Westerlo defeats Cercle Brugge 4-2

WESTERLO. Westerlo prevails over Cercle Brugge 4-2.

By
David Brown
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Westerlo defeats Cercle Brugge 4-2

WESTERLO. Westerlo tops Cercle Brugge 4-2.

Westerlo remained with 10 players after Tuur Rommens received a red card in the 69′. Even so, Westerlo still succeeded in win this match competing only in players​.

The match was played at the Het Kuipje stadium in Westerlo on Tuesday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put with the help of Nick Senecaut and Lennert Becquet. The 4th official was Tom Stevens. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 10.69 degrees Celsius or 51.24 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Westerlo

4 - 2

Team 1

Cercle Brugge

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 9 Total 14
  • 5 On Target 4
  • 2 Off Target 5
  • 2 Shots blocked 5
  • 91 Attack 114
  • 38 Dangerous attack 68
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 2 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 10 Total 25
  • 3 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 1 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Westerlo was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Cercle Brugge that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Cercle Brugge was putting more pressure with 68 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Westerlo managed to find the solution to win this contest.​

Westerlo shot 9 times, 5 on target, 2 off target. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge shot 14 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Westerlo received 3 yellow cards (Matija Frigan, Rik Demil and Doğucan Haspolat). On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge received 5 yellow cards (Hannes Van Der Bruggen, Malamine Efekele, Félix Lemaréchal, Jesper Daland and Flávio Nazinho).

(Westerlo) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (69′).

Match Timeline

G. Yow(goal)Tuur Rommens
7'
G. Yow(goal)
19'
Nicolas Madsen(goal)Tuur Rommens
22'
R. Vermant(goal)
31'
Sergiy Sydorchuk(own-goal)
33'
44'
Nazinho- Yellow
46'
M. Efekele- sub ->Nils De Wilde
46'
Boris Popovic- sub ->Edgaras Utkus
Mathias Fixelles- sub ->Roman Neustädter
46'
46'
K. Olaigbe- sub ->Jonas Lietaert
58'
Félix Lemaréchal- Yellow
59'
Jesper Daland- Yellow
M. Frigan- sub ->Romeo Vermant 
61'
62'
M. Efekele- Yellow
65'
Hannes Van Der Bruggen- Yellow
T. Rommens- Red
69'
71'
Felipe Augusto- sub ->Alan Minda
Doğucan Haspolat- sub ->Nicolas Madsen
74'
Edisson Jordanov- sub ->Griffin Yow
74'
Doğucan Haspolat- Yellow
78'
M. Frigan- Yellow
80'
81'
Leonardo Lopes- sub ->Hannes Van Der Bruggen
Nacer Chadli- sub ->Thomas Van den Keybus
86'
90'
Nazinho(goal)Leonardo Lopes
90'
Nazinho(VAR)

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Anderlecht
63
30
Union Saint-Gilloise
38
5
Club Brugge
51
30
Genk
47
30
Gent
47
30
Antwerp
29
5
Cercle Brugge
47
30
Mechelen
45
30
Sint-Truiden
40
30
Standard Liège
34
30
Westerlo
30
30
OH Leuven
29
30
Sporting Charleroi
29
30
AS Eupen
24
30
Kortrijk
24
30
RWDM
23
30

After this contest, Westerlo has 25 points to sit in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge will stays with 33 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Westerlo will host OH Leuven on the 3rd of February with a 9-7 head to head in favor of OH Leuven (4 draws).

Cercle Brugge will host Sint-Truiden on the 3rd of February with a 14-5 head to head statistic in favor of Cercle Brugge (6 draws).

