BRUGGE. Cercle Brugge tops Gent with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Lopes (46′) and a goal from K. Denkey (90′). Gent lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put with the support of Lennert Becquet and Koen Thijs. The 4th official was Anthony Letellier. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.34 degrees Celsius or 57.81 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.​

Match Statistics​

Cercle Brugge

2 - 0

Gent

  • 42 Ball Possession 58
Shots
  • 16 Total 10
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 4 Off Target 3
  • 7 Shots blocked 3
  • 161 Attack 92
  • 79 Dangerous attack 30
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 7
  • 4 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 17 Total 15
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 1
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Gent had a superior ball possession 58% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cercle Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 79 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cercle Brugge won the match​.

Cercle Brugge shot 16 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gent shot 10 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards (Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Félix Lemaréchal and Hugo Siquet). On the other side, Gent received 3 yellow cards (Hyunseok Hong, Jordan Torunarigha and Hein Vanhaezebrouck).

Also, Gent didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Omri Gendelman (Gent) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (76′).

Match Timeline

Leonardo Lopes(goal)Thibo Somers
46'
53'
Hong Hyun-Seok- Yellow
Félix Lemaréchal- Yellow
59'
62'
62'
Omri Gandelman- sub ->Julien De Sart
62'
Tarik Tissoudali- sub ->Gift Emmanuel Orban
63'
B. Agbor- sub ->Archie Brown
H. Siquet- Yellow
65'
K. Olaigbe- sub ->Félix Lemaréchal
70'
76'
Omri Gandelman- Red
Nazinho- sub ->Hugo Siquet
78'
81'
Pieter Gerkens- sub ->Andrew Hjulsager
Hannes Van Der Bruggen- Yellow
84'
Nazinho(VAR)
80'
Edgaras Utkus- sub ->Yann Gboho
86'
90'
Jordan Torunarigha(VAR_CARD)
90'
Jordan Torunarigha- Yellow
K. Denkey(goal)Warleson
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
9
Anderlecht
46
9
Club Brugge
51
30
Genk
34
8
Gent
47
30
Antwerp
29
8
Cercle Brugge
47
30
Mechelen
45
30
Sint-Truiden
40
30
Standard Liège
34
30
Westerlo
30
30
OH Leuven
29
30
Sporting Charleroi
29
30
AS Eupen
24
30
Kortrijk
24
30
RWDM
23
30

After this encounter, Cercle Brugge will have 18 points like Genk to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Gent will stay with 20 points to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

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

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

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Cercle Brugge
G
Warleson 1.Brazil
8.5
D
Jesper Daland 4.Norway
7.1
D
Boris Popovic 5.Serbia
7.1
D
H. Siquet 41.Belgium
7.0
78' 65'
D
Christiaan Ravych 66.Belgium
7.5
M
Félix Lemaréchal 6.France
7.3
70' 59'
M
Yann Gboho 10.France
7.3
86'
M
Leonardo Lopes 22.Portugal
8.1
46'
M
Hannes Van Der Bruggen 28.Belgium
7.3
84'
M
Thibo Somers 34.Belgium
7.3
F
K. Denkey 9.Togo
8.4
90'
Substitutes
G
Maxime Delanghe 21.Belgium
D
J. Semedo Varela 77.France
M
Edgaras Utkus 3.Lithuania
7.0
86'
M
A. Minda 11.Ecuador
M
Nils De Wilde 27.Belgium
F
K. Olaigbe 19.Belgium
7.5
70'
F
Nazinho 20.Portugal
6.4
78'

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

The manager Miron Muslić decided to play with the following team: Warleson (8.5), Hugo Siquet (7.0), Boris Popović (7.1), Jesper Daland (7.1), Christiaan Ravych (7.5), Leonardo Lopes (8.1), Hannes Van Der Bruggen (7.3), Thibo Somers (7.3), Félix Lemaréchal (7.3), Yann Gboho (7.3) and Kévin Denkey (8.4).

The home team had on the bench: Edgaras Utkus (7.0), Alan Minda, Kazeem Olaigbe (7.5), Flávio Nazinho (6.4), Maxime Delanghe, Nils De Wilde and Jordan Varela.

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 3 changes: Félix Lemaréchal for Kazeem Olaigbe (70′), Yann Gboho for Edgaras Utkus (86′) and Hugo Siquet for Flávio Nazinho (78′).

Best player: Warleson​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was the goalkeeper: Warleson. His rating is 8.47. He performed 5 saves.

Gent – Formation

Gent
G
Paul Nardi 1.France
6.3
D
Archie Brown 3.England
6.6
63'
D
Tsuyoshi Watanabe 4.Japan
7.5
D
Jordan Torunarigha 23.Nigeria
7.1
90'
M
Hong Hyun-Seok 7.South Korea
6.8
62' 53'
M
Julien De Sart 13.Belgium
7.1
62'
M
Andrew Hjulsager 17.Denmark
7.3
81'
M
Matisse Samoise 18.Belgium
6.4
M
Sven Kums 24.Belgium
7.0
F
Hugo Cuypers 11.Belgium
7.0
F
Gift Orban 20.Nigeria
6.8
62'
Substitutes
G
Davy Roef 33.Belgium
D
Omri Gandelman 6.Israel
5.6
62' 76'
D
B. Agbor 21.Cameroon
6.4
63'
D
Noah Fadiga 22.Belgium
M
Pieter Gerkens 8.Belgium
6.6
81'
F
Tarik Tissoudali 10.Morocco
6.6
62'
F
Malick Fofana 19.Belgium
6.7
62'

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

Hein Vanhaezebrouck played with: Paul Nardi (6.3), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (7.5), Jordan Torunarigha (7.1), Archie Brown (6.6), Matisse Samoise (6.4), Sven Kums (7.0), Julien De Sart (7.1), Hyunseok Hong (6.8), Andrew Hjulsager (7.3), Hugo Cuypers (7.0) and Gift Emmanuel Orban (6.8).

They had on the bench: Omri Gendelman (5.6), Pieter Gerkens (6.6), Tarik Tissoudali (6.6), Malick Fofana (6.7), Brian Agbor (6.4), Noah Fadiga and Davy Roef.

Substitutions

Gent made 5 changes: Archie Brown for Brian Agbor (63′), Hyunseok Hong for Malick Fofana (62′), Gift Emmanuel Orban for Tarik Tissoudali (62′), Julien De Sart for Omri Gendelman (62′) and Andrew Hjulsager for Pieter Gerkens (81′).

Best player: Tsuyoshi Watanabe​

The most impressive player for Gent was Tsuyoshi Watanabe.

His rating is (7.5) with 52 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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