ST.-TROND. Cercle Brugge beats Sint-Truiden with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Somers (64′) and a goal from K. Denkey (69′). Sint-Truiden was surely better in terms of ball possession (62%).​

The match was played at the Stadion Stayen stadium in St.-Trond on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Bram Van Driessche assisted by Yves De Neve and Florian Lemaire. The 4th official was Hannes De Couvreur. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.94 degrees Celsius or 66.09 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sint-Truiden was in firm control of the ball 62% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cercle Brugge was putting more pressure with 85 dangerous attacks and 25 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cercle Brugge won the contest.​

Sint-Truiden shot 20 times, 4 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge shot 25 times, 8 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Sint-Truiden received 1 yellow card (Rein Van Helden). On the other side, Cercle Brugge received 1 yellow card (Olivier Deman).

Standings

After this match, Sint-Truiden will stay with 7 points like Antwerp, Genk and Mechelen to remain in the 10th place. Talking about the opposition, Cercle Brugge will have 9 points like Union Saint-Gilloise to hold in the 6th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sint-Truiden will host Mechelen on the 17th of September with a 12-11 head to head stats in favor of Mechelen (5 draws).

Cercle Brugge will play away agasint RWDM on the 16th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.

Sint-Truiden – Formation

Sint-Truiden adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Thorsten Fink decided to play with the following team: Zion Suzuki (7.7), Rein Van Helden (6.8), Matte Smets (7.1), Bruno Godeau (6.7), Daiki Hashioka (7.5), Joel Chima Fujita (6.3), Mathias Delorge (7.0), Eric Junior Bocat (7.5), Jarne Steuckers (7.0), Fatih Kaya (7.0) and Aboubakary Koita (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Rihito Yamamoto (6.4), Jo Coppens, Ryotaro Ito (7.0), Olivier Dumont, Wolke Janssens, Joselpho Barnes (7.1) and Shinji Okazaki.

Substitutions

Sint-Truiden made 3 changes: Joel Chima Fujita for Rihito Yamamoto (70′), Rein Van Helden for Ryotaro Ito (70′) and Fatih Kaya for Joselpho Barnes (70′).

Best player: Zion Suzuki​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sint-Truiden was the goalkeeper: Zion Suzuki. His rating is 7.65. He performed 4 saves.

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Also Cercle Brugge adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Miron Muslić played with: Warleson (7.7), Boris Popović (7.3), Christiaan Ravych (7.3), Jesper Daland (7.3), Hugo Siquet (7.3), Leonardo Lopes (7.3), Hannes Van Der Bruggen (7.5), Olivier Deman (7.5), Thibo Somers (8.1), Kévin Denkey (8.1) and Yann Gboho (8.1).

These were the players on the bench: Emilio Kehrer, Alan Minda (6.7), Senna Miangue, Maxime Delanghe, Xander Martlé, Jonas Lietaert and Jordan Varela.

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 3 changes: Yann Gboho for Emilio Kehrer (86′), Hugo Siquet for Alan Minda (67′) and Olivier Deman for Senna Miangue (89′).

Best player: Kévin Denkey​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Kévin Denkey.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 12.

Results of the day

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

• Anderlecht – Sporting Charleroi – 2-1
• Sint-Truiden – Cercle Brugge – 0-2