WESTERLO. Westerlo was in the end too good for RWDM with the goal of Griffin Yow (14′), Nicolas Madsen (64′ pen) and Théo Gécé (82′ own).

The match was played at the Het Kuipje stadium in Westerlo on Tuesday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen who had the assistance of Mathias Hillaert and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Massimiliano Ledda. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.8 degrees Celsius or 49.64 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Westerlo was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. RWDM that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Westerlo was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Westerlo won the match​.

Westerlo shot 13 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, RWDM shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Also, RWDM didn’t end the match with 11 players after Théo Defourny (RWDM) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (70′).

Standings

After playing this match, Westerlo has 21 points like RWDM to remain in the 11th place. On the other side, RWDM will stays with 21 points like Westerlo to hold in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Westerlo will play away with Club Brugge on the 20th of January with a 19-1 head to head in favor of Club Brugge (4 draws).

RWDM will host AS Eupen on the 20th of January with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of AS Eupen (0 draws).

Westerlo – Formation

Westerlo started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Rik Demil decided to play with the following team: Sinan Bolat (7.5), Bryan Reynolds (7.5), Roman Neustädter (7.0), Ravil Tagir (6.8), Jordan Bos (7.3), Sergiy Sydorchuk (7.3), Arthur Piedfort (7.3), Griffin Yow (7.5), Nicolas Madsen (7.8), Thomas Van den Keybus (6.7) and Kyan Vaesen (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Doğucan Haspolat, Lukas Van Eenoo, Nick Gillekens, Tuur Rommens, Edisson Jordanov, Emin Bayram (7.3), Lucas Stassin (6.8) and Yusuke Matsuo.

Westerlo could not rely on the presence of Lukas Van Eenoo (injured) and Edisson Jordanov (injured).

Substitutions

Westerlo made 4 changes: Ravil Tagir for Emin Bayram (46′), Thomas Van den Keybus for Lucas Stassin (85′), Arthur Piedfort for Lukas Van Eenoo (90′) and Bryan Reynolds for Edisson Jordanov (90′).

Player of the match: Nicolas Madsen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Westerlo was Nicolas Madsen.

His rating is 7.8 with 1 goal, 38 passes (84% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 4. He performed 3 crosses.

RWDM – Formation

RWDM started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Claudio Roberto da Silva played with: Théo Defourny (6.3), Djokovar Doudaev (6.3), Moussa Sissako (7.3), Youssouf Koné (6.8), Ilay Camara (7.0), Shuto Abe (7.0), Florent Sanchez Da Silva (7.3), Abner (6.7), Xavier Mercier (7.0), Pathé Mboup (6.4) and Makhtar Gueye (6.4).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Niklo Dailly, Théo Gécé (6.4), Romildo Del Piage (6.8), Rikelmi, Guillaume Hubert (6.3), Matteo Wouter Vandendaele (6.6) and Jeff Reine-Adélaïde.

Substitutions

RWDM made 3 changes: Florent Sanchez Da Silva for Théo Gécé (74′), Xavier Mercier for Guillaume Hubert (74′) and Pathé Mboup for Romildo Del Piage (86′).

Player of the match: Moussa Sissako​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for RWDM was Moussa Sissako.

His rating is 7.3 with 54 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6.

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