BRUXELLES. RWDM defeats Lierse Kempenzonen 3-1. RWDM got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Z. El Ouahdi (47′) and I. Botella (57′). Lierse Kempenzonen tried to recover with a goal from T. Van Acker (78′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (83′) scored by K. Hazard for RWDM.
The match was played at the Edmond Machtens-Stadion stadium in Bruxelles on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put with the help of Matthias Massa and Lennert Becquet. The 4th official was Klass Clerkx. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1 degrees Celsius or 33.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 50 Ball Possession 50
Shots
- 13 Total 14
- 7 On Target 3
- 6 Off Target 11
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 100 Attack 104
- 67 Dangerous attack 62
- 89 Ball safe 92
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 6
Fouls
- 11 Total 13
- 3 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
The overall ball possession was the same with both teams controlling the ball for 50% of the time.
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. RWDM was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Lierse Kempenzonen that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Attitude and shots
RWDM was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why RWDM won the match.
RWDM shot 13 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Lierse Kempenzonen shot 14 times, 3 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
RWDM received 3 yellow cards (F. Le Joncour, Z. El Ouahdi and Luis Oyama). On the opposite side, Lierse Kempenzonen received 1 yellow card (D. Vekemans).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, RWDM will have 46 points to remain in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Lierse Kempenzonen will stay with 36 points like Club Brugge II to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Challenger Pro League, RWDM will play away with Lierse Kempenzonen on the 22nd of April with a 8-2 head to head statistic in favor of RWDM (1 draw).
Lierse Kempenzonen will play away agasint Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 13th of May with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Lierse Kempenzonen (0 draws).
RWDM – Formation
RWDM
46'
19'
83'
The manager Vincent Euvrard decided to play with the following team: Théo Defourny, Jonathan Heris, Yan Vorogovskiy, Florian Le Joncour, Jake O´Brien, Youssef Challouk, Alexis De Sart, Luis Felipe Oyama, Kylian Hazard, Ivann Botella and Zakaria El Ouahdi.
The home team had on the bench: Fabio Ferraro, Jonathan de Bie, Ibrahima Sory Sankhon, Vinicius Lopes da Silva, Camilo Reijers de Olivera, Théo Gécé and Nicholas Hamalainen.
Substitutions
RWDM made 5 changes: Y. Vorogovskiy for Fabio Ferraro (46′), Luis Oyama for Théo Gécé (75′), I. Botella for Vinicius (75′), K. Hazard for Camilo (87′) and Z. El Ouahdi for Niko Hämäläinen (87′).
Lierse Kempenzonen – Formation
Lierse Kempenzonen
Tom Van Imschoot played with: Jarno De Smet, Joeri Poelmans, Joedrick Pupe, Jarno Libert, Toon Raemaekers, Peter De Schrijver, Thibaut Van Acker, Guillaume De Schryver, Nils Schouterden, Serge Tabekou and Daan Vekemans.
These were the players on the bench: Ben Van Lommel, Jordy Gillekens, Brent Laes, Mathias Delorge-Knieper, Jens Naessens, Sam Vanderhallen and Ryan Safari.
Substitutions
Lierse Kempenzonen made 4 changes: N. Schouterden for Mathias Delorge-Knieper (60′), G. De Schryver for Brent Laes (60′), J. Libert for Ryan Safari (60′) and S. Tabekou for Jens Naessens (75′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Challenger Pro League.
