BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise conquered AS Eupen to win 2-1. A goal from S. Prevljak was decisive in the 90min. It was Union Saint-Gilloise to strike first with a goal of Simon Adingra at the 14′. Then Y. Vertessen scored again for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 52′ minute. Eventually, Smail Prevljak reduced the distance for AS Eupen (90′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Union Saint-Gilloise took advantage of its better ball possession (60%).
Smail Prevljak squandered a decisive penalty (85′). That would have allowed AS Eupen to draw the match.
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 Arthur Denil with the assistance of Lennert Jans and Gianni Seeldraeyers. The 4th official was Brent Staessens. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.5 degrees Celsius or 38.21 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 12 Total 8
- 6 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 115 Attack 116
- 44 Dangerous attack 40
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 5 Corners 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Union Saint-Gilloise had a superior ball possession 60% while AS Eupen was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Union Saint-Gilloise was more pushing with 44 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Union Saint-Gilloise won the match.
Union Saint-Gilloise shot 12 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, AS Eupen shot 8 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Union Saint-Gilloise received 1 yellow card (Christian Burgess ). Regarding the opposition, AS Eupen received 1 yellow card (Regan Charles-Cook).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 59 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, AS Eupen will stay with 26 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Union Saint-Gilloise will host Mechelen on the 19th of March with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of Mechelen (4 draws).
AS Eupen will play away agasint Gent on the 19th of March with a 10-3 head to head in favor of Gent (2 draws).
Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise
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Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Karel Geraerts decided to play with the following team: Anthony Moris , Ross Sykes , Christian Burgess , Siebe Van Der Heyden , Loic Lapoussin , Senne Lynen , Teddy Teuma , Jean Thierry Lazare Amani , Simon Adingra , Yorbe Vertessen and Gustaf Nilsson .
The home team had on the bench: Lucas Pirard, Victor Okoh Boniface , Bart Nieuwkoop, Cameron Puertas , Casper Terho, Oussama El Azzouzi , Joachim Imbrechts, Koki Machida, Guillaume François and Ismael Kandouss.
Union Saint-Gilloise could not rely on the presence of Oussama El Azzouzi (injured).
Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 5 changes: Teddy Teuma for Oussama El Azzouzi (35′), L. Amani for Cameron Puertas (67′), Y. Vertessen for Victor Okoh Boniface (67′), Gustaf Nilsson for Casper Terho (87′) and Gustaf Nilsson for Guillaume François (87′).
Best player: Simon Adingra
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Simon Adingra.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13. He performed 8 crosses.
AS Eupen – Formation
AS Eupen
AS Eupen started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Edward Still played with: Abdul Manaf Nurudeen , Rune Paeshuyse , Oleksandr Filin , Loic Bessile , Ibrahim Diakité , Gary Magnee , Stef Peeters , Jason Davidson , Konan N’Dri , Regan Charles-Cook and Djeidi Gassama .
They had on the bench: Yentl Van Genechten, Smail Prevljak , Boris Lambert , Isaac Christie-Davies, Mubarak Wakaso , David Álvarez, Lennart Moser and Teddy Alloh .
Substitutions
AS Eupen made 5 changes: Ibrahim Diakité for Smail Prevljak (62′), Rune Paeshuyse for Mubarak Wakaso (77′), Gary Magnée for Boris Lambert (78′), Jason Davidson for Teddy Alloh (78′) and Regan Charles-Cook for Yentl Van Genechten (90′).
Best player: Stef Peeters
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AS Eupen was Stef Peeters.
His rating is with 63 passes (79% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Sint-Truiden – Genk – 2-2
- Union Saint-Gilloise – AS Eupen – 2-1
- Antwerp – Mechelen – 5-0
- Gent – Anderlecht – 1-0
