WESTERLO. Cercle Brugge tops Westerlo 5-3 after playing a incredible match. Westerlo lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Het Kuipje stadium in Westerlo on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Lawrence Visser who had the assistance of Yves De Neve and Michael Geerolf. The 4th official was Kevin Van Damme. The weather was rainy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.1 degrees Celsius or 62.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Westerlo had a strong ball possession 59% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cercle Brugge was more aggressive with 86 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 11 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cercle Brugge won the match.​

Westerlo shot 9 times, 7 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge shot 21 times, 11 on target, 16 off target.

Cards

Westerlo received 4 yellow cards (B. Reynolds, M. De Cuyper, Pietro Perdichizzi and Thomas Van den Keybus). Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards (Radoslaw Majecki, Abu Francis and Leonardo Lopes).

Standings

After playing this match, Westerlo will stay with 26 points to sit in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge will have 29 points like Standard Liège to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Westerlo will play away against Cercle Brugge on the 3rd of June with a 14-10 head to head statistic in favor of Cercle Brugge (5 draws).

Cercle Brugge will host Westerlo on the 3rd of June with a 14-10 head to head stats in favor of Cercle Brugge (5 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 (6.6), Bryan Reynolds (6.1), Roman Neustädter (6.0), Ravil Tagir (6.4), Maxim De Cuyper (6.6), Nicolas Madsen (5.9), Mathias Fixelles, Lukas Van Eenoo (6.4), Nene Dorgeles (8.8), Thomas Van den Keybus (6.3), Yusuke Matsuo (7.3) and Nacer Chadli (6.3).

The home team had on the bench: Edisson Jordanov (6.7), Rubin Seigers, Griffin Yow, Nick Gillekens, Muhammed Gümüşkaya (6.7), Pietro Perdichizzi (6.8) and Tuur Dierckx (7.0).

Westerlo could not rely on the presence of Pietro Perdichizzi (injured), Muhammed Gümüskaya (injured) and Griffin Yow (injured).

Substitutions

Westerlo made 5 changes: N. Madsen for Tuur Dierckx (46′), R. Tagir for Pietro Perdichizzi (46′), Nacer Chadli for Muhammed Gumuskaya (76′), B. Reynolds for Edisson Jordanov (76′) and Dorgeles Nene for Griffin Yow (83′).

Best player: Nene Dorgeles​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Westerlo was Nene Dorgeles.

His rating is (8.8) with 3 goals, 18 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18.

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Cercle Brugge started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Miron Muslić played with: Radosław Majecki (6.5), Boris Popović (6.5), Jean Marcelin (7.1), Christiaan Ravych (6.2), Hugo Siquet (7.0), Leonardo Lopes (7.8), Hannes Van Der Bruggen (6.7), Olivier Deman (7.0), Thibo Somers (8.3), Ayase Ueda (9.2), Dino Hotić (6.7).

They had on the bench: Yann Gboho (6.1), Abu Francis (6.6), Robbe Decostere, Warleson, Emilio Kehrer (6.7), Charles Vanhoutte and Kévin Denkey (6.4).

Cercle Brugge could not rely on the presence of K. Denkey (injured).

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 5 changes: Boris Popovic for Abu Francis (46′), O. Deman for Yann Gboho (57′), Ayase Ueda for Kevin Denkey (72′), Dino Hotic for Emilio Kehrer (72′) and H. Siquet for Robbe Decostere (85′).

Best player: Ayase Ueda​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cercle Brugge was Ayase Ueda.

His rating is (9.2) with 2 goals, 20 passes (65% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​

• Westerlo – Cercle Brugge – 3-5
• Antwerp – Genk – 2-1