GENK. Genk beats Union Saint-Gilloise 1-0 after T. Arokodare scored just 1 goal (27′).

Christian Burgess received a red card (90′)​. This red card was one of the reason why Union Saint-Gilloise lost the match.

The match was played at the Luminus Arena stadium in Genk on Monday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge who had the assistance of Vito Divincenzo and Laurent Conotte. The 4th official was Michiel Allaerts. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.57 degrees Celsius or 51.03 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

The ball possession was not so different. Genk was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Union Saint-Gilloise was more pushing with 70 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Genk was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.​

Genk shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Genk received 1 yellow card (Bilal El Khannouss). Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise received 1 yellow card (Ross Sykes).

Also, Union Saint-Gilloise didn’t end the match with 11 players after Christian Burgess (Union Saint-Gilloise) was sent off after receiving a straight red card (90′).

Standings

After this match, Genk has 47 points like Gent and Cercle Brugge to hold in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise will stays with 35 points to remain in the 1st place.

Next matches

Genk – Formation

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

The manager Wouter Vrancken decided to play with the following team: M. Vandevoordt (7.9), Mujaid Sadick (7.5), C. Cuesta (7.1), Mark McKenzie (6.7), Z. El Ouahdi (6.7), Matías Galarza (7.5), Patrik Hrosovsky (7.9), Joris Kayembe (7.0), Bilal El Khannouss (6.6), Anouar Ait El Hadj (7.9) and Tolu Arokodare (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Hendrik Van Crombrugge, Alieu Fadera (6.6), Andi Zeqiri (6.7), Eduard Sobol (7.0), Christian Akpan, Noah Adedeji-Sternberg, Thomas Claes, Josue Kongolo and Konstantinos Karetsas.

Genk could not rely on the presence of Eduard Sobol (injured).

Substitutions

Genk made 3 changes: C. Cuesta for Eduard Sobol (64′), Anouar Ait El Hadj for Alieu Fadera (76′) and Bilal El Khannouss for Andi Zeqiri (87′).

Player of the match: Patrik Hrosovsky​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Genk was Patrik Hrosovsky even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 7.9 with 33 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.

Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation

Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Alexander Blessin played with: Anthony Moris (6.6), Charles Vanhoutte (7.3), Christian Burgess (7.1), Ross Sykes (6.6), Alessio Castro-Montes (7.1), L. Amani (7.1), Noah Sadiki (7.7), Cameron Puertas (8.2), Loïc Lapoussin (7.5), Dennis Eckert Ayensa (6.4) and Gustaf Nilsson (7.1).

These were the players on the bench: Mathias Rasmussen (6.7), Elton Kabangu (6.7), Henok Teklab (6.8), Heinz Lindner, C. Terho, Guillaume François, Nathan Huygevelde and Mohamed Amoura.

Substitutions

Union Saint-Gilloise made 3 changes: Dennis Eckert Ayensa for Mathias Rasmussen (46′), Noah Sadiki for Elton Kabangu (86′) and Loïc Lapoussin for Henok Teklab (85′).

Player of the match: Cameron Puertas​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Cameron Puertas.

His rating is 8.2 with 38 passes (81% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 11 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Cercle Brugge – Club Brugge – 1-1
• Genk – Union Saint-Gilloise – 1-0