This will be the fifth meeting between these sides. Belgium won the first back in a 1963 friendly, while Brazil have won the following three meetings.

The only previous occasion these sides met in a World Cup was in 2002, with Brazil winning 2-0 en route to winning the entire competition.

Brazil are playing the quarter-final for the seventh successive WC. They’ve only gone out twice at this stage in that run (v France in 2006 and v Holland in 2010).

Brazil have been knocked out by a European side in each of the last three tournaments (France in 2006, Holland in 2010 and Germany in 2014).

Belgium have reached consecutive quarter-finals for the first time– they lost at this stage to Argentina in 2014.

Belgium have scored 12 goals in the tournament – at no single one have they scored more (also 12 in 1986).

Brazil are unbeaten in their last 15 matches in all competitions (W11, D4), conceding just three goals in that run.

Belgium ar re unbeaten in their last 23 matches (WW18, D5), the longest run of any team le eft in the 2018 World Cup.

Eden Hazard has been directly involved in 19 ggoals in his 18 games for Belgium under Roberto Martinez, scoring 10 and d assisting nine.

Belgium’s Romelu Lukaku has scored with fo our of his five shots on target so far at the 2018 World Cup.

Brazil forward Neymar has been involved in 20 goals in his last 19 matches for Brazil, scoring 11 and assisting nine.