Antwerp tops Cercle Brugge 1-0 with a goal scored by M. Frey. HIGHLIGHTS

BRUGGE. Antwerp beats Cercle Brugge 1-0 after M. Frey scored a penalty (57').

November 1, 2021

BRUGGE. Antwerp tops Cercle Brugge 1-0 after M. Frey scored a penalty (57′).

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Lothar D’hondt who was helped by Romain Devillers and Philippe Vandecauter. The 4th official was Wesli De Cremer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12 degrees Celsius or 53.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.

Match Statistics

Cercle Brugge

0 - 1

Antwerp

46 Ball Possession 54

Shots

12 Total 10
6 On Target 3
2 Off Target 4
4 Shots blocked 3

112 Attack 107
53 Dangerous attack 60
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 1
6 Corners 3
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

13 Total 15
4 Yellow Cards 5
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. Cercle Brugge was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Antwerp that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Antwerp was more aggressive with 60 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Antwerp won the match.

Cercle Brugge shot 13 times, 6 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Antwerp shot 10 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Cercle Brugge received 4 yellow cards (C. Vanhoutte, J. Daland, David and D. Hotic). On the other side, Antwerp received 5 yellow cards (R. De Laet, M. Samatta, B. Verstraete, A. Yusuf and S. Vines).

Match Timeline

23'

39'

45'

52'

57'

60'

Alhassan Yusuf- Yellow

63'

65'

Michel-Ange Balikwisha- sub ->V. Fischer

65'

70'

75'

K. Denkey- sub ->A. Millan

75'

80'

Jelle Bataille- sub ->M. Benson

80'

Boris Popovic- sub ->Vitinho

84'

Boris Popovic- sub ->Vitinho

84'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Cercle Brugge will stay with 9 points to stay in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Antwerp will have 24 points to stay in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge will play away against Genk on the 7th of November with a 17-6 head to head record in favor of Genk (3 draws).

Antwerp will host Anderlecht on the 7th of November with a 4-3 head to head statistic in favor of Anderlecht (5 draws).

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Cercle Brugge

T. Didillon 1.France

6.6

Alexander Corryn 25.Belgium

6.7

23'

Jesper Daland 4.Norway

6.5

Vitinho 2.Brazil

6.9

84'

David Sousa 3.Brazil

7.1

52'

Hannes Van Der Bruggen 28.Belgium

6.6

Edgaras Utkus 6.Lithuania

6.4

75'

Dino Hotic 10.Bosnia and Herzegovina

7.1

84'

45'

Rabbi Matondo 11.Wales

7.2

Álex Millán 29.Spain

6.4

75'

Thibo Somers 34.Belgium

7.3

Substitutes

Sébastien Bruzzese 89.Belgium

Boris Popovic 5.Serbia

6.2

84'

Robbe Decostere 8.Belgium

Dimitar Velkovski 19.Bulgaria

7.1

23'

Charles Vanhoutte 14.Belgium

6.1

75'

90'

Olivier Deman 23.Belgium

6.7

84'

K. Denkey 9.Togo

6.3

75'

The manager Yves Vanderhaeghe decided to play with the following team: T. Didillon, A. Corryn, J. Daland, Vitinho, Sousa, H. Van der Bruggen, E. Utkus, D. Hotič, R. Matondo, Álex Millán and T. Somers.

The home team had on the bench: K. Denkey, D. Velkovski, C. Vanhoutte, S. Bruzzese, B. Popović, R. Decostere and O. Deman.

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 5 changes: A. Corryn for D. Velkovski (23′), E. Utkus for C. Vanhoutte (75′), A. Millan for A. Denkey (75′), Vitinho for B. Popovic (84′) and D. Hotic for O. Deman (84′).

Antwerp – Formation

Antwerp

Jean Butez 1.France

8.3

Ritchie De Laet 2.Belgium

7.4

Björn Engels 3.Belgium

7.6

Dinis Almeida 61.Portugal

7.1

Sam Vines 21.United States

7.1

39'

Pieter Gerkens 16.Belgium

6.5

65'

Birger Verstraete 6.Belgium

6.7

63'

Alhassan Yusuf 8.Nigeria

7.3

60'

Viktor Fischer 7.Denmark

6.5

65'

Benson Manuel 14.Belgium

6.7

80'

Michael Frey 99.Switzerland

7.2

80'

57'

Substitutes

Ortwin De Wolf 26.Belgium

Jelle Bataille 34.Belgium

6.5

80'

Abdoulaye Seck 30.Senegal

Pierre Dwomoh 80.Belgium

Ally Samatta 70.Tanzania

6.4

65'

70'

Michel-Ange Balikwisha 10.Belgium

6.4

65'

Johannes Eggestein 9.Germany

6.5

80'

On the opposite side, Brian Priske Pedersen played with: J. Butez, R. De Laet, B. Engels, Dinis Almeida, S. Vines, P. Gerkens, B. Verstraete, A. Yusuf, M. Frey, V. Fischer and B. Manuel.

They had on the bench: M. Samatta, M. Balikwisha, J. Bataille, P. Dwomoh, J. Eggestein, O. De Wolf and A. Seck.

Substitutions

Antwerp made 4 changes: P. Gerkens for M. Samatta (65′), V. Fischer for M. Balikwisha (65′), M. Benson for J. Bataille (80′) and M. Frey for A. Seck (80′).