ST.-TROND. Sint-Truiden prevailed over RWDM to win 2-1. A goal from D. Hashioka was decisive in the 90min. All goals were scored in the second half.​ It was Sint-Truiden to strike first with a penalty of Aboubakary Koita at the 82′. Then Daiki Hashioka scored again for Sint-Truiden in the 90′ minute. Eventually, Makhtar Gueye reduced the distance for RWDM (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sint-Truiden was much superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadion Stayen stadium in St.-Trond on Friday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Wesli De Cremer assisted by Ruben Wyns and Nicolas Maszowez. The 4th official was Tim De Keyzer. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 11.93 degrees Celsius or 53.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Sint-Truiden was in firm control of the ball 62% while RWDM was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sint-Truiden was more aggressive with 35 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sint-Truiden won the match​.

Sint-Truiden shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, RWDM shot 10 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this encounter, Sint-Truiden will have 16 points like Club Brugge and Standard Liège to move down in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, RWDM will stay with 13 points like Sporting Charleroi and Sint-Truiden to hold in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sint-Truiden will host Club Brugge on the 16th of March with a 20-2 head to head stats in favor of Club Brugge (9 draws).

RWDM will play away agasint Cercle Brugge on the 16th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of RWDM (0 draws).

Sint-Truiden – Formation

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

The manager Thorsten Fink decided to play with the following team: Zion Suzuki (7.3), Rein Van Helden (7.0), Matte Smets (7.3), Bruno Godeau (7.1), Daiki Hashioka (7.3), Ryotaro Ito (7.0), Mathias Delorge (7.3), Eric Junior Bocat (7.5), Jarne Steuckers (7.5), Aboubakary Koita (8.2) and Kahveh Zahiroleslam (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Rihito Yamamoto (6.8), Joel Chima Fujita (6.8), Fatih Kaya (6.4), Chris Lucketti, Wolke Janssens, Joselpho Barnes (6.4) and Frederic Ananou.

Sint-Truiden could not rely on the presence of Wolke Janssens (injured) and Rihito Yamamoto (injured).

Substitutions

Sint-Truiden made 5 changes: Kahveh Zahiroleslam for Fatih Kaya (87′), Jarne Steuckers for Joel Chima Fujita (87′), Aboubakary Koita for Joselpho Barnes (90′), Daiki Hashioka for Wolke Janssens (90′) and Ryotaro Ito for Rihito Yamamoto (46′).

Best player: Aboubakary Koita​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Sint-Truiden was Aboubakary Koita.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 45 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

RWDM – Formation

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

Claudio Roberto da Silva played with: Théo Defourny (7.1), Fredrik Landén (6.8), Moussa Sissako (7.0), Luis Segovia (6.3), Ilay Camara (7.1), Pierre Dwomoh (6.8), Florent Sanchez Da Silva (6.7), Abner (6.6), Jeff Reine-Adélaïde (7.1), Pathé Mboup (6.7) and Makhtar Gueye (7.8).

They had on the bench: Nicolas Alavoine, Klaus, Shuto Abe (6.4), Niklo Dailly, Sada Diallo, Rikelmi (6.6) and Xavier Mercier (7.0).

Substitutions

RWDM made 3 changes: Jeff Reine-Adélaïde for Rikelmi (67′), Ilay Camara for Xavier Mercier (83′) and Florent Sanchez Da Silva for Shuto Abe (84′).

Best player: Makhtar Gueye​

The most impressive player for RWDM was Makhtar Gueye.

His rating is (7.8) with 1 goal, 23 passes (48% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 18.

Results of the day

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

• Sint-Truiden – RWDM – 2-1