BRUGGE. Club Brugge was after all too good for Molde with the goal of A. Skov was the star player of the match after he scored in the 45th and 48th minute. Andreas Skov Olsen (45′), Andreas Skov Olsen (48′) and Michał Skóraś (70′). Club Brugge took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Thursday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Radu Petrescu who was helped by Adrian Radu Ghinguleac and Mircea Mihail Grigoriu. The 4th official was Marcel Bîrsan. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was cold at 14.66 degrees Celsius or 58.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Club Brugge had a superior ball possession 56% while Molde was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Club Brugge won the match​.

Club Brugge shot 15 times, 7 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Molde shot 8 times, 1 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Club Brugge received 1 yellow card (Maxim De Cuyper). Talking about the opposition, Molde received 1 yellow card (Fredrik Gulbrandsen).

Standings

After this contest, Club Brugge has 16 points to hold in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Molde will stays with points to sit in the 0th place.

Next matches

Club Brugge – Formation

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

The manager Ronny Deila decided to play with the following team: Philip Zinckernagel, Simon Mignolet (7.1), Maxim De Cuyper (7.9), Joel Ordóñez (7.3), Brandon Mechele (7.3), Bjorn Meijer (7.9), Andreas Skov Olsen (8.7), Hans Vanaken (8.1), Raphael Onyedika (7.0), Hugo Vetlesen (7.3), Igor Thiago (7.0) and Ferran Jutglà (8.1).

The home team had on the bench: Michał Skóraś (7.9), Víctor Barberá, Casper Nielsen (6.8), Antonio Nusa (6.7), Éder Balanta, Kyriani Sabbe, Nordin Jackers, Denis Odoi and Jorne Spileers.

Club Brugge could not rely on the presence of Michał Skóraś (injured).

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 4 changes: Andreas Skov Olsen for Michał Skóraś (67′), Bjorn Meijer for Kyriani Sabbe (90′), Ferran Jutglà for Antonio Nusa (84′) and Hugo Vetlesen for Casper Nielsen (84′).

Player of the match: Andreas Skov Olsen​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Club Brugge was Andreas Skov Olsen.

His rating is 8.7 with 2 goals, 32 passes (84% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Molde – Formation

Molde started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Erling Moe played with: Oliver Petersen (6.4), Casper Øyvann (5.4), Anders Hagelskjær (6.1), Kristoffer Haugen (7.0), Mats Møller Dæhli (7.5), Martin Linnes (6.6), Eirik Hestad (6.8), Marcus Andre Kaasa (6.7), Mathias Løvik (7.0), Veton Berisha (6.8), Fredrik Gulbrandsen (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Jakob Karlstrom, Kristian Eriksen (6.7), Johan Johanessen Bakke, Niklas Ødegård, Leon Juberg-Hovland, Gustav Kjolstad Nyheim (6.3) and Halldor Stenevik (7.0).

Molde could not rely on the presence of Halldor Stenevik (injured) and Kristian Eriksen (injured).

Substitutions

Molde made 3 changes: Mathias Løvik for Halldor Stenevik (68′), Eirik Hestad for Gustav Kjolstad Nyheim (84′) and Veton Berisha for Kristian Eriksen (24′).

Player of the match: Mats Møller Dæhli​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Molde was Mats Møller Dæhli.

His rating is 7.5 with 65 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 8 duels out of 12.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Europa Conference League.​

• Viktoria Plzeň – Servette – 0-0
• Fenerbahçe – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-1
• PAOK – Dinamo Zagreb – 5-1
• Fiorentina – Maccabi Haifa – 1-1
• Aston Villa – Ajax – 4-0
• Club Brugge – Molde – 3-0
• LOSC Lille – Sturm Graz – 1-1
• Maccabi Tel Aviv – Olympiakos Piraeus – 1-6