GENK. Union Saint-Gilloise conquers Genk 1-0 after M. Amoura  scored just 1 goal (67′).

The match was played at the Luminus Arena stadium in Genk on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Erik Lambrechts with the collaboration of Jo De Weirdt and Kevin Monteny. The 4th official was Ken Vermeiren. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 9.82 degrees Celsius or 49.68 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 88%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Genk was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Genk had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Union Saint-Gilloise was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Genk shot 10 times, 3 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 12 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Genk received 1 yellow card (Patrik Hrosovsky). On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise received 4 yellow cards (Charles Vanhoutte, Christian Burgess, Gustaf Nilsson and Anthony Moris).

Standings

After playing this match, Genk stays with 36 points to remain in the 6th place. On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise will has 58 points to hold in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Genk will play away against Mechelen on the 10th of February with a 17-10 head to head in favor of Genk (8 draws).

Union Saint-Gilloise will host Westerlo on the 10th of February with a 11-5 head to head stats in favor of Union Saint-Gilloise (5 draws).

Genk – Formation

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

The manager Wouter Vrancken decided to play with the following team: Maarten Vandevoordt (7.0), Zakaria El Ouahdi (6.6), Mujaid Sadick (7.5), Mark McKenzie (6.7), Eduard Sobol (6.7), Patrik Hrosovsky (6.3), Bryan Heynen (6.7), Joseph Paintsil (6.8), Bilal El Khannouss (6.8), Christopher Baah (6.6) and Yira Collins Sor (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Andi Zeqiri (6.8), Anouar Ait El Hadj, Luca Oyen (6.8), Ken Nkuba (6.4), Noah Adedeji-Sternberg, Josue Ndenge Kongolo, Konstantinos Karetsas and Tolu Arokodare (6.8).

Genk could not rely on the presence of Luca Oyen (injured).

Substitutions

Genk made 4 changes: Yira Collins Sor for Luca Oyen (76′), Eduard Sobol for Andi Zeqiri (86′), Zakaria El Ouahdi for Ken Nkuba (74′) and Christopher Baah for Tolu Arokodare (74′).

Player of the match: Mujaid Sadick​

The most impressive player for Genk was Mujaid Sadick.

His rating is 7.5 with 48 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 7.

Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation

Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Alexander Blessin played with: Anthony Moris (7.5), Kevin Mac Allister (6.7), Christian Burgess (7.3), Ross Sykes (7.3), Alessio Castro-Montes (7.3), Noah Sadiki (7.0), Charles Vanhoutte (7.3), Cameron Puertas (9.1), Loïc Lapoussin (7.5), Gustaf Nilsson (7.1) and Mohamed Amoura  (7.5).

They had on the bench: Mathias Rasmussen, Elton Kabangu, Dennis Eckert Ayensa (6.6), Henok Teklab, Joachim Imbrechts, Casper Terho, Guillaume François and Nathan Huygevelde.

Substitutions

Union Saint-Gilloise made 2 changes: Gustaf Nilsson for Dennis Eckert Ayensa (79′) and Noah Sadiki for Mathias Rasmussen (88′).

Player of the match: Cameron Puertas​

The most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Cameron Puertas even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 9.1 with 37 passes (78% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 14 duels out of 22. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Westerlo – OH Leuven – 0-3
• RWDM – Standard Liège – 2-2
• Kortrijk – Sporting Charleroi – 1-0
• Genk – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-1