2018 FIFA World Cup Group G

Group G of the 2018 FIFA World Cup will take place from 18 to 28 June 2018.^[1] The group consists of Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, and England. The top two teams will advance to the round of 16.^[2]

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Confederation	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	FIFA Rankings
									October 2017[nb 1]	June 2018
G1	Belgium	1	UEFA	UEFA Group H winners	3 September 2017	13th	2014	Fourth place (1986)	5
G2	Panama	4	CONCACAF	CONCACAF Fifth Round third place	10 October 2017	1st	–	–	49
G3	Tunisia	3	CAF	CAF Third Round Group A winners	11 November 2017	5th	2006	Group stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006)	28
G4	England	2	UEFA	UEFA Group F winners	5 October 2017	15th	2014	Winners (1966)	12

Notes

1. The rankings of October 2017 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	England	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
3	Tunisia	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Panama	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16:

• The winners of Group G will advance to play the runners-up of Group H.
• The runners-up of Group G will advance to play the winners of Group H.

Matches

All times listed are local time.^[1]

Belgium vs Panama

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18)

18:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Belgium	3–0	Panama
Mertens  47' Lukaku  69', 75'	Report

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi

Attendance: 43,257^[3]

Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

Belgium[4]

Panama[4]

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois CB 2 Toby Alderweireld CB 20 Dedryck Boyata CB 5 Jan Vertonghen  59' RM 15 Thomas Meunier  14' CM 7 Kevin De Bruyne  88' CM 6 Axel Witsel  90' LM 11 Yannick Carrasco  74' RW 14 Dries Mertens  83' LW 10 Eden Hazard (c) CF 9 Romelu Lukaku Substitutions: MF 19 Mousa Dembélé  74' MF 16 Thorgan Hazard  83' MF 22 Nacer Chadli  90' Manager: Roberto Martínez

GK 1 Jaime Penedo RB 2 Michael Amir Murillo  51' CB 5 Román Torres (c) CB 4 Fidel Escobar LB 15 Erick Davis  18' DM 6 Gabriel Gómez CM 11 Armando Cooper  49' CM 20 Aníbal Godoy  57' RW 8 Édgar Bárcenas  45+2'  63' LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez  63' CF 7 Blas Pérez  73' Substitutions: FW 9 Gabriel Torres  63' FW 10 Ismael Díaz  63' FW 18 Luis Tejada  73' Manager: Hernán Darío Gómez

Man of the Match: Romelu Lukaku (Belgium)[5] Assistant referees:[4] Jerson Dos Santos (Angola) Zakhele Siwela (South Africa) Fourth official: Ryuji Sato (Japan) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Toru Sagara (Japan) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referees: Felix Zwayer (Germany) Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

Tunisia vs England

18 June 2018 (2018-06-18)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Tunisia	1–2	England
Sassi  35' (pen.)	Report	Kane  11', 90+1'

Volgograd Arena, Volgograd

Attendance: 41,064^[6]

Referee: Wilmar Roldán (Colombia)

Tunisia[7]

England[7]

GK 22 Mouez Hassen  16' RB 11 Dylan Bronn CB 2 Syam Ben Youssef CB 4 Yassine Meriah LB 12 Ali Maâloul CM 13 Ferjani Sassi CM 17 Ellyes Skhiri CM 9 Anice Badri RF 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef CF 10 Wahbi Khazri (c)  85' LF 23 Naïm Sliti  74' Substitutions: GK 1 Farouk Ben Mustapha  16' MF 14 Mohamed Amine Ben Amor  74' FW 19 Saber Khalifa  85' Manager: Nabil Maâloul

GK 1 Jordan Pickford CB 2 Kyle Walker  33' CB 5 John Stones CB 6 Harry Maguire DM 8 Jordan Henderson CM 20 Dele Alli  80' CM 7 Jesse Lingard  90+3' RM 12 Kieran Trippier LM 18 Ashley Young CF 10 Raheem Sterling  68' CF 9 Harry Kane (c) Substitutions: FW 19 Marcus Rashford  68' MF 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek  80' MF 4 Eric Dier  90+3' Manager: Gareth Southgate

