BRUGGE. Anderlecht found a way to reverse the score against Club Brugge to win 2-1. It was Club Brugge to strike first with a goal of Ferran Jutglà at the 18′. Then it was a goal in the 79′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Nilson Angulo gave the win to Anderlecht in the 90′ minute.

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Erik Lambrechts with the help of Jo De Weirdt and Kevin Monteny. The 4th official was Wesli De Cremer. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was cold at 8.6 degrees Celsius or 47.48 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Club Brugge was in possession of the ball for 51% of the time vs. Anderlecht that controlled the ball for 49% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 65 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Anderlecht found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Club Brugge shot 16 times, 6 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Anderlecht shot 10 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Club Brugge didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Anderlecht received 4 yellow cards (Jan Vertonghen, Killian Sardella, Kasper Dolberg and Thorgan Hazard).

Standings

After this match, Club Brugge stays with 45 points like Antwerp to hold in the 3rd place. On the other side, Anderlecht will has 57 points to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Club Brugge will play away with Genk on the 2nd of March with a 22-21 head to head stats in favor of Club Brugge (11 draws).

Anderlecht will host AS Eupen on the 2nd of March with a 10-2 head to head record in favor of Anderlecht (5 draws).

Club Brugge – Formation

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

The manager Ronny Deila decided to play with the following team: Simon Mignolet (7.3), Maxim De Cuyper (7.5), Jorne Spileers (6.6), Brandon Mechele (7.0), Bjorn Meijer (7.3), Casper Nielsen (7.3), Hugo Vetlesen (7.1), Andreas Skov Olsen (7.1), Hans Vanaken (8.1), Antonio Nusa (6.4) and Ferran Jutglà (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Joel Ordóñez, Denis Odoi, Michał Skóraś (6.7), Víctor Barberá, Raphael Onyedika, Josef Bursik, Nordin Jackers, Éder Balanta (6.4) and Kyriani Sabbe.

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 3 changes: Casper Nielsen for Éder Balanta (62′), Bjorn Meijer for Michał Skóraś (87′) and Antonio Nusa for Víctor Barberá (88′).

Player of the match: Hans Vanaken​

The most impressive player for Club Brugge was Hans Vanaken.

His rating is 8.1 with 48 passes (83% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 1 cross.

Anderlecht – Formation

Anderlecht started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Brian Riemer played with: Kasper Schmeichel (8.2), Killian Sardella (6.7), Zeno Debast (7.1), Jan Vertonghen (7.5), Ludwig Augustinsson (7.0), Yari Verschaeren (6.4), Mats Rits (7.0), Mario Stroeykens (7.9), Anders Dreyer (7.5), Kasper Dolberg (7.0) and Thorgan Hazard (7.9).

They had on the bench: Theo Leoni (6.7), Luis Vázquez (7.9), Louis Patris (6.7), Thomas Delaney, Colin Coosemans, Nilson Angulo (7.7), Federico Gattoni, Antoine Colassin and Kristian Arnstad.

Anderlecht could not rely on the presence of Theo Leoni (injured).

Substitutions

Anderlecht made 4 changes: Yari Verschaeren for Theo Leoni (52′), Killian Sardella for Louis Patris (76′), Mats Rits for Luis Vázquez (76′) and Kasper Dolberg for Nilson Angulo (90′).

Player of the match: Kasper Schmeichel​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Anderlecht was the goalkeeper: Kasper Schmeichel. His rating is 8.16. He performed 5 saves.

Results of the day

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

• AS Eupen – Cercle Brugge – 0-2
• Union Saint-Gilloise – Standard Liège – 2-1
• Gent – Antwerp – 2-2
• Club Brugge – Anderlecht – 1-2