GENT. Gent beat Sint-Truiden to win 2-1. A goal from T. Hara was decisive in the 86min. It was Gent to strike first with a goal of L. Depoitre at the 27′. Then T. Tissoudali scored again for Gent in the 64′ minute with a goal. Eventually, T. Hara reduced the distance for Sint-Truiden with a goal. Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.​

The match was played at the GHELAMCO-arena stadium in Gent on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Lothar D’hondt assisted by Tom Vanpoucke and Philippe Vandecauter. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.7 degrees Celsius or 42.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Gent was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Sint-Truiden that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Sint-Truiden was putting more pressure with 49 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Gent was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Gent shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sint-Truiden shot 14 times, 1 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

Gent received 3 yellow cards (R. Bezus, A. Castro-Montes and J. De Sart). Regarding the opposition, Sint-Truiden received 1 yellow card (A. Koita).

Standings

After playing this match, Gent will have 33 points to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Sint-Truiden will stay with 21 points to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Gent will play away against Union Saint-Gilloise on the 26th of December with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Union Saint-Gilloise (0 draws).

Sint-Truiden will host AS Eupen on the 27th of December with a 9-8 head to head stats in favor of Sint-Truiden (10 draws).

Gent – Formation

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

The manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck decided to play with the following team: Sinan Bolat (6.8), Andreas Hanche-Olsen (7.0), Michael Ngadeu (6.6), Joseph Okumu (7.4), Alessio Castro-Montes (7.3), Julien De Sart (7.3), Elisha Owusu (6.4), Christopher Operi (7.0), Roman Bezus (7.8), Laurent Depoitre (7.2) and Tarik Tissoudali (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: D. Roef, Andrew Hjulsager (6.8), Núrio Fortuna, S. Marreh, Sven Kums (6.4), Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (6.6) and I. Mboyo.

Substitutions

Gent made 3 changes: R. Bezus for S. Kums (80′), A. Castro-Montes for A. Hjulsager (80′) and J. De Sart for V. Odjidja-Ofoe (80′).

Best player: Roman Bezus​

The player that probably impressed the most for Gent was Roman Bezus even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 39 passes (61% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Sint-Truiden – Formation

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

Bernd Hollerbach played with: Daniel Schmidt (6.3), Robert Bauer (6.8), Toni Leistner (6.4), Junior Pius (7.4), Daiki Hashioka (7.3), Mory Konate (6.6), Dimitri Lavalėe (6.8), Christian Brüls (7.6), Liberato Cacace (6.2), Taichi Hara (6.9) and Daichi Hayashi (6.3).

They had on the bench: Jonathan Buatu, Wolke Janssens (6.8), Jorge Teixeira, Aboubakary Koita (6.2), Rocco Reitz (6.7), W. Vanmarsenille and Y. Suzuki.

Substitutions

Sint-Truiden made 3 changes: D. Hayashi for A. Koita (66′), D. Lavalee for R. Reitz (76′) and D. Hashioka for W. Janssens (83′).

Best player: Christian Brüls​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sint-Truiden was Christian Brüls.

His rating is (7.6) with 50 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 13 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Gent – Sint-Truiden – 2-1
• Union Saint-Gilloise – Cercle Brugge – 3-2
• Zulte-Waregem – Mechelen – 3-2
• Beerschot-Wilrijk – KV Oostende – 0-2