SERAING. Dender overcomes RFC Seraing 3-1. Dender got an early 2-0 lead with 2 goals from Bruny Nsimba (32′) and Bruny Nsimba (43′). RFC Seraing tried to recover with a goal from Sambou Sissoko (56′). Nonetheless, the match was closed by a goal (88′) scored by Lennard Hens for Dender.

The match was played at the Stade du Pairay stadium in Seraing on Friday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Letellier with the assistance of Christophe Battiston and . The 4th official was . The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18 degrees Celsius or 64.4 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 51%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. RFC Seraing was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Dender that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

RFC Seraing was putting more pressure with 62 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Dender managed to find the solution to win this match.​

RFC Seraing shot 8 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Dender shot 19 times, 7 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

RFC Seraing received 3 yellow cards (Romain Metanire, Oussmane Kébé and Gerald Kilota). Regarding the opposition, Dender received 4 yellow cards (Olivier Myny, Joedrick Pupe, Bruny Nsimba and Nathan Rodes).

Standings

After playing this match, RFC Seraing will stay with 9 points like Francs Borains to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Dender will have 12 points like Liège to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Challenger Pro League, RFC Seraing will play away with Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 24th of February with a 1-1 head to head record.

Dender will host Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 2nd of March with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Beerschot-Wilrijk (1 draw).

RFC Seraing – Formation

RFC Seraing started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Grégory Proment decided to play with the following team: Lucas Margueron (6.3), Romain Metanire (6.7), Marvin Tshibuabua (6.7), Cheikhou Ndiaye (7.9), Oussmane Kébé (6.7), Christophe Lepoint (7.5), Djibril Diarra (6.3), Valentin Guillaume (6.8), Mathieu Cachbach (6.4), Maidine Douane (6.7) and Édouard Soumah-Abbad (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Timothy Galje, Gerald Kilota (7.0), Alama Bayo (6.8), Sambou Sissoko (7.5), Elias Spago, Lilian Raillot (6.7) and Mahamadou Dembélé.

Substitutions

RFC Seraing made 4 changes: Valentin Guillaume for Gerald Kilota (46′), Djibril Diarra for Sambou Sissoko (46′), Mathieu Cachbach for Alama Bayo (75′) and Romain Metanire for Lilian Raillot (75′).

Best player: Cheikhou Ndiaye​

The most impressive player for RFC Seraing was Cheikhou Ndiaye.

His rating is (7.9) with 56 passes (80% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Dender – Formation

Dender started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).

Timmy Simons played with: Xavier Gies (7.5), Stefano Marzo (6.8), Dylan Ragolle (6.7), Kobe Cools (7.3), Joedrick Pupe (7.1), Ridwane M’Barki (7.5), Olivier Myny (6.6), Nathan Rodes (6.8), Lennard Hens (7.3), Bruny Nsimba (9.1) and Nicolas Antoine Rajsel (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Antoine De Bodt, Kéres Masangu (7.0), Ali Akman, Gilles Ruyssen, Kosei Tani, Arnaud Dony (6.8) and Jordy Soladio.

Substitutions

Dender made 3 changes: Nicolas Antoine Rajsel for Arnaud Dony (78′), Olivier Myny for Kéres Masangu (78′) and Bruny Nsimba for Jordy Soladio (88′).

Best player: Bruny Nsimba​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Dender was Bruny Nsimba.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 12 passes (58% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Lommel United – Standard Liège II – 1-0
• RFC Seraing – Dender – 1-3