HEVERLEE. OH Leuven bested Gent to win 2-1. M. Maertens was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half. It was OH Leuven to strike first with a goal of Mathieu Maertens at the 23′. Then it was a goal in the 25′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Mathieu Maertens gave the win to OH Leuven in the 37′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Gent was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the King Power at Den Dreef Stadion stadium in Heverlee on Sunday and it started at 7:15 pm local time. The referee was Michiel Allaerts who had the assistance of Yves De Neve and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Theophile Diskeuve. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 14.94 degrees Celsius or 58.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Gent had a superior ball possession 63% while OH Leuven was struggling with a 37% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gent was more aggressive with 83 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 6 were on target. Anyway, OH Leuven found a way to find the solution to win this match.
OH Leuven shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Gent shot 16 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
OH Leuven received 2 yellow cards (Takahiro Akimoto and Mathieu Maertens ). Talking about the opposition, Gent received 2 yellow cards (Ismaël Kandouss and Jordan Torunarigha).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, OH Leuven has 29 points like Sporting Charleroi to remain in the 12th place. Regarding the opposition, Gent will stays with 47 points like Genk and Cercle Brugge to sit in the 5th place.
Next matches
OH Leuven – Formation
OH Leuven
11'
90'
23', 37'
OH Leuven adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Óscar García Junyent decided to play with the following team: T. Leysen , Franco Russo , Ewoud Pletinckx , Federico Ricca , Richie Sagrado , Siebe Schrijvers , E. Banzuzi , Takahiro Akimoto , Youssef Maziz , Mathieu Maertens and Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson .
The home team had on the bench: P. Ngawa, Joren Dom, Jonatan Braut Brunes , Maxence Prévot, Kento Misao , Florian Miguel , Hamza Mendyl, Joël Schingtienne and Nachon Nsingi .
OH Leuven could not rely on the presence of Joël Schingtienne (injured).
Substitutions
OH Leuven made 5 changes: Federico Ricca for Joël Schingtienne (11′), Youssef Maziz for Kento Misao (70′), Mathieu Maertens for Jonatan Braut Brunes (70′), Franco Russo for Florian Miguel (87′) and Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson for Nachon Nsingi (87′).
Player of the match: Mathieu Maertens
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for OH Leuven was Mathieu Maertens .
His rating is with 2 goals, 21 passes (48% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Gent – Formation
Gent
Also Gent adopted the 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Hein Vanhaezebrouck played with: Davy Roef , Ismaël Kandouss , Tsuyoshi Watanabe , Jordan Torunarigha , Matisse Samoise , Julien De Sart , Omri Gandelman , Archie Brown , Hong Hyun-Seok , Tarik Tissoudali and M. Fernandez-Pardo .
They had on the bench: Pieter Gerkens , M. Sonko, Daisuke Yokota , Daniel Schmidt, F. Surdez , Stefan Mitrovic, Sven Kums , Laurent Depoitre and J. Mokio.
Substitutions
Gent made 4 changes: Archie Brown for Pieter Gerkens (70′), Julien De Sart for Sven Kums (81′), Tarik Tissoudali for F. Surdez (81′) and Jordan Torunarigha for J. Mokio (90′).
Player of the match: Matisse Samoise
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Gent was Matisse Samoise.
His rating is with 56 passes (75% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 8 duels out of 15. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Club Brugge – Antwerp – 3-0
- Kortrijk – Sporting Charleroi – 1-2
- Anderlecht – Union Saint-Gilloise – 2-1
- OH Leuven – Gent – 2-1
