The Citizen (Gauteng)

Jonty’s picks

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England and Belgium are already safely in the last-16 of the 2018 Fifa World Cup, and both could well rest several of their star names for today’s Group G decider at the Kaliningra­d Stadium.

Gareth Southgate’s English side currently top the group by virtue of having picked up fewer yellow cards than Belgium in their first two games, with both sides having scored and conceded exactly the same amount of goals.

England and Belgium last met in a competitiv­e match in 1990 when David Platt’s extra-time goal gave England the win at the World Cup finals in Italy.

Their most recent meeting was an internatio­nal friendly more than six years ago, when Danny Welbeck, who is in the current England squad, got the only goal of the game.

I expect another tight affair and am going pick a draw in this one. Pool Name - S6 V1 P1 M1: England v Belgium. Previewed above. TIP: Draw = 2 M2: Panama v Tunisia. Tunisia to get a consolatio­n win. TIP: Tunisia win = 3 M3: Cefn Druids v FK Trakai. An away day. TIP: Trakai win = 3 M4: UE Engordany v Folgore. Home comforts. TIP: Engordany win = 1 M5: B36 Torshavn v St Joseph’s FC. Torshavn to take it. TIP: Torshavn win = 1 M6: SP Tre Fiori v Bala Town. Town on top. TIP: Bala win = 3 Bet on this pool and TAB’s other soccer pools – go to

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