Belgium vs Panama – Lineups, Predictions & Stats Preview 18 June 2018
FIFA World Cup 2018 is getting closer by the day. Russia is privileged to host this year’s World Cup games in 12 of their stadiums across 11 cities. The games will start on 14th June 2018 at 1600hrs (BST). Belgium will face off with Panama on 18/06/2018 at 1500hrs (UTC). Belgium vs Panama tips are therefore important to anyone who will strive to place a winning bet.
Belgium Probable Lineup and Stats
In the world cup qualifiers, Belgium emerged as the winner in their group and with an unbeaten record. This team scored 43 goals in 10 games. These games got them 28 points. However, the team has worried the fans especially with a recent 3-3 draw with Mexico.
The team is likely to take a 3-4-2-1 formation. The defenders are likely to be Christian Kabasele, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen. Those likely to take defensive midfielders positions are Thomas Meunier, Kevin De Bruyne, Axel Witsel, Laurent Ciman; the position of attacking midfielders will be probably Eden Hazard and Dries Mertens. The striker might be Romelu Lukaku who emerged with the highest number of goals in the qualification tournament having scored a total of 13 goals.
The goalkeeper will probably be Thibaut Courtois. When it comes to discipline, the team so far has 13 yellow cards and one red card served to Witsel. In addition, they have 95 committed fouls. Their passing completion percentage is 89% and a possession of 62%.
Panama Probable Lineup and Stats
This team according to Hernan Dario Gomez, is going to Russia for the World Cup to learn and compete. Roman Torres scored the goal that qualified this team for the FIFA World Cup 2018. They came third in the CONCACAF round five. The star player on this team is Gabriel Gomez and the striker being Roman Torres. The team will probably deploy a 4-4-2 formation in their face off with Belgium. In this formation, F. Escobar, Roman T, Gabriel G and M. Vargas will take the defensive positions. Quintero, Camargo, Godoy, and Arroyo Will be the midfielders while Gabriel Torres and Ismael Diaz will be the strikers. The goalkeeper is likely to be J. Penedo.
This team scored 8 goals with Gabriel Torres and Roman Torres scoring 2 goals each. Panama has 27 yellow cards and no red card. The team committed 41 fouls. This team has been ranked 56 by FIFA.
Belgium v Panama – Head to Head
This will be the first time Belgium will face it off with Panama. Looking at the performance during the World Cup qualifiers, Belgium is well ahead in terms of goals scored compared to Panama. Belgium has 43 goals in 10 games while Panama has only 9. This makes the margin very wide. Romelu Lukaku from Belgium Scored 13 goals which made him the highest goal scorer. On the other hand, Gabriel T and roman T, both have scored 4 goals. This, therefore, shows that Belgium is better placed to win the match.
Expert Tip
This is a match has a higher probability of Belgium taking home the victory. The probability of Belgium winning is 66% while for the game end up in a draw is 33%. According to FIFA World Ranking, Panama is ranked 49 while Belgium is ranked number 5. The best pick for this game will, therefore, be Belgium.
Interesting Facts and Information
- Belgium haven’t lost in their last 19 games.
- Belgium wins 1st half in 50% of their games, Panama in 13% of their games.
- Belgium’s recent performance is better than Panama’s.
- In World Cup, Belgium has better performance than Panama.
- Belgium scores 3.5 goals when playing at home and Panama scores 0.4 goals when playing away (in average).
- Panama has streak of 2 matches with 0 scored goals.
- When Belgium leads 1-0 at home, they win in 83% of their games.
- When Panama leads 0-1 away, they win in 100% of their games.
- When Belgium is down 0-1 home, they win 100% of their games.
- When Panama is down 1-0 away, they win 0% of their games.
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