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Hello and welcome to Eurosport's LIVE text commentary of Belgium's World Cup Group E qualifier with Estonia. Roberto Martinez's side will seal their place in Qatar next year with victory tonight at the King Baudouin Stadium. Let's grab the team news ahead of this 19:45 kick-off!

World Cup Qualification UEFA / Matchday 9
Koning Boudewijnstadion / 13.11.2021
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Updated 13/11/2021 at 22:28 GMT


19:42
The teams have emerged, it's time for the national anthems.
19:35
There are still 10 minutes until kick-off, so why not grab a cup of tea and have a read of today's Paper Round!
19:30
Estonia manager Thomas Haberli: "We have to be realistic. Belgium are a very talented team, they are number one in the FIFA rankings for a reason."
19:25
Romelu Lukaku was on the fire when the sides last met - a 5-2 victory for Belgium in September.
19:20
Belgium's final Group E game takes place on Tuesday night against Wales, who are five points behind them in the standings.
19:15
Martinez: "At the moment all our work is based on trying to qualify. If we need two games to qualify, so be it, and that's our approach. If we can qualify with our home game in front of our fans then it's going to be another reset on how we approach the last game [against Wales], but it's important for us that we compete to qualify for the World Cup and try to preserve our position in the world rankings."
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19:10
As mentioned, Belgium will qualify for next year's World Cup with a win tonight, but they will also seal their place if Wales fail to beat Belarus in Cardiff. Estonia are fourth and are seven points adrift of a play-off spot with two games remaining.
19:05
Karol Mets replaces Marten Kuusk in Estonia's back five and is set to have an extremely busy night dealing with De Bruyne, Hazard and co.
19:00
Christian Benteke replaces the injured Romelu Lukaku in Belgium's attack, supported by Eden Hazard and Kevin De Bruyne. Toby Alderweireld is unavailable so Timothy Castagne takes his place in a back three alongside Jason Denayer and Jan Vertonghen.
18:55
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TEAMS - Belgium XI: Courtois, Castagne, Denayer, Vertonghen, Meunier, Witsel, Vanaken, Carrasco, De Bruyne, Hazard, Benteke /// Estonia XI: Igonen, Mets, Tamm, Paskotsi, Ojamaa, Vassiljev, Kreida, Poom, Teniste, Henri Anier, Zenjov.