BRUGGE. Club Brugge was after all too good for Westerlo with the goal of Igor Thiago (37′), Igor Thiago (65′ pen) and Antonio Nusa (80′). Club Brugge was much better in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge with the support of Laurent Conotte and Vito Divincenzo. The 4th official was Jan Boterberg. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 0.2 degrees Celsius or 32.36 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- ! 62 Ball Possession 38
Shots
- 14 Total 2
- 9 On Target 0
- 2 Off Target 2
- 3 Shots blocked 0
- 148 Attack 79
- 67 Dangerous attack 27
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 1 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 0
- 6 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 5 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Club Brugge was in firm control of the ball 62% while Westerlo was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Club Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 67 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 9 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Club Brugge won the match.
Club Brugge shot 14 times, 9 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Westerlo shot 2 times, 0 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Club Brugge didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Westerlo received 2 yellow cards (Thomas Van den Keybus and Arthur Piedfort).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Club Brugge has 37 points to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Westerlo will stays with 21 points like Sporting Charleroi and RWDM to remain in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Club Brugge will play away against Sporting Charleroi on the 27th of January with a 24-5 head to head statistic in favor of Club Brugge (12 draws).
Westerlo will play away against Gent on the 27th of January with a 13-4 head to head in favor of Gent (9 draws).
Club Brugge – Formation
Club Brugge
83'
37', 65'
Club Brugge adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Ronny Deila decided to play with the following team: Simon Mignolet , Maxim De Cuyper , Jorne Spileers , Brandon Mechele , Bjorn Meijer , Casper Nielsen , Hugo Vetlesen , Andreas Skov Olsen , Hans Vanaken , Philip Zinckernagel and Igor Thiago .
The home team had on the bench: Michał Skóraś , Ferran Jutglà , Víctor Barberá, Dedryck Boyata, Nordin Jackers, Antonio Nusa , Éder Balanta , Kyriani Sabbe and Axl De Corte.
Substitutions
Club Brugge made 5 changes: Andreas Skov Olsen for Michał Skóraś (83′), Igor Thiago for Ferran Jutglà (83′), Philip Zinckernagel for Antonio Nusa (75′), Casper Nielsen for Éder Balanta (75′) and Maxim De Cuyper for Kyriani Sabbe (83′).
Player of the match: Igor Thiago
The most impressive player for Club Brugge was Igor Thiago.
His rating is with 2 goals, 14 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He hit the woodwork once times.
Westerlo – Formation
Westerlo
66'
Also Westerlo adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Rik Demil played with: Sinan Bolat , Bryan Reynolds , Roman Neustädter , Emin Bayram , Tuur Rommens , Sergiy Sydorchuk , Arthur Piedfort , Griffin Yow , Nicolas Madsen , Thomas Van den Keybus and Erdon Daci .
They had on the bench: Pietro Perdichizzi, Mathias Fixelles , Doğucan Haspolat, Adedire Mebude, Nick Gillekens, Ravil Tagir , Edisson Jordanov, Josimar Alcocer and Nacer Chadli .
Substitutions
Westerlo made 3 changes: Tuur Rommens for Ravil Tagir (72′), Griffin Yow for Mathias Fixelles (72′) and Erdon Daci for Nacer Chadli (72′).
Player of the match: Sinan Bolat
The player that probably impressed the most for Westerlo was the goalkeeper: Sinan Bolat. His rating is 7.65. He performed 6 saves.
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
