BRUGGE. Cercle Brugge was after all too good for Kortrijk with the goal of Thibo Somers (45′), Kévin Denkey (47′) and Alan Minda (55′). Cercle Brugge was surely superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Wednesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Wim Smet who was helped by Dirk Gilon and Bryan Bijnens. The 4th official was Jordy Vermeire. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.09 degrees Celsius or 48.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 81%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 24 Total 6
- 13 On Target 1
- 4 Off Target 4
- 7 Shots blocked 1
- 132 Attack 98
- 81 Dangerous attack 35
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 5
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 8 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Cercle Brugge had a strong ball possession 61% while Kortrijk was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cercle Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 81 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cercle Brugge won the match.
Cercle Brugge shot 24 times, 13 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Kortrijk shot 6 times, 1 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards (Jordan Varela, Miron Muslić and Hannes Van Der Bruggen). Talking about the opposition, Kortrijk received 3 yellow cards (M. El Idrissy, M. Mampassi and A. Sissako).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Cercle Brugge has 31 points like Antwerp and Genk to sit in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Kortrijk will stays with 10 points to hold in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge will play away with Anderlecht on the 26th of December with a 22-6 head to head stats in favor of Anderlecht (3 draws).
Kortrijk will host Gent on the 26th of December with a 21-11 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (8 draws).
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
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Cercle Brugge started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Miron Muslić decided to play with the following team: Warleson , Hugo Siquet , Jesper Daland , Boris Popović , Jordan Varela , Hannes Van Der Bruggen , Félix Lemaréchal , Alan Minda , Yann Gboho , Thibo Somers and Kévin Denkey .
The home team had on the bench: Senna Miangue , Kazeem Olaigbe , Flávio Nazinho , Maxime Delanghe, Nils De Wilde , Rayan El Bahri and Jonas Lietaert .
Cercle Brugge could not rely on the presence of Jonas Lietaert (injured).
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 4 changes: Jordan Varela for Flávio Nazinho (56′), Boris Popović for Senna Miangue (82′), Yann Gboho for Kazeem Olaigbe (65′) and Alan Minda for Nils De Wilde (81′).
Player of the match: Jesper Daland
The most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Jesper Daland even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 46 passes (70% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 13 duels out of 17.
Kortrijk – Formation
Kortrijk
Kortrijk started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Joseph Akpala played with: T. Vandenberghe , M. Mampassi , A. Radovanović , João Silva , S. Ojo , A. Sissako , M. Kana , D. De Neve , M. Bruno , M. El Idrissy and I. Davies .
These were the players on the bench: K. Malinov, F. Avenatti , M. Wasinski, A. Mighten , D. Seck , L. Audoor and L. Pirard.
Kortrijk could not rely on the presence of D. Seck (injured).
Substitutions
Kortrijk made 4 changes: A. Radovanović for D. Seck (84′), I. Davies for F. Avenatti (84′), A. Sissako for L. Audoor (77′) and M. Bruno for A. Mighten (62′).
Player of the match: T. Vandenberghe
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kortrijk was the goalkeeper: T. Vandenberghe. His rating is 9.08. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Mechelen – Standard Liège – 3-0
- Cercle Brugge – Kortrijk – 3-0
