GENT. Gent conquers OH Leuven with a 2-0 win with a goal from H. Cuypers (50′) and a goal from S. Kums (74′). Gent capitalized on its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the GHELAMCO-arena stadium in Gent on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put with the assistance of Kevin Dhondt and Lennert Becquet. The 4th official was Michiel Allaerts. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 8.7 degrees Celsius or 47.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Gent had a strong ball possession 56% while OH Leuven was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Gent was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gent won the match.​

OH Leuven shot 14 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Gent shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

OH Leuven received 1 yellow card (Hamza Mendyl). On the opposite side, Gent received 2 yellow cards (Julien de Sart and Gift Emmanuel Orban).

Standings

After playing this match, OH Leuven will stay with 32 points like Sporting Charleroi to hold in the 11th place. Talking about the opposition, Gent will have 42 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, OH Leuven will host Zulte-Waregem on the 4th of March with a 7-5 head to head in favor of Zulte-Waregem (5 draws).

Gent will play away agasint Zulte-Waregem on the 12th of March with a 18-14 head to head stats in favor of Gent (10 draws).

OH Leuven – Formation

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

The manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck decided to play with the following team: Valentin Cojocaru (6.7), Louis Patris (6.4), Ewoud Pletinckx (6.5), Dylan Ouedraogo (6.3), Hamza Mendyl (6.9), Casper De Norre (6.8), Siebe Schrijvers (7.4), Joren Dom (6.7), Musa Al-Taamari (6.6), Mario González (6.6) and Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Nachon Nsingi, Thibault Vlietinck, Kristiyan Malinov, Nordin Jackers, Joel Schingtienne, Emmanuel Toku (6.4) and Sofian Kiyine.

Substitutions

OH Leuven made 3 changes: Siebe Schrijvers for Emmanuel Toku (68′), Mousa Al Tamari for Sofian Kiyine (79′) and Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson for Nachon Nsingi (79′).

Best player: Siebe Schrijvers​

The most impressive player for OH Leuven was Siebe Schrijvers.

His rating is (7.4) with 23 passes (65% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 12. He performed 5 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Gent – Formation

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

Marc Brys played with: Paul Nardi (7.1), Andrew Hjulsager (6.2), Bruno Godeau (7.2), Michael Ngadeu (7.1), Jordan Torunarigha (7.0), Núrio Fortuna (7.2), Julien De Sart (7.6), Hyunseok Hong (7.2), Sven Kums (7.9), Hugo Cuypers (8.2) and Gift Emmanuel Orban (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jens Petter Hauge, Alessio Castro-Montes, Rune Van Den Bergh, Laurent Depoitre (6.8), Malick Fofana (6.8), Davy Roef, Noah De Ridder and Loris Henry.

Substitutions

Gent made 2 changes: Andrew Hjulsager for Malick Martin Fofana (46′) and Gift Emmanuel Orban for Laurent Depoitre (68′).

Best player: Hugo Cuypers​

The most impressive player for Gent was Hugo Cuypers.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 32 passes (40% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Sint-Truiden – Westerlo – 0-1
• Cercle Brugge – Club Brugge – 2-2
• Kortrijk – Anderlecht – 2-2
• Gent – OH Leuven – 2-0