GENT. Gent wipes out OH Leuven 4-0 with goals of Matisse Samoise (4′), Malick Fofana (57′), Hugo Cuypers (65′) and Tsuyoshi Watanabe (69′). Gent was decisively better in terms of ball possession (68%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the GHELAMCO-arena stadium in Gent on Thursday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put with the support of Kevin Monteny and Christophe Battiston. The 4th official was Laurent Willems. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 12.32 degrees Celsius or 54.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Gent was in firm control of the ball 68% while OH Leuven was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gent was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gent won the match.
Gent shot 21 times, 6 on target, 10 off target. Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Gent didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven received 1 yellow card (Ezechiel Banzuzi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Gent has 35 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, OH Leuven will stays with 13 points to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Gent will play away against Kortrijk on the 26th of December with a 21-11 head to head stats in favor of Gent (8 draws).
OH Leuven will host AS Eupen on the 26th of December with a 7-6 head to head in favor of OH Leuven (7 draws).
Gent – Formation
Gent
69'
76'
Gent started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck decided to play with the following team: Davy Roef , Ismael Kandouss , Tsuyoshi Watanabe , Bram Lagae , Matisse Samoise , Sven Kums , Julien De Sart , Malick Fofana , Hyun-seok Hong , Hugo Cuypers and Gift Emmanuel Orban .
The home team had on the bench: Archie Brown, Omri Gendelman, Pieter Gerkens , Tarik Tissoudali , Noah Fadiga , Laurent Depoitre and Celestin De Schrevel.
Substitutions
Gent made 5 changes: Hugo Cuypers for Tarik Tissoudali (76′), Matisse Samoise for Noah Fadiga (76′), Hyun-seok Hong for Pieter Gerkens (76′), Gift Emmanuel Orban for Laurent Depoitre (76′) and Malick Fofana for Omri Gendelman (90′).
Player of the match: Malick Fofana
The most impressive player for Gent was Malick Fofana.
His rating is with 1 goal, 44 passes (86% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 5. He performed 9 crosses.
OH Leuven – Formation
OH Leuven
42'
OH Leuven started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Óscar García Junyent played with: Tobe Leysen , Joel Schingtienne , Ewoud Pletinckx , Florian Miguel , Joren Dom , Siebe Schrijvers , Raz Shlomo , Hamza Mendyl , Ezechiel Banzuzi , Nachon Nsingi and Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson .
They had on the bench: Pierre-Yves Ngawa , Jonatan Braut Brunes , Raphael Holzhauser, Konan N’Dri , Maxence Prévot, Suphanat Mueanta, Nathaniel Opoku and Youssef Maziz .
Substitutions
OH Leuven made 5 changes: Ezechiel Banzuzi for Youssef Maziz (46′), Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson for Jonatan Braut Brunes (58′), Raz Shlomo for Pierre-Yves Ngawa (78′), Hamza Mendyl for Konan N’Dri (46′) and Nachon Nsingi for Nathaniel Opoku (83′).
Player of the match: Siebe Schrijvers
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Siebe Schrijvers.
His rating is with 32 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
