ST.-TROND. Genk managed to turn the table against Sint-Truiden to win 2-1. It was Sint-Truiden to strike first with a goal of Y. Suzuki at the 45′. Then it was a goal in the 73′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, P. Onuachu gave the win to Genk in the 83′ minute with a goal. Its vastly superior ball possession (62%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stayen stadium in St.-Trond on Sunday and it started at 11:30 am local time. The referee was Lothar D’hondt with the assistance of Romain Devillers and Philippe Vandecauter. The 4th official was Christof Dierick.
Sint-Truiden started with a 3-1-4-2 line-up. On the other side, Genk adopted a 4-2-3-1 formation.
Sint-Truiden – Formation
Sint-Truiden
90'
58'
45'
The manager Bernd Hollerbach decided to play with the following team: Daniel Schmidt , Toni Leistner , Jorge Teixeira , Dimitri Lavalėe , Mory Konate , Daiki Hashioka , Steve De Ridder , Christopher Durkin , Liberato Cacace , Daichi Hayashi and Yuma Suzuki .
The home team had on the bench: Tatsuya Ito , Taichi Hara , W. Janssens, Jonathan Buatu, W. Vanmarsenille, K. Matsubara and Christian Brüls .
Best player: Yuma Suzuki
The player that probably impressed the most for Sint-Truiden was Yuma Suzuki.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13.
Genk – Formation
Genk
On the opposite side, John van den Brom played with: Maarten Vandevoordt , Ángelo Preciado , Carlos Cuesta , Mark McKenzie , Gerardo Arteaga , Bastien Toma , Patrik Hrošovský , Junya Ito , Mike Tresor Ndayishimiye , Luca Oyen and Ike Ugbo .
They had on the bench: Joseph Paintsil , T. Leysen, Jhon Lucumi, Daniel Muñoz , A. Németh, Paul Onuachu and Bryan Heynen .
Best player: Bryan Heynen
The player that probably impressed the most for Genk was Bryan Heynen even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 17 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 1 cross.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 60′.
Match Statistics
- ! 33 Ball Possession 67
Shots
- 8 Total 8
- 3 On Target 2
- 4 Off Target 3
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 60 Attack 98
- 38 Dangerous attack 47
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 2
Fouls
- 15 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Genk was in firm control of the ball 62% while Sint-Truiden was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Genk was more aggressive with 47 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Genk won the match.
Sint-Truiden shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Genk shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Sint-Truiden received 4 yellow cards (S. De Ridder, M. Konate, T. Hara and D. Hashioka). On the other side, Genk received 1 yellow card (G. Arteaga).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Sint-Truiden will stay with 10 points like Mechelen to stay in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Genk will have 14 points like AS Eupen to stay in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Sint-Truiden will play away with Standard Liège on the 25th of September with a 10-6 head to head statistic in favor of Sint-Truiden (10 draws).
Genk will host RFC Seraing on the 26th of September with a 0-0 head to head statistic.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Standard Liège – Anderlecht – 0-1
- Antwerp – RFC Seraing – 2-1
- Kortrijk – Gent – 1-0
- Sint-Truiden – Genk – 1-2
