DEURNE. Antwerp managed to find the solution against Beerschot-Wilrijk to win 2-1. M. Frey was the star player for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Beerschot-Wilrijk to strike first with a goal of J. Dom at the 42′. Then it was a goal in the 62′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Frey gave the win to Antwerp in the 83′ minute scoring a double. Antwerp was much better in terms of ball possession (71%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
T. De Smet received a red card (73′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Beerschot-Wilrijk lost the match.
The match was played at the Bosuilstadion stadium in Deurne on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen with the assistance of Mathias Hillaert and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.78 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.
Match Statistics
- ! 71 Ball Possession 29
Shots
- 13 Total 6
- 5 On Target 1
- 6 Off Target 3
- 2 Shots blocked 2
- 161 Attack 51
- 77 Dangerous attack 23
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 3
Fouls
- 13 Total 13
- 2 Yellow Cards 7
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 3 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Antwerp had a strong ball possession 71% while Beerschot-Wilrijk was struggling with a 29% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Antwerp was putting more pressure with 77 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Antwerp won the match.
Antwerp shot 13 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Beerschot-Wilrijk shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Antwerp received 2 yellow cards (Buta and A. Seck). On the opposite side, Beerschot-Wilrijk received 6 yellow cards (L. Shankland, T. De Smet, R. Sanusi, J. Dom, R. Holzhauser and J. Van den Bergh).
Also, Beerschot-Wilrijk didn’t end the match with 11 players after T. De Smet (Beerschot-Wilrijk) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (73′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Antwerp will have 56 points to sit in the 3rd place. Talking about the opposition, Beerschot-Wilrijk will stay with 16 points to sit in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Antwerp will play away with Anderlecht on the 13th of March with a 4-4 head to head statistic.
Beerschot-Wilrijk will host Gent on the 13th of March with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Gent (2 draws).
Antwerp – Formation
Antwerp
33'
58'
62', 83'
Antwerp started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Brian Priske Pedersen decided to play with the following team: Jean Butez , Jelle Bataille , Abdoulaye Seck , Dorian Dessoleil , Ritchie De Laet , Alhassan Yusuf , Birger Verstraete , Radja Nainggolan , Koji Miyoshi , Michel Ange Balikwisha and Michael Frey .
The home team had on the bench: Pieter Gerkens, Johannes Eggestein, Dinis Almeida, Ortwin De Wolf, Manuel Benson , Aurelio Buta and Mbwana Ally Samatta .
Substitutions
Antwerp made 3 changes: R. De Laet for Buta (33′), A. Yusuf for M. Benson (46′) and K. Miyoshi for M. Samatta (57′).
Best player: Michael Frey
The most impressive player for Antwerp was Michael Frey.
His rating is with 2 goals, 26 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8.
Beerschot-Wilrijk – Formation
Beerschot-Wilrijk
73'
Beerschot-Wilrijk started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Gregoire Vanderidt played with: Wouter Biebauw , Stipe Radić , Mauricio Lemos , Jan Van den Bergh , Joren Dom , Pierre Bourdin, Tom Pietermaat , Ilias Sebaoui , Ryan Sanusi , Thibault De Smet and Felipe Avenatti , Lawrence Shankland .
They had on the bench: Ramiro Vaca, Dante Rigo, Ismaila Cheick Coulibaly , Mohamed Réda Halaïmia , Antoine Lejoly and Raphael Holzhauser .
Substitutions
Beerschot-Wilrijk made 4 changes: L. Shankland for M. R. Halaimia (80′), S. Radic for R. Holzhauser (87′), T. Pietermaat for I. Coulibaly (87′) and I. Sebaoui for R. Vaca (89′).
Best player: Joren Dom
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Beerschot-Wilrijk was Joren Dom.
His rating is with 1 goal, 19 passes (63% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Anderlecht – KV Oostende – 3-0
- Gent – Zulte-Waregem – 2-1
- Antwerp – Beerschot-Wilrijk – 2-1
- Sporting Charleroi – Standard Liège – 0-0
- AS Eupen – OH Leuven – 3-1
