WESTERLO. OH Leuven conquered Westerlo to win 2-1. M. González was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was OH Leuven to strike first with a goal of Mario González at the 51′. Then Mario González scored again for OH Leuven in the 56′ minute with a penalty scoring a double. Eventually, Dorgeles Nene reduced the distance for Westerlo (79′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Westerlo lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (57%).

OH Leuven remained in 10 after Hamza Mendyl received a red card in the 84′. Nonetheless, OH Leuven still managed to win this contest competing only with 10 players​.

The match was played at the Het Kuipje stadium in Westerlo on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Wim Smet with the support of Tom Vanpoucke and Jeroen Walschap. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.8 degrees Celsius or 46.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Westerlo had a superior ball possession 57% while OH Leuven was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Westerlo was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, OH Leuven managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Westerlo shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Westerlo received 3 yellow cards (Thomas Van den Keybus, Sinan Bolat and Roman Neustädter). Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven received 2 yellow cards (Mousa Al Tamari and Siebe Schrijvers).

Also, OH Leuven didn’t end the match with 11 players after Hamza Mendyl (OH Leuven) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (84′).

Standings

After playing this match, Westerlo will stay with 30 points like Standard Liège to hold in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven will have 29 points to sit in the 8th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Westerlo will play away with Zulte-Waregem on the 21st of January with a 8-6 head to head in favor of Zulte-Waregem (10 draws).

OH Leuven will host Sint-Truiden on the 28th of January with a 8-4 head to head statistic in favor of Sint-Truiden (3 draws).

Westerlo – Formation

Westerlo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Jonas De Roeck decided to play with the following team: Sinan Bolat (5.8), Edisson Jordanov (6.7), Roman Neustädter (6.9), Ravil Tagir (6.8), Maxim De Cuyper (7.0), Nicolas Madsen (7.3), Mathias Fixelles (6.8), Tuur Dierckx (6.9), Thomas Van den Keybus (6.1), Nene Dorgeles (7.1) and Lyle Foster (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Rubin Seigers (6.8), Lukas Van Eenoo, Pietro Perdichizzi, Nick Gillekens, Kyan Vaesen, Muhammed Gümüşkaya, Griffin Yow and Igor Vetokele (6.8).

Substitutions

Westerlo made 3 changes: Mathias Fixelles for Igor Vetokele (66′), Tuur Dierckx for Rubin Seigers (74′) and Roman Neustädter for Kyan Vaesen (90′).

Best player: Nicolas Madsen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Westerlo was Nicolas Madsen.

His rating is (7.3) with 55 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 4. He performed 4 crosses.

OH Leuven – Formation

Also OH Leuven adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marc Brys played with: Valentin Cojocaru (7.4), Louis Patris (7.6), Ewoud Pletinckx (6.6), Federico Ricca (7.1), Hamza Mendyl (7.1), Mandela Keita (6.6), Casper De Norre (6.6), Musa Al-Taamari (6.8), Siebe Schrijvers (6.9), Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson (7.0) and Mario González (8.1).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kristiyan Malinov, Thibault Vlietinck, Nordin Jackers, Nachon Nsingi, Sofian Kiyine (6.6), Joren Dom (6.2), Pierre-Yves Ngawa and Joel Schingtienne.

Substitutions

OH Leuven made 4 changes: Mandela Keita for S. Kiyine (46′), Siebe Schrijvers for Kristiyan Malinov (83′), Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson for Joren Dom (88′) and Mousa Al Tamari for Thibault Vlietinck (90′).

Best player: Mario González​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Mario González.

His rating is (8.1) with 2 goals, 12 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

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

• Westerlo – OH Leuven – 1-2