Belgium v England, 14 July 2018

Kick-off: 5.00pm local (3.00pm BST) Belgium v England was Match 63 of FIFA World Cup 2018 Refereeing team: Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) Assistant Referee 1: Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Assistant Referee 2: Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) Fourth Official: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal) Reserve AR: Djibril Camara (Senegal) VAR: Mark Geiger (USA) AVAR 1: Bastian Dankert (Germany) AVAR 2: Joe Fletcher (Canada) AVAR 3: Paolo Valeri (Italy) Belgium became the fourth nation to win six games at a World Cup finals without lifting the trophy; also Poland in 1974, Italy in 1990 and Netherlands in 2010. Belgium’s only previous World Cup third-place play-off was in 1986 when they faced France and lost 4-2. England’s only previous World Cup third-place play-off was in 1990 when they faced hosts Italy and lost 2-1. Belgium and England became the first nations to face each other twice at the same World Cup finals since Turkey versus Brazil in 2002. This was England's 100th game at a major tournament (69 World Cup, 31 European Championships). At an average of 25 years and 174 days, this was England's youngest-ever starting line-up in a World Cup finals game. Thomas Meunier became the tenth different player to score for Belgium at Russia 2018 to equal the record for a World Cup finals set by France in 1982 and Italy in 2006. England failed to score for the second time in their last 11 games; both against Belgium. This was now the first time that England had lost three games at a World Cup finals.