Belgium vs Luxembourg

Belgium’s final warm-up match ahead of Euro 2024 pits them against Luxembourg at the King Baudouin Stadium.

Belgium’s renaissance since a dreadful 2022 World Cup group stage exit continued with a straightforward 2-0 home win against Montenegro in midweek, stretching Domenico Tedesco’s unbeaten start to his managerial tenure to 13 games (W9, D4). Tedesco has shored up Belgium’s defensive leaks, with the abovementioned triumph against Montenegro marking their fourth clean sheet across their last five internationals. As one of only six nations to go through the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign unscathed (W6, D2), the Belgians head into the tournament in high spirits. More confidence stems from De Rode Duivels’ formidable home form that has seen them lose just once on home turf since 2016, suggesting their standout home record against Luxembourg (W14, D3, L1) could improve this weekend.

Meanwhile, Luxembourg came as close as it gets to locking down a spot at a major tournament for the first time, only for Georgia to crash their dreams with a 2-0 win in the March playoffs semi-final. Les Lions Rogues made a valiant attempt to avoid a catastrophe in their opening June friendly but eventually slipped to a 3-0 defeat to France, marking their third scoring blank across their last six internationals (W3, L3). That result hurt Luxemoburg’s torrid run in international friendlies, leaving them at a single win in 16 since June 2019 (D4, L11). Slow starts have recently plagued Luc Holtz’s side, as they’ve conceded the opening goal in three consecutive games (W1, L2). They’ve also only won once on their last five travels (D1, L3).