Westerlo – Formation

Westerlo
G
Sinan Bolat   1.Turkey
6.8
D
B. Reynolds 22.United States
7.9
D
T. Rommens 25.Belgium
7.5
69'
D
Roman Neustädter 33.Russia
6.3
46'
D
E. Bayram 40.Turkey
5.8
M
Sergiy Sydorchuk 15.Ukraine
6.8
M
G. Yow 18.United States
8.9
74' Goals7', 19'
M
Thomas Van den Keybus 39.Belgium
6.4
86'
M
A. Piedfort 46.Belgium
6.3
M
Nicolas Madsen 8.Denmark
7.5
74' Goals22'
F
R. Vermant 17.Belgium
7.8
61' Goals31'
Substitutes
G
Nick Gillekens 20.Belgium
D
Edisson Jordanov 32.Bulgaria
6.3
74'
D
Bakary Haidara 3.Ivory Coast
M
Nacer Chadli 89.Belgium
6.6
86'
M
Mathias Fixelles 4.Belgium
6.8
46'
M
Doğucan Haspolat 6.Netherlands
6.8
74' 78'
F
M. Frigan 9.Croatia
6.4
61' 80'
F
D. Mebude 13.Scotland
F
Erdon Daci 21.Macedonia

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 (6.8), Bryan Reynolds (7.9), Roman Neustädter (6.3), Emin Bayram (5.8), Tuur Rommens (7.5), Sergiy Sydorchuk (6.8), Arthur Piedfort (6.3), Griffin Yow (8.9), Nicolas Madsen (7.5), Thomas Van den Keybus (6.4) and Romeo Vermant  (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Bakary Haidara, Mathias Fixelles (6.8), Doğucan Haspolat (6.8), Matija Frigan (6.4), Adedire Mebude, Nick Gillekens, Erdon Daci, Edisson Jordanov (6.3) and Nacer Chadli (6.6).

Substitutions

Westerlo made 5 changes: Roman Neustädter for Mathias Fixelles (46′), Romeo Vermant  for Matija Frigan (61′), Thomas Van den Keybus for Nacer Chadli (86′), Nicolas Madsen for Doğucan Haspolat (74′) and Griffin Yow for Edisson Jordanov (74′).

Player of the match: Griffin Yow​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Westerlo was Griffin Yow.

His rating is 8.9 with 2 goals, 19 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 10. He performed 2 crosses.

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Cercle Brugge
G
Warleson 1.Brazil
6.3
D
Edgaras Utkus 3.Lithuania
5.4
46'
D
Jesper Daland 4.Norway
6.7
59'
D
Nazinho 20.Portugal
7.1
44' Goals90'
D
J. Lietaert 76.Belgium
6.1
46'
M
Félix Lemaréchal 6.France
7.3
58'
M
A. Minda 11.Ecuador
6.3
71'
M
Nils De Wilde 27.Belgium
6.3
46'
M
Hannes Van Der Bruggen 28.Belgium
6.0
81' 65'
M
Thibo Somers  34.Belgium
6.4
F
K. Denkey 9.Togo
6.8
Substitutes
G
Maxime Delanghe 21.Belgium
D
Boris Popovic 5.Serbia
6.4
46'
D
Senna Miangue 18.Belgium
D
J. Semedo Varela 77.France
M
Leonardo Lopes 22.Portugal
7.0
81'
F
M. Efekele 7.France
6.8
46' 62'
F
Felipe Augusto 10.Brazil
7.0
71'
F
K. Olaigbe 19.Belgium
6.8
46'
F
Abdoul Kader Ouattara 99.

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

Miron Muslić played with: Warleson (6.3), Jonas Lietaert (6.1), Edgaras Utkus (5.4), Jesper Daland (6.7), Flávio Nazinho (7.1), Hannes Van Der Bruggen (6.0), Nils De Wilde (6.3), Thibo Somers (6.4), Félix Lemaréchal (7.3), Alan Minda (6.3) and Kévin Denkey (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Boris Popović (6.4), Malamine Efekele (6.8), Felipe Augusto (7.0), Senna Miangue, Kazeem Olaigbe (6.8), Maxime Delanghe, Leonardo Lopes (7.0), Jordan Varela and Abdoul Kader Ouattara.

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 5 changes: Alan Minda for Felipe Augusto (71′), Nils De Wilde for Malamine Efekele (46′), Jonas Lietaert for Kazeem Olaigbe (46′), Edgaras Utkus for Boris Popović (46′) and Hannes Van Der Bruggen for Leonardo Lopes (81′).

Player of the match: Félix Lemaréchal​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Félix Lemaréchal.

His rating is 7.3 with 40 passes (78% accurate) and 6 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 11. He performed 8 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​