BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise overcame Cercle Brugge to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Union Saint-Gilloise to strike first with a goal of Mohamed Amoura at the 27′. Then Gustaf Nilsson scored again for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 31′ minute. Eventually, Kévin Denkey reduced the distance for Cercle Brugge (33′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Union Saint-Gilloise capitalized on its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Stade Joseph Mariën stadium in Brussels on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Bram Van Driessche with the collaboration of Yves De Neve and Quentin Lesceux. The 4th official was Tom Stevens. The weather was rain and snow. The temperature was quite cold at 2.1 degrees Celsius or 35.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 12 Total 13
- 6 On Target 6
- 6 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 2
- 131 Attack 114
- 84 Dangerous attack 73
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
- 6 Off Sides 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Union Saint-Gilloise had a superior ball possession 60% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Union Saint-Gilloise was putting more pressure with 84 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Union Saint-Gilloise won the match.
Union Saint-Gilloise shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Cercle Brugge shot 13 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Union Saint-Gilloise received 1 yellow card (Charles Vanhoutte). Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards (Nils De Wilde, Kévin Denkey and Thibo Somers).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Union Saint-Gilloise has 38 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge will stays with 25 points like Genk to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Union Saint-Gilloise will play away against Antwerp on the 16th of March with a 10-6 head to head record in favor of Antwerp (5 draws).
Cercle Brugge will host RWDM on the 16th of March with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of RWDM (0 draws).
Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise
73'
90'
31'
Union Saint-Gilloise started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Alexander Blessin decided to play with the following team: Anthony Moris , Kevin Mac Allister , Christian Burgess , Koki Machida , Alessio Castro-Montes , Mathias Rasmussen , Charles Vanhoutte , Loïc Lapoussin , Cameron Puertas , Gustaf Nilsson and Mohamed Amoura .
The home team had on the bench: Jean Thierry Lazare Amani , Dennis Eckert Ayensa , Kevin Rodríguez , Joachim Imbrechts, Casper Terho, Ross Sykes and Noah Sadiki.
Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 5 changes: Cameron Puertas for Casper Terho (90′), Gustaf Nilsson for Kevin Rodríguez (65′), Mathias Rasmussen for Jean Thierry Lazare Amani (73′), Mohamed Amoura for Dennis Eckert Ayensa (73′) and Alessio Castro-Montes for Casper Terho (90′).
Player of the match: Loïc Lapoussin
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Loïc Lapoussin even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 59 passes (78% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 9.
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Miron Muslić played with: Warleson , Boris Popović , Edgaras Utkus , Jesper Daland , Hugo Siquet , Nils De Wilde , Félix Lemaréchal , Flávio Nazinho , Thibo Somers , Alan Minda and Kévin Denkey .
They had on the bench: Yann Gboho , Senna Miangue , Kazeem Olaigbe , Maxime Delanghe, Romaric Etonde , Jonas Lietaert and Jordan Varela.
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 4 changes: Flávio Nazinho for Kazeem Olaigbe (76′), Boris Popović for Senna Miangue (63′), Alan Minda for Yann Gboho (64′) and Nils De Wilde for Romaric Etonde (88′).
Player of the match: Kévin Denkey
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Kévin Denkey.
His rating is with 1 goal, 18 passes (50% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 18.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Mechelen – Sint-Truiden – 0-2
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Cercle Brugge – 2-1
- Genk – Gent – 2-2
- Club Brugge – Standard Liège – 2-0
