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29.03. (Tue) 20:45 Belgium - Azerbaijan

DID YOU KNOW?

* Belgium are currently third in Group A with seven points from their five games but are unbeaten in the last three encounters.

* De Rode Duivels have won their last three away games, all by a scoreline of 2-0 but before that, they had lost seven in a row away from home and not won since their previous meeting with Azerbaijan, drawing even with Luxembourg in a friendly.

* Striker Moussa Dembele has had a mixed time of it against tomorrow's opponents - he scored in the 3-0 win in Brussels in 2006 with a rare header only to be handed a straight red card five minutes later.

* Azerbaijan are currently fifth in Group A with three points although they have only played three games, two less than Belgium.

* In their previous game, they stunned Turkey 1-0 to record one of the finest wins in the country's short footballing history. Captain Rashid Sadygov scored the winning goal six minutes before half-time.

* Azerbaijan have lost both times they have met Belgium, including a 3-0 defeat back in 2006.

LAST MEETING

November 21, 2007: Azerbaijan 0-1 Belgium

Belgium completed the double over Azerbaijan in their qualifying group for Euro 2008 thanks to a narrow one-goal victory in Baku. The winning goal came courtesy of journeyman striker Luigi Pieroni, who blasted the ball home from close range after managing to evade his marker.

PROBABLE LINE-UPS

Belgium: Mignolet ; Ciman, Kompany, Van Buyten, Vertonghen ; Simons, Defour, Witsel ; Dembele, Mirallas, Hazard

Azerbaijan: Agayev ; Melikov, Allahverdiyev, Abushev, Yunisoglu ; Shukurov, Amirguliyev, Chertoganov, Sadygov ; Nadyrov, Dzhavadov

Prediction

Belgium 2-0 Azerbaijan