age18 years

positionRight Winger

8Scicluna

Dylan Scicluna

Malta

B.date10/06/2004

Age19 years

H1m75

positionCentre Midfield

20Bondin80

Kurt Bondin

Malta

B.date03/06/2002

Age21 years

positionDefender

17Sciberras88

Gianluca Sciberras

Malta

B.date02/08/2002

Age21 years

positionOffensive Midfielder

13Micallef69

Nikolai Micallef

Malta

B.date17/08/2003

Age20 years

positionDefender

11Garzia88

Aleandro Garzia

Malta

B.date21/03/2002

Age22 years

positionDefender

3Spiteri

Owen Spiteri

Malta

B.date02/11/2002

Age21 years

positionMidfield

4Vassallo

Jake Vassallo

Malta

B.date21/06/2004

Age19 years

positionCentral defender

5Ellul95

Matthew Ellul

Malta

B.date23/05/2002

Age21 years

positionDefender

12Sacco

Hugo Sacco

Malta

B.date12/01/2004

Age20 years

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
12	G	Hugo Sacco		20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Nikolai Micallef	69	20	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Kurt Bondin	80	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	D	Aleandro Garzia	88	22	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Matthew Ellul	95	21	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Jake Vassallo		19	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Dylan Scicluna		19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Owen Spiteri		21	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Gianluca Sciberras	88	21	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Andrea Zammit	6280	20	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Basil Tuma		18	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

20.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
21	G	Tobe Leysen		22
14	D	Noah Mbamba	88	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Killian Sardella	63	21	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	D	Bram Lagae		20
16	M	Matte Smets		20
15	M	Cisse Sandra		20
18	F	Kazeem Olaigbe	9163	21	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	F	Youssuf Sylla	72	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Julien Duranville	64	17	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Matthias Debono		22
22	D	Brooklyn Borg	80	20	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Jake Micallef		20
2	D	Zean Leonardi		21
15	M	Kurt Briffa	88	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Karl Mohnani	69	22	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Matthew Debattista	88	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Andy Borg		19
9	F	Jake Engerer	80	21	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Tuur Rommens

Killian Sardella

OUT

Zeno Van Den Bosch

Koni De Winter

OUT

Romeo Vermant

Youssuf Sylla

OUT

Jarne Steuckers

Marco Kana

OUT

Mario Stroeykens

Luca Oyen

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Dylan Scicluna

Andy Borg

OUT

Basil Tuma

Mattia Veselji

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Gill Swerts

Success rate in this team:

67 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

33 %

Swerts vs Malta U-21

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 21, 2024

Swerts vs Woods

2 victories

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 21, 2024

Manager

Age

Match num

Ivan Woods

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

11 %

Woods vs Belgium U-21

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 2024

Woods vs Swerts

0 victory

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on March 21, 2024

Referee

Genc Nuza

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium U-211 match	General total	Malta U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium U-211 match	Season total	Malta U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 21, 2024					Latest figure on March 21, 2024

4th official

Mentor Ajeti

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium U-211 match	General total	Malta U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	Belgium U-211 match	Season total	Malta U-211 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on March 21, 2024					Latest figure on March 21, 2024

Videos

Comments

Key figures

Belgium U-21 keeps its 3 consecutive matches without a draw vs Malta U-21 at home running (since 09/10/2015). It's a record streak. The first of history

Belgium U-21 keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal scored vs Malta U-21 at home running (since 09/10/2015). It's a record streak. The first of history

It's the first time Romeo Vermant scores 1 goal in his professional career with Belgium U-21

Read the next 14 key stats

General ranking

1	Spain U-21	13 pts	5 rd
2	Scotland U-21	13 pts	6 rd
3	Belgium U-21	13 pts	6 rd
4	Hungary U-21	7 pts	6 rd
5	Kazakhstan U-21	3 pts	5 rd

General ranking

2	Scotland U-21	13 pts	6 rd
3	Belgium U-21	13 pts	6 rd
4	Hungary U-21	7 pts	6 rd
5	Kazakhstan U-21	3 pts	5 rd
6	Malta U-21	0 pt	6 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VBelgium 1-0 Denmark U-2112/10/2021

