World Cup Opta Stats: Belgium v Russia

Can Marouane Fellaini continue his goalscoring form when Belgium face Russia?

Belgium can guarantee qualification with a win over Russia. Opta rates their chances.

Belgium are unbeaten against Russia (W2 D1) since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. They are 2.0421/20 to win.

This is their second encounter at the World Cup, with Belgium winning 3-2 in the group stages of the 2002 edition. Over 4.5 goals is priced at 8.07/1.

Romelu Lukaku scored a brace in their last encounter, a 2-0 friendly win for Belgium in Voronezh on 17 November 2010. Lukaku is 2.26/5 to score.

Lukaku failed to register a single touch in the opposition area in his 58 minute appearance against Algeria. Russia are 4.47/2 to keep a clean sheet.

It took Marouane Fellaini just five minutes to score his first World Cup goal after coming on as a substitute versus Algeria. Fellaini is 4.57/2 to score.

Thibaut Courtois is yet to lose a match with the Belgium national team (P18 W12 D6). Belgium are 2.77/4 to keep a clean sheet.

The last eight goals that Russia have scored in World Cup finals matches have come after half-time. The odds of the second-half containing more goals than the first are 2.111/10.

Aleksandr Kerzhakov has now joined Vladimir Beschastnykh as joint-top goalscorer for Russia with 26 goals. Kerzhakov is 3.7511/4 to score.

Kerzhakov had been on the field for three minutes and 16 seconds when he scored Russia's equaliser against South Korea. He is 8.5n/a to score the last goal.

Belgium played a higher proportion of passes in the opposition half (68.4%) than any other side in the opening round of group stage games. Over 2.5 goals is 2.166/5.