HEVERLEE. Westerlo conquers OH Leuven with a 2-0 win with a penalty scored by N. Madsen (64′) and a goal from S. Sydorchuk (69′).

The match was played at the King Power at Den Dreef Stadion stadium in Heverlee on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Simon Bourdeaud’hui who had the assistance of Rien Vanyzere and Jo De Weirdt. The 4th official was Wesli De Cremer. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 8.68 degrees Celsius or 47.62 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

OH Leuven had a strong ball possession 55% while Westerlo was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Westerlo had a more offensive attitude with 48 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Westerlo won the match.​

OH Leuven shot 10 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Westerlo shot 10 times, 6 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

OH Leuven received 3 yellow cards (Mathieu Maertens, Hamza Mendyl and Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson). Talking about the opposition, Westerlo received 7 yellow cards (Erdon Daci, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Lucas Stassin, Emin Bayram, Arthur Piedfort, Ravil Tagir and Bakary Haidara).

Standings

After this match, OH Leuven will stay with 12 points to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Westerlo will have 10 points to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, OH Leuven will host Mechelen on the 16th of March with a 11-10 head to head stats in favor of Mechelen (9 draws).

Westerlo will host Genk on the 16th of March with a 14-6 head to head statistic in favor of Genk (7 draws).

OH Leuven – Formation

OH Leuven started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Óscar García Junyent decided to play with the following team: Maxence Prévot (6.7), Joel Schingtienne (7.0), Ewoud Pletinckx (6.8), Florian Miguel (6.6), Joren Dom (6.6), Siebe Schrijvers (7.5), Kento Misao (6.6), Hamza Mendyl (6.3), Nachon Nsingi (6.7), Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson (7.5) and Youssef Maziz (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Tobe Leysen, Raz Shlomo, Ezechiel Banzuzi, Konan N’Dri (6.4), Suphanat Mueanta (6.4), Nathaniel Opoku (6.6) and Mathieu Maertens (7.0).

OH Leuven could not rely on the presence of Nathaniel Opoku (injured).

Substitutions

OH Leuven made 4 changes: Nachon Nsingi for Nathaniel Opoku (78′), Joren Dom for Suphanat Mueanta (71′), Kento Misao for Mathieu Maertens (71′) and Florian Miguel for Konan N’Dri (88′).

Best player: Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Jón Dagur Þórsteinsson.

His rating is (7.5) with 33 passes (78% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.

Westerlo – Formation

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

Jonas De Roeck played with: Sinan Bolat (7.5), Emin Bayram (7.8), Bakary Haidara (7.0), Ravil Tagir (7.5), Bryan Reynolds (7.7), Serhiy Sydorchuk (7.7), Arthur Piedfort (7.3), Nicolas Madsen (8.1), Jordan Bos (7.3), Griffin Yow (6.3) and Erdon Daci (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Doğucan Haspolat (6.7), Lukas Van Eenoo (6.8), Kyan Vaesen, Nick Gillekens, Edisson Jordanov, Lucas Stassin (6.8) and Yusuke Matsuo (6.4).

Westerlo could not rely on the presence of Lukas Van Eenoo (injured).

Substitutions

Westerlo made 4 changes: Griffin Yow for Yusuke Matsuo (76′), Erdon Daci for Lucas Stassin (76′), Serhiy Sydorchuk for Lukas Van Eenoo (77′) and Arthur Piedfort for Doğucan Haspolat (76′).

Best player: Nicolas Madsen​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Westerlo was Nicolas Madsen.

His rating is (8.1) with 1 goal, 34 passes (91% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• RWDM – Kortrijk – 1-1
• OH Leuven – Westerlo – 0-2
• Antwerp – Genk – 3-2