VBelgium 2-0 Turkey U-2112/11/2021

DBelgium 0-0 Scotland U-2105/06/2022

VBelgium 1-0 Kazakhstan U-2111/09/2023

LBelgium 0-2 Scotland U-2117/11/2023

DBelgium 1-1 Spain U-2121/11/2023

Overall

LPortugal U-21 2-1 Belgium27/06/2023

VBelgium 1-0 Kazakhstan U-2111/09/2023

VMalta U-21 0-2 Belgium13/10/2023

VHungary U-21 0-1 Belgium17/10/2023

LBelgium 0-2 Scotland U-2117/11/2023

DBelgium 1-1 Spain U-2121/11/2023

Current form

Away

LRussia U-21 6-0 Malta07/09/2021

LLithuania U-21 2-1 Malta08/10/2021

LSlovakia U-21 4-0 Malta12/10/2021

VNorthern Ireland U-21 0-2 Malta16/11/2021

LSpain U-21 7-1 Malta07/06/2022

LScotland U-21 2-1 Malta17/10/2023

Overall

LSpain U-21 7-1 Malta07/06/2022

LMalta 0-6 Spain U-2108/09/2023

LMalta 0-3 Hungary U-2112/09/2023

LMalta 0-2 Belgium U-2113/10/2023

LScotland U-21 2-1 Malta17/10/2023

LMalta 0-2 Kazakhstan U-2116/11/2023

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Drawing streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	1	1
Winless streak	2	2
Scoring streak	1	1
Conceding streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	2	8
Winless streak	2	8
Drawless streak	10	23
Scoring streak	3	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Conceding streak	2	8

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

3	General ranking (Competition total)	6
4	General ranking (Home / Away)	6

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

5	Number of games (Competition total)	5
3	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
3	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
1	Draws (Competition total)	0
1	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	5
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

5	Goals scored (Competition total)	1
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	1
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	15
3	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	2
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.2
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	1
0.6	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	3
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	2

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	3
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	1
3	Clean sheets (Competition total)	0
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	4
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	1
1	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	1
1-0 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	1-2 (1 times)

Bookings

7	Yellow cards (Competition total)	11
6	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Kazeem Olaigbe	3 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Andrea Zammit
Arne Engels	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Andrea Zammit
Arne Engels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Andrea Zammit
Arne Engels	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)	1 penalty	Andrea Zammit
Tuur Rommens	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Arthur Vermeeren	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)		-
Kazeem Olaigbe	3 goals during the last 5 matches	The fittest player	1 goal during the last 2 matches	Andrea Zammit

Historical head to head

Home

3 matches

3 v

0 d

0 l

5 gf

1 ga

Away

4 matches

4 v

0 d

0 l

10 gf

2 ga

Total

7 matches

7 v

0 d

0 l

15 gf

3 ga

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

0 v

0 d

4 l

2 gf

10 ga

Away

3 matches

0 v

0 d

3 l

1 gf

5 ga

Total

7 matches

0 v

0 d

7 l

3 gf

15 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	September 07, 2018
Home	2 - 0	October 09, 2015

Largest victory

No success yet

Latest head to head

October 13, 2023 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2025

Malta U-21

0 - 2

Belgium U-21 logo Belgium

September 07, 2018 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2019

Malta U-21

0 - 4

Belgium U-21 logo Belgium

March 27, 2017 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2019

Belgium U-21

2 - 1

Malta U-21 logo Malta

September 02, 2016 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2017

Malta U-21

2 - 3

Belgium U-21 logo Belgium

October 09, 2015 - Eliminatoires Euro Espoirs 2017

Belgium U-21

2 - 0

Malta U-21 logo Malta

Best historical scorers against Malta U-21

Youri Tielemans	2 goals	2015 - 2016
Siebe Schrijvers	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Aaron Leya Iseka	1 goal	2018 - 2018
Kazeem Olaigbe	1 goal	2023 - 2023
Ritchie Kitoko	1 goal	2009 - 2009
Theo Bongonda	1 goal	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Belgium U-21

	Jake Grech	1 goal	2017 - 2017
	Jurgen Degabriele	1 goal	2016 - 2016

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Malta U-21

Siebe Schrijvers	3 matches	2016 - 2018
Dion Cools	2 matches	2017 - 2018
Michaël Heylen	2 matches	2015 - 2016
Julien De Sart	2 matches	2015 - 2016
Youri Tielemans	2 matches	2015 - 2016
Geoffrey Mujangi Bia	2 matches	2009 - 2010

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 04/09/2009. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium U-21

Matthew Guillaumier	4 matches	2015 - 2018
Jurgen Degabriele	4 matches	2015 - 2018
Jake Grech	3 matches	2016 - 2018
Myles Beerman	3 matches	2016 - 2018
Joseph Mbong	3 matches	2015 - 2017
Jean Borg	3 matches	2016 - 2018