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Belgium vs Wales match report

Date, kick-off time:
Saturday, 11 October 1997, 20:00 (UTC+2:00)
National teams, score:
Belgium
3-2
Wales
Competition:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 7
Referee:
Vítor Melo Pereira, Lisbon /
Portugal
Attendance, venue:
19 233, Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels
Goals:
1-0 (4') Lorenzo Staelens (pen.), 2-0 (32') Gert Claessens, 3-0 (39') Marc Wilmots, 3-1 (52') Mark Pembridge (pen.), 3-2 (61') Ryan Giggs
Belgium football team line-up in match Nr.548
Managed by head coach Georges Leekens
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Filip De Wilde  
16
33
Sporting CP, Lisboa
Eric Deflandre  
2
24
Club Brugge KV, Brugge
Bart De Roover   65' 
5
30
NAC, Breda
65' Mike Verstraeten  
1
30
KFC Germinal, Ekeren
Lorenzo Staelens   52'
44
33
Club Brugge KV, Brugge
Rudi Smidts  
33
34
RCSC, Charleroi
Franky Van der Elst  Captain 
75
36
Club Brugge KV, Brugge
Marc Wilmots  
27
28
FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, Gelsenkirchen
Nico Van Kerckhoven   82' 
10
26
K Lierse SK, Lier
82' Vital Borkelmans  
14
34
Club Brugge KV, Brugge
Danny Boffin  
29
32
FC Metz, Metz
Gert Claessens   68' 
1
25
Club Brugge KV, Brugge
68' Luc Nilis  
41
30
PSV, Eindhoven
Luís Oliveira   57'
20
28
AC Fiorentina, Firenze
Wales football team line-up in match Nr.476
Managed by team manager Bobby Gould (England)
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Andy Marriott  
3
27
Wrexham AFC, Wrexham
Steve Jenkins  
8
25
Huddersfield Town AFC, Huddersfield
Rob Edwards   3'
2
24
Bristol City FC, Bristol
John Robinson  
9
26
Charlton Athletic FC, London
Karl Ready   67'
2
25
Queens Park Rangers FC, London
Mark Pembridge  
24
26
Sheffield Wednesday FC, Sheffield
Robbie Savage   90' 
7
22
Leicester City FC, Leicester
90' John Oster  
1
18
Everton FC, Liverpool
Ceri Hughes   46' 
8
26
Wimbledon FC, London
46' Rob Page  
5
23
Watford FC, Watford
John Hartson   84' 
11
22
West Ham United FC, London
84' Gareth Taylor   90'
7
24
Sheffield United FC, Sheffield
Ryan Giggs  Captain 
21
23
Manchester United FC, Manchester
Dean Saunders  
60
33
Nottingham Forest FC, West Bridgford
Match stats
National team
Players
Average caps
Average age
Clubs
Goals
Cautions
Expulsions
Belgium
14
22.714
30.605
10
3
2
0
Wales
14
12.000
25.038
14
2
3
0
Historical data sources
Gazet van Anwerpen (Antwerp), №238, 13 Oct 1997; Concentra online archief
Comments
Belgium vs Wales post-match head-to-head
WP
56.3
P
8
W
4
D
1
L
3
GF
13
GA
15
GF/P
1.625
GA/P
1.875
Av attendance
20 228
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Belgium national team matches
Previous match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Netherlands vs Belgium 3-1
Rotterdam, Saturday 6 September 1997
Next match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Rep. of Ireland vs Belgium 1-1
Dublin, Wednesday 29 October 1997
Belgium matches
Wales national team matches
Previous match:
1998 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Turkey vs Wales 6-4
Istanbul, Wednesday 20 August 1997
Next match:
Friendly International
Brazil vs Wales 3-0
Brasília, Tuesday 11 November 1997
Wales matches
Top Belgium goal scorers
1. Bernard Voorhoof (1928 - 1940) - 30 goals
2. Paul Van Himst (1960 - 1972) - 30 goals
... Marc Wilmots (1992 - 1997) - 9 goals
... Lorenzo Staelens (1992 - 1997) - 6 goals
... Gert Claessens (1997) - 1 goal
(correct as of October 11, 1997)
Belgium goal scorers
Top Wales goal scorers
1. Ian Rush (1982 - 1994) - 28 goals
2. Ivor Allchurch (1951 - 1965) - 23 goals
3. Trevor Ford (1946 - 1956) - 23 goals
... Ryan Giggs (1993 - 1997) - 5 goals
... Mark Pembridge (1992 - 1997) - 4 goals
(correct as of October 11, 1997)
Wales goal scorers
Brief match report
Sat. 11 Oct 1997
Stade Roi Baudouin, Brussels
Belgium 3-2 Wales
Goals: Staelens 4 (11m), Claessens 32, Wilmots 39, Pembridge 52 (11m), Giggs 61

Belgium: De Wilde, Deflandre, De Roover (Verstraeten 65), Staelens, Smidts, Van der Elst (c), Wilmots, Van Kerckhoven (Borkelmans 82), Boffin, Claessens (Nilis 68), Oliveira. Managed by Leekens.
Booked: Staelens 52, Oliveira 57.

Wales: Marriott, Jenkins, Edwards, Robinson, Ready, Pembridge, Savage (Oster 90), Hughes (Page 46), Hartson (Taylor 84), Giggs (c), Saunders. Managed by Gould (England).
Booked: Edwards 3, Ready 67, Taylor 90.

Att: 19 233,
Ref: Melo Pereira (Portugal)

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