The United States take on Belgium in the last 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup as Mauricio Pochettino‘s side look to continue their impressive campaign thus far
Our Opta match centre delivers you all the USA vs Belgium stats from their 2026 FIFA World Cup last 16 meeting at Seattle Stadium on 6 July
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USA vs Belgium: Pre-Match Opta Facts
- After beating Belgium 3-0 at the 1930 FIFA World Cup, USA have since lost each of their last six meetings with them in all competitions, conceding 2.5 goals per match on average in that run.
- This will be USA’s seventh FIFA World Cup round of 16 match, losing five of those matches, with the exception coming via a 2-0 victory over Mexico in 2002.
- Belgium have won five of their last seven knockout round matches at the FIFA World Cup, with their last round of 16 tie seeing them defeat Japan 3-2 during the 2018 tournament.
- USA have won three of their four matches at this year’s FIFA World Cup (L1), their most ever in a single edition of the finals, and as many as they won in their previous four participations combined (3): 2006 (0), 2010 (1), 2014 (1), and 2022 (1).
- Belgium have scored just one of their nine FIFA World Cup goals this year in the first half of games. Indeed, in the first half of matches, their shot conversion rate has been 2.6% (1/39), compared to 14.0% in second halves (7/50).
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