BRUXELLES. RWDM was in the end too much to handle for Sint-Truiden with the goal of Makhtar Gueye (32′), Makhtar Gueye (64′) and Pathé Mboup (74′). Sint-Truiden lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Edmond Machtens-Stadion stadium in Bruxelles on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge with the assistance of Laurent Conotte and Christophe Battiston. The 4th official was Wim Smet. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.61 degrees Celsius or 45.7 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 7 Total 12
- 6 On Target 1
- 0 Off Target 8
- 1 Shots blocked 3
- 94 Attack 109
- 21 Dangerous attack 41
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 4 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 14 Total 8
- 3 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Sint-Truiden had a strong ball possession 56% while RWDM was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Sint-Truiden was putting more pressure with 41 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 1 were on target. Anyhow, RWDM managed to find the solution to win this encounter.
RWDM shot 7 times, 6 on target, 0 off target. Talking about the opposition, Sint-Truiden shot 12 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
RWDM received 3 yellow cards (Ilay Camara, Rikelmi and Abner). On the other side, Sint-Truiden received 2 yellow cards (Bruno Godeau and Mathias Delorge).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, RWDM has 21 points to remain in the 10th place. Regarding the opposition, Sint-Truiden will stays with 23 points to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, RWDM will host Club Brugge on the 23rd of December with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Club Brugge (0 draws).
Sint-Truiden will host Sporting Charleroi on the 23rd of December with a 12-6 head to head record in favor of Sporting Charleroi (13 draws).
RWDM – Formation
RWDM
85'
52'
32', 64'
RWDM adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Claudio Roberto da Silva decided to play with the following team: Théo Defourny , Moussa Sissako , Klaus , Youssouf Koné , Ilay Camara , Pierre Dwomoh , Jeff Reine-Adélaïde , Abner , Xavier Mercier , Rikelmi and Makhtar Gueye .
The home team had on the bench: Shuto Abe , Théo Gécé , Guillaume Hubert, Djokovar Doudaev , Pathé Mboup , Florent Sanchez Da Silva and Matteo Wouter Vandendaele.
Substitutions
RWDM made 5 changes: Rikelmi for Pathé Mboup (59′), Jeff Reine-Adélaïde for Shuto Abe (76′), Klaus for Djokovar Doudaev (85′), Xavier Mercier for Théo Gécé (86′) and Makhtar Gueye for Florent Sanchez Da Silva (85′).
Player of the match: Makhtar Gueye
The player that probably impressed the most for RWDM was Makhtar Gueye.
His rating is with 2 goals, 29 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 10.
Sint-Truiden – Formation
Sint-Truiden
Also Sint-Truiden adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Thorsten Fink played with: Zion Suzuki , Rein Van Helden , Matte Smets , Bruno Godeau , Robert-Jan Vanwesemael , Mathias Delorge , Ryotaro Ito , Eric Junior Bocat , Jarne Steuckers , Aboubakary Koita and Joselpho Barnes .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Ryoya Ogawa , Rihito Yamamoto , Fatih Kaya , Chris Lucketti, Olivier Dumont, Wolke Janssens and Shinji Okazaki .
Substitutions
Sint-Truiden made 4 changes: Joselpho Barnes for Fatih Kaya (67′), Robert-Jan Vanwesemael for Rihito Yamamoto (67′), Ryotaro Ito for Shinji Okazaki (67′) and Eric Junior Bocat for Ryoya Ogawa (87′).
Player of the match: Rein Van Helden
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sint-Truiden was Rein Van Helden.
His rating is with 56 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 10 duels out of 14.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- RWDM – Sint-Truiden – 3-0
- OH Leuven – Cercle Brugge – 1-2
- Standard Liège – Sporting Charleroi – 0-0
