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England 1-0 Belgium - June 26, 1990 / World Cup 1990

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World Cup 1990 - Round of 16

Stadio Renato dall'Ara - Bologna - Italy

June 26, 1990

34 520

England

1 - 0

After extra time

Belgium

Assist by Paul Gascoigne (right foot) David Platt

119'

logo England ENG

66' - Substitution Marc Degryseis substituted by Nico Claesen

73' - Substitution Steve McMahonis substituted by David Platt73

76' - Substitution John Barnesis substituted by Steve Bull76

logo Belgium BEL

107

107' - Substitution Bruno Versavelis substituted by Patrick Vervoort

119' - Goal David Platt119

logo Belgium BEL

Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

England

1 - 0

Belgium

England Belgium

Team line-ups

England

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Lineker

Gary Lineker

England

B.date30/11/1960

Age29 years

H1m76

positionStriker

11Barnes76

John Barnes

England

B.date07/11/1963

Age26 years

H1m80

positionLeft Midfielder

19Gascoigne

Paul Gascoigne

England

B.date27/05/1967

Age23 years

H1m79

positionPlaymaker

16McMahon73

Steve McMahon

England

B.date20/08/1961

Age28 years

H1m75

positionDefensive Midfielder

8Waddle

Chris Waddle

England

B.date14/12/1960

Age29 years

H1m83

positionLeft Winger

3Pearce

Stuart Pearce

England

B.date24/04/1962

Age28 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

6Butcher

Terry Butcher

England

B.date28/12/1958

Age31 years

H1m93

positionCentral defender

12Parker

Paul Parker

England

B.date04/04/1964

Age26 years

H1m70

positionRight central defender

5Walker

Des Walker

England

B.date26/11/1965

Age24 years

H1m78

positionRight central defender

14Wright

Mark Wright

England

B.date01/08/1963

Age26 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

1Shilton

Peter Shilton

England

B.date18/09/1949

Age40 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Peter Shilton		40	122	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	D	Mark Wright		26	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Terry Butcher		31	75	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Des Walker		24	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Paul Parker		26	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Stuart Pearce		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	M	Steve McMahon	73	28	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	John Barnes	76	26	57	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Paul Gascoigne		23	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Gary Lineker		29	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Chris Waddle		29	56	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.2 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Belgium

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9Degryse66

Marc Degryse

Belgium

B.date04/09/1965

Age24 years

H1m72

positionPlaymaker

10Scifo

Enzo Scifo

Belgium

B.date19/02/1966

Age24 years

H1m78

positionPlaymaker

5Versavel107

Bruno Versavel

Belgium

B.date27/08/1967

Age22 years

H1m78

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

11Ceulemans

Jan Ceulemans

Belgium

B.date28/02/1957

Age33 years

H1m88

positionOffensive Midfielder

16De Wolf

Michel De Wolf

Belgium

B.date19/01/1958

Age32 years

H1m71

positionLeft central defender

8Van der Elst

Franky Van der Elst

Belgium

B.date30/04/1961

Age29 years

H1m84

positionDefensive Midfielder

2Gerets

Eric Gerets

Belgium

B.date18/05/1954

Age36 years

H1m77

positionLeft full-back

7Demol

Stéphane Demol

Belgium

B.date11/03/1966

Age24 years

H1m88

positionSweeper

4Clijsters

Leo Clijsters

Belgium

B.date06/11/1956

Age33 years

H1m78

positionCentral defender

13Grün

Georges Grün

Belgium

B.date25/01/1962

Age28 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

1Preud'homme

Michel Preud'homme

Belgium

B.date24/01/1959

Age31 years

H1m83

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Michel Preud'homme		31	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Stéphane Demol		24	33	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Georges Grün		28	49	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Michel De Wolf		32	31	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Leo Clijsters		33	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Eric Gerets		36	83	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Franky Van der Elst		29	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Bruno Versavel	107	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Marc Degryse	66	24	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Enzo Scifo		24	43	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Jan Ceulemans		33	92	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

28.7 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
17	M		David Platt	11973	24	8	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F		Steve Bull	76	25	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
22	D		Patrick Vervoort	107	25	30	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	F		Nico Claesen	66	27	36	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Terry Butcher

Steve Bull

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Georges Grün

Lorenzo Staelens

OUT

Eric Gerets

Philippe Albert

OUT

Leo Clijsters

Marc Emmers

OUT

Bruno Versavel

Patrick Vervoort

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Bobby Robson

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Robson vs Belgium

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 26, 1990

Robson vs Thys

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on June 26, 1990

Manager

Age

Match num

Guy Thys

106

Success rate in this team:

45 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

46 %

Thys vs England

0 victory

1 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 26, 1990

Thys vs Robson

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on June 26, 1990

Referee

Peter Mikkelsen

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	England2 matches	General total	Belgium1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	England1 match	Season total	Belgium1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on April 28, 1993					Latest figure on June 26, 1990

Videos

April 09, 2012

Comments

Key figures

It's the first time David Platt scores 1 goal in World Cup

It's the first time David Platt scores 1 goal in his professional career with

Belgium keeps its 3 matches with at least one goal conceded running (since 17/06/1990).

