WAREGEM. Westerlo and Zulte-Waregem draw 1-1. R. Neustädter scored the first goal (9′) for Westerlo. J. Vossen  settled the score (72′). Zulte-Waregem was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%)

The match was played at the Elindus Arena stadium in Waregem on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Bram Van Driessche who was helped by Yves De Neve and Matthias Massa. The 4th official was Theophile Diskeuve. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1 degrees Celsius or 33.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Zulte-Waregem had a strong ball possession 60% while Westerlo was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Zulte-Waregem had a more offensive attitude with 60 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Zulte-Waregem to win the match​.

Zulte-Waregem shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Westerlo shot 13 times, 1 on target, 12 off target.

Cards

Zulte-Waregem received 1 yellow card (Borja López). On the other side, Westerlo received 1 yellow card (Sinan Bolat).

Standings

After this contest, Zulte-Waregem will have 20 points like AS Eupen to sit in the 16th place. On the opposite side, Westerlo will have 31 points like Sint-Truiden to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Zulte-Waregem will play away against Standard Liège on the 18th of March with a 15-15 head to head record.

Westerlo will host Mechelen on the 28th of January with a 15-7 head to head statistic in favor of Mechelen (4 draws).

Zulte-Waregem – Formation

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

The manager M’Baye Leye decided to play with the following team: Sammy Bossut (7.0), Bent Sormo (6.6), Timothy Derijck (6.6), Novatus Dismas (7.5), Alioune Ndour (6.3), Abdoulaye Sissako (6.9), Nicolas Rommens (6.8), Ruud Vormer (7.3), Alieu Fadera (6.6), Christian Brüls (6.2) and Zinho Gano (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Sef van Damme, Dani Ramirez (6.4), Pape Diop, Borja López (6.4), Kevor Palumets, Jelle Vossen (7.4), Oleksandr Drambaev (6.8), Louis Bostyn and Cheikh Thiam.

Zulte-Waregem could not rely on the presence of Dani Ramírez (injured).

Substitutions

Zulte-Waregem made 4 changes: Nicolas Rommens for Jelle Vossen  (46′), Bent Sörmo for Borja López (46′), Alioune Ndour for O. Drambaev (60′) and Zinho Gano for Dani Ramírez (71′).

Best player: Novatus Dismas​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Zulte-Waregem was Novatus Dismas.

His rating is (7.5) with 89 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 6 crosses.

Westerlo – Formation

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

Jonas De Roeck played with: Sinan Bolat (6.6), Bryan Reynolds (6.4), Roman Neustädter (7.2), Ravil Tagir (6.7), Edisson Jordanov (6.7), Lukas Van Eenoo (6.7), Nicolas Madsen (7.4), Maxim De Cuyper (7.7), Thomas Van den Keybus (6.8), Lyle Foster (8.0) and Nene Dorgeles (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Kyan Vaesen, Muhammed Gümüşkaya, Rubin Seigers (6.8), Mathias Fixelles, Nick Gillekens, Nacer Chadli (6.2) and Igor Vetokele.

Substitutions

Westerlo made 5 changes: Roman Neustädter for Rubin Seigers (46′), Edisson Jordanov for Nacer Chadli (71′), N. Madsen for Mathias Fixelles (77′), Dorgeles Nene for Kyan Vaesen (89′) and Lyle Foster for Igor Vetokele (89′).

Best player: Lyle Foster​

The player that probably impressed the most for Westerlo was Lyle Foster.

His rating is (8.0) with 32 passes (90% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Zulte-Waregem – Westerlo – 1-1
• KV Oostende – Cercle Brugge – 1-2
• Mechelen – Kortrijk – 3-2
• Union Saint-Gilloise – OH Leuven – 1-0