USA vs Belgium Prediction & Tips
The USA beat Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0 in the Round of 32 for their first World Cup knockout win since 2002, but the victory came at a cost. Folarin Balogun — the team’s top scorer with three goals — was sent off in the 64th minute for a controversial red card and will miss this match. Malik Tillman’s free-kick sealed the result with ten men, but losing Balogun changes the attacking picture significantly. Christian Pulisic and Tim Weah carry the threat now, alongside the set-piece delivery that has produced four of the USA’s ten tournament goals.
Belgium arrived here the hard way. Trailing Senegal 2-0 with seven minutes of normal time remaining, Romelu Lukaku pulled one back from the bench in the 86th minute, Tielemans equalised in the 89th, and then Tielemans scored the winner in the 125th minute — the latest goal ever scored in World Cup history. It was Belgium’s second successive comeback after beating New Zealand and Egypt in the group stage, and it showed the resilience of a squad that has Kevin De Bruyne, Lukaku and Thibaut Courtois still at its core, even if all three are no longer in their prime.
DRAW OR BELGIUM – X2 @ 1.51
