Men's World Cup · recorded head-to-head

Belgium vs England

Follow Belgium and England across 4 source-recorded World Cup meetings in 3 editions.

Belgium England

4Recorded meetings
3Editions represented
2Belgium wins
1England wins
Belgium W–D–L
2–1–1
England W–D–L
1–1–2
Recorded match goals
Belgium 7–5 England
Editions in this record
1954, 1990, 2018

Archive scope: This page compares 4 source-recorded matches across 3 editions. The Atlas match archive is incomplete for some historical tournaments, so these totals should not be read as a definitive all-time record.

Meeting ledger

4 recorded match reports

Chronological source records, oldest to newest.

EditionDateStageFixtureScoreReport
1954Jun 17, 1954group stageEngland vs Belgium4–4 (AET)Match report
1990Jun 26, 1990round of 16England vs Belgium1–0 (AET)Match report
2018Jun 28, 2018group stageEngland vs Belgium0–1Match report
2018Jul 14, 2018third-place matchBelgium vs England2–0Match report

A penalty-shootout winner counts as the match winner in the W–D–L record. Goal totals use the recorded match score; shoot-out kicks are not counted as match goals. Every row links to its edition and match report.

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