BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise destroys Zulte-Waregem 4-0 with goals of Cameron Puertas (9′), Victor Boniface (55′), Gustaf Nilsson (81′) and Teddy Teuma (89′).

The match was played at the Stade Joseph Mariën stadium in Brussels on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Wim Smet who was helped by Mathias Hillaert and Jeroen Walschap. The 4th official was Arthur Denil. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 5.1 degrees Celsius or 41.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Union Saint-Gilloise was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Zulte-Waregem that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Union Saint-Gilloise was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Union Saint-Gilloise won the match​.

Union Saint-Gilloise shot 15 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zulte-Waregem shot 8 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Union Saint-Gilloise didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Zulte-Waregem received 1 yellow card (Karol Fila).

Standings

After playing this match, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 55 points to sit in the 2nd place. Regarding the opposition, Zulte-Waregem will stay with 20 points to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Union Saint-Gilloise will play away with Club Brugge on the 10th of February with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Club Brugge (2 draws).

Zulte-Waregem will play away agasint Standard Liège on the 18th of March with a 15-15 head to head.

Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation

Union Saint-Gilloise adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Karel Geraerts decided to play with the following team: Anthony Moris (6.8), Ross Sykes (7.2), Christian Burgess (7.2), Koki Machida (7.1), Bart Nieuwkoop (7.5), Cameron Puertas (6.6), Senne Lynen (6.5), Teddy Teuma (7.3), Simon Adingra (6.6), Victor Okoh Boniface (7.2) and Yorbe Vertessen (8.2).

The home team had on the bench: Oussama El Azzouzi (6.9), Arnaud Dony, Gustaf Nilsson (7.4), Loic Lapoussin (6.4), Joachim Imbrechts, Siebe Van Der Heyden, Jean Thierry Lazare Amani, Ismael Kandouss, Casper Terho and Lucas Pirard.

Substitutions

Union Saint-Gilloise made 4 changes: Y. Vertessen for Gustaf Nilsson (65′), Senne Lynen for Oussama El Azzouzi (73′), Simon Adingra for Loic Lapoussin (74′) and Victor Boniface for Arnaud Dony (83′).

Best player: Yorbe Vertessen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Yorbe Vertessen even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 13 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 9.

Zulte-Waregem – Formation

Also Zulte-Waregem adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

M’Baye Leye played with: Sammy Bossut (6.3), Karol Fila (6.5), Borja López (6.1), Novatus Dismas (6.2), Alessandro Ciranni (6.8), Nicolas Rommens (7.0), Abdoulaye Sissako (6.1), Christian Brüls (6.6), Oleksandr Drambaev (6.7), Lennert Hallaert (7.1) and Dani Ramirez (6.2).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ruud Vormer (6.1), Louis Bostyn, Jelle Vossen (6.5), Stan Braem (6.3), Bent Sormo, Cheikh Thiam (6.2) and Kevor Palumets.

Zulte-Waregem could not rely on the presence of Cheick Thiam (injured).

Substitutions

Zulte-Waregem made 4 changes: Borja López for Jelle Vossen (59′), Nicolas Rommens for Ruud Vormer (60′), Dani Ramírez for Stan Braem (67′) and Karol Fila for Cheikh Thiam (71′).

Best player: Lennert Hallaert​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Zulte-Waregem was Lennert Hallaert.

His rating is (7.1) with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 5. He performed 3 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Union Saint-Gilloise – Zulte-Waregem – 4-0
• Mechelen – Sporting Charleroi – 2-2
• Gent – Genk – 2-3
• Antwerp – Club Brugge – 0-0