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2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

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2018 postage stamp from Russia depicting Group G of the 2018 FIFA World Cup group stage.

Group G of the 2018 FIFA World Cup took place from 18 to 28 June 2018.[1] The group consisted of Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, and England. The top two teams, Belgium and England, advanced to the round of 16,[2] and went on to meet each other again in the third-place play-off.

Teams

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Draw position Team Pot Confederation Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
FIFA Rankings
October 2017[nb 1] June 2018
G1  Belgium 1 UEFA UEFA Group H winners 3 September 2017 13th 2014 (quarter-finals) Fourth place (1986) 5 3
G2  Panama 4 CONCACAF CONCACAF fifth round third place 10 October 2017 1st 49 55
G3  Tunisia 3 CAF CAF third round group A winners 11 November 2017 5th 2006 (group stage) Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006) 28 21
G4  England 2 UEFA UEFA Group F winners 5 October 2017 15th 2014 (group stage) Winners (1966) 12 12
Notes
  1. ^ The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 2 0 1 8 3 +5 6
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 5 8 −3 3
4  Panama 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9 0
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

Matches

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All times listed are local time.[1]

Belgium vs Panama

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The two teams had never met before this World Cup match.[3]

Yannick Carrasco and Dries Mertens forced early saves from goalkeeper Jaime Penedo. Eden Hazard hit the side-netting after pouncing on a loose backpass from Román Torres. Hazard fired wide in the 26th minute and was left hobbling by heavy challenges from Michael Amir Murillo and Torres. Hazard then shook off the blows and forced Penedo into a save with his legs.[4] After a goalless first half, Mertens steered in a right-foot volley from the right of the penalty area to give Belgium the lead.[5] Kevin De Bruyne almost doubled the lead but narrowly missed the target with a 25-yard free-kick that curled away from Penedo's right-hand post. Belgium doubled their lead in the 69th minute after Romelu Lukaku scored with a diving header after a cross from the left by Kevin De Bruyne. Lukaku then added a third with a chipped finish from the left of the penalty area after a through ball from Hazard.[4]

Belgium's last victory by two goals or more at the FIFA World Cup was a 3–1 defeat of Uruguay in 1990. It also matched their best win in World Cup history, along with a 3–0 victory over El Salvador in 1970.[6]

Belgium 3–0 Panama
Report
Attendance: 43,257[7]
Belgium[8]
Panama[8]
GK 1 Thibaut Courtois
CB 2 Toby Alderweireld
CB 20 Dedryck Boyata
CB 5 Jan Vertonghen Yellow card 59'
RM 15 Thomas Meunier Yellow card 14'
CM 7 Kevin De Bruyne Yellow card 88'
CM 6 Axel Witsel downward-facing red arrow 90'
LM 11 Yannick Carrasco downward-facing red arrow 74'
RW 14 Dries Mertens downward-facing red arrow 83'
LW 10 Eden Hazard (c)
CF 9 Romelu Lukaku
Substitutions:
MF 19 Mousa Dembélé upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 16 Thorgan Hazard upward-facing green arrow 83'
MF 22 Nacer Chadli upward-facing green arrow 90'
Manager:
Spain Roberto Martínez
GK 1 Jaime Penedo
RB 2 Michael Amir Murillo Yellow card 51'
CB 5 Román Torres (c)
CB 4 Fidel Escobar
LB 15 Erick Davis Yellow card 18'
DM 6 Gabriel Gómez
CM 11 Armando Cooper Yellow card 49'
CM 20 Aníbal Godoy Yellow card 57'
RW 8 Yoel Bárcenas Yellow card 45+2' downward-facing red arrow 63'
LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez downward-facing red arrow 63'
CF 7 Blas Pérez downward-facing red arrow 73'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Gabriel Torres upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 10 Ismael Díaz upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 18 Luis Tejada upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez

Man of the Match:
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)[7]

Assistant referees:[8]
Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Reserve assistant referee:
Toru Sagara (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Felix Zwayer (Germany)
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Tunisia vs England

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The two teams had met in two matches, including one game at the 1998 FIFA World Cup group stage, an England 2–0 victory.[9]

England scored in the 11th minute when Mouez Hassen stopped a John Stones' header from a corner from the left, but could not save a Harry Kane follow-up from close range. Hassen was substituted four minutes later for Farouk Ben Mustapha due to an injury earlier in the game, after he had a collision with Jesse Lingard. Lingard then mishit a volley from Ashley Young's cross to the far post.[10] After 10 minutes, Ferjani Sassi equalised from the penalty spot after Kyle Walker was penalised for an elbow on Fakhreddine Ben Youssef.[11] Kane had an appeal for a penalty waved away within five minutes of the restart as he was seemingly impeded by a pair of Tunisia players at a corner.[12] In the additional time, Harry Maguire flicked a Kieran Trippier corner from the right into the path of Kane, who headed it inside the goal after being left free at the back post.[10][13]

