BRUSSELS. Anderlecht crushes AS Eupen 4-1 with goals of J. Zirkzee (3′), C. Kouame (7′), J. Zirkzee (24′) and B. Raman (88′). Talking about the opposition, AS Eupen scored with S. Prevljak (13′). Anderlecht was surely better in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Lotto Park stadium in Brussels. The referee was Nathan Verboomen who had the assistance of Mathias Hillaert and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Bert Put. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.1 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 19 Total 8
- 5 On Target 5
- 11 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 130 Attack 92
- 62 Dangerous attack 34
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 9 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 12 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Anderlecht had a strong ball possession 61% while AS Eupen was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Anderlecht was more pushing with 62 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Anderlecht won the match.
Anderlecht shot 19 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, AS Eupen shot 8 times, 5 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Anderlecht didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, AS Eupen received 1 yellow card (S. Peeters).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Anderlecht will have 45 points to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, AS Eupen will stay with 27 points like KV Oostende to sit in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Anderlecht will play away against Zulte-Waregem on the 12th of February with a 31-6 head to head record in favor of Anderlecht (9 draws).
AS Eupen will host Gent on the 12th of February with a 8-3 head to head record in favor of Gent (2 draws).
Anderlecht – Formation
Anderlecht
63'
7'
Anderlecht started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Vincent Kompany decided to play with the following team: Hendrik Van Crombrugge , Michael Murillo , Zeno Debast , Lisandro Magallán , Sergio Gómez , Yari Verschaeren , Majeed Ashimeru , Josh Cullen , Lior Refaelov , Joshua Zirkzee and Christian Kouamé .
The home team had on the bench: Francis Amuzu , Anouar Ait El Hadj , Bart Verbruggen, Benito Raman , Colin Coosemans, Marco Kana , Kristian Fredrik Malt Arnstad, Bogdan Mykhaylichenko, Mario Stroeykens and Killian Sardella.
Substitutions
Anderlecht made 5 changes: L. Refaelov for A. Ait El Hadj (63′), J. Zirkzee for M. Stroeykens (71′), C. Kouame for B. Raman (71′), Y. Verschaeren for F. Amuzu (85′) and M. Ashimeru for M. Kana (85′).
Best player: Joshua Zirkzee
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Anderlecht was Joshua Zirkzee.
His rating is with 2 goals, 30 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 4.
AS Eupen – Formation
AS Eupen
54'
AS Eupen started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Stefan Krämer played with: Abdul Manaf Nurudeen , Boris Lambert , Andreas Beck , Emmanuel Agbadou , Jonathan Heris , Silas Gnaka , Jerome Deom , Jens Cools , Stef Peeters , Smail Prevljak and Julien Ngoy .
These were the players on the bench: James Jeggo , Robin Himmelmann, Konan N’Dri , Teddy Alloh , Giannis Konstantelias , Gary Magnee and Emmanuel Sowah.
Substitutions
AS Eupen made 5 changes: J. Deom for G. Magnee (46′), B. Lambert for J. Jeggo (46′), J. Heris for T. Alloh (71′), J. Ngoy for K. Ndri (71′) and S. Peeters for G. Konstantelias (82′).
Best player: Smail Prevljak
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AS Eupen was Smail Prevljak.
His rating is with 1 goal, 24 passes (87% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Club Brugge – Gent – 1-2
- Anderlecht – AS Eupen – 4-1
- Genk – Zulte-Waregem – 2-0
- Mechelen – Beerschot-Wilrijk – 3-2