Read the next 14 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Neutral ground

LIreland 1-0 England12/06/1988

LNetherlands 3-1 England15/06/1988

LSoviet Union 3-1 England18/06/1988

DEngland 1-1 Ireland11/06/1990

DNetherlands 0-0 England16/06/1990

VEngland 1-0 Egypt21/06/1990

Overall

VEngland 1-0 Denmark15/05/1990

LEngland 1-2 Uruguay22/05/1990

DTunisia 1-1 England02/06/1990

DEngland 1-1 Ireland11/06/1990

DNetherlands 0-0 England16/06/1990

VEngland 1-0 Egypt21/06/1990

Current form

Neutral ground

LBelgium 0-2 Argentina25/06/1986

LFrance 4-2 Belgium28/06/1986

VLuxembourg 0-5 Belgium01/06/1989

VBelgium 2-0 South Korea12/06/1990

VUruguay 1-3 Belgium17/06/1990

LBelgium 1-2 Spain21/06/1990

Overall

DBelgium 2-2 Romania26/05/1990

VBelgium 3-0 Mexico02/06/1990

DBelgium 1-1 Poland06/06/1990

VBelgium 2-0 South Korea12/06/1990

VUruguay 1-3 Belgium17/06/1990

LBelgium 1-2 Spain21/06/1990

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Winning streak	1	1
Unbeaten streak	3	4
Drawless streak	1	1
Scoring streak	1	1
Invincibility streak	2	2

Running streaks

	Neutral ground	Total
Loosing streak	1	1
Winless streak	1	1
Drawless streak	6	3
Scoring streak	5	6
Conceding streak	2	2

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

2	Goals scored (Competition total)	6
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	3
0.67	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	2
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	2

Bookings

2	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1

Key players

Gary Lineker	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Enzo Scifo
Gary Lineker	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	1 goal	Enzo Scifo
Paul Gascoigne	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Enzo Scifo
Paul Gascoigne	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	1 assist	Enzo Scifo
Mark Wright	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Patrick Vervoort

Historical head to head

Home

4 matches

3 v

1 d

0 l

17 gf

3 ga

Away

11 matches

9 v

1 d

1 l

44 gf

16 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

5 ga

Total

17 matches

12 v

4 d

1 l

66 gf

24 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

1 v

1 d

9 l

16 gf

44 ga

Away

4 matches

0 v

1 d

3 l

3 gf

17 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

2 d

0 l

5 gf

5 ga

Total

17 matches

1 v

4 d

12 l

24 gf

66 ga

Largest victory

Overall	9 - 1	May 11, 1927
Neutral ground	No success yet

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 2	May 09, 1936
Neutral ground	No success yet

Latest head to head

June 12, 1980 - Euro 1980

Belgium

1 - 1

England

February 25, 1970 - Rencontres amicales 1970

Belgium

1 - 3

England

October 21, 1964 - Rencontres amicales 1964

England

2 - 2

Belgium

June 17, 1954 - Coupe du Monde 1954

England

4 - 4

Belgium

November 26, 1952 - Rencontres amicales 1952

England

5 - 0

Belgium

Best historical scorers against Belgium

Dixie Dean	5 goals	1927 - 1928
George Camsell	5 goals	1929 - 1936
Nat Lofthouse	4 goals	1952 - 1954
Frank R Osborne	3 goals	1926 - 1926
Tom Finney	2 goals	1947 - 1947
Billy Walker	2 goals	1924 - 1924

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against England

Jacques Moeschal	2 goals	1928 - 1929
Léopold Anoul	2 goals	1954 - 1954
Raymond Braine	2 goals	1926 - 1926
Henrik Isemborghs	2 goals	1936 - 1936
Joseph Mermans	2 goals	1947 - 1950
Honoré Vlamynck	1 goal	1923 - 1923

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Belgium

Billy Wright	4 matches	1947 - 1954
Tom Finney	4 matches	1947 - 1954
Roy F Goodall	3 matches	1927 - 1931
Ernie Blenkinsop	3 matches	1928 - 1931
Jimmy Dickinson	3 matches	1950 - 1954
Roy Bentley	2 matches	1950 - 1952

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 21/05/1921. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs England

Flavien Van Halme	6 matches	1923 - 1929
Armand Swartenbroeks	6 matches	1921 - 1927
Jean de Bie	6 matches	1921 - 1929
Pierre Braine	5 matches	1924 - 1929
Maurice Gillis	4 matches	1923 - 1926
Raymond Braine	4 matches	1926 - 1929