BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise bested Genk to win 2-1. A penalty from D. Vanzeir was decisive in the 90min. It was Union Saint-Gilloise to strike first with a goal of C. Nielsen at the 27′. Then it was a penalty in the 76′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, D. Vanzeir gave the win to Union Saint-Gilloise in the 90′ minute with a penalty. Genk lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (58%).

The match was played at the Stade Joseph Mariën stadium in Brussels on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen with the assistance of Mathias Hillaert and Martijn Tiesters. The 4th official was Laurent Willems. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.2 degrees Celsius or 41.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Genk had a strong ball possession 58% while Union Saint-Gilloise was struggling with a 42% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Genk was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Union Saint-Gilloise was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Union Saint-Gilloise shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Genk shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards (C. Burgess, D. Vanzeir and J. Lazare Amani). On the opposite side, Genk didn’t receive any yellow card.

Standings

After playing this match, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 53 points to remain in the 1st place. On the other side, Genk will stay with 32 points to hold in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Union Saint-Gilloise will play away against Club Brugge on the 27th of January with a 2-0 head to head record in favor of Club Brugge (0 draws).

Genk will play away agasint OH Leuven on the 9th of February with a 8-0 head to head stats in favor of Genk (4 draws).

Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation

Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Felice Mazzù decided to play with the following team: Anthony Moris (6.4), Ismael Kandouss (6.1), Christian Burgess (7.0), Siebe Van Der Heyden (7.0), Bart Nieuwkoop (7.0), Casper Nielsen (8.0), Teddy Teuma (7.3), Jean Thierry Lazare Amani (7.1), Loic Lapoussin (6.7), Deniz Undav (6.8) and Dante Vanzeir (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: G. François, D. Ribeiro, S. Berradi, L. Pirard, I. Ziani, D. Marcq, Kacper Kozłowski (6.4) and L. Paolucci.

Substitutions

Union Saint-Gilloise made only 1 change substituting J. Lazare Amani for K. Kozlowski (85′)​.

Best player: Casper Nielsen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Casper Nielsen.

His rating is (8.0) with 1 goal, 32 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.

Genk – Formation

Genk started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Bernd Storck played with: Maarten Vandevoordt (6.2), Daniel Muñoz (6.8), Mujaid Sadick (6.8), Mark McKenzie (6.8), Gerardo Arteaga (6.3), Carel Eiting (6.6), Bryan Heynen (7.2), Patrik Hrošovský (6.8), Junya Ito (6.2), Ike Ugbo (6.7) and Theo Bongonda (6.8).

They had on the bench: J. Lucumí, A. Ouattara, Carlos Cuesta (6.6), Luca Oyen (6.4), T. Leysen, Mike Trésor (7.1) and Paul Onuachu (7.2).

Substitutions

Genk made 4 changes: C. Eiting for M. Tresor Ndayishimiye (46′), I. Ugbo for P. Onuachu (66′), M. McKenzie for C. Cuesta (67′) and T. Bongonda for L. Oyen (86′).

Best player: Paul Onuachu​

The most impressive player for Genk was Paul Onuachu.

His rating is (7.2) with 1 goal, 8 passes (50% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 66′.

Results of the day

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

• Standard Liège – Club Brugge – 2-2
• Cercle Brugge – Zulte-Waregem – 3-1
• Union Saint-Gilloise – Genk – 2-1
• Mechelen – Anderlecht – 0-1