Sporting Charleroi prevails over Westerlo 3-2

CHARLEROI. Sporting Charleroi beat Westerlo.

By
Mark Hall
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Sporting Charleroi prevails over Westerlo 3-2

CHARLEROI. Sporting Charleroi topped Westerlo.

The match was played at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi stadium in Charleroi on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Bram Van Driessche assisted by Yves De Neve and Quentin Lesceux. The 4th official was Tom Stevens. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.82 degrees Celsius or 42.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Sporting Charleroi

3 - 2

Team 1

Westerlo

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 14 Total 11
  • 4 On Target 4
  • 7 Off Target 5
  • 3 Shots blocked 2
  • 127 Attack 119
  • 58 Dangerous attack 59
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 4
Fouls
  • 15 Total 11
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Sporting Charleroi was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Westerlo that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Westerlo was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Sporting Charleroi found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Sporting Charleroi shot 14 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Westerlo shot 11 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sporting Charleroi received 3 yellow cards (Žan Rogelj, Stelios Andreou and Antoine Bernier). On the other side, Westerlo received 2 yellow cards (Erdon Daci and Emin Bayram).

Match Timeline

Zan Rogelj- Yellow
11'
24'
Nicolas Madsen(goal)Emin Bayram
28'
E. Bayram- Yellow
A. Benbouali(VAR)
44'
Oday Dabbagh- sub ->Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali
46'
Daan Heymans- sub ->Parfait Guiagon
46'
Daan Heymans(goal)Adem Zorgane
59'
Antoine Bernier- Yellow
45'
Ryota Morioka- sub ->Daan Heymans
65'
Oday Dabbagh(goal)Adem Zorgane
66'
68'
68'
M. Frigan- sub ->Lucas Stassin
Y. Sylla- sub ->Bakary Haidara
74'
77'
G. Yow- sub ->Bakary Haidara
Stelios Andreou- Yellow
80'
89'
Thomas Van den Keybus- sub ->Lucas Stassin
90'
G. Yow(goal)Thomas Van den Keybus
90'
Y. Sylla(goal)Jonas Bager
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
9
Anderlecht
46
9
Club Brugge
51
30
Genk
34
8
Gent
47
30
Antwerp
29
8
Cercle Brugge
47
30
Mechelen
45
30
Sint-Truiden
40
30
Standard Liège
34
30
Westerlo
30
30
OH Leuven
29
30
Sporting Charleroi
29
30
AS Eupen
24
30
Kortrijk
24
30
RWDM
23
30

After playing this match, Sporting Charleroi will have 16 points to sit in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Westerlo will stay with 11 points to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sporting Charleroi will play away against Gent on the 16th of March with a 19-13 head to head stats in favor of Gent (11 draws).

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

Sporting Charleroi – Formation

Sporting Charleroi
G
Hervé Koffi 16.Burkina Faso
6.6
D
Jonas Bager 2.Denmark
7.0
D
Stefan Knezevic  3.Switzerland
6.8
D
Antoine Bernier 17.Belgium
7.3
45'
D
Stelios Andreou 21.Cyprus
6.6
80'
M
Adem Zorgane 6.Algeria
8.5
M
Parfait Guiagon 8.Ivory Coast
6.7
46'
M
Vetle Dragsnes 15.Norway
7.5
M
Marco Ilaimaharitra 26.Madagascar
7.8
M
Zan Rogelj 29.Slovenia
6.3
11'
F
A. Benbouali 13.Algeria
6.7
46'
Substitutes
G
M. Delavallée 55.Belgium
D
R. Monticelli 27.Belgium
D
M. Boukamir 32.Morocco
M
Daan Heymans 18.Belgium
7.7
46' Goals59'
M
Ryota Morioka 44.Japan
6.8
65'
F
Oday Dabbagh 9.Palestine
7.3
46' Goals66'
F
Y. Sylla 80.Belgium
7.3
74' Goals90'

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

The manager Felice Mazzù decided to play with the following team: Hervé Koffi (6.6), Jonas Bager (7.0), Stelios Andreou (6.6), Stefan Knežević (6.8), Žan Rogelj (6.3), Marco Ilaimaharitra (7.8), Adem Zorgane (8.5), Vetle Dragsnes (7.5), Parfait Guiagon (6.7), Antoine Bernier (7.3) and Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Oday Dabbagh (7.3), Daan Heymans (7.7), Roméo Monticelli, Mehdi Boukamir, Ryota Morioka (6.8), Martin Delavalée and Youssuf Sylla (7.3).

Sporting Charleroi could not rely on the presence of Daan Heymans (injured), Oday Dabbagh (injured), Youssuf Sylla (injured) and Ryota Morioka (injured).

Substitutions

Sporting Charleroi made 4 changes: Parfait Guiagon for Daan Heymans (46′), Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali for Oday Dabbagh (46′), Bakary Haidara for Youssuf Sylla (74′) and Daan Heymans for Ryota Morioka (65′).

Player of the match: Adem Zorgane​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Charleroi was Adem Zorgane even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (8.5) with 84 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 10. He performed 13 crosses.

Westerlo – Formation

Westerlo
G
Sinan Bolat   1.Turkey
6.0
D
Bakary Haidara 3.Ivory Coast
6.7
77'
D
T. Rommens 25.Belgium
7.0
D
E. Bayram 40.Turkey
7.7
28'
M
Jordan Bos 5.Australia
7.3
M
Nicolas Madsen 8.Denmark
7.1
Goals24'
M
Sergiy Sydorchuk 15.Ukraine
6.8
M
B. Reynolds 22.United States
6.4
M
A. Piedfort 46.Belgium
6.3
F
Lucas Stassin 76.Belgium
6.4
89'
F
Yusuke Matsuo 79.Japan
6.4
68'
Substitutes
G
Nick Gillekens 20.Belgium
M
Doğucan Haspolat 6.Netherlands
M
G. Yow 18.United States
7.7
77' Goals90'
M
Roman Neustädter 33.Russia
M
Thomas Van den Keybus 39.Belgium
7.0
89'
F
M. Frigan 9.Croatia
7.0
68'
F
Erdon Daci 21.Macedonia
6.8
68' 90'

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

Jonas De Roeck played with: Sinan Bolat (6.0), Emin Bayram (7.7), Bakary Haidara (6.7), Tuur Rommens (7.0), Bryan Reynolds (6.4), Sergiy Sydorchuk (6.8), Nicolas Madsen (7.1), Arthur Piedfort (6.3), Jordan Bos (7.3), Yusuke Matsuo (6.4) and Lucas Stassin (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Doğucan Haspolat, Matija Frigan (7.0), Griffin Yow (7.7), Nick Gillekens, Erdon Daci (6.8), Roman Neustädter and Thomas Van den Keybus (7.0).

Substitutions

Westerlo made 4 changes: Lucas Stassin for Matija Frigan (68′), Yusuke Matsuo for Erdon Daci (68′), Lucas Stassin for Thomas Van den Keybus (89′) and Bakary Haidara for Griffin Yow (77′).

Player of the match: Griffin Yow​

The most impressive player for Westerlo was Griffin Yow.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 4 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 2.

His performance was amazing also because he began the match from the bench before entering in the 77′.

Results of the day

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