BRUSSELS. Anderlecht was eventually too good for KV Oostende with the goal of L. Refaelov (50′), Y. Verschaeren (78′) and B. Raman (82′). Anderlecht was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (61%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Lotto Park stadium in Brussels. The referee was Wesli De Cremer with the collaboration of Yves De Neve and Quentin Lesceux. The 4th official was Matonga Simonini. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5.8 degrees Celsius or 42.46 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 53%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Anderlecht was in firm control of the ball 61% while KV Oostende was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Anderlecht was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Anderlecht won the match​.

Anderlecht shot 13 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, KV Oostende shot 11 times, 1 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Anderlecht received 1 yellow card (W. Hoedt). Regarding the opposition, KV Oostende received 2 yellow cards (S. Fortes and M. Gueye).

Standings

After playing this match, Anderlecht will have 55 points to remain in the 4th place. On the other side, KV Oostende will stay with 32 points to sit in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Anderlecht will host Antwerp on the 13th of March with a 4-4 head to head stats.

KV Oostende will host Club Brugge on the 12th of March with a 17-2 head to head in favor of Club Brugge (2 draws).

Anderlecht – Formation

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

The manager Vincent Kompany decided to play with the following team: Hendrik Van Crombrugge (7.2), Bogdan Mykhaylichenko (7.7), Lisandro Magallán (7.6), Wesley Hoedt (7.3), Sergio Gómez (7.0), Yari Verschaeren (7.6), Josh Cullen (7.3), Majeed Ashimeru (7.5), Lior Refaelov (7.4), Christian Kouamé (7.0) and Joshua Zirkzee (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Kristoffer Olsson (6.4), Bart Verbruggen, Kristian Fredrik Malt Arnstad, Anouar Ait El Hadj, Killian Sardella (6.8), Francis Amuzu (7.1), Marco Kana, Colin Coosemans, Benito Raman (7.3) and Mario Stroeykens (6.2).

Substitutions

Anderlecht made 5 changes: J. Zirkzee for B. Raman (71′), L. Refaelov for F. Amuzu (72′), B. Mykhaylichenko for K. Sardella (80′), C. Kouame for M. Stroeykens (85′) and M. Ashimeru for K. Olsson (85′).

Best player: Bogdan Mykhaylichenko​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Anderlecht was Bogdan Mykhaylichenko even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.7) with 57 passes (80% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6. He performed 2 crosses.

KV Oostende – Formation

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

Yves Vanderhaeghe played with: Kjell Scherpen (6.4), Osaze Urhoghide (6.9), Steven Fortes (6.5), Anton Tanghe (6.8), Brecht Capon (7.2), Cameron McGeehan (6.2), Maxime D’Arpino (6.8), Kenny Rocha Santos (6.4), Théo Ndicka Matam (6.2), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (6.9) and Makhtar Gueye (6.6).

These were the players on the bench: Thierry Ambrose (6.7), Evangelos Patoulidis, Alessandro Albanese, Nick Batzner (6.3), Robbie D’Haese (6.3), Guillaume Hubert and David Atanga (6.6).

KV Oostende could not rely on the presence of D. Atanga (injured).

Substitutions

KV Oostende made 4 changes: T. Ndicka Matam for D. Atanga (8′), M. D’Arpino for N. Batzner (54′), D. Atanga for T. Ambrose (70′) and A. Tanghe for R. D’Haese (70′).

Best player: Brecht Capon​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for KV Oostende was Brecht Capon.

His rating is (7.2) with 29 passes (68% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 9 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.

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