GENT. Gent bested Zulte-Waregem to win 2-1. A goal from R. Bezus was decisive in the 90min. It was Gent to strike first with a goal of L. Depoitre at the 12′. Then it was a goal in the 70′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, R. Bezus gave the win to Gent in the 90′ minute with a goal. Gent was definitely better in terms of ball possession (67%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the GHELAMCO-arena stadium in Gent on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge with the collaboration of Christophe Battiston and Vito Divincenzo. The 4th official was Brent Staessens. The weather was clear. The temperature was quite cold at 1.9 degrees Celsius or 35.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 27 Total 11
- 10 On Target 5
- 13 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 2
- 174 Attack 72
- 80 Dangerous attack 23
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 0
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 5 Total 8
- 0 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 2 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Gent had a superior ball possession 67% while Zulte-Waregem was struggling with a 33% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Gent was putting more pressure with 80 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Gent won the match.
Gent shot 22 times, 8 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Zulte-Waregem shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Gent didn’t receive any yellow card. On the opposite side, Zulte-Waregem received 3 yellow cards (A. Ciranni, T. Derijck and A. Sissako).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Gent will have 52 points to hold in the 5th place. On the opposite side, Zulte-Waregem will stay with 29 points to hold in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Gent will play away against Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 13th of March with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (2 draws).
Zulte-Waregem will host AS Eupen on the 12th of March with a 10-0 head to head record in favor of Zulte-Waregem (3 draws).
Gent – Formation
Gent
76'
12'
Gent started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck decided to play with the following team: Davy Roef , Andreas Hanche-Olsen , Michael Ngadeu , Jordan Torunarigha , Matisse Samoise , Sven Kums , Andrew Hjulsager , Julien De Sart , Núrio Fortuna , Laurent Depoitre and Yonas Malede .
The home team had on the bench: Bruno Godeau, Christopher Operi, Sinan Bolat, Elisha Owusu, Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe , Roman Bezus and Joseph Okumu.
Substitutions
Gent made 2 changes: Y. Malede for R. Bezus (76′) and N. Fortuna for V. Odjidja-Ofoe (76′).
Best player: Andrew Hjulsager
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Gent was Andrew Hjulsager even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 53 passes (84% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11. He performed 8 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Zulte-Waregem – Formation
Zulte-Waregem
60'
Zulte-Waregem started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Davy De fauw played with: Sammy Bossut , Alessandro Ciranni , Ewoud Pletinckx , Timothy Derijck , Laurens De Bock , Idrissa Doumbia , Frank Boya , Jean-Luc Dompe , Jelle Vossen , Dion De Neve and Zinho Gano .
They had on the bench: Cameron Humphreys, Ibrahima Seck, Sef van Damme, Abdoulaye Sissako , Dion Cools, David Hubert and Dereck Kutesa.
Substitutions
Zulte-Waregem made 3 changes: F. Boya for A. Sissako (64′), J. Dompe for D. Kutesa (90′) and I. Doumbia for I. Seck (90′).
Best player: Sammy Bossut
The player that probably impressed the most for Zulte-Waregem was the goalkeeper: Sammy Bossut. His rating is 7.83. He performed 7 saves.
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
