KORTRIJK. Sporting Charleroi overcomes Kortrijk 1-0 after Y. Badji scored just 1 goal (73′).
The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge with the help of Laurent Conotte and Vito Divincenzo. The 4th official was Michiel Allaerts. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.3 degrees Celsius or 45.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
- 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
- 18 Total 11
- 3 On Target 6
- 8 Off Target 3
- 7 Shots blocked 2
- 106 Attack 117
- 41 Dangerous attack 42
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 12
- 0 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Kortrijk was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Sporting Charleroi that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sporting Charleroi had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting Charleroi won the encounter.
Kortrijk shot 18 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting Charleroi shot 11 times, 6 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Kortrijk didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Charleroi received 4 yellow cards (Vakoun Issouf Bayo, K. Nkuba, A. Hosseinzadeh and Hervé Koffi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Kortrijk will stay with 27 points to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Sporting Charleroi will have 38 points to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Kortrijk will host Club Brugge on the 18th of March with a 23-9 head to head statistic in favor of Club Brugge (5 draws).
Sporting Charleroi will play away agasint Antwerp on the 19th of March with a 6-5 head to head in favor of Antwerp (3 draws).
Kortrijk – Formation
Kortrijk
90'
Kortrijk adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Bernd Storck decided to play with the following team: Tom Vandenberghe , Christalino Atemona , Tsuyoshi Watanabe , Satoshi Tanaka , Massimo Bruno , Abdelkahar Kadri , Nayel Mehssatou , Kristof D’Haene , Faïz Selemani , Martin Regáli and Felipe Avenatti .
The home team had on the bench: Maxime De Man, Dion De Neve, Massimo Decoene, Stjepan Lončar, Dylan Mbayo, Pape Habib Gueye and Nikolas Langberg Dyhr.
Substitutions
Kortrijk made 4 changes: Kristof D’Haene for Pape Guèye (79′), S. Tanaka for Dylan Mbayo (79′), Massimo Bruno for Dion De Neve (79′) and C. Atemona for Stjepan Lončar (90′).
Best player: Massimo Bruno
The most impressive player for Kortrijk was Massimo Bruno.
His rating is with 27 passes (59% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 2 crosses.
Sporting Charleroi – Formation
Sporting Charleroi
90'
73'
Also Sporting Charleroi adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Felice Mazzù played with: Hervé Koffi , Jules Van Cleemput , Damien Marcq , Stefan Knežević , Ken Nkuba , Marco Ilaimaharitra , Adem Zorgane , Isaac Mbenza , Daan Heymans , Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Nikola Štulić .
These were the players on the bench: Youssouph Badji , J. Doke, Mehdi Boukamir, Pierre Patron, Jackson Tchatchoua, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh and Stelios Andreou.
Substitutions
Sporting Charleroi made 4 changes: Nikola Stulic for Youssouph Badji (68′), Daan Heymans for Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (68′), K. Nkuba for Jackson Tchatchoua (87′) and Vakoun Issouf Bayo for Stelios Andreou (90′).
Best player: Damien Marcq
The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting Charleroi was Damien Marcq even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 37 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- OH Leuven – Zulte-Waregem – 4-2
- Cercle Brugge – RFC Seraing – 3-1
- Kortrijk – Sporting Charleroi – 0-1
- Standard Liège – Westerlo – 2-0
