GENT. Cercle Brugge bested Gent to win 2-1. K. Denkey was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Cercle Brugge to strike first with an early goal of Kévin Denkey at the 5′. Then it was a goal in the 52′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Kévin Denkey gave the win to Cercle Brugge in the 67′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Gent was surely better in terms of ball possession (70%).
The match was played at the GHELAMCO-arena stadium in Gent on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Lothar D’hondt with the help of Romain Devillers and Nico Claes. The 4th official was Tim De Keyzer. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.43 degrees Celsius or 47.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 86%.
Match Statistics
- ! 70 Ball Possession 30
Shots
- 20 Total 11
- 10 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 3
- 3 Shots blocked 6
- 156 Attack 114
- 85 Dangerous attack 29
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 12 Corners 3
- 1 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 11 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Gent was in firm control of the ball 70% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 30% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gent was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 10 were on target. Notwithstanding, Cercle Brugge succeeded in find the solution to win this encounter.
Gent shot 20 times, 10 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge shot 11 times, 2 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Gent received 1 yellow card (Ismael Kandouss). Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards (Thibo Somers and Flávio Nazinho).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Gent stays with 39 points like Cercle Brugge to sit in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge will has 39 points like Gent to hold in the 6th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Gent will play away with AS Eupen on the 17th of February with a 12-3 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (2 draws).
Cercle Brugge will host Club Brugge on the 17th of February with a 18-5 head to head statistic in favor of Club Brugge (6 draws).
Gent – Formation
Gent
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Gent started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck decided to play with the following team: Daniel Schmidt , Ismael Kandouss , Tsuyoshi Watanabe , Stefan Mitrović , Matisse Samoise , Pieter Gerkens , Julien De Sart , Noah Fadiga , Hyun-seok Hong , Tarik Tissoudali and Laurent Depoitre .
The home team had on the bench: Omri Gendelman , Hugo Gambor, Brian Agbor, Matias Fernandez, Davy Roef, Tibe De Vlieger , Robbie Van Hauter and Abdul Rachid Ayindé .
Substitutions
Gent made only 1 change substituting Pieter Gerkens for Omri Gandelman (72′).
Player of the match: Julien De Sart
The player that probably impressed the most for Gent was Julien De Sart.
His rating is with 73 passes (62% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 12 duels out of 17. He performed 3 crosses.
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
Cercle Brugge started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Miron Muslić played with: Warleson , Thibo Somers , Edgaras Utkus , Boris Popović , Jesper Daland , Flávio Nazinho , Alan Minda , Leonardo Lopes , Hannes Van Der Bruggen , Félix Lemaréchal and Kévin Denkey .
These were the players on the bench: Malamine Efekele , Felipe Augusto , Senna Miangue , Kazeem Olaigbe, Maxime Delanghe, Jonas Lietaert, Jordan Varela, Sébastien Bruzzese and Abdoul Kader Ouattara.
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 3 changes: Alan Minda for Senna Miangue (46′), Félix Lemaréchal for Felipe Augusto (61′) and Kévin Denkey for Malamine Efekele (72′).
Player of the match: Warleson
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was the goalkeeper: Warleson. His rating is 9.18. He performed 10 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Sporting Charleroi – Anderlecht – 1-3
- Mechelen – Genk – 1-1
- RWDM – Antwerp – 0-4
- Gent – Cercle Brugge – 1-2