England scored more than once for the first time in 10 World Cup matches, since a 2–2 draw against Sweden in 2006. Kane became the first England player to score a brace in a World Cup match since Gary Lineker against Cameroon in 1990.[11]

Tunisia 1–2 England
Report
Tunisia[15]
England[15]
GK 22 Mouez Hassen downward-facing red arrow 16'
RB 11 Dylan Bronn
CB 2 Syam Ben Youssef
CB 4 Yassine Meriah
LB 12 Ali Maâloul
CM 13 Ferjani Sassi
CM 17 Ellyes Skhiri
CM 9 Anice Badri
RF 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
CF 10 Wahbi Khazri (c) downward-facing red arrow 85'
LF 23 Naïm Sliti downward-facing red arrow 74'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Farouk Ben Mustapha upward-facing green arrow 16'
MF 14 Mohamed Amine Ben Amor upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 19 Saber Khalifa upward-facing green arrow 85'
Manager:
Nabil Maâloul
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
CB 2 Kyle Walker Yellow card 33'
CB 5 John Stones
CB 6 Harry Maguire
DM 8 Jordan Henderson
CM 20 Dele Alli downward-facing red arrow 80'
CM 7 Jesse Lingard downward-facing red arrow 90+3'
RM 12 Kieran Trippier
LM 18 Ashley Young
CF 10 Raheem Sterling downward-facing red arrow 68'
CF 9 Harry Kane (c)
Substitutions:
FW 19 Marcus Rashford upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek upward-facing green arrow 80'
MF 4 Eric Dier upward-facing green arrow 90+3'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Harry Kane (England)[14]

Assistant referees:[15]
Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)
Cristian de la Cruz (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
Reserve assistant referee:
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil)
Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Belgium vs Tunisia

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The two teams had faced each other in three matches, including one game at the 2002 FIFA World Cup group stage, which ended in a 1–1 draw.[9]

Just 6 minutes into the game, Syam Ben Youssef's late challenge on Eden Hazard was deemed, with the use of VAR, to have been just inside the area and he stepped up to score the penalty into the bottom-left corner. Ten minutes later, Dries Mertens won possession just inside the Tunisia half before driving forward and passing the ball to Romelu Lukaku. Lukaku then shot a low strike across Farouk Ben Mustapha into the bottom-right corner. Wahbi Khazri's free-kick from the left was met by Dylan Bronn, who flashed a header past Thibaut Courtois. Thomas Meunier found Lukaku inside the area, which he clipped over the onrushing Mustapha. Toby Alderweireld's long pass from defence was taken on the chest by Hazard, who then rounded Mustapha to stroke into an empty net. Michy Batshuayi met Youri Tielemans' cross at the back post with a controlled half-volley to score Belgium's 5th. Khazri scored deep into stoppage time after a swivel in the box.[16][17]

Lukaku became the first player since Diego Maradona to score back-to-back braces in consecutive world cup games.[18] Hazard's penalty was Belgium's second quickest goal in a World Cup match (5:59), behind only Léopold Anoul's goal against England in 1954, in the fifth minute.[19] For Tunisia, it has registered as their worst defeat ever in their World Cup history.

Belgium 5–2 Tunisia
Report
Belgium[21]
Tunisia[21]
GK 1 Thibaut Courtois
CB 2 Toby Alderweireld
CB 20 Dedryck Boyata
CB 5 Jan Vertonghen
RM 15 Thomas Meunier
CM 7 Kevin De Bruyne
CM 6 Axel Witsel
LM 11 Yannick Carrasco
RF 14 Dries Mertens downward-facing red arrow 86'
CF 9 Romelu Lukaku downward-facing red arrow 59'
LF 10 Eden Hazard (c) downward-facing red arrow 68'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Marouane Fellaini upward-facing green arrow 59'
FW 21 Michy Batshuayi upward-facing green arrow 68'
MF 17 Youri Tielemans upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Spain Roberto Martínez
GK 1 Farouk Ben Mustapha
RB 11 Dylan Bronn downward-facing red arrow 24'
CB 2 Syam Ben Youssef downward-facing red arrow 41'
CB 4 Yassine Meriah
LB 12 Ali Maâloul
CM 7 Saîf-Eddine Khaoui
CM 17 Ellyes Skhiri
CM 13 Ferjani Sassi Yellow card 14' downward-facing red arrow 59'
RF 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
CF 10 Wahbi Khazri (c)
LF 9 Anice Badri
Substitutions:
DF 21 Hamdi Nagguez upward-facing green arrow 24'
DF 3 Yohan Benalouane upward-facing green arrow 41'
FW 23 Naïm Sliti upward-facing green arrow 59'
Manager:
Nabil Maâloul

