BRUSSELS. Anderlecht manages to recover against OH Leuven with a goal on the S. Kaba 6′ and a goal on the M. Maertens 15′.
S. Kaba missed a decisive penalty (90′). That would have allowed OH Leuven to win the match.
S. Kaba missed 1 penalty (90′ + 7′) for OH Leuven.
The match was played at the Lotto Park stadium in Brussels on Sunday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Jasper Vergoote who was helped by Kevin Dhondt and Quentin Lesceux. The 4th official was Bert Put. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.1 degrees Celsius or 51.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 17 Total 14
- 5 On Target 9
- 8 Off Target 2
- 4 Shots blocked 3
- 141 Attack 82
- 96 Dangerous attack 34
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 10 Corners 5
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 3
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 2 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Anderlecht had a strong ball possession 55% while OH Leuven was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Anderlecht was more aggressive with 96 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 3 were on target. However, that was not enough Anderlecht to win the match.
Anderlecht shot 19 times, 3 on target, 16 off target. On the opposite side, OH Leuven shot 14 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Anderlecht received 1 yellow card (J. Zirkzee). Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven received 1 yellow card (S. Schrijvers).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Anderlecht will have 21 points to stay in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven will have 14 points to stay in the 14th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Anderlecht will play away with Antwerp on the 7th of November with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Anderlecht (5 draws).
OH Leuven will host KV Oostende on the 5th of November with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of KV Oostende (6 draws).
Anderlecht – Formation
Anderlecht
70'
68'
44'
40', 90'
Anderlecht started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Vincent Kompany decided to play with the following team: Hendrik Van Crombrugge , Michael Murillo , Taylor Harwood-Bellis , Wesley Hoedt , Sergio Gómez , Yari Verschaeren , Josh Cullen , Kristoffer Olsson , Anouar Ait El Hadj , Joshua Zirkzee and Benito Raman .
The home team had on the bench: Lior Refaelov , K. Sardella, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko , B. Verbruggen, C. Coosemans, L. Magallán, M. Kana, Majeed Ashimeru , Mario Stroeykens and Francis Amuzu .
Substitutions
Anderlecht made 5 changes: Y. Verschaeren for L. Refaelov (68′), B. Raman for B. Mykhaylichenko (77′), A. Ait El Hadj for F. Amuzu (77′), K. Olsson for M. Ashimeru (77′) and T. Harwood-Bellis for M. Stroeykens (88′).
Best player: Joshua Zirkzee
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Anderlecht was Joshua Zirkzee.
His rating is with 2 goals, 39 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass.
OH Leuven – Formation
OH Leuven
OH Leuven started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Talking about the opposition, Marc Brys played with: Rafael Romo , Soufiane Chakla , Sébastien Dewaest , Cenk Özkaçar , Musa Al-Taamari , Mandela Keita , Siebe Schrijvers , Casper De Norre , Mathieu Maertens , Xavier Mercier and Sory Kaba .
They had on the bench: Thibault Vlietinck , J. Sekidika, K. Malinov, Alexis De Sart , K. Rezaei, R. Rúnarsson and P. Ngawa.
Substitutions
OH Leuven made 2 changes: M. Maertens for A. De Sart (87′) and M. Al-Tamari for T. Vlietinck (87′).
Best player: Xavier Mercier
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Xavier Mercier.
His rating is with 47 passes (87% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 6. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Anderlecht – OH Leuven – 2-2
- Gent – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-2
- Cercle Brugge – Antwerp – 0-1
- Zulte-Waregem – Genk – 2-6
