Beerschot-Wilrijk draws 0-0 with Waasland-Beveren on Saturday

ANTWERP. Beerschot-Wilrijk and Waasland-Beveren could not score a single goal.

September 17, 2023

ANTWERP. Beerschot-Wilrijk and Waasland-Beveren didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Beerschot-Wilrijk was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Olympisch Stadion stadium in Antwerp on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Michiel Allaerts who was helped by Nick Senecaut and Bryan Bijnens. The 4th official was . The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 24.4 degrees Celsius or 75.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 49%.

Match Statistics

Beerschot-Wilrijk

0 - 0

Waasland-Beveren

56 Ball Possession 44

Shots

13 Total 11
3 On Target 2
4 Off Target 5
6 Shots blocked 4

98 Attack 106
45 Dangerous attack 40
69 Ball safe 74

0 Penalties 0
3 Corners 5

Fouls

19 Total 13
4 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

2 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Beerschot-Wilrijk had a strong ball possession 56% while Waasland-Beveren was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Beerschot-Wilrijk had a more offensive attitude with 45 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Beerschot-Wilrijk to win the match.

Beerschot-Wilrijk shot 13 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Waasland-Beveren shot 11 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Beerschot-Wilrijk received 3 yellow cards (Apostolos Konstantopoulos, Welat Cagro and Ayouba Kosiah). Regarding the opposition, Waasland-Beveren received 4 yellow cards (Louis Verstraete, Jay-Dee Geusens, Alexander Corryn and David Hrnčár).

Match Timeline

21'

Jay-Dee Geusens- Yellow

23'

Alexander Corryn- Yellow

44'

David Hrncar- Yellow

Apostolos Konstantopoulos - Yellow

45'

61'

Goduine Koyalipou- sub ->Sander Coopman

Ayouba Kosiah - Yellow

64'

70'

Louis Verstraete- Yellow

74'

Everton Luiz- sub ->Jay-Dee Geusens

Benjamin Pauwels- sub ->Thibaud Verlinden

78'

81'

Taofeek Ismaheel- sub ->Bryan Goncalves

Welat Cagro- Yellow

82'

Charly Keita- sub ->Tom Reyners

81'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this contest, Beerschot-Wilrijk will have 7 points like Club Brugge II and KRC Genk II to remain in the 5th place. On the other side, Waasland-Beveren will have 5 points like RFC Seraing to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Challenger Pro League, Beerschot-Wilrijk will play away against Dender on the 2nd of March with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Beerschot-Wilrijk (1 draw).

Waasland-Beveren will host KV Oostende on the 2nd of March with a 12-12 head to head stats.

Beerschot-Wilrijk – Formation

Beerschot-Wilrijk

Davor Matijas 71.Croatia

7.1

Hervé Matthys 3.Belgium

7.5

Ibrahim Alhassan 8.Nigeria

7.3

Apostolos Konstantopoulos 66.Greece

8.0

45'

Ryan Sanusi 18.Belgium

7.9

Mardochée Nzita 24.Belgium

7.2

Welat Cagro 47.Belgium

7.3

82'

Simion Michez 75.Belgium

6.7

Tom Reyners 7.Belgium

7.0

81'

Ayouba Kosiah 9.Liberia

6.9

64'

Thibaud Verlinden 10.Belgium

7.3

78'

Substitutes

Bill Lathouwers 1.Belgium

Luca Meisl 6.Austria

Marco Weymans 28.Burundi

Félix Nzouango 55.France

Benjamin Pauwels 29.Belgium

6.5

78'

Axl Van Himbeeck 52.Belgium

Charly Keita 27.France

6.7

81'

Beerschot-Wilrijk adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Andreas Wieland decided to play with the following team: Davor Matijaš (7.1), Apostolos Konstantopoulos (8.0), Herve Matthys (7.5), Ibrahim Alhassan Abdullahi (7.3), Simion Michez (6.7), Ryan Sanusi (7.9), Welat Cagro (7.3), Mardochee Nzita (7.2), Tom Reyners (7.0), Ayouba Kosiah (6.9) and Thibaud Verlinden (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Bill Lathouwers, Luca Meisl, Charly Keita (6.7), Marco Weymans, Benjamin Pauwels (6.5), Axl Van Himbeeck and Félix Nzouango Bikien.

Beerschot-Wilrijk could not rely on the presence of Benjamin Pauwels (injured).

Substitutions

Beerschot-Wilrijk made 2 changes: Tom Reyners for Charly Keita (81′) and Thibaud Verlinden for Benjamin Pauwels (78′).

Best player: Apostolos Konstantopoulos

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Beerschot-Wilrijk was Apostolos Konstantopoulos.

His rating is (8.0) with 40 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Waasland-Beveren – Formation

Waasland-Beveren

Beau Reus 12.Netherlands

7.5

Sheldon Bateau 4.Trinidad and Tobago

7.7

Dries Wuytens 15.Belgium

7.6

Bryan Goncalves 78.France

7.5

81'

Jay-Dee Geusens 17.Belgium

6.9

74'

21'

David Hrncar 22.Slovakia

7.5

44'

Alexander Corryn 25.Belgium

7.0

23'

Louis Verstraete 33.Belgium

8.2

70'

Anthony Limbombe 14.Belgium

7.1

74'

Yousef Salech 19.Denmark

6.2

82'

Sander Coopman 43.Belgium

6.6

61'

Substitutes

Maxim Deman 16.Belgium

Jakov Filipovic 32.Croatia

Everton Luiz 5.Brazil

6.9

74'

Giorgi Moistsrapishvili 77.Georgia

Goduine Koyalipou 7.Central African Republic

6.8

61'

Gabriel Kyeremateng 9.Germany

6.5

74'

Tiago Çukur 10.Turkey

6.7

82'

Taofeek Ismaheel 11.Nigeria

6.8

81'

Also Waasland-Beveren adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Wim De Decker played with: Beau Reus (7.5), Dries Wuytens (7.6), Sheldon Bateau (7.7), Bryan Goncalves (7.5), David Hrnčár (7.5), Louis Verstraete (8.2), Jay-Dee Geusens (6.9), Alexander Corryn (7.0), Sander Coopman (6.6), Yousef Salech (6.2) and Anthony Limbombe (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Everton Luiz (6.9), Goduine Koyalipou (6.8), Gabriel Kyeremateng (6.5), Tiago Cukur (6.7), Taofeek Ismaheel (6.8), Maxim De Man, Jakov Filipović and Giorgi Moistsrapishvili.

Substitutions

Waasland-Beveren made 5 changes: Sander Coopman for Goduine Koyalipou (61′), Bryan Goncalves for Taofeek Ismaheel (81′), Anthony Limbombe for Gabriel Kyeremateng (74′), Jay-Dee Geusens for Everton Luiz (74′) and Yousef Salech for Tiago Cukur (82′).