Club Brugge prevails over Zulte-Waregem 3-0

BRUGGE. Club Brugge was in the end too strong for Zulte-Waregem.

December 13, 2021

BRUGGE. Club Brugge was eventually too strong for Zulte-Waregem with the goal of C. de Ketelaere (13′), M. Rits (53′) and N. Lang (73′).

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Wim Smet who was helped by Tom Vanpoucke and Lennert Jans. The 4th official was Kevin Dhondt. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.

Match Statistics

Club Brugge

3 - 0

Zulte-Waregem

60 Ball Possession 40

Shots

20 Total 7
7 On Target 0
10 Off Target 5
3 Shots blocked 2

109 Attack 103
65 Dangerous attack 36
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
7 Corners 1
2 Off Sides 3

Fouls

12 Total 14
0 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Club Brugge had a strong ball possession 55% while Zulte-Waregem was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Club Brugge won the match.

Club Brugge shot 22 times, 7 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Zulte-Waregem shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Club Brugge didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Zulte-Waregem received 3 yellow cards (F. Boya, A. Ciranni and A. Fadera).

Match Timeline

13'

22'

46'

Ruud Vormer- sub ->C. Sandra

46'

53'

62'

Alessandro Ciranni- Yellow

68'

73'

Brandon Mechele- sub ->E. Balanta

81'

83'

86'

Zinho Gano(var)

88'

89'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this match, Club Brugge will have 36 points to sit in the 2nd place. On the other side, Zulte-Waregem will stay with 17 points to hold in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Club Brugge will play away against OH Leuven on the 15th of December with a 8-3 head to head statistic in favor of Club Brugge (1 draw).

Zulte-Waregem will host Union Saint-Gilloise on the 15th of December with a 1-1 head to head record.

Club Brugge – Formation

Club Brugge

Simon Mignolet 22.Belgium

6.5

Eduard Sobol 2.Ukraine

6.9

Clinton Mata 77.Angola

7.3

89'

J. Hendry 5.Scotland

6.8

Stanley Nsoki 4.France

7.3

Mats Rits 26.Belgium

8.0

53'

Hans Vanaken 20.Belgium

7.5

90'

Éder Balanta 3.Colombia

7.2

81'

Charles De Ketelaere 90.Belgium

8.1

89'

13'

C. Sandra 98.Belgium

6.6

46'

Noa Lang 10.Netherlands

7.5

73'

Substitutes

S. Lammens 91.Belgium

Kiany Vroman 81.Belgium

Ignace Van der Brempt 28.Belgium

89'

Noah Mbamba 72.Belgium

Federico Ricca 18.Uruguay

Brandon Mechele 44.Belgium

6.5

81'

Ruud Vormer 25.Netherlands

7.6

46'

Faitout Maouassa 11.France

Kamal Sowah 19.Ghana

90'

Bas Dost 29.Netherlands

89'

The manager Philippe Clement decided to play with the following team: S. Mignolet, E. Sobol, Clinton Mata, J. Hendry, S. N’Soki, M. Rits, H. Vanaken, É. Balanta, C. De Ketelaere, C. Sandra and N. Lang.

The home team had on the bench: R. Vormer, S. Lammens, I. Van der Brempt, N. Mbamba-Muanda, F. Maouassa, F. Ricca, K. Sowah, B. Dost, K. Vroman and B. Mechele.

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 5 changes: C. Sandra for R. Vormer (46′), E. Balanta for B. Mechele (81′), Clinton Mata for B. Dost (89′), C. de Ketelaere for I. Van der Brempt (89′) and H. Vanaken for K. Sowah (90′).