2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

Group G of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will take place from 18 to 28 June 2018.[1] The group consists of Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, and England. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16.[2]

Teams

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 Fourth place (1986) 5
G2  Panama 4 CONCACAF CONCACAF Fifth Round third place 10 October 2017 1st – – 49
G3  Tunisia 3 CAF CAF Third Round Group A winners 11 November 2017 5th 2006 Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006) 28
G4  England 2 UEFA UEFA Group F winners 5 October 2017 15th 2014 Winners (1966) 12
Notes
  1. ↑ The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

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:

  • The winners of Group G will advance to play the runners-up of Group H.
  • The runners-up of Group G will advance to play the winners of Group H.

Matches

All times listed are local time.[1]

Belgium vs Panama

Belgium 3–0 Panama
  • Mertens  47'
  • Lukaku  69', 75'
 Report
Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 43,257[3]
Belgium[4]
Panama[4]
GK 1 Thibaut Courtois
CB 2 Toby Alderweireld
CB 20 Dedryck Boyata
CB 5 Jan Vertonghen  59'
RM 15 Thomas Meunier  14'
CM 7 Kevin De Bruyne  88'
CM 6 Axel Witsel  90'
LM 11 Yannick Carrasco  74'
RW 14 Dries Mertens  83'
LW 10 Eden Hazard (c)
CF 9 Romelu Lukaku
Substitutions:
MF 19 Mousa Dembélé  74'
MF 16 Thorgan Hazard  83'
MF 22 Nacer Chadli  90'
Manager:
Roberto Martínez
GK 1 Jaime Penedo
RB 2 Michael Amir Murillo  51'
CB 5 Román Torres (c)
CB 4 Fidel Escobar
LB 15 Erick Davis  18'
DM 6 Gabriel Gómez
CM 11 Armando Cooper  49'
CM 20 Aníbal Godoy  57'
RW 8 Édgar Bárcenas  45+2'  63'
LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez  63'
CF 7 Blas Pérez  73'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Gabriel Torres  63'
FW 10 Ismael Díaz  63'
FW 18 Luis Tejada  73'
Manager:
Hernán Darío Gómez

Man of the Match:
Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)[5]

Assistant referees:[4]
Jerson Dos Santos (Angola)
Zakhele Siwela (South Africa)
Fourth official:
Ryuji Sato (Japan)
Fifth official:
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

Tunisia 1–2 England
 Report
Volgograd Arena, Volgograd
Attendance: 41,064[6]
Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)
Tunisia[7]
England[7]
GK 22 Mouez Hassen  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)  85'
LF 23 Naïm Sliti  74'
Substitutions:
GK 1 Farouk Ben Mustapha  16'
MF 14 Mohamed Amine Ben Amor  74'
FW 19 Saber Khalifa  85'
Manager:
Nabil Maâloul
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
CB 2 Kyle Walker  33'
CB 5 John Stones
CB 6 Harry Maguire
DM 8 Jordan Henderson
CM 20 Dele Alli  80'
CM 7 Jesse Lingard  90+3'
RM 12 Kieran Trippier
LM 18 Ashley Young
CF 10 Raheem Sterling  68'
CF 9 Harry Kane (c)
Substitutions:
FW 19 Marcus Rashford  68'
MF 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek  80'
MF 4 Eric Dier  90+3'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match:
Harry Kane (England)[8]

Assistant referees:[7]
Alexander Guzmán (Colombia)
Cristian de la Cruz (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica)
Fifth official:
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

Belgium 5–2 Tunisia
 Report
Otkritie Arena, Moscow
Attendance: 44,190[9]
Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)
Belgium[10]
Tunisia[10]
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  86'
CF 9 Romelu Lukaku  59'
LF 10 Eden Hazard (c)  68'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Marouane Fellaini  59'
FW 21 Michy Batshuayi  68'
MF 17 Youri Tielemans  86'
Manager:
Roberto Martínez
GK 1 Farouk Ben Mustapha
RB 11 Dylan Bronn  24'
CB 2 Syam Ben Youssef  41'
CB 4 Yassine Meriah
LB 12 Ali Maâloul
CM 7 Saîf-Eddine Khaoui
CM 17 Ellyes Skhiri
CM 13 Ferjani Sassi  14'  59'
RF 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
CF 10 Wahbi Khazri (c)
LF 9 Anice Badri
Substitutions:
DF 21 Hamdi Nagguez  24'
DF 3 Yohan Benalouane  41'
FW 23 Naïm Sliti  59'
Manager:
Nabil Maâloul

Man of the Match:
Eden Hazard (Belgium)[11]

Assistant referees:[10]
Corey Rockwell (United States)
Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth official:
Andrés Cunha (Uruguay)
Fifth official:
Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay)
Video assistant referee:
Mark Geiger (United States)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Bastian Dankert (Germany)
Joe Fletcher (Canada)
Felix Zwayer (Germany)

