Match facts

Match facts

Team form (latest at right) :

Brazil - WDWWW

Belgium - WWWWW

n This will be the fifth meeting between these sides. Belgium won the first back in a 1963 friendly, while Brazil have won the following three meetings.

n The only previous occasion these sides met in a World Cup was in the round of 16 in 2002, with Brazil winning 2-0 en route to winning the entire competition. Jamaican FIFA referee Peter Prendergast was in charge of this game.

n Belgium have scored 12 goals so far in the 2018 World Cup - at no single tournament in the competition have they scored more (also 12 in 1986).

n Brazil are unbeaten in their last 15 matches in all competitions (W11, D4), conceding just three goals in that run.

Players to watch: Brazil: Jorge Jesus Belgium: Romelu Lukaku