HEVERLEE. Kortrijk conquered OH Leuven 3-2 thanks to F. Avenatti who scored in the 43rd and 90th minute.

The match was played at the King Power at Den Dreef Stadion stadium in Heverlee on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jan Boterberg who was helped by Kevin Dhondt and Nick Senecaut. The 4th official was Laurent Willems. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 7.9 degrees Celsius or 46.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

OH Leuven

2 - 3

Kortrijk

  • 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
  • 16 Total 14
  • 5 On Target 5
  • 11 Off Target 9
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 79 Attack 126
  • 38 Dangerous attack 40
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 6
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 10 Total 16
  • 1 Yellow Cards 3
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. OH Leuven was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Kortrijk that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Kortrijk had a more offensive attitude with 40 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Kortrijk won the encounter.​

OH Leuven shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Kortrijk shot 14 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

OH Leuven received 1 yellow card (Federico Ricca). On the other side, Kortrijk received 3 yellow cards (Stjepan Loncar, Faïz Selemani and Oleksiy Sych).

Match Timeline

9'
Siebe Schrijvers- sub ->Mathieu Maertens
31'
39'
43'
F. Avenatti(goal)
45'
51'
52'
Joren Dom- sub ->Mandela Keita
69'
Nachon Nsingi- sub ->Sofian Kiyine
69'
75'
M. Wasinski- sub ->S. Tanaka
75'
76'
Federico Ricca - Yellow
78'
81'
90'
F. Avenatti(goal)Stjepan Loncar

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Gent
44
6
Antwerp
47
6
Cercle Brugge
36
6
Genk
46
6
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
6
Westerlo
30
6
Standard Liège
30
6
Club Brugge
36
6
OH Leuven
48
34
Sporting Charleroi
48
34
Anderlecht
46
34
Sint-Truiden
42
34
Mechelen
40
34
Kortrijk
31
34
AS Eupen
28
34
Zulte-Waregem
27
34
KV Oostende
27
34
RFC Seraing
20
34

After playing this encounter, OH Leuven will stay with 26 points like Cercle Brugge to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Kortrijk will have 18 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, OH Leuven will host Sint-Truiden on the 28th of January with a 8-4 head to head record in favor of Sint-Truiden (3 draws).

Kortrijk will host KV Oostende on the 28th of January with a 12-9 head to head in favor of Kortrijk (7 draws).

OH Leuven – Formation

OH Leuven
G
Valentin Cojocaru 12.Romania
6.4
D
Federico Ricca 14.Uruguay
6.4
78'
D
Ewoud Pletinckx 28.Belgium
7.0
D
Louis Patris 25.Belgium
8.4
76'
M
Casper De Norre 24.Belgium
6.9
M
Sofian Kiyine 13.Morocco
6.4
69'
M
Mandela Keita 27.Belgium
7.2
69'
M
Mousa Tamari 11.Jordan
7.3
9'
F
Raphael Holzhauser 10.Austria
7.6
F
Mathieu Maertens 33.Belgium
6.4
31'
F
Mario González 9.Spain
7.3
Substitutes
G
Nordin Jackers 29.Belgium
D
Dylan Ouedraogo 15.Burkina Faso
D
Joren Dom 6.Belgium
7.0
69'
D
Thibault Vlietinck 77.Belgium
M
K. Malinov 4.Bulgaria
F
Nachon Nsingi 43.Belgium
6.8
69'
F
Siebe Schrijvers 8.Belgium
6.3
31'

OH Leuven started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Marc Brys decided to play with the following team: Valentin Cojocaru (6.4), Louis Patris (8.4), Ewoud Pletinckx (7.0), Federico Ricca (6.4), Musa Al-Taamari (7.3), Casper De Norre (6.9), Mandela Keita (7.2), Sofian Kiyine (6.4), Raphael Holzhauser (7.6), Mario González (7.3) and Mathieu Maertens (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Dylan Ouedraogo, Kristiyan Malinov, Nachon Nsingi (6.8), Siebe Schrijvers (6.3), Joren Dom (7.0), Thibault Vlietinck and Nordin Jackers.

Substitutions

OH Leuven made 3 changes: Mathieu Maertens for Siebe Schrijvers  (31′), Mandela Keita for Joren Dom (69′) and Sofian Kiyine for Nachon Nsingi (69′).

Best player: Louis Patris​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Louis Patris.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 35 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Kortrijk – Formation

Kortrijk
G
T. Vandenberghe 1.Belgium
6.3
D
João Silva 44.Portugal
6.6
D
Tsuyoshi Watanabe 4.Japan
6.5
D
N. Mehssatou 25.Chile
6.5
M
O. Sych 6.Ukraine
8.2
52' 51'
M
Stjepan Lončar 33.Bosnia and Herzegovina
6.9
39'
M
S. Tanaka 32.Japan
7.0
75'
M
M. Bruno 70.Belgium
6.7
75'
M
F. Selemani 10.France
5.9
45'
F
F. Avenatti 20.Uruguay
7.4
43', 90'
F
Pape Habib Gueye 17.Senegal
5.9
81'
Substitutes
G
Maxim Deman 16.Belgium
D
M. Wasinski 21.Belgium
6.6
75'
D
C. Atemona 5.Germany
M
Luca Foubert 19.Belgium
M
D. De Neve 23.Belgium
F
M. Regáli 29.Slovakia
6.4
81'
F
Dylan Mbayo 7.Belgium
6.1
75'

Kortrijk started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Bernd Storck played with: Tom Vandenberghe (6.3), João Silva (6.6), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (6.5), Nayel Mehssatou (6.5), Oleksii Sych (8.2), Satoshi Tanaka (7.0), Stjepan Lončar (6.9), Faïz Selemani (5.9), Massimo Bruno (6.7), Felipe Avenatti (7.4) and Pape Habib Gueye (5.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Martin Wasinski (6.6), Martin Regáli (6.4), Maxim De Man, Luca Foubert, Christalino Atemona, Dylan Mbayo (6.1) and Dion De Neve.

Substitutions

Kortrijk made 3 changes: Massimo Bruno  for Dylan Mbayo (75′), Satoshi Tanaka for Martin Wasinski (75′) and Pape Habib Gueye for Martin Regali (81′).

Best player: Oleksii Sych​

The most impressive player for Kortrijk was Oleksii Sych.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 18 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​