Club Brugge manages to draw 2-2 with Sporting Charleroi after recovering a 0-2 deficit. HIGHLIGHTS

BRUGGE. Club Brugge manages to recover against Sporting Charleroi with a goal on the Y. Badji 14' and an own goal from B. Mechele 16'.

Luke Meyer

January 25, 2023

BRUGGE. Club Brugge recovers against Sporting Charleroi with a goal on the Y. Badji 14′ and an own goal from B. Mechele 16′.

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Jonathan Lardot who had the assistance of Florian Lemaire and Kevin Dhondt. The 4th official was Wesli De Cremer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.4 degrees Celsius or 34.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.

Match Statistics

Club Brugge

2 - 2

Sporting Charleroi

53 Ball Possession 47

Shots

13 Total 11
5 On Target 3
8 Off Target 8
0 Shots blocked 0

120 Attack 111
44 Dangerous attack 43
0 Ball safe 0

1 Penalties 0
2 Corners 3
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

7 Total 18
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Club Brugge was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Sporting Charleroi that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge was more aggressive with 44 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Club Brugge to win the match.

Club Brugge shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting Charleroi shot 11 times, 3 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Club Brugge received 2 yellow cards (Noa Lang and T. Buchanan). On the opposite side, Sporting Charleroi received 4 yellow cards (Daan Heymans, K. Nkuba, J. Van Cleemput and A. Descotte).

Also, Sporting Charleroi didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Boukamir (Sporting Charleroi) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (74′).

Match Timeline

14'

Youssouph Badji(goal)

Brandon Mechele(own-goal)Daan Heymans

16'

21'

43'

Daan Heymans- Yellow

45'

Andreas Skov Olsen - sub ->A. Nusa

46'

Andreas Skov Olsen (goal)

50'

61'

64'

68'

71'

Jules Van Cleemput - sub ->K. Nkuba

71'

74'

M. Boukamir- Red

77'

Jules Van Cleemput - Yellow

Ferran Jutglà- sub ->Roman Yaremchuk

80'

86'

89'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Club Brugge will have 37 points to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Charleroi will have 27 points like Anderlecht to sit in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Club Brugge will play away against Zulte-Waregem on the 29th of January with a 28-10 head to head record in favor of Club Brugge (8 draws).

Sporting Charleroi will host Union Saint-Gilloise on the 28th of January with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Union Saint-Gilloise (0 draws).

Club Brugge – Formation

Club Brugge

Simon Mignolet 22.Belgium

6.4

Denis Odoi 6.Ghana

7.2

Brandon Mechele 44.Belgium

6.9

B. Meijer 14.Netherlands

6.3

Tajon Buchanan 17.Canada

6.5

89'

Hans Vanaken 20.Belgium

7.1

86'

Casper Nielsen 27.Denmark

6.6

64'

Raphael Onyedika 15.Nigeria

6.8

Roman Yaremchuk 70.Ukraine

6.3

80'

Noa Lang 10.Netherlands

7.8

21'

45'

A. Nusa 32.Norway

6.1

46'

Substitutes

Josef Bursik 21.England

Nick Shinton 33.Belgium

Clinton Mata 77.Angola

Abakar Sylla 94.Ivory Coast

Dedryck Boyata 28.Belgium

Mats Rits 26.Belgium

7.1

64'

Ferran Jutglà 9.Spain

80'

Andreas Skov Olsen 7.Denmark

7.3

46'

50'

Kamal Sowah 19.Ghana

86'

Club Brugge started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Scott Parker decided to play with the following team: Simon Mignolet (6.4), Tajon Buchanan (6.5), Brandon Mechele (6.9), Denis Odoi (7.2), Bjorn Meijer (6.3), Casper Nielsen (6.6), Raphael Onyedika (6.8), Hans Vanaken (7.1), Antonio Nusa (6.1), Roman Yaremchuk (6.3) and Noa Lang (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Ferran Jutglà, Clinton Mata, Andreas Skov Olsen (7.3), Josef Bursik, Mats Rits (7.1), Abakar Sylla, Dedryck Boyata, Kamal Sowah and Nick Shinton.

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 4 changes: A. Nusa for Andreas Skov Olsen (46′), Casper Nielsen for Mats Rits (64′), Roman Yaremchuk for Ferran Jutglà (80′) and Hans Vanaken for Kamal Sowah (86′).

Best player: Noa Lang

The player that probably impressed the most for Club Brugge was Noa Lang.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 42 passes (59% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 2 crosses.

Sporting Charleroi – Formation

Sporting Charleroi

Hervé Koffi 16.Burkina Faso

6.4

Jonas Bager 2.Denmark

7.0

M. Boukamir 32.Morocco

6.3

74'

Dillon Sheppard 25.France

6.3

Ken Nkuba 28.Belgium

6.8

71'

68'

Joris Kayembe 12.Belgium

7.6

Marco Ilaimaharitra 26.Madagascar

7.0

Daan Heymans 18.Belgium

7.0

43'

Adem Zorgane 6.Algeria

7.4

Youssouph Badji 10.Senegal

7.5

61'

14'

Isaac Mbenza 7.Belgium

7.2

71'

Substitutes

Pierre Patron 1.France

Stefan Knezevic 3.Switzerland

Jules Van Cleemput 4.Belgium

6.6

71'

77'

Jackson Tchatchoua 38.Belgium

6.5

71'

Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh 99.Iran

Ryota Morioka 44.Japan

Anthony Descotte 15.Belgium

6.5

61'

89'

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

Felice Mazzù played with: Hervé Koffi (6.4), Jonas Bager (7.0), Damien Marcq (6.3), Mehdi Boukamir (6.3), Ken Nkuba (7.0), Daan Heymans (7.0), Marco Ilaimaharitra (7.0), Adem Zorgane (7.4), Joris Kayembe Ditu (7.6), Youssouph Badji (7.5) and Isaac Mbenza (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Jackson Tchatchoua (6.7), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh, Anthony Descotte (6.5), Stefan Knežević, Pierre Patron, Jules Van Cleemput (6.4) and Ryota Morioka.

Sporting Charleroi could not rely on the presence of A. Descotte (injured).