EUPEN. Cercle Brugge tops AS Eupen 2-0 after K. Denkey scores a double.
The match was played at the Stadion am Kehrweg stadium in Eupen on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen with the help of Mathias Hillaert and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Theophile Diskeuve. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.11 degrees Celsius or 43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 77%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 12 Total 18
- 1 On Target 8
- 8 Off Target 6
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 112 Attack 128
- 33 Dangerous attack 51
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 12
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. AS Eupen was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Cercle Brugge that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cercle Brugge was more pushing with 51 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cercle Brugge won the contest.
AS Eupen shot 12 times, 1 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge shot 17 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
AS Eupen received 2 yellow cards (Victor Pálsson and Regan Charles-Cook). On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards (Felipe Augusto, Hannes Van Der Bruggen and Kévin Denkey).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, AS Eupen stays with 21 points to sit in the 15th place. Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge will has 43 points like Genk and Gent to remain in the 7th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, AS Eupen will play away against Anderlecht on the 2nd of March with a 10-2 head to head stats in favor of Anderlecht (5 draws).
Cercle Brugge will host Mechelen on the 2nd of March with a 18-10 head to head record in favor of Cercle Brugge (6 draws).
AS Eupen – Formation
AS Eupen
84'
70'
AS Eupen started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Florian Kohfeldt decided to play with the following team: Gabriel Słonina , Yentl Van Genechten , Victor Pálsson , Oleksandr Filin , Jason Davidson , Boris Lambert , Brandon Baiye , Regan Charles-Cook , Miloš Pantović , Jerome Deom and Renaud Emond .
The home team had on the bench: Isaac Nuhu , Amadou Keita , Shayne Pattynama, Jan Král, Isaac Christie-Davies, Alfred Finnbogason , Rune Paeshuyse, Abdul Nurudeen and Matteo Filorizzo .
Substitutions
AS Eupen made 4 changes: Jerome Deom for Alfred Finnbogason (73′), Brandon Baiye for Jan Král (90′), Renaud Emond for Isaac Nuhu (74′) and Miloš Pantović for Amadou Keita (74′).
Player of the match: Gabriel Słonina
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for AS Eupen was the goalkeeper: Gabriel Słonina. His rating is 7.45. He performed 6 saves.
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
64', 67'
Cercle Brugge started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Miron Muslić played with: Warleson , Edgaras Utkus , Boris Popović , Jesper Daland , Senna Miangue , Leonardo Lopes , Hannes Van Der Bruggen , Alan Minda , Felipe Augusto , Félix Lemaréchal and Kévin Denkey .
These were the players on the bench: Malamine Efekele , Abu Francis, Kazeem Olaigbe , Flávio Nazinho, Maxime Delanghe, Jonas Lietaert, Jordan Varela, Sébastien Bruzzese and Abdoul Kader Ouattara .
Cercle Brugge could not rely on the presence of Jonas Lietaert (injured).
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 3 changes: Felipe Augusto for Malamine Efekele (73′), Leonardo Lopes for Kazeem Olaigbe (74′) and Hannes Van Der Bruggen for Abu Francis (89′).
Player of the match: Kévin Denkey
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Kévin Denkey.
His rating is with 2 goals, 22 passes (73% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 21.
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