Man of the Match:
Eden Hazard (Belgium)[20]

Assistant referees:[21]
Corey Rockwell (United States)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth official:
Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Reserve assistant referee:
Nicolás Taran (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Mark Geiger (United States)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)

England vs Panama

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The two teams had never met before.[3]

John Stones headed in from Kieran Trippier's corner to open the scoring. Harry Kane converted a penalty to make it 2–0 following a foul on Jesse Lingard, who was next to find the net with a curling finish with his right foot from the edge of the area. Stones nodded home the rebound after goalkeeper Jaime Penedo had kept out Raheem Sterling's close-range header. Kane scored his second penalty of the match in the stoppage time of first half, hammering the ball into Penedo's top right corner after referee had spotted a foul on the forward by Fidel Escobar. Kane completed his hat-trick when a deflected shot by Ruben Loftus-Cheek flicked off from his ankle. Felipe Baloy scored Panama's first-ever World Cup goal, with a half-volley from a Ricardo Ávila free-kick.[22] The result ensured that both England and Belgium would advance to the knockout stage, while Tunisia and Panama would be eliminated at the group stage.

Gary Lineker was the last England player before Kane to notch more than one goal in consecutive World Cup matches, 32 years ago. At Mexico 1986, Lineker followed up a hat-trick against Poland with a brace against Paraguay.[23] This was England's biggest win at a major tournament. Stones became the first England defender to score two goals in a World Cup match. Kane is the first player to score at least twice in both of his first two World Cup appearances since Grzegorz Lato of Poland in 1974.[24] Kane is the third England player to score a hat-trick in a World Cup match, after Geoff Hurst against Germany in the 1966 final and Gary Lineker against Poland in 1986.[25]

England 6–1 Panama
Report
England[27]
Panama[27]
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
CB 2 Kyle Walker
CB 5 John Stones
CB 6 Harry Maguire
DM 8 Jordan Henderson
CM 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek Yellow card 24'
CM 7 Jesse Lingard downward-facing red arrow 63'
RM 12 Kieran Trippier downward-facing red arrow 70'
LM 18 Ashley Young
CF 10 Raheem Sterling
CF 9 Harry Kane (c) downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Jamie Vardy upward-facing green arrow 63'
DF 17 Fabian Delph upward-facing green arrow 63'
DF 3 Danny Rose upward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate
GK 1 Jaime Penedo
RB 2 Michael Amir Murillo Yellow card 72'
CB 5 Román Torres (c)
CB 4 Fidel Escobar Yellow card 44'
LB 15 Erick Davis
DM 6 Gabriel Gómez downward-facing red arrow 69'
CM 11 Armando Cooper Yellow card 10'
CM 20 Aníbal Godoy downward-facing red arrow 62'
RW 8 Yoel Bárcenas downward-facing red arrow 69'
LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez
CF 7 Blas Pérez
Substitutions:
MF 19 Ricardo Ávila upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 16 Abdiel Arroyo upward-facing green arrow 69'
DF 23 Felipe Baloy upward-facing green arrow 69'
Manager:
Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez

Man of the Match:
Harry Kane (England)[26]

Assistant referees:[27]
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)
Fourth official:
Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Reserve assistant referee:
Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia)
Video assistant referee:
Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Sander van Roekel (Netherlands)
Mark Geiger (United States)

England vs Belgium

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The two teams had met in 21 matches, including two matches at the World Cup, one round of 16 game at the 1990 FIFA World Cup which ended in a 1–0 victory for England, and one group stage game at the 1954 FIFA World Cup which ended in a 4–4 draw.[9] Both teams had already guaranteed to advance to the last 16 before kick off, with the winner securing top spot in the group.

