Belgium
UEFA·Group G·FIFA #8·30 Big-5 candidates
Squad spots — best by EV per position (4-3-3)
Goalkeeper (0/1)
GK— no candidate —
Defender (1/4)
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
DF— no candidate —
Midfielder (3/3)
Forward (3/3)
Full candidate pool — sorted by mock EV
| Player | Club | Pos | Mins | G | A | xG | EV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Romelu Lukaku | Inter | FW | 26,776 | 169 | 50 | 73.9 | 98¢ |
| Eden Hazard | Real Madrid | FW | 30,773 | 121 | 90 | 23.5 | 97¢ |
| Dries Mertens | Napoli | FW,MF | 17,034 | 113 | 60 | 44.6 | 97¢ |
| Christian Benteke | Crystal Palace | FW | 19,260 | 86 | 22 | 32.6 | 95¢ |
| Michy Batshuayi | Crystal Palace | FW | 7,543 | 49 | 14 | 17.8 | 94¢ |
| Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City | MF | 24,587 | 83 | 129 | 31.7 | 93¢ |
| Divock Origi | Milan | FW,MF | 9,390 | 43 | 12 | 14.8 | 91¢ |
| Dodi Lukebakio | Hertha BSC | FW,MF | 8,034 | 29 | 17 | 34.6 | 89¢ |
| Kevin Mirallas | Fiorentina | FW,MF | 11,319 | 31 | 22 | 3.5 | 89¢ |
| Loïs Openda | Lens | FW | 883 | 7 | 0 | 6.0 | 88¢ |
| Radja Nainggolan | Inter | MF | 29,526 | 48 | 33 | 11.4 | 86¢ |
| Thorgan Hazard | Dortmund | MF,DF | 14,756 | 43 | 47 | 33.8 | 85¢ |
| Igor de Camargo | Hoffenheim | FW,MF | 3,400 | 15 | 3 | 0.0 | 83¢ |
| Marouane Fellaini | Manchester Utd | MF | 16,367 | 29 | 15 | 3.9 | 78¢ |
| Youri Tielemans | Leicester City | MF | 14,173 | 25 | 21 | 19.1 | 77¢ |
| Gianni Bruno | Evian | FW,MF | 3,421 | 11 | 3 | 0.0 | 77¢ |
| Leandro Trossard | Brighton | MF,DF | 8,426 | 25 | 12 | 21.0 | 76¢ |
| Adnan Januzaj | Sevilla | MF | 11,118 | 19 | 23 | 20.1 | 75¢ |
| Nacer Chadli | Monaco | MF,DF | 7,891 | 21 | 14 | 0.3 | 74¢ |
| Geoffrey Mujangi Bia | Wolves | MF | 73 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 74¢ |
| Mousa Dembélé | Tottenham | MF | 16,902 | 12 | 12 | 0.4 | 73¢ |
| Aaron Leya Iseka | Metz | FW | 3,489 | 10 | 1 | 13.7 | 73¢ |
| Roland Lamah | Swansea City | FW,MF | 5,429 | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 73¢ |
| Yannick Carrasco | Atlético Madrid | DF,FW | 14,620 | 40 | 40 | 16.4 | 72¢ |
| Benito Raman | Schalke 04 | MF,FW | 4,528 | 16 | 7 | 14.0 | 72¢ |
| Laurent Depoitre | Huddersfield | FW | 2,888 | 6 | 2 | 6.2 | 67¢ |
| Baptiste Guillaume | Nîmes | FW | 3,686 | 5 | 4 | 5.0 | 66¢ |
| Dennis Praet | Leicester City | MF | 10,937 | 8 | 12 | 8.2 | 66¢ |
| Isaac Mbenza | Amiens | MF | 4,111 | 12 | 2 | 8.2 | 64¢ |
| Jeremy Doku | Rennes | FW,MF | 2,941 | 3 | 5 | 4.1 | 63¢ |