The France-Belgium match of the EURO-2024 playoffs will take place today in Düsseldorf.
Idman.biz reviews the competitive history of the teams before the game.
Among the play-off pairs of EURO-2024, France and Belgium are the pair with the richest history both in terms of the number of games and the longest in terms of time. Over the past 120 years, the teams have met 75 times. In these encounters, the Tricolors won 26 times, and the Red Devils won 30 times. The ball difference is also on the side of the second - 131-162.
The first duel of the teams took place in 1904. The friendly match ended with a draw of 3:3.
Their only meeting in the final stage of the European championships ended in 1984 with a 5-0 victory for France. In the continental qualifiers, the advantage is clearly on the side of Belgium - 2 wins and 2 draws with a 5-3 goal difference in 4 matches in the EURO-1968 and EURO-1976 qualifiers.
In the final stage of the world championships, France has a 100 percent advantage - 3 wins in 3 games. France won 3:1 in the 1938 World Cup R16, 4:2 in extra time in the bronze match in 1986, and 1:0 in the semi-finals in 2018. In the qualifying stages of the 1958 and 1982 world championships, France won 2 and Belgium 1 in 4 matches. The ball difference is also in favor of the first team - 9-7.
Out of 62 friendly matches, the French won 19 and the Belgians won 27. The goal difference is 103-145.
Finally, the teams met once in the Nations League and this was their last meeting so far. In this match held in 2021, France won 3:2.
Today the game will start at 20:00.
Vugar Mammadov
Idman.biz