Both teams fielded significantly altered line-ups before the game, with media outlets stating that a loss could potentially become beneficial, as the winner would be in the half of the draw with the 4 of the top 7 sides in the world.[a][28][29]

Jordan Pickford kept out a long-range drive from Youri Tielemans before the goalkeeper was rescued by Gary Cahill's goal-line clearance after the ball squirmed out of his grasp. In the 51st minute, Adnan Januzaj cut in from the right and hit a left foot shot into the top left corner of the net. Jamie Vardy sent Marcus Rashford through on goal in the 66th minute, but the striker's effort was turned wide of the post by a touch from Thibaut Courtois.[30]

This 1–0 victory ended Belgium's 82-year winless run against England which dates back to a friendly played in Brussels on 9 May 1936. The scoreline was 3–2 on that occasion.[31] This is the first World Cup match (other than 0–0 draws) in which England failed to score since a 1–0 loss to Portugal in 1986.[32]

England 0–1 Belgium
Report
England[34]
Belgium[34]
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
CB 16 Phil Jones
CB 5 John Stones downward-facing red arrow 46'
CB 15 Gary Cahill
DM 4 Eric Dier (c)
CM 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
CM 17 Fabian Delph
RW 22 Trent Alexander-Arnold downward-facing red arrow 79'
LW 3 Danny Rose
CF 19 Marcus Rashford
CF 11 Jamie Vardy
Substitutions:
DF 6 Harry Maguire upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 14 Danny Welbeck upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate
GK 1 Thibaut Courtois (c)
CB 23 Leander Dendoncker Yellow card 33'
CB 20 Dedryck Boyata
CB 3 Thomas Vermaelen downward-facing red arrow 74'
RM 22 Nacer Chadli
CM 8 Marouane Fellaini
CM 19 Mousa Dembélé
LM 16 Thorgan Hazard
RF 18 Adnan Januzaj downward-facing red arrow 86'
CF 21 Michy Batshuayi
LF 17 Youri Tielemans Yellow card 19'
Substitutions:
DF 4 Vincent Kompany upward-facing green arrow 74'
FW 14 Dries Mertens upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Spain Roberto Martínez

Man of the Match:
Adnan Januzaj (Belgium)[33]

Assistant referees:[34]
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Reserve assistant referee:
Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates)
Video assistant referee:
Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Paweł Gil (Poland)
Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain)
Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Panama vs Tunisia

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The two teams had never met before.[3] Both teams had already been eliminated from the tournament before the match.

Panama took the lead in the 33rd minute, after a José Rodríguez shot from outside the penalty area took a deflection off Yassine Meriah and nestle in the back of the net. In the 51st minute, Naïm Sliti found Wahbi Khazri down the right and the latter's low cross was converted by Fakhreddine Ben Youssef just six yards out. At the 66 minute mark, Khazri finished off a cross from the left by Oussama Haddadi from close range at the back post.[35][36]

Tunisia won a World Cup match after 40 years, since their 3–1 victory over Mexico in 1978. Panama became the first nation since Serbia & Montenegro and Togo in 2006 to lose each of their first three World Cup games. Panama's goal means this is the first World Cup tournament in which every side has scored at least two goals in the competition. Meriah's own goal was the 50th in World Cup history.[37]

Panama 1–2 Tunisia
Report
Attendance: 37,168[38]
Panama[39]
Tunisia[39]
GK 1 Jaime Penedo
RB 13 Adolfo Machado
CB 5 Román Torres (c) downward-facing red arrow 56'
CB 4 Fidel Escobar
LB 17 Luis Ovalle
DM 6 Gabriel Gómez Yellow card 80'
CM 20 Aníbal Godoy
CM 19 Ricardo Ávila Yellow card 78' downward-facing red arrow 81'
RW 8 Yoel Bárcenas
LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez
CF 9 Gabriel Torres downward-facing red arrow 46'
Substitutions:
DF 3 Harold Cummings upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 18 Luis Tejada Yellow card 90+6' upward-facing green arrow 56'
FW 16 Abdiel Arroyo upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez
GK 16 Aymen Mathlouthi (c)
RB 21 Hamdi Nagguez
CB 6 Rami Bedoui
CB 4 Yassine Meriah
LB 5 Oussama Haddadi
CM 13 Ferjani Sassi Yellow card 44' downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 17 Ellyes Skhiri
CM 20 Ghailene Chaalali Yellow card 90+3'
RF 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
CF 10 Wahbi Khazri downward-facing red arrow 89'
LF 23 Naïm Sliti downward-facing red arrow 77'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Anice Badri Yellow card 71' upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 15 Ahmed Khalil upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 18 Bassem Srarfi upward-facing green arrow 89'
Manager:
Nabil Maâloul

Man of the Match:
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia)[38]

Assistant referees:[39]
Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)
Taleb Al Maari (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Reserve assistant referee:
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Discipline

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Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows:[2]

  • first yellow card: minus 1 point;
  • indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
  • direct red card: minus 4 points;
  • yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;

Only one of the above deductions were applied to a player in a single match.

Team Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Points
Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Yellow card Yellow-red card Red card Yellow card Red card
 England 1 1 −2
 Tunisia 1 3 −4
 Belgium 3 2 −5
 Panama 5 3 3 −11

See also

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