KORTRIJK. Gent conquers Kortrijk 2-0 after T. Tissoudali scores a double.
The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Tuesday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Jan Boterberg with the help of Tom Vanpoucke and Nick Senecaut. The 4th official was Ken Vermeiren. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Gent had a strong ball possession 70% while Kortrijk was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gent had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gent won the encounter.
Kortrijk shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Gent shot 20 times, 9 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Kortrijk received 1 yellow card (A. Radovanović). Talking about the opposition, Gent received 1 yellow card (Hugo Cuypers).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Kortrijk stays with 10 points to sit in the 16th place. On the other side, Gent will has 38 points to hold in the 3rd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Kortrijk will play away with Standard Liège on the 20th of January with a 20-12 head to head stats in favor of Standard Liège (6 draws).
Gent will host Mechelen on the 20th of January with a 19-7 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (9 draws).
Kortrijk – Formation
Kortrijk
70'
43'
Kortrijk started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
The manager Joseph Akpala decided to play with the following team: T. Vandenberghe , N. Mehssatou , M. Mampassi , João Silva , A. Radovanović , S. Ojo , A. Sissako , M. Kana , L. Audoor , I. Davies and A. Kadri .
The home team had on the bench: D. De Neve , K. Malinov , F. Avenatti , A. Mighten, M. Bruno, D. Seck and L. Pirard.
Substitutions
Kortrijk made 4 changes: A. Sissako for F. Avenatti (69′), L. Audoor for K. Malinov (60′), I. Davies for D. Seck (83′) and S. Ojo for D. De Neve (70′).
Player of the match: T. Vandenberghe
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Kortrijk was the goalkeeper: T. Vandenberghe. His rating is 8.06. He performed 7 saves.
Gent – Formation
Gent
7', 56'
Gent started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Hein Vanhaezebrouck played with: Davy Roef , Ismael Kandouss , Tsuyoshi Watanabe , Jordan Torunarigha , Matisse Samoise , Julien De Sart , Sven Kums , Malick Fofana , Hyun-seok Hong , Hugo Cuypers and Tarik Tissoudali .
They had on the bench: Archie Brown , Omri Gendelman, Pieter Gerkens , Bram Lagae, Gift Emmanuel Orban , Noah Fadiga and Celestin De Schrevel.
Substitutions
Gent made 3 changes: Hugo Cuypers for Gift Emmanuel Orban (78′), Malick Fofana for Archie Brown (79′) and Hyun-seok Hong for Pieter Gerkens (79′).
Player of the match: Julien De Sart
The player that probably impressed the most for Gent was Julien De Sart even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 73 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 15.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Westerlo – RWDM – 3-0
- Kortrijk – Gent – 0-2
- OH Leuven – AS Eupen – 3-0
- Genk – Antwerp – 3-0
- Club Brugge – Union Saint-Gilloise – 1-1
