BRUXELLES. Gent and RWDM draw 1-1. M. Fofana scored the first goal (22′) for Gent. M. Gueye equalized (45′).

The match was played at the Edmond Machtens-Stadion stadium in Bruxelles on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Jonathan Lardot assisted by Quentin Blaise and Florian Lemaire. The 4th official was Ken Vermeiren. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was pleasant at 21.98 degrees Celsius or 71.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. RWDM was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Gent that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Gent was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 9 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Gent to win the encounter​.

RWDM shot 9 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Gent shot 19 times, 9 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

RWDM received 3 yellow cards (Moussa Sissako, Youssouf Koné and Pierre Dwomoh). Regarding the opposition, Gent received 1 yellow card (Andrew Hjulsager).

Standings

After this match, RWDM will have 12 points like Cercle Brugge to remain in the 9th place. Regarding the opposition, Gent will have 19 points like Union Saint-Gilloise to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, RWDM will play away against Cercle Brugge on the 16th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of RWDM (0 draws).

Gent will host Sporting Charleroi on the 16th of March with a 18-13 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (11 draws).

RWDM – Formation

RWDM adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Claudio Roberto da Silva decided to play with the following team: Théo Defourny (8.2), Fredrik Landén (8.7), Moussa Sissako (7.5), Luis Segovia (7.0), Junior Marsoni Sambu Mansoni (6.7), Shuto Abe (7.3), Pierre Dwomoh (7.1), Youssouf Koné (6.4), Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (7.0), Mickaël Biron (7.0) and Makhtar Gueye (7.7).

The home team had on the bench: Sada Diallo (7.0), Ilay Camara (7.1), Abner (6.8), Guillaume Hubert, Xavier Mercier, Pathé Mboup (6.7) and Florent Sanchez Da Silva (7.0).

RWDM could not rely on the presence of Florent Sanchez Da Silva (injured) and Pathé Mboup (injured).

Substitutions

RWDM made 5 changes: Pierre Dwomoh for Florent Sanchez Da Silva (61′), Junior Marsoni Sambu Mansoni for Ilay Camara (46′), Youssouf Koné for Abner (82′), Jeff Reine-Adélaïde for Sada Diallo (71′) and Moussa Sissako for Pathé Mboup (70′).

Best player: Fredrik Landén​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for RWDM was Fredrik Landén.

His rating is (8.7) with 43 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 2 crosses.

Gent – Formation

Also Gent adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Hein Vanhaezebrouck played with: Paul Nardi (7.0), Ismael Kandouss (7.3), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (7.3), Jordan Torunarigha (7.5), Matisse Samoise (6.8), Julien De Sart (8.2), Sven Kums (7.3), Archie Brown (7.0), Pieter Gerkens (6.8), Malick Fofana (7.7) and Tarik Tissoudali (6.8).

They had on the bench: Omri Gendelman, Andrew Hjulsager (7.0), Gift Emmanuel Orban (6.3), Brian Agbor, Noah Fadiga (6.8), Matias Fernandez and Davy Roef.

Gent could not rely on the presence of Andrew Hjulsager (injured) and Omri Gendelman (injured).

Substitutions

Gent made 4 changes: Pieter Gerkens for Andrew Hjulsager (39′), Julien De Sart for Omri Gendelman (90′), Tarik Tissoudali for Gift Emmanuel Orban (68′) and Matisse Samoise for Noah Fadiga (68′).

Best player: Julien De Sart​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gent was Julien De Sart.

His rating is (8.2) with 60 passes (85% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 17. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Union Saint-Gilloise – Sporting Charleroi – 3-1
• RWDM – Gent – 1-1
• Genk – Westerlo – 3-3
• Club Brugge – Sint-Truiden – 1-1