HEVERLEE. OH Leuven found a way to turn the tables against Cercle Brugge. OH Leuven made the most of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the King Power at Den Dreef Stadion stadium in Heverlee on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Alexandre Boucaut who had the assistance of Florian Lemaire and Laurent Conotte. The 4th official was Jonathan Lardot. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 3 degrees Celsius or 37.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 10 Total 15
- 5 On Target 5
- 3 Off Target 5
- 2 Shots blocked 5
- 73 Attack 133
- 30 Dangerous attack 67
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 5
Fouls
- 13 Total 14
- 2 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
OH Leuven had a superior ball possession 57% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cercle Brugge was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, OH Leuven found a way to find the solution to win this match.
OH Leuven shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Cercle Brugge shot 16 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
OH Leuven received 2 yellow cards (S. Dewaest and M. Maertens). Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge received 4 yellow cards (F. Kanoute, H. van der Bruggen, O. Deman and J. Daland).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, OH Leuven will have 36 points to sit in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge will stay with 35 points like Genk to hold in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, OH Leuven will play away with Sint-Truiden on the 20th of February with a 7-4 head to head stats in favor of Sint-Truiden (2 draws).
Cercle Brugge will host Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 19th of February with a 6-2 head to head record in favor of Cercle Brugge (1 draw).
OH Leuven – Formation
OH Leuven
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OH Leuven started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Marc Brys decided to play with the following team: Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson , Louis Patris , Sébastien Dewaest , Cenk Özkaçar, Musa Al-Taamari , Siebe Schrijvers , Kristiyan Malinov , Casper De Norre , Xavier Mercier , Mathieu Maertens and Sory Kaba .
The home team had on the bench: Mandela Keita, Rafael Romo, Pierre-Yves Ngawa, Levan Shengelia, Thibault Vlietinck, Arthur Allemeersch and Alexis De Sart.
Substitutions
OH Leuven made 2 changes: L. Patris for P. Ngawa (88′) and X. Mercier for M. Keita (90′).
Best player: Mathieu Maertens
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Mathieu Maertens.
His rating is with 1 goal, 29 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 10.
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Dominik Thalhammer played with: Thomas Didillon , Vitinho , Jesper Daland , Boris Popovic , Senna Miangue , Franck Kanouté , Hannes Van Der Bruggen , Rabbi Matondo , Olivier Deman , Dimitar Velkovski and Kévin Denkey .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Sébastien Bruzzese, Silvère Ganvoula , Aske Sampers , Leonardo Lopes , Christiaan Ravych, Alexander Corryn and David Sousa .
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 4 changes: F. Kanoute for L. Lopes (46′), D. Velkovski for David (46′), A. Denkey for S. Ganvoula (68′) and H. van der Bruggen for A. Sampers (87′).
Best player: Kévin Denkey
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Kévin Denkey.
His rating is with 1 goal, 22 passes (59% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- OH Leuven – Cercle Brugge – 3-2
- Zulte-Waregem – Anderlecht – 1-2
- Mechelen – KV Oostende – 3-0
- AS Eupen – Gent – 0-1
