WAREGEM. RSC Anderlecht II beats Zulte-Waregem 5-2 after playing a incredible match.

The match was played at the Elindus Arena stadium in Waregem on Saturday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Letellier with the help of David Symons and Maarten Toeback. The 4th official was Massimiliano Ledda. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.98 degrees Celsius or 44.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Zulte-Waregem was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. RSC Anderlecht II that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Zulte-Waregem was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. Anyhow, RSC Anderlecht II succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Zulte-Waregem shot 21 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. Regarding the opposition, RSC Anderlecht II shot 18 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Zulte-Waregem received 2 yellow cards (Abdoulaye Traore and Joel Bagan). On the opposite side, RSC Anderlecht II received 1 yellow card (Tristan Degreef).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Zulte-Waregem will stay with 23 points like Beerschot-Wilrijk and Deinze to remain in the 1st place. On the opposite side, RSC Anderlecht II will have 19 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Challenger Pro League, Zulte-Waregem will host Standard Liège II on the 2nd of March with a 0-0 head to head.

RSC Anderlecht II will play away agasint Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 13th of January with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Beerschot-Wilrijk (1 draw).

Zulte-Waregem – Formation

Zulte-Waregem started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Vincent Euvrard decided to play with the following team: Louis Bostyn (5.4), Robbe Decostere (7.0), Timothy Derijck (7.0), Lukas Willen (6.7), Joel Bagan (5.8), Dylan Demuynck (6.3), Ruud Vormer (7.8), Nicolas Rommens (7.5), Abdoulaye Traore (6.3), Jelle Vossen (7.5) and Zinho Gano (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Christian Brüls (6.4), Alessandro Ciranni, Kevor Palumets, Modou Tambedou, Ennio Van Der Gouw, Yannick Cappelle (6.3) and Matheus Machado (6.6).

Zulte-Waregem could not rely on the presence of Yannick Cappelle (injured).

Substitutions

Zulte-Waregem made 3 changes: Dylan Demuynck for Matheus Machado (61′), Timothy Derijck for Christian Brüls (69′) and Ruud Vormer for Yannick Cappelle (82′).

Player of the match: Ruud Vormer​

The most impressive player for Zulte-Waregem was Ruud Vormer.

His rating is (7.8) with 27 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 7 crosses.

RSC Anderlecht II – Formation

RSC Anderlecht II started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Marink Reedijk played with: Rik Vercauteren (6.8), Mohamed Bouchouari (7.5), Lucas Lissens (7.7), Amando Lapage (7.0), Loïc Masscho (6.3), A. Engwanda (7.0), Yari Verschaeren (7.1), Tristan Degreef (9.1), Luca Monticelli (7.3), Nilson Angulo (9.1) and Robbie Ure (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Lars Montegnies, Ismaël Baouf, Lilian Vergeylen, Michiel Haentjens, Nunzio Engwanda-Ongena, Tudor Mendel-Idowu and Anas Tajaouart (7.0).

RSC Anderlecht II could not rely on the presence of Lilian Vergeylen (injured).

Substitutions

RSC Anderlecht II made 2 changes: Yari Verschaeren for Anas Tajaouart (61′) and Nilson Angulo for Lilian Vergeylen (88′).

Player of the match: Nilson Angulo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for RSC Anderlecht II was Nilson Angulo.

His rating is (9.1) with 2 goals, 26 passes (73% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Zulte-Waregem – RSC Anderlecht II – 2-5
• Francs Borains – Deinze – 0-1
• Club Brugge II – KV Oostende – 3-3