SERAING. Antwerp snatched a late win RFC Seraing 1-0 after G. Dietsch scored an own goal (90′). Antwerp was much superior in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

Antwerp remained in players after M. Samatta received a red card in the 63′. Anyhow, Antwerp still managed to win this match competing only in 10​.

The match was played at the Stade du Pairay stadium in Seraing. The referee was Arthur Denil with the assistance of Dirk Gilon and Jeroen Walschap. The 4th official was Quentin Pirard. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 0 degrees Celsius or 32 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Antwerp had a strong ball possession 67% while RFC Seraing was struggling with a 33% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Antwerp had a more offensive attitude with 110 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Antwerp won the match.​

RFC Seraing shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Antwerp shot 19 times, 5 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

RFC Seraing received 1 yellow card (Marius). On the opposite side, Antwerp received 2 yellow cards (F. Haroun and M. Balikwisha).

Also, Antwerp didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Samatta (Antwerp) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (63′).

Standings

After this encounter, RFC Seraing will stay with 23 points to sit in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Antwerp will have 53 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, RFC Seraing will play away against Gent on the 18th of February with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of Gent (1 draw).

Antwerp will host Mechelen on the 20th of February with a 7-3 head to head record in favor of Antwerp (1 draw).

RFC Seraing – Formation

RFC Seraing started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Jean Louis Garcia decided to play with the following team: Guillaume Dietsch (7.6), Yahya Nadrani (7.1), Kouadio Dabila (7.1), Elias Spago (7.1), Daniel Opare (6.6), Gerald Kilota (6.3), Ibrahima Cisse (7.0), Morgan Poaty (7.1), Youssef Maziz (7.4), Antoine Bernier (6.8) and Georges Mikautadze (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Maidine Douane (6.4), Rayan Djedje, Alexandro Craninx, Wagane Faye, Marius Mouandilmadji (6.6), Francesco D’Onofrio and Mathieu Cachbach (6.1).

RFC Seraing could not rely on the presence of M. Douane (injured).

Substitutions

RFC Seraing made 3 changes: M. Poaty for M. Cachbach (73′), D. Opare for Marius (73′) and Y. Maziz for M. Douane (81′).

Best player: Guillaume Dietsch​

The player that probably impressed the most for RFC Seraing was the goalkeeper: Guillaume Dietsch. His rating is 7.62. He performed 6 saves.

Antwerp – Formation

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

Brian Priske Pedersen played with: Jean Butez (7.1), Jelle Bataille (7.8), Dinis Almeida (8.1), Dorian Dessoleil (7.2), Ritchie De Laet (7.1), Alhassan Yusuf (7.8), Faris Haroun (7.4), Radja Nainggolan (7.4), Koji Miyoshi (7.1), Mbwana Ally Samatta (5.8) and Michel Ange Balikwisha (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Pierre Dwomoh, Aurelio Buta, Ortwin De Wolf, Bruny Nsimba (6.8), Sam Vines, Pieter Gerkens (6.9) and William Pacho.

Substitutions

Antwerp made 3 changes: K. Miyoshi for P. Gerkens (74′), A. Yusuf for B. Nsimba (80′) and J. Bataille for Aurélio Buta (90′).

Best player: Dinis Almeida​

The player that probably impressed the most for Antwerp was Dinis Almeida even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (8.1) with 58 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 13.

Results of the day

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

• RFC Seraing – Antwerp – 0-1