Friday 1 July 2016 06:37, UK
"We're like their bogey team, aren't we?" said Gareth Bale ahead of the biggest game in Wales' history.
Despite possessing a glut of attacking options, Belgium failed to score against Wales in the Euro 2016 qualifiers, a good omen ahead of their Euro 2016 quarter-final in Lille on Friday night.
Wales seem comfortable as underdogs, and on paper, that tag would be an understatement.
When tallying up the transfer value of each player's last move, the riches of talent in Belgium's 23-man squad overshadows that of Wales; £318.475m compared to £122.74m, or £37.45m without the world-record fee Real Madrid paid Tottenham for Gareth Bale in 2013.
Belgium have 13 players whose last transfer fee exceeded £10m, while Wales have just two; Joe Allen and Bale.
(Note: Value taken from last transfer / Champions League appearances include qualifiers / major honours include all domestic cups excluding Super Cup)
But as Iceland proved against England in their last-16 shock, riches aren't everything in international football.
Their starting XI at the beginning of the tournament cost just £16.4m to assemble, compared with the £131.5m of stars in England's XI.
While valuation might not mean much, experience does. Belgium's 23-man squad can boast a total of 292 Champions League appearances between them, while Wales have 106, or 65 without Bale, the two-time winner of the competition with Real.
And what of major honours? Belgium have 60 between them, Wales have just 13, including Bale's four.
But these statistics will not create fear in the Wales camp, and their team spirit cannot be measured in figures.
"The Northern Ireland game was a very ugly one that wasn't suited to us," added Bale, and how right he was.
Wales, going into the game as favourites, struggled with that tag and the burden of having the vast majority of possession.
In Lille, it should be a different story. In their two qualifying games against Marc Wilmots' Belgium, from which they took four points, Wales had 39 and 35 per cent possession, and Chris Coleman will expect the same on Friday.
