Soccer Preview-Predictions Belgium vs England

This is one of the toughest games a player will have to prepare for in some ways. For the greatest ever football achievement, Belgium and England will have to now recompose them to go in search of what will be a high-water mark for at least two generations of fans.

The exceptionally talented, flowing and expressive Belgium side with members of their ranks the wrong side of 30 will be arguably ruing that missed shot at football’s biggest prize more than others. But the chance for greatness will be presented at Saturday, as bronze would see them exceed the side who finished fourth at Mexico 1986.

While the sense of the last chance is not there for England, who is the one of the youngest ever to appear I the finals, one of a missed opportunity is. Third place would be the biggest achievement since triumphing in 1966 for the Three Lions. It seems equal happened recently to their women’s team who earned bronze at the FIFA World Cup Canada 2015.

Did you know that only one match for Third Place has seen more goals than Belgium’s last appearance? That was the match against France which was a 4-2, and that was 60 years ago.

Possible line-ups:

Belgium: Axel Witsel, Kevin De Bruyne, Nacer Chadli, Thomas Meunier, Jan Vertonghen, Vincent Kompany, Toby Alderweireld, Romelu Lukaku, Marouane Fellaini, Eden Hazard, Thibaut Courtois.

England: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Eric Dier, Jesse Lingard, Ashley Young, Kyle Walker, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane, Jordan Pickford.