After a 1-1 draw with Kazakhstan forced Belgium to wait to secure qualification, it made a fast start on Wednesday, with Hans Vanaken nodding a deflected cross in from close range after just three minutes.

Vanaken missed two chances to add to Belgium's lead before Youri Tielemans slashed a low effort across goal, which was dealt with by Andreas Malin.

Jeremy Doku continued his fine recent form with a seven-minute double. He drilled his first into the bottom-right corner in the 34th minute before then latching onto a loose clearance and skipping to the edge of the box to pick out the same spot for his second.

Emanuel Zund hit his own post before Belgium well and truly put the game out of sight with four goals in the space of seven second-half minutes, with De Ketelaere heavily involved.

He set up the Red Devils' fourth without knowing much about it, stooping to reach the ball, only for it to bounce off his back for Brandon Mechele to poke it home 52 minutes in.

Alexis Saelemaekers made up for missing a clear chance in the first half, volleying in the rebound from Tielemans's saved strike.

De Ketelaere wrapped up the scoring with a quick-fire brace, finishing off a counter-attack with a powerful shot past Benjamin Buchel before deflecting Thomas Meunier's bouncing strike past the goalkeeper shortly after.