GENK. Cercle Brugge and Genk draw 1-1. K. Denkey scored the first goal (8′) for Cercle Brugge. A. Zeqiri settled the score (64′). Genk was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%)
The match was played at the Luminus Arena stadium in Genk on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Jasper Vergoote who had the assistance of Michael Geerolf and Martijn Tiesters. The 4th official was Kevin Van Damme. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was freezing at -1.99 degrees Celsius or 28.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 56 Ball Possession 44
Shots
- 12 Total 19
- 3 On Target 6
- 4 Off Target 8
- 5 Shots blocked 5
- 105 Attack 125
- 41 Dangerous attack 72
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 5
- 2 Off Sides 6
Fouls
- 15 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Genk was in firm control of the ball 56% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cercle Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 72 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Cercle Brugge to win the match.
Genk shot 12 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. Talking about the opposition, Cercle Brugge shot 19 times, 6 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Genk received 3 yellow cards (Anouar Ait El Hadj, Wouter Vrancken and Carlos Cuesta). On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards (Leonardo Lopes and Edgaras Utkus).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Genk has 35 points to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge will has 32 points like Antwerp to hold in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Genk will play away against Sint-Truiden on the 27th of January with a 18-5 head to head record in favor of Genk (9 draws).
Cercle Brugge will host Standard Liège on the 27th of January with a 21-5 head to head statistic in favor of Standard Liège (8 draws).
Genk – Formation
Genk
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64'Genk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Wouter Vrancken decided to play with the following team: Maarten Vandevoordt , Daniel Muñoz , Carlos Cuesta , Mark McKenzie , Gerardo Arteaga , Patrik Hrosovsky , Alejandro Galarza , Yira Collins Sor , Luca Oyen , Christopher Baah and Tolu Arokodare .
The home team had on the bench: Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Mujaid Sadick, Andi Zeqiri , Anouar Ait El Hadj , Vic Chambaere and Josue Ndenge Kongolo.
Substitutions
Genk made 2 changes: Christopher Baah for Andi Zeqiri (63′) and Luca Oyen for Anouar Ait El Hadj (88′).
Player of the match: Mark McKenzie
The most impressive player for Genk was Mark McKenzie.
His rating is with 60 passes (67% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 12 duels out of 14.
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Miron Muslić played with: Warleson , Edgaras Utkus , Boris Popović , Jesper Daland , Thibo Somers , Félix Lemaréchal , Leonardo Lopes , Flávio Nazinho , Hannes Van Der Bruggen , Kévin Denkey and Alan Minda .
These were the players on the bench: Felipe Augusto, Senna Miangue , Kazeem Olaigbe , Maxime Delanghe, Nils De Wilde , Rayan El Bahri, Jonas Lietaert, Jordan Varela and Abdoul Kader Ouattara.
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 3 changes: Alan Minda for Kazeem Olaigbe (68′), Flávio Nazinho for Senna Miangue (88′) and Leonardo Lopes for Nils De Wilde (87′).
Player of the match: Kévin Denkey
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Kévin Denkey.
His rating is with 1 goal, 31 passes (55% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 15.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Genk – Cercle Brugge – 1-1
- Standard Liège – Kortrijk – 0-1
- Club Brugge – Westerlo – 3-0