Man of the Match: Harry Kane (England)[8] Assistant referees:[7] Alexander Guzmán (Colombia) Cristian de la Cruz (Colombia) Fourth official: Ricardo Montero (Costa Rica) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) Video assistant referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil) Assistant video assistant referees: Gery Vargas (Bolivia) Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Tiago Martins (Portugal)

Belgium vs Tunisia

23 June 2018 (2018-06-23)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Belgium	5–2	Tunisia
E. Hazard  6' (pen.), 51' Lukaku  16', 45+3' Batshuayi  90'	Report	Bronn  18' Khazri  90+3'

Otkritie Arena, Moscow

Attendance: 44,190^[9]

Referee: Jair Marrufo (United States)

Belgium[10]

Tunisia[10]

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois CB 2 Toby Alderweireld CB 20 Dedryck Boyata CB 5 Jan Vertonghen RM 15 Thomas Meunier CM 7 Kevin De Bruyne CM 6 Axel Witsel LM 11 Yannick Carrasco RF 14 Dries Mertens  86' CF 9 Romelu Lukaku  59' LF 10 Eden Hazard (c)  68' Substitutions: MF 8 Marouane Fellaini  59' FW 21 Michy Batshuayi  68' MF 17 Youri Tielemans  86' Manager: Roberto Martínez

GK 1 Farouk Ben Mustapha RB 11 Dylan Bronn  24' CB 2 Syam Ben Youssef  41' CB 4 Yassine Meriah LB 12 Ali Maâloul CM 7 Saîf-Eddine Khaoui CM 17 Ellyes Skhiri CM 13 Ferjani Sassi  14'  59' RF 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef CF 10 Wahbi Khazri (c) LF 9 Anice Badri Substitutions: DF 21 Hamdi Nagguez  24' DF 3 Yohan Benalouane  41' FW 23 Naïm Sliti  59' Manager: Nabil Maâloul

Man of the Match: Eden Hazard (Belgium)[11] Assistant referees:[10] Corey Rockwell (United States) Juan Zumba (El Salvador) Fourth official: Andrés Cunha (Uruguay) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Nicolás Tarán (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Mark Geiger (United States) Assistant video assistant referees: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Joe Fletcher (Canada) Felix Zwayer (Germany)

England vs Panama

24 June 2018 (2018-06-24)

15:00 MSK (UTC+3)

England	6–1	Panama
Stones  8', 40' Kane  22' (pen.), 45+1' (pen.), 62' Lingard  36'	Report	Baloy  78'

Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod

Attendance: 43,319^[12]

Referee: Gehad Grisha (Egypt)

England[13]

Panama[13]

GK 1 Jordan Pickford CB 2 Kyle Walker CB 5 John Stones CB 6 Harry Maguire DM 8 Jordan Henderson CM 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek  24' CM 7 Jesse Lingard  63' RM 12 Kieran Trippier  70' LM 18 Ashley Young CF 10 Raheem Sterling CF 9 Harry Kane (c)  63' Substitutions: FW 11 Jamie Vardy  63' DF 17 Fabian Delph  63' DF 3 Danny Rose  70' Manager: Gareth Southgate

GK 1 Jaime Penedo RB 2 Michael Amir Murillo  72' CB 5 Román Torres (c) CB 4 Fidel Escobar  44' LB 15 Erick Davis DM 6 Gabriel Gómez  69' CM 11 Armando Cooper  10' CM 20 Aníbal Godoy  62' RW 8 Édgar Bárcenas  69' LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez CF 7 Blas Pérez Substitutions: MF 19 Ricardo Ávila  62' FW 16 Abdiel Arroyo  69' DF 23 Felipe Baloy  69' Manager: Hernán Darío Gómez

