Sint-Truiden demolishes Gent 4-1 with a great performance

ST.-TROND. Sint-Truiden annihilates Gent 4-1 with goals of

February 2, 2024

ST.-TROND. Sint-Truiden estinguishes Gent 4-1 with goals of Kahveh Zahiroleslam (48′), Kahveh Zahiroleslam (68′), Aboubakary Koita (85′) and Aboubakary Koita (90′). On the opposite side, Gent scored with Pieter Gerkens (35′). Sint-Truiden was truly better in terms of ball possession (69%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Stadion Stayen stadium in St.-Trond on Thursday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen who was helped by Mathias Hillaert and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Tim De Keyzer. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 7.65 degrees Celsius or 45.77 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.

Match Statistics

Sint-Truiden

4 - 1

Gent

! 69 Ball Possession 31

Shots

22 Total 4
12 On Target 1
5 Off Target 1
5 Shots blocked 2

145 Attack 63
103 Dangerous attack 17
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
9 Corners 1
2 Off Sides 1

Fouls

6 Total 6
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sint-Truiden had a superior ball possession 69% while Gent was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sint-Truiden was putting more pressure with 103 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sint-Truiden won the match.

Sint-Truiden shot 22 times, 12 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Gent shot 4 times, 1 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Sint-Truiden received 2 yellow cards (Rein Van Helden and Joel Chima Fujita). Talking about the opposition, Gent didn’t receive any yellow card.

Also, Gent didn’t finish the match with 11 players after Archie Brown (Gent) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (30′).

Match Timeline

26'

Pieter Gerkens- sub ->Sven Kums

J. Fujita- Yellow

30'

Archie Brown- Red

35'

Pieter Gerkens(goal)

Rein Van Helden- Yellow

35'

Kahveh Zahiroleslam(goal)

48'

61'

M. Sonko- sub ->Daisuke Yokota

62'

Matisse Samoise- sub ->Jordan Torunarigha

62'

A. Abdullahi- sub ->Laurent Depoitre

Aboubakary Koita- sub ->Joel Chima Fujita

67'

Kahveh Zahiroleslam(goal)Eric Junior Bocat

68'

82'

M. Fernandez-Pardo- sub ->Noah Fadiga

Aboubakary Koita(goal)

85'

Wolke Janssens- sub ->Bruno Godeau

87'

Fatih Kaya- sub ->Kahveh Zahiroleslam

87'

R. Yamamoto- sub ->Ryotaro Ito

87'

Aboubakary Koita(goal)Jarne Steuckers

90'

Olivier Dumont- sub ->Mathias Delorge

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this contest, Sint-Truiden has 31 points to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Gent will stays with 39 points to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sint-Truiden will play away against Cercle Brugge on the 4th of February with a 14-5 head to head in favor of Cercle Brugge (6 draws).

Gent will play away against Anderlecht on the 4th of February with a 24-11 head to head stats in favor of Anderlecht (18 draws).

Sint-Truiden – Formation

Sint-Truiden

Jo Coppens 12.Belgium

6.3

M. Smets 16.Belgium

7.3

Rein Van Helden 20.Belgium

7.5

35'

Bruno Godeau 31.Belgium

7.1

87'

J. Fujita 8.Japan

7.5

67'

30'

M. Delorge-Knieper 17.Belgium

7.8

90'

Frederic Ananou 27.Togo

7.3

Eric Junior Bocat 77.France

7.3

Ryotaro Ito 13.Japan

7.5

87'

Kahveh Zahiroleslam 15.United States

8.5

87'

48', 68'

J. Steuckers 18.Belgium

9.1

Substitutes

M. Lendfers 51.Belgium

Ryoya Ogawa 2.Japan

Wolke Janssens 22.Belgium

6.8

87'

Robert-Jan Vanwesemael 60.Belgium

R. Yamamoto 6.Japan

6.4

87'

Olivier Dumont 14.Belgium

90'

Aboubakary Koita 7.Mauritania

9.5

67'

85', 90'

Fatih Kaya 11.Germany

6.7

87'

Joselpho Barnes 23.Ghana

Sint-Truiden adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Thorsten Fink decided to play with the following team: Chris Lucketti (6.3), Rein Van Helden (7.5), Matte Smets (7.3), Bruno Godeau (7.1), Frederic Ananou (7.3), Joel Chima Fujita (7.5), Mathias Delorge (7.8), Eric Junior Bocat (7.3), Jarne Steuckers (9.1), Kahveh Zahiroleslam (8.5) and Ryotaro Ito (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Ryoya Ogawa, Rihito Yamamoto (6.4), Aboubakary Koita (9.5), Fatih Kaya (6.7), Olivier Dumont, Wolke Janssens (6.8), Joselpho Barnes, Matt Lendfers and Robert-Jan Vanwesemael.

Substitutions

Sint-Truiden made 5 changes: Joel Chima Fujita for Aboubakary Koita (67′), Mathias Delorge for Olivier Dumont (90′), Bruno Godeau for Wolke Janssens (87′), Kahveh Zahiroleslam for Fatih Kaya (87′) and Ryotaro Ito for Rihito Yamamoto (87′).

Player of the match: Aboubakary Koita

The most impressive player for Sint-Truiden was Aboubakary Koita.

His rating is 9.5 with 2 goals, 10 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 2. He performed 1 cross.

His performance was amazing also because he commenced the match from the bench before entering in the 67′.

Gent – Formation

Gent

Daniel Schmidt 16.Japan

7.3

Ismaël Kandouss 5.Morocco

6.6

B. Agbor 21.Cameroon

7.1

Jordan Torunarigha 23.Nigeria

6.7

62'

Archie Brown 3.England

5.4

30'

Omri Gandelman 6.Israel

6.6

Julien De Sart 13.Belgium

6.4

Noah Fadiga 22.Belgium

7.0

82'

Sven Kums 24.Belgium

6.8

26'

Daisuke Yokota 14.Japan

7.0

61'

Laurent Depoitre 29.Belgium

6.7

62'

Substitutes

C. De Schrevel 30.Belgium

Pieter Gerkens 8.Belgium

7.0

26'

35'

Matisse Samoise 18.Belgium

6.6

62'

T. De Vlieger 36.Belgium

M. Sonko 9.Sweden

6.3

61'

F. Surdez 19.Switzerland

M. Fernandez-Pardo 28.Belgium

6.4

82'

A. Abdullahi 32.Nigeria

6.3

62'

Also Gent adopted the extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Hein Vanhaezebrouck played with: Daniel Schmidt (7.3), Ismael Kandouss (6.6), Jordan Torunarigha (6.7), Brian Agbor (7.1), Noah Fadiga (7.0), Julien De Sart (6.4), Omri Gendelman (6.6), Archie Brown (5.4), Sven Kums (6.8), Daisuke Yokota (7.0) and Laurent Depoitre (6.7).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Pieter Gerkens (7.0), M. Sonko (6.3), Matisse Samoise (6.6), Franck Surdez, Matias Fernandez (6.4), Celestin De Schrevel, Ahmed Abdullahi (6.3), Tibe De Vlieger and Robbie Van Hauter.

Gent could not rely on the presence of Pieter Gerkens (injured).

Substitutions

Gent made 4 changes: Sven Kums for Pieter Gerkens (26′), Daisuke Yokota for M. Sonko (61′), Jordan Torunarigha for Matisse Samoise (62′) and Noah Fadiga for Matias Fernandez (82′).