England vs Belgium: UEFA Nations League preview and best bets

England will look to win again in the UEFA Nations League when they continue their 2020-21 campaign at home to Belgium on Sunday night.

The Three Lions are currently second in Group 2 of League A, racking up four points in their two matches so far, while Belgium is at the top of the section with six points to show in their two matches.

Here is all the key information before the start so you can make some well-informed betting choices.

🏟 Match the context

The Three Lions opened their 2020-21 UEFA Nations League challenge with a 1-0 win over Iceland on 5 September, but were limited to a goalless draw against Denmark three days later.

Southgate’s team now face Belgium and Denmark in back-to-back home matches in competition before possibly their most difficult group match outside of Belgium on November 15.

England finished third in the 2018-19 UEFA Nations League, winning a group that contained Spain and Croatia before losing to the Netherlands in the semi-finals of the competition.

Belgium, for their part, opened their Group 2 campaign with a 2-0 win over Denmark on September 5 before recording a 5-1 home win over Iceland three days later.

So Roberto Martinez’s team is two points behind second-place England at the top of the section and will be looking to achieve three wins in a row before their next game away from Iceland.

The Red Devils were unlucky enough to miss out on a spot in the 2018-19 UEFA Nations League semi-finals, as they won three of their four group matches against Switzerland and Iceland.

However, a 5-2 loss to Switzerland in their last group stage match meant they did not advance, and this time they will be eager to make a big impression.

🔮 XI planned

England XI: Pickford; Gómez, Maguire, Mings; Alexander-Arnold, Rice, Winks, Chilwell; Sancho, Kane, Rashford.

Belgium XI: Courtois; Alderweireld, Denayer, Vertonghen; Castagne, Witsel, De Bruyne, T Hazard; Mertens, Lukaku, Carrasco.

🔑 Key betting data

• England lost just one of their first 21 games against Belgium (W15 D5), but have since lost each of their last two games against the Belgians, both at the 2018 World Cup.
• Belgium is looking to become the first team since France between 2004 and 2010 to win three consecutive games against England, and only the fourth in three consecutive competitive games, after Scotland (1962-64), Italy (1980-97) and Brazil (1962 -2002).
• Since losing 4-1 to Germany in the 2010 World Cup, England have not lost a match on a Sunday (P13 W9 D4), winning five of their six Sunday matches with Gareth Southgate.
• England have kept a clean sheet in each of their last six games and, if they keep a clean sheet against Belgium, it will be the longest streak of matches without conceding in the history of the national team.
• England have won 19 of their last 20 competitive home matches (L1), the only loss in this streak was a 1-2 loss at the hands of Spain in September 2018.
• Belgium have scored in each of their last 19 away games, scoring 54 goals (W15 D2 L2), while scoring at least twice in 16 of those 19 games, including each of their last 13 (38 goals scored) .
• Harry Kane has been directly involved in 10 goals in his last five home games with England (nine goals and one assist), scoring two hat-tricks in this streak: against Bulgaria in September 2019 and Montenegro in November 2019, in the which was his biggest recent home game; the only previous player to score a hat-trick in consecutive home games for England was Tommy Taylor between 1956 and 1957 against Denmark and the Republic of Ireland.

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