CHARLEROI. Sporting Charleroi prevails over KV Oostende 1-0 after L. Bessile scored just 1 goal (80′).

The match was played at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi stadium in Charleroi on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. In front of 4,315 spectators.​ The referee was Bert Put with the collaboration of Nick Senecaut and Quentin Blaise. The 4th official was Laurent Willems. The weather was snow. The temperature was quite cold at 0.8 degrees Celsius or 33.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 96%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Sporting Charleroi was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. KV Oostende that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

KV Oostende was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Sporting Charleroi managed to find the solution to win this match.​

Sporting Charleroi shot 12 times, 8 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, KV Oostende shot 20 times, 2 on target, 18 off target.

Cards

Sporting Charleroi didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, KV Oostende received 1 yellow card (M. Gueye).

Standings

After this encounter, Sporting Charleroi will have 32 points to remain in the 4th place. On the opposite side, KV Oostende will stay with 20 points like Standard Liège and OH Leuven to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sporting Charleroi will play away with Genk on the 16th of December with a 16-14 head to head record in favor of Genk (7 draws).

KV Oostende will host Kortrijk on the 14th of December with a 11-8 head to head in favor of Kortrijk (7 draws).

Sporting Charleroi – Formation

Sporting Charleroi started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Edward Still decided to play with the following team: Hervé Koffi (8.0), Stefan Knežević (7.2), Stelios Andreou (8.2), Loic Bessile (7.7), Jackson Tchatchoua (6.2), Marco Ilaimaharitra (7.0), Adem Zorgane (7.2), Joris Kayembe Ditu (7.2), Ali Gholizadeh (6.2), Shamar Nicholson (6.2) and Ryota Morioka (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: G. Gillet, Mamadou Fall (6.1), M. Wasinski, A. Benchaib, Anass Zaroury (6.2), V. Ozornwafor and D. Desprez.

Sporting Charleroi could not rely on the presence of G. Gillet (injured).

Substitutions

Sporting Charleroi made 3 changes: R. Morioka for M. Fall (63′), A. Gholizadeh for A. Zaroury (73′) and M. Ilaimaharitra for G. Gillet (90′).

Best player: Stelios Andreou​

The most impressive player for Sporting Charleroi was Stelios Andreou even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.2) with 27 passes (59% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

KV Oostende – Formation

KV Oostende started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Alexander Blessin played with: Guillaume Hubert (7.6), Brecht Capon (7.1), Steven Fortes (6.5), Zech Medley (6.5), Théo Ndicka Matam (6.8), Nick Batzner (7.0), Alfons Amade (6.9), Maxime D’Arpino (7.1), Kenny Rocha Santos (6.6), Makhtar Gueye (6.7) and Thierry Ambrose (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Robbie D’Haese, J. Schelfhout, F. Jäkel, E. Patoulidis, S. Wylin, David Atanga (6.5) and T. Coninckx.

Substitutions

KV Oostende made 2 changes: K. Rocha Santos for D. Atanga (83′) and A. Amade for R. D’Haese (89′).

Best player: Guillaume Hubert​

The player that probably impressed the most for KV Oostende was the goalkeeper: Guillaume Hubert. His rating is 7.62. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Sporting Charleroi – KV Oostende – 1-0