BRUGGE. Union Saint-Gilloise was finally too much to handle for Cercle Brugge. D. Vanzeir (60′), D. Vanzeir (80′) and L. Lapoussin (84′).
The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Saturday and it started at 4:30 pm local time. The referee was Wesli De Cremer with the help of Florian Lemaire and Tom Vanpoucke. The 4th official was Quentin Pirard. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.9 degrees Celsius or 58.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 8 Total 11
- 2 On Target 5
- 4 Off Target 4
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 141 Attack 67
- 45 Dangerous attack 17
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 6
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Cercle Brugge was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Cercle Brugge was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, Union Saint-Gilloise managed to find the solution to win this contest.
Cercle Brugge shot 8 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards (L. Lopes and W. Rubio). On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise received 2 yellow cards (T. Teuma and S. Van Der Heyden).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Cercle Brugge will stay with 8 points to stay in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 19 points to stay in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge will play away with KV Oostende on the 16th of October with a 5-1 head to head statistic in favor of KV Oostende (3 draws).
Union Saint-Gilloise will host RFC Seraing on the 16th of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
81'
22'
Cercle Brugge started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Yves Vanderhaeghe decided to play with the following team: Thomas Didillon , Edgaras Utkus , Boris Popovic , Jesper Daland , Vitinho , Leonardo Lopes , Franck Kanouté , Alexander Corryn , Dino Hotić , Rabbi Matondo and Kévin Denkey .
The home team had on the bench: Álex Millán , Warleson, Olivier Deman , S. Miangué, Hannes Van Der Bruggen , Waldo Rubio Marin , Charles Vanhoutte and D. Velkovski.
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 5 changes: D. Hotic for O. Deman (65′), R. Matondo for W. Rubio (65′), J. Daland for H. van der Bruggen (73′), F. Kanoute for C. Vanhoutte (73′) and B. Popovic for A. Millan (81′).
Best player: Dino Hotić
The player that probably impressed the most for Cercle Brugge was Dino Hotić.
His rating is with 20 passes (85% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.
Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise
84'
Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the other side, Felice Mazzù played with: Anthony Moris , Jonas Bager , Christian Burgess , Ismael Kandouss , Bart Nieuwkoop , Damien Marcq , Teddy Teuma , Casper Nielsen , Loic Lapoussin , Dante Vanzeir and Deniz Undav .
They had on the bench: Felipe Avenatti, Jean Thierry Lazare Amani , L. Paolucci, Senne Lynen , Siebe Van Der Heyden , L. Pirard and Kaoru Mitoma .
Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 5 changes: D. Marcq for S. Lynen (46′), J. Bager for S. Van Der Heyden (46′), S. Lynen for J. Lazare Amani (58′), D. Vanzeir for K. Mitoma (83′) and D. Undav for F. Avenatti (88′).
Best player: Deniz Undav
The player that probably impressed the most for Union Saint-Gilloise was Deniz Undav even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 21 passes (71% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- OH Leuven – Beerschot-Wilrijk – 0-0
- Kortrijk – Sporting Charleroi – 2-2
- Cercle Brugge – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-3
- Sint-Truiden – KV Oostende – 1-1
