KORTRIJK. Kortrijk overcomes Club Brugge 1-0 after I. Davies scored just 1 goal (36′). Club Brugge was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (71%).​

Andreas Skov Olsen squandered a decisive penalty (72′). That would have allowed Club Brugge to draw the match.​

The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Van Damme with the support of Lennert Jans and Nicolas Maszowez. The 4th official was Massimiliano Ledda. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 12.53 degrees Celsius or 54.55 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Club Brugge was in firm control of the ball 71% while Kortrijk was struggling with a 29% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Kortrijk was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Kortrijk shot 6 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Club Brugge shot 18 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Kortrijk received 4 yellow cards (K. Malinov, João Silva, M. El Idrissy and M. Kana). On the opposite side, Club Brugge received 2 yellow cards (Simon Mignolet and Hugo Vetlesen).

Standings

After playing this contest, Kortrijk will have 8 points to remain in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Club Brugge will stay with 16 points to hold in the 5th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Kortrijk will play away with Anderlecht on the 16th of March with a 23-4 head to head stats in favor of Anderlecht (10 draws).

Club Brugge will play away agasint Sint-Truiden on the 16th of March with a 20-2 head to head record in favor of Club Brugge (9 draws).

Kortrijk – Formation

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

The manager Glen De Boeck decided to play with the following team: T. Vandenberghe (8.2), M. Mampassi (7.5), João Silva (7.5), M. Kana (7.0), M. El Idrissy (7.1), K. Malinov (7.0), A. Sissako (7.0), D. Henen (7.5), F. Avenatti (6.7), I. Davies (7.0) and S. Ojo (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: L. Audoor, R. Opruț, D. Seck (6.8), M. Bruno, D. De Neve (6.7), L. Pirard, A. Radovanović, A. Mighten and A. Kadri (6.3).

Substitutions

Kortrijk made 3 changes: M. El Idrissy for A. Kadri (59′), D. Henen for D. De Neve (60′) and I. Davies for D. Seck (76′).

Best player: T. Vandenberghe​

The player that probably impressed the most for Kortrijk was the goalkeeper: T. Vandenberghe. His rating is 8.16. He performed 4 saves.

Club Brugge – Formation

Club Brugge started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Ronny Deila played with: Simon Mignolet (6.8), Tajon Buchanan (6.7), Brandon Mechele (7.1), Jorne Spileers (7.1), Maxim De Cuyper (7.3), Raphael Onyedika (7.8), Hugo Vetlesen (6.6), Andreas Skov Olsen (7.0), Hans Vanaken (7.5), Antonio Nusa (7.0) and Igor Thiago (6.6).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Ferran Jutglà (7.0), Casper Nielsen, Bjorn Meijer (6.7), Éder Balanta, Nordin Jackers, Joel Ordóñez and Philip Zinckernagel (7.1).

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 3 changes: Hugo Vetlesen for Ferran Jutglà (63′), Tajon Buchanan for Bjorn Meijer (63′) and Antonio Nusa for Philip Zinckernagel (63′).

Best player: Raphael Onyedika​

The most impressive player for Club Brugge was Raphael Onyedika.

His rating is (7.8) with 87 passes (92% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Sporting Charleroi – Antwerp – 3-2
• RWDM – Westerlo – 1-0
• Kortrijk – Club Brugge – 1-0