EUPEN. Union Saint-Gilloise overcame AS Eupen to win 2-1. A goal from V. Boniface was decisive in the 90min. It was Union Saint-Gilloise to strike first with an early goal of S. Adingra at the 8′. Then it was a goal in the 18′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, V. Boniface gave the win to Union Saint-Gilloise in the 90′ minute with a goal.
M. Wakaso received a red card (90′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why AS Eupen lost the match.
The match was played at the Stadion am Kehrweg stadium in Eupen on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge with the collaboration of Christophe Battiston and Vito Divincenzo. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 10.8 degrees Celsius or 51.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
- 46 Ball Possession 54
Shots
- 9 Total 14
- 4 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 10
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 118 Attack 101
- 42 Dangerous attack 37
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 8 Total 19
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. AS Eupen was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
AS Eupen was more pushing with 42 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, Union Saint-Gilloise managed to find the solution to win this contest.
AS Eupen shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 14 times, 4 on target, 10 off target.
Cards
AS Eupen received 2 yellow cards (M. Wakaso and J. Jeggo). Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards (S. Van Der Heyden, S. Lynen and ).
M. Wakaso (AS Eupen) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, AS Eupen will stay with 6 points like RFC Seraing and Cercle Brugge to sit in the 15th place. On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 16 points like Standard Liège to remain in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, AS Eupen will host Gent on the 9th of October with a 9-3 head to head in favor of Gent (2 draws).
Union Saint-Gilloise will host Cercle Brugge on the 9th of October with a 7-4 head to head statistic in favor of Union Saint-Gilloise (3 draws).
AS Eupen – Formation
AS Eupen started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Bernd Storck decided to play with the following team: Lennart Moser
, Yentl Van Genechten , Rune Paeshuyse , Boris Lambert , Jason Davidson , Teddy Alloh , Mubarak Wakaso , Gary Magnee , Stef Peeters , Smail Prevljak and Isaac Nuhu .The home team had on the bench: James Jeggo
, Abdul Manaf Nurudeen, Regan Charles-Cook , Isaac Christie-Davies, Sambou Soumano , Djeidi Gassama and Nathan Bitumazala.Substitutions
AS Eupen made 3 changes: G. Magnee for J. Jeggo (71′), I. Nuhu for R. Charles-Cook (71′) and S. Prevljak for S. Soumano (71′).
Best player: Stef Peeters
The player that probably impressed the most for AS Eupen was Stef Peeters.
His rating is
with 54 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Karel Geraerts played with: Anthony Moris
, Ross Sykes , Christian Burgess , Siebe Van Der Heyden , Guillaume François , Senne Lynen , José Rodríguez , Teddy Teuma , Loic Lapoussin , Simon Adingra and Victor Okoh Boniface .They had on the bench: Arnaud Dony, Viktor Boone, Gustaf Nilsson
, Lucas Pirard, Cameron Puertas , Oussama El Azzouzi and Ismael Kandouss.Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 2 changes: J. Rodriguez for G. Nilsson (62′) and G. Francois for C. Puertas (62′).
Best player: Teddy Teuma
The player that probably impressed the most for Union Saint-Gilloise was Teddy Teuma even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is
with 67 passes (76% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 8 crosses.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- AS Eupen – Union Saint-Gilloise – 1-2
- Genk – Gent – 1-0
- Standard Liège – Club Brugge – 3-0
- Anderlecht – Kortrijk – 4-1