England vs Panama

England 6–1 Panama
 Report
  • Baloy  78'
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
Attendance: 43,319[12]
Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)
England[13]
Panama[13]
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  24'
CM 7 Jesse Lingard  63'
RM 12 Kieran Trippier  70'
LM 18 Ashley Young
CF 10 Raheem Sterling
CF 9 Harry Kane (c)  63'
Substitutions:
FW 11 Jamie Vardy  63'
DF 17 Fabian Delph  63'
DF 3 Danny Rose  70'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate
GK 1 Jaime Penedo
RB 2 Michael Amir Murillo  72'
CB 5 Román Torres (c)
CB 4 Fidel Escobar  44'
LB 15 Erick Davis
DM 6 Gabriel Gómez  69'
CM 11 Armando Cooper  10'
CM 20 Aníbal Godoy  62'
RW 8 Édgar Bárcenas  69'
LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez
CF 7 Blas Pérez
Substitutions:
MF 19 Ricardo Ávila  62'
FW 16 Abdiel Arroyo  69'
DF 23 Felipe Baloy  69'
Manager:
Hernán Darío Gómez

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

Assistant referees:[13]
Redouane Achik (Morocco)
Waleed Ahmed (Sudan)
Fourth official:
Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Fifth official:
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

England 0–1 Belgium
Report
  • Januzaj  51'
Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 33,973[15]
Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)
England[16]
Belgium[16]
GK 1 Jordan Pickford
CB 16 Phil Jones
CB 5 John Stones  46'
CB 15 Gary Cahill
DM 4 Eric Dier (c)
CM 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek
CM 17 Fabian Delph
RW 22 Trent Alexander-Arnold  79'
LW 3 Danny Rose
CF 19 Marcus Rashford
CF 11 Jamie Vardy
Substitutions:
DF 6 Harry Maguire  46'
FW 14 Danny Welbeck  79'
Manager:
Gareth Southgate
GK 1 Thibaut Courtois (c)
CB 23 Leander Dendoncker  33'
CB 20 Dedryck Boyata
CB 3 Thomas Vermaelen  74'
RM 22 Nacer Chadli
CM 8 Marouane Fellaini
CM 19 Mousa Dembélé
LM 16 Thorgan Hazard
RF 18 Adnan Januzaj  86'
CF 21 Michy Batshuayi
LF 17 Youri Tielemans  19'
Substitutions:
DF 4 Vincent Kompany  74'
FW 14 Dries Mertens  86'
Manager:
Roberto Martínez

Man of the Match:
Adnan Januzaj (Belgium)[17]

Assistant referees:[16]
Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia)
Robert Vukan (Slovenia)
Fourth official:
Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Fifth official:
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

Panama 1–2 Tunisia
  • Meriah  33' (o.g.)
 Report
  • F. Ben Youssef  51'
  • Khazri  66'
Mordovia Arena, Saransk
Attendance: 37,168[18]
Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)
Panama[19]
Tunisia[19]
GK 1 Jaime Penedo
RB 13 Adolfo Machado
CB 5 Román Torres (c)  56'
CB 4 Fidel Escobar
LB 17 Luis Ovalle
DM 6 Gabriel Gómez  80'
CM 20 Aníbal Godoy
CM 19 Ricardo Ávila  78'  81'
RW 8 Édgar Bárcenas
LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez
CF 9 Gabriel Torres  46'
Substitutions:
DF 3 Harold Cummings  46'
FW 18 Luis Tejada  90+6'  56'
FW 16 Abdiel Arroyo  81'
Manager:
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  44'  46'
CM 17 Ellyes Skhiri
CM 20 Ghailene Chaalali  90+3'
RF 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
CF 10 Wahbi Khazri  89'
LF 23 Naïm Sliti  77'
Substitutions:
FW 9 Anice Badri  71'  46'
MF 15 Ahmed Khalil  77'
MF 18 Bassem Srarfi  89'
Manager:
Nabil Maâloul

Man of the Match:
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia)[20]

Assistant referees:[19]
Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain)
Taleb Al Maari (Qatar)
Fourth official:
Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Fifth official:
Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan)
Video assistant referee:
Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)
Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 – Match Schedule" (PDF). FIFA.com. 20 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Regulations – 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  3. ↑ "Match report – Group G – Belgium-Panama" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Belgium-Panama" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Belgium v Panama – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Match report – Group G – Tunisia-England" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Tunisia-England" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Tunisia v England – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 June 2018. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Match report – Group G – Belgium-Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Belgium-Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  11. ↑ "Belgium v Tunisia – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  12. ↑ "Match report – Group G – England v Panama" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – England v Panama" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  14. ↑ "England v Panama – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 24 June 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
  15. ↑ "Match report – Group G – England v Belgium" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – England v Belgium" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  17. ↑ "England v Belgium – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  18. ↑ "Match report – Group G – Panama v Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 June 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 "Tactical Line-up – Group G – Panama v Tunisia" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  20. ↑ "Panama v Tunisia – Man of the Match". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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