Another match day of the Euro 2024 Round of 16 kicks off with a game between France and Belgium at the Merkur Spiel-Arena stadium in Dusseldorf. The history of meetings between opponents has 75 matches. The two last encounters were won by the French.
The last time France and Belgium played against each other was in the League of Nations 2021 playoffs. The match was high-scoring and ended with a 3-2 victory for the French. Interestingly, after the first half, les Bleus were trailing 0-2, but in the second half they scored three times. Carrasco and Lukaku scored for Belgium, while Benzema, Mbappé, and Theo Hernandez found the net for France.
Prior to this, France defeated Belgium 1-0 in the 2018 World Cup semi-finals. In total, the opponents have had 75 face-to-face meetings from 1904 to 2021. France has 26 victories, Belgium has 30, and 19 matches ended in a draw.
In the Euro Championship quarter-finals, the winner of the match between France and Belgium will face the winner of the Portugal vs. Slovenia pair.
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