BRUSSELS. OH Leuven prevails over Union Saint-Gilloise 3-1. OH Leuven got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from C. De Norre (13′) and M. Maertens (40′). Union Saint-Gilloise tried to recover with a goal from K. Mitoma (50′). Nevertheless, the match was closed by a goal (66′) scored by X. Mercier for OH Leuven. Union Saint-Gilloise lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).
The match was played at the Stade Joseph Mariën stadium in Brussels on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen with the help of Jeroen Walschap and Lennert Jans. The 4th official was Laurent Willems. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.1 degrees Celsius or 41.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 14 Total 6
- 2 On Target 5
- 7 Off Target 0
- 5 Shots blocked 1
- 131 Attack 75
- 89 Dangerous attack 29
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 2
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Union Saint-Gilloise had a strong ball possession 59% while OH Leuven was struggling with a 41% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Union Saint-Gilloise was was more pushing with 89 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Even so, OH Leuven was capable to find the solution to win this contest.
Union Saint-Gilloise shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target. Regarding the opposition, OH Leuven shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards (M. Sorinola, B. Nieuwkoop and D. Vanzeir). Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven received 3 yellow cards (C. Ozkacar, X. Mercier and K. Malinov).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Union Saint-Gilloise will stay with 34 points to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, OH Leuven will have 20 points like Standard Liège to hold in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Union Saint-Gilloise will play away with Sint-Truiden on the 3rd of December with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
OH Leuven will host Gent on the 4th of December with a 8-1 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (4 draws).
Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Felice Mazzù decided to play with the following team: Anthony Moris
, Jonas Bager , Christian Burgess , Siebe Van Der Heyden , Bart Nieuwkoop , Casper Nielsen , Damien Marcq , Teddy Teuma , Loic Lapoussin , Deniz Undav and Dante Vanzeir .The home team had on the bench: Guillaume François, Jean Thierry Lazare Amani, Felipe Avenatti, L. Pirard, I. Kandouss, Matthew Sorinola
and Kaoru Mitoma .Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 5 changes: D. Marcq for K. Mitoma (46′), J. Bager for M. Sorinola (72′), B. Nieuwkoop for L. Amani (88′), T. Teuma for F. Avenatti (88′) and S. Van Der Heyden for G. Francois (88′).
Best player: Loic Lapoussin
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Loic Lapoussin.
His rating is
with 54 passes (77% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 12 duels out of 19. He performed 5 crosses.OH Leuven – Formation
OH Leuven started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Marc Brys played with: Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson
, Soufiane Chakla , Sébastien Dewaest , Cenk Özkaçar , Musa Al-Taamari , Siebe Schrijvers , Kristiyan Malinov , Casper De Norre , Xavier Mercier , Mathieu Maertens and Sory Kaba .The following players were sitting on the bench: R. Romo, D. Ouédraogo, Mandela Keita
, P. Ngawa, L. Shengelia, A. De Sart and K. Rezaei.OH Leuven could not rely on the presence of M. Keita (injured).
Substitutions
OH Leuven made 3 changes: K. Malinov for M. Keita (74′), S. Kaba for K. Rezaei (90′) and X. Mercier for A. De Sart (90′).
Best player: Siebe Schrijvers
The most impressive player for OH Leuven was Siebe Schrijvers even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 45 passes (77% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 15.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.