Belgium face Iran on Sunday with both sides knowing a victory will be huge for their hopes of qualifying for the World Cup knockouts.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of the game…
Kick-off time in the UK
8pm, Sunday 21 June
How to watch in the UK
TV channel: ITV 1
Streaming: ITVX
Team news
Jeremy Doku is expected to miss out for Belgium because of illness. Romelu Lukaku’s fitness is still being managed, meanwhile, with the striker not yet ready to play a full game.
Predicted line-ups
Belgium (4-2-3-1): Courtois; Meunier, Ngoy, Mechele, De Cuyper; Onana, Tielemans; Trossard, De Bruyne, Fernandez-Pardo; De Ketelaere
Iran (4-4-2): Beiranvand; Rezaeian, Khalilzadeh, Nemati, Mohammadi; Mohebi, Ghoddos, Ezatolahi, Ghayedi; Moghanlou, Taremi
Recent form
Both sides drew their opening games of the World Cup. Belgium scored a second-half equaliser to secure a 1-1 draw against Egypt, while Iran played out an exciting 2-2 draw with New Zealand.
What’s been said?
Belgium boss Rudi Garcia on Iran: “They’re a team that runs a lot, defends well and is strong on set pieces. So, I’d say, we have to be at 100 percent of our ability tomorrow to beat this Iranian team. So, we’re focusing much more on ourselves than on the opponent.”
Iran’s manager Amir Ghalenoei has again criticised the travel difficulties imposed by the US government on his side: “We only managed to train half the time we usually spend on training. We wanted to have optimal physical and technical preparation.
“Look at the Belgium team. They arrived yesterday noon. They’ve managed to have proper training.”