Man of the Match: Harry Kane (England)[14] Assistant referees:[13] Redouane Achik (Morocco) Waleed Ahmed (Sudan) Fourth official: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Bertrand Brial (New Caledonia) Video assistant referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Sander van Roekel (Netherlands) Mark Geiger (United States)

England vs Belgium

28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)

20:00 KALT (UTC+2)

England	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Januzaj  51'

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad

Attendance: 33,973^[15]

Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

England[16]

Belgium[16]

GK 1 Jordan Pickford CB 16 Phil Jones CB 5 John Stones  46' CB 15 Gary Cahill DM 4 Eric Dier (c) CM 21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek CM 17 Fabian Delph RW 22 Trent Alexander-Arnold  79' LW 3 Danny Rose CF 19 Marcus Rashford CF 11 Jamie Vardy Substitutions: DF 6 Harry Maguire  46' FW 14 Danny Welbeck  79' Manager: Gareth Southgate

GK 1 Thibaut Courtois (c) CB 23 Leander Dendoncker  33' CB 20 Dedryck Boyata CB 3 Thomas Vermaelen  74' RM 22 Nacer Chadli CM 8 Marouane Fellaini CM 19 Mousa Dembélé LM 16 Thorgan Hazard RF 18 Adnan Januzaj  86' CF 21 Michy Batshuayi LF 17 Youri Tielemans  19' Substitutions: DF 4 Vincent Kompany  74' FW 14 Dries Mertens  86' Manager: Roberto Martínez

Man of the Match: Adnan Januzaj (Belgium)[17] Assistant referees:[16] Jure Praprotnik (Slovenia) Robert Vukan (Slovenia) Fourth official: Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Mohamed Al Hammadi (United Arab Emirates) Video assistant referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) Assistant video assistant referees: Paweł Gil (Poland) Roberto Díaz Pérez (Spain) Mauro Vigliano (Argentina)

Panama vs Tunisia

28 June 2018 (2018-06-28)

21:00 MSK (UTC+3)

Panama	1–2	Tunisia
Meriah  33' (o.g.)	Report	F. Ben Youssef  51' Khazri  66'

Mordovia Arena, Saransk

Attendance: 37,168^[18]

Referee: Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain)

Panama[19]

Tunisia[19]

GK 1 Jaime Penedo RB 13 Adolfo Machado CB 5 Román Torres (c)  56' CB 4 Fidel Escobar LB 17 Luis Ovalle DM 6 Gabriel Gómez  80' CM 20 Aníbal Godoy CM 19 Ricardo Ávila  78'  81' RW 8 Édgar Bárcenas LW 21 José Luis Rodríguez CF 9 Gabriel Torres  46' Substitutions: DF 3 Harold Cummings  46' FW 18 Luis Tejada  90+6'  56' FW 16 Abdiel Arroyo  81' Manager: Hernán Darío Gómez

GK 16 Aymen Mathlouthi (c) RB 21 Hamdi Nagguez CB 6 Rami Bedoui CB 4 Yassine Meriah LB 5 Oussama Haddadi CM 13 Ferjani Sassi  44'  46' CM 17 Ellyes Skhiri CM 20 Ghailene Chaalali  90+3' RF 8 Fakhreddine Ben Youssef CF 10 Wahbi Khazri  89' LF 23 Naïm Sliti  77' Substitutions: FW 9 Anice Badri  71'  46' MF 15 Ahmed Khalil  77' MF 18 Bassem Srarfi  89' Manager: Nabil Maâloul

Man of the Match: Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia)[20] Assistant referees:[19] Yaser Tulefat (Bahrain) Taleb Al Maari (Qatar) Fourth official: Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria) Fifth official[broken anchor]: Hiroshi Yamauchi (Japan) Video assistant referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) Assistant video assistant referees: Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Sandro Ricci (Brazil)