HEVERLEE. OH Leuven managed to turn the tables against Genk to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the second half. It was Genk to strike first with an own goal of Federico Ricca at the 54′. Then it was a penalty in the 80′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Ewoud Pletinckx gave the win to OH Leuven in the 90′ minute. Genk lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadion Den Dreef stadium in Heverlee on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Brent Staessens with the help of Rien Vanyzere and Nicolas Maszowez. The 4th official was Massimiliano Ledda. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.71 degrees Celsius or 45.88 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Genk was in firm control of the ball 58% while OH Leuven was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Genk had a more offensive attitude with 62 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, OH Leuven was able to find the solution to win this match.
OH Leuven shot 12 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Genk shot 15 times, 2 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
OH Leuven received 2 yellow cards (Siebe Schrijvers and Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson). On the opposite side, Genk received 5 yellow cards (Zakaria El Ouahdi, Carlos Cuesta, Joseph Paintsil, Alejandro Galarza and Patrik Hrosovsky).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, OH Leuven has 21 points like AS Eupen and RWDM to hold in the 13th place. On the other side, Genk will stays with 36 points to remain in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, OH Leuven will play away with Westerlo on the 3rd of February with a 9-7 head to head stats in favor of OH Leuven (4 draws).
Genk will host Union Saint-Gilloise on the 3rd of February with a 3-3 head to head statistic.
OH Leuven – Formation
OH Leuven
74'
90'
47'
OH Leuven started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Óscar García Junyent decided to play with the following team: Tobe Leysen , Joel Schingtienne , Ewoud Pletinckx , Federico Ricca , Florian Miguel , Richie Sagrado , Siebe Schrijvers , Joren Dom , Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson , Nachon Nsingi and Youssef Maziz .
The home team had on the bench: Raz Shlomo , Pierre-Yves Ngawa, Jonatan Braut Brunes , Konan N’Dri , Maxence Prévot, Kento Misao, Nathaniel Opoku, Takahiro Akimoto and Mathieu Maertens .
OH Leuven could not rely on the presence of Raz Shlomo (injured).
Substitutions
OH Leuven made 5 changes: Florian Miguel for Takahiro Akimoto (74′), Nachon Nsingi for Jonatan Braut Brunes (74′), Richie Sagrado for Konan N’Dri (74′), Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson for Mathieu Maertens (65′) and Youssef Maziz for Raz Shlomo (85′).
Player of the match: Ewoud Pletinckx
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Ewoud Pletinckx.
His rating is with 1 goal, 45 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 8.
Genk – Formation
Genk
Genk started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Wouter Vrancken played with: Maarten Vandevoordt , Zakaria El Ouahdi , Carlos Cuesta , Mark McKenzie , Eduard Sobol , Patrik Hrosovsky , Alejandro Galarza , Yira Collins Sor , Joseph Paintsil , Alieu Fadera and Tolu Arokodare .
They had on the bench: Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Mujaid Sadick, Andi Zeqiri , Anouar Ait El Hadj, Luca Oyen, Ken Nkuba, Thomas Claes, Konstantinos Karetsas and Christopher Baah .
Substitutions
Genk made 3 changes: Joseph Paintsil for Andi Zeqiri (46′), Alieu Fadera for Christopher Baah (71′) and Zakaria El Ouahdi for Ken Nkuba (90′).
Player of the match: Alejandro Galarza
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Genk was Alejandro Galarza.
His rating is with 62 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 14 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Sporting Charleroi – AS Eupen – 1-0
- Union Saint-Gilloise – RWDM – 3-2
- OH Leuven – Genk – 2-1
- Standard Liège – Antwerp – 0-1
