WESTERLO. Sporting Charleroi beat Westerlo.
The match was played at the Het Kuipje stadium in Westerlo on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Erik Lambrechts with the help of Jo De Weirdt and Kevin Monteny. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was rainy. The temperature was cold at 8.9 degrees Celsius or 47.97 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 17 Total 12
- 7 On Target 5
- 8 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 3
- 99 Attack 107
- 31 Dangerous attack 63
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
Fouls
- 5 Total 16
- 2 Yellow Cards 5
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Westerlo was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Sporting Charleroi that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Sporting Charleroi had a more offensive attitude with 63 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sporting Charleroi won the match.
Westerlo shot 16 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sporting Charleroi shot 12 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Westerlo received 2 yellow cards (Edisson Jordanov and Dorgeles Nene). On the other side, Sporting Charleroi received 5 yellow cards (V. Ozornwafor, S. Knežević, Stelios Andreou, Y. Badji and Vakoun Issouf Bayo).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Westerlo will stay with 48 points to sit in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Sporting Charleroi will have 44 points like Cercle Brugge to remain in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Westerlo will host Club Brugge on the 15th of April with a 18-1 head to head record in favor of Club Brugge (3 draws).
Sporting Charleroi will host Zulte-Waregem on the 8th of April with a 19-9 head to head record in favor of Sporting Charleroi (10 draws).
Westerlo – Formation
Westerlo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Jonas De Roeck decided to play with the following team: Sinan Bolat
, Bryan Reynolds , Roman Neustädter , Pietro Perdichizzi, Edisson Jordanov , Lukas Van Eenoo , Nicolas Madsen , Mathias Fixelles , Thomas Van den Keybus , Yusuke Matsuo and Kyan Vaesen .The home team had on the bench: Nacer Chadli
, Muhammed Gümüşkaya, Rubin Seigers, Nene Dorgeles , Nick Gillekens, Tuur Dierckx , Ravil Tagir and Griffin Yow.Westerlo could not rely on the presence of Nacer Chadli (injured).
Substitutions
Westerlo made 4 changes: Pietro Perdichizzi for Ravil Tagir (6′), N. Madsen for Nacer Chadli (66′), Kyan Vaesen for Nene Dorgeles (66′) and Edisson Jordanov for Tuur Dierckx (87′).
Best player: Tuur Dierckx
The player that probably impressed the most for Westerlo was Tuur Dierckx.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 4 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass.His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 87′.
Sporting Charleroi – Formation
Sporting Charleroi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Felice Mazzù played with: Hervé Koffi
, Stelios Andreou , Valentine Ozornwafor , Stefan Knežević , Jackson Tchatchoua , Adem Zorgane , Marco Ilaimaharitra , Isaac Mbenza , Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh , Vakoun Issouf Bayo and Daan Heymans .The following players were sitting on the bench: Jonas Bager, Pierre Patron, Joris Kayembe Ditu
, Adrien Bongiovanni, Youssouph Badji , Josue Doke and Roméo Monticelli.Substitutions
Sporting Charleroi made 4 changes: V. Ozornwafor for Joris Kayembe Ditu (46′), Daan Heymans for Youssouph Badji (77′), A. Hosseinzadeh for J. Doke (88′) and Vakoun Issouf Bayo for Jonas Bager (90′).
Best player: Vakoun Issouf Bayo
The player that probably impressed the most for Sporting Charleroi was Vakoun Issouf Bayo.
His rating is
with 1 goal, 29 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 12.Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- KV Oostende – Standard Liège – 1-3
- Westerlo – Sporting Charleroi – 2-3
- Cercle Brugge – Kortrijk – 2-0
- RFC Seraing – Gent – 0-5