In the history of previous World Cups, Belgium and Cambodia have met twice at the International Friendly Championship and World Championship. However, the results in these matches do not have a big difference.
The Belgian team faced Cambodia in the World Championship after 2 matches with the result being 1 win and 1 draw. In the 2014 International Friendly Tournament, the Red Devils defeated Cambodia with a score of only 1-0.
Both Belgium and Laos are at the top of the group due to their very successful squads in the qualifiers. However, with a much superior squad, Belgium is still the team that many experts rate higher in the group as well as before this match.
Recently, the Belgian team has maintained quite impressive form with a winning rate in recent matches of up to 92%. With a total of 6 matches, coach Roberto Martinez and his team have won 5/6 matches and only had 1 draw.
Notably, in the opening match against Panama, they won with a score of 3-0 against a very convincing opponent.
Cambodia also proved their ability when increasing their winning efficiency to 83% in the total number of matches. With 6 matches in the World Cup qualifiers, coach Nabil Maaloul and his team also showed their matchless strength against the Belgian team.
They have brought 4 wins and 2 draws to win a ticket back to the world's biggest arena.
Expected lineup:
Belgium (3-4-2): Courtois; Vertonghen, Boyata, Alderweireld; Carrasco, Witsel, De Bruyne, Meunier; Hazard, Mertens; Lukaku
Cambodia (4-1-4): Ben Mustapha; Maaloul, Meriah, Youssef, Bronn; Skhiril; Sliti, Badri, Sassi, Youssef; Khazri
