BRUSSELS. Anderlecht defeats AS Eupen 1-0 after T. Hazard scored just 1 goal (9′). Anderlecht was decisively better in terms of ball possession (64%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Lotto Park stadium in Brussels on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Wim Smet who was helped by Dirk Gilon and Bryan Bijnens. The 4th official was Tom Stevens. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 8.85 degrees Celsius or 47.93 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- ! 64 Ball Possession 36
Shots
- 16 Total 15
- 5 On Target 3
- 7 Off Target 7
- 4 Shots blocked 6
- 120 Attack 99
- 76 Dangerous attack 45
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 4
Fouls
- 12 Total 20
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Anderlecht had a strong ball possession 64% while AS Eupen was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Anderlecht was more pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Anderlecht won the match.
Anderlecht shot 14 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, AS Eupen shot 15 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Anderlecht received 2 yellow cards (Thorgan Hazard and Zeno Debast). Talking about the opposition, AS Eupen received 1 yellow card (Jerome Deom).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Anderlecht has 60 points to hold in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, AS Eupen will stays with 21 points like Kortrijk to remain in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Anderlecht will play away with RWDM on the 9th of March with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Anderlecht (0 draws).
AS Eupen will host Sint-Truiden on the 9th of March with a 11-9 head to head statistic in favor of Sint-Truiden (11 draws).
Anderlecht – Formation
Anderlecht
63'
84'
9'
Anderlecht started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Brian Riemer decided to play with the following team: Kasper Schmeichel , Killian Sardella , Zeno Debast , Federico Gattoni , Ludwig Augustinsson , Theo Leoni , Mats Rits , Mario Stroeykens , Anders Dreyer , Kasper Dolberg and Thorgan Hazard .
The home team had on the bench: Yari Verschaeren , Luis Vázquez , Louis Patris, Thomas Delaney , Colin Coosemans, Nilson Angulo , Kristian Arnstad, Amando Lapage and Tristan Degreef.
Anderlecht could not rely on the presence of Thomas Delaney (injured).
Substitutions
Anderlecht made 4 changes: Theo Leoni for Thomas Delaney (84′), Mats Rits for Yari Verschaeren (73′), Kasper Dolberg for Luis Vázquez (82′) and Anders Dreyer for Nilson Angulo (82′).
Player of the match: Thorgan Hazard
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Anderlecht was Thorgan Hazard.
His rating is with 1 goal, 47 passes (89% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 12. He performed 6 crosses.
AS Eupen – Formation
AS Eupen
AS Eupen started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Florian Kohfeldt played with: Gabriel Słonina , Rune Paeshuyse , Victor Pálsson , Oleksandr Filin , Jason Davidson , Brandon Baiye , Boris Lambert , Amadou Keita , Regan Charles-Cook , Miloš Pantović and Renaud Emond .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Yentl Van Genechten , Isaac Nuhu , Jerome Deom , Jan Král, Isaac Christie-Davies, Alfred Finnbogason , Abdul Nurudeen, Karol Lorenzo Youndje Sihom and Théo Maréchal .
Substitutions
AS Eupen made 4 changes: Miloš Pantović for Isaac Nuhu (59′), Regan Charles-Cook for Jerome Deom (70′), Brandon Baiye for Yentl Van Genechten (84′) and Rune Paeshuyse for Alfred Finnbogason (83′).
Player of the match: Victor Pálsson
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for AS Eupen was Victor Pálsson.
His rating is with 38 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 4.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Kortrijk – RWDM – 3-2
- Antwerp – Sint-Truiden – 3-0
- Genk – Club Brugge – 0-3
- Anderlecht – AS Eupen – 1-0
