FIH Pro League: India vs Belgium - Head-to-head record, how to watch from India

The Indian men's hockey team are set to lock horns against Belgium on Friday in the FIH Hockey Pro League at the Lee Valley Stadium in London. 

The Craig Fulton era has started with two defeats as the Men in Blue went down against Great Britain and Belgium in their last two outings. The setbacks saw them slip to the second position as they remained on  19 points from 10 matches, six points adrift of the English team who occupy the number one position. 

Belgium are the reigning Olympic champions and are a formidable opponent with a strong defence led by Vincent Vanasch in goal. They almost outplayed India in the earlier 1-2 defeat and Fulton's troops must put their best foot forward to avenge the loss. 

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India vs Belgium: Date & Kick-off time

Date & Time:  Friday, June 2, 2023, at 7:10 pm IST

What did India captain Harmanpreet Singh say before facing Belgium?

Harmanpreet Singh is confident that the Indian team will put up a good show against Belgium. He insisted that the morale of the team is high and have trained very well after the two defeats to rectify their mistakes.

"Both opponents play very different styles. While one (Belgium) plays zonal, the other (GB) plays man-to-man. But there were some takeaways from those two matches. Though we didn't create that many field goals, we did get some good PCs. There are some areas we also worked on, in these past few days and focus will continue to be on defending well," Harmanpreet opined. 

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India vs Belgium: Head to Head

To date, India have played 89 times against Belgium and have won on 50 occasions. Belgium have bagged 24 victories while 15 matches have been drawn. 

Matches Played: 89

India: 50 wins

Belgium: 24 wins

Draws: 15

India vs Belgium: Team News

India possible XI: RP Sreejesh, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Sumit, Akashdeep Singh, Mandeep Singh, Shamsher Singh, Manpreet Singh, Hardik Singh, Lalit Upadhyay, and Sukhjeet Singh

Belgium possible XI: Vincent Vanasch, Alexander Hendrickx, Loick Luypaert, Arthur van Doren, Arthur de Sloover, Felix Denayer, John John Dohmen, Simon Gougnard, Cedric Charlier, Tom Boon, and Florent van Aubel.

How to watch India vs Belgium in the FIH Pro League?

The FIH Pro League match between India and Belgium at 19:10 IST can be watched on Star Sports First, Star Sports Select 2 and Star Sports Select 2 HD and can be streamed live on FanCode.