Belgium 2-0 Iceland: Batshuayi brace all but secures Red Devils' UNL progress

Michy Batshuayi scored both goals as Belgium eventually overcame Iceland on home soil.

2018/2019 UEFA Nations League

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Match Events

11' CHANCE! Batshuayi's shot over

17' CLOSE! Batshuayi's shot off the post

31' CHANCE AGAIN! Batshuayi's shot wide out

34' NICE TRY! Hazard's shot saved

63' WHAT A SHOT! Mertens' free kick off the post

65'GOAL! Belgium 1-0 Iceland (Batshuayi)

81'GOAL! Belgium 2-0 Iceland (Batshuayi)

Match Report

Belgium will take winning form into their decisive final Nations League fixture after Michy Batshuayi scored twice to see off a stubborn Iceland 2-0 in Brussels.

While the result has little bearing on either country's finishing position, Roberto Martinez will be relieved to have avoided a second successive draw heading into the crunch clash with Switzerland, that will determine which team advances from Group 2 in League A.

Belgium already needed only a draw from that match but will still boast the mental edge of being three points clear courtesy of Batshuayi's brace.

The 25-year-old had to wait until after the hour for Eden Hazard's genius pass to help him break the deadlock before he feasted on a kind rebound to put the match to bed in Axel Witsel's 100th international appearance.

Line-ups

Belgium XI: V. Kompany, A. Witsel, E. Hazard, D. Mertens, T. Alderweireld, T. Courtois, T. Meunier, D. Boyata, T. Hazard, M. Batshuayi, Y. Tielemans

Subs: S. Mignolet, N. Chadli, Kabasele, K. Casteels, H. Vanaken, Praet, L. Dendoncker, A. Januzaj, Brandon Mechele, T. Castagne, Jason Denayer

Iceland XI: H. Halldórsson, Jón Fjóluson, A. Skúlason, K. Árnason, A. Gunnarsson, H. Magnússon, V. Pálsson, S. Ingason, A. Traustason, Albert Gudmundsson, A. Sigurdsson

Subs: R. Gíslason, Sigthorsson, Ö. Kristinsson, B. Sævarsson, E. Jonsson, A. Finnbogason, G. Thórarinsson, A. Bjarnason, Hjörtur Hermannsson, R. Rúnarsson, S. Friðjónsson, J. Thorsteinsson