The Brazilian national team will face Belgium in the 2018 World Cup quarter-final match, at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium tonight. Beraterikan star player, duel both teams predicted to walk interesting since the early minutes.
Samba team successfully strolled into the last eight of the 2018 World Cup after getting rid of Mexico with a score of 2-0, in a match held at Samara Arena, July 2 last.
Meanwhile, the Belgian national team was forced to work hard to get past the obstacles of Japan in the big 16 games at Rostov Arena. Had left behind two goals, Belgium finally able to rise and lock victory with a score of 3-2.
Now, both teams will compete with each other to secure tickets to qualify for the semifinals. This game also deserves a star war label.
Therefore, the Brazilian national team reinforced the names of the world's top footballers, some of which are Neymar, Philippe Coutinho, Paulinho, and Willian.
Meanwhile, Belgium relies on Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens, and Kevin De Bruyne. If victory, the Belgian national team not only qualify for the semi-finals, but also for the first time silencing Brazil, after in the last three games always swallow defeat.
Head to head
5 - This will be the fifth meeting of both teams in all competitions. Brazil's first match versus Belgium occurred in 1963 in Brussels in a friendly party.
1 - From four previous meetings, Belgium won just one victory, with a score of 5-1 in 1963. Meanwhile, the remaining three matches were won by Brazil.
16 - Both teams only once met in the World Cup in 2002. In the last 16, Brazil won 2-0 over Belgium. A pair of goals Samba Team nested Rivaldo and Ronaldo.
Facts Brazil national team
7 - This is for the seventh time in a row the Brazilian national team qualified for the World Cup quarter-finals. Of the six previous occasions, they only twice failed to qualify for the semi-finals, namely in 2006 (lost to France) and 2010 (lost to the Netherlands).
6 - The last six Brazilian World Cup defeats at the World Cup came when teamed up from Europe.
2002 - The last time Brazil won victory over European teams occurred in the 2002 World Cup final counter Germany.
15 - Brazil's national team is unbeaten in the last 15 games in all competitions, with 11 wins and four draws. They also conceded only three goals.
20 - Brazil's national team also successfully picked 20 wins and four draws from the last 25 games under the care of Tite. Of the 25 matches, Selecao also listed 19 clean sheets.
20 - Neymar is always involved in 20 goals from his last 19 games with the Brazilian national team. Of the 19 matches, Neymar recorded 11 goals and nine assists.
Belgian National Team Facts
2 - The Belgian national team has twice eliminated teams from South America in the World Cup knock-out phase, the Brazilian counter in 2002 and against Argentina in 2014.
2 - If you can beat Brazil, Belgium for the second time qualify for the World Cup semifinals. Previously, they had done the same thing in 1986.
12 - The Belgian national team have won 12 goals in the 2018 World Cup. The number became Belgium's top nicks in the World Cup, after the last time in 1986 also with 12 goals.
23 - Belgium are unbeaten in the last 23 games throughout the competition (18 wins, 5 draws). It is the longest unbeaten record compared to other teams that qualify for the 2018 World Cup quarter-finals.
5 - Victory over Brazil will make Belgium win the first five wins in the World Cup.
12 - The Belgian national team is the only team to have a 2018 World Cup knock-out phase that has never made a clean sheet in 12 matches. They have conceded 28 goals from 12 matches.
19 - Eden Hazard is directly involved in 19 goals from 18 games with Belgian national team under the direction of Roberto Martinez. Of the 18 matches, Hazard was able to gain 10 goals and nine assists.
4 - Romelu Lukaku has scored four goals from five shots on target at the 2018 World Cup.