Sporting Charleroi demolishes Cercle Brugge 5-0 after playing a fantastic match

CHARLEROI. Sporting Charleroi obliterates Cercle Brugge 5-0 with goals of

March 20, 2022

CHARLEROI. Sporting Charleroi wipes out Cercle Brugge 5-0 with goals of J. Kayembe (6′), V. Bayo (9′), V. Bayo (35′), D. Heymans (41′) and A. Zaroury (55′). Sporting Charleroi was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

The match was played at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi stadium in Charleroi on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Bram Van Driessche with the support of Yves De Neve and Kevin Monteny. The 4th official was Matonga Simonini. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 8.4 degrees Celsius or 47.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.

Match Statistics

Sporting Charleroi

5 - 0

Cercle Brugge

! 63 Ball Possession 37

Shots

12 Total 9
11 On Target 4
1 Off Target 1
0 Shots blocked 4

83 Attack 99
25 Dangerous attack 46
0 Ball safe 0

0 Penalties 0
2 Corners 3
1 Off Sides 1

Fouls

18 Total 5
2 Yellow Cards 0
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 7

Ball possession

Sporting Charleroi was in firm control of the ball 63% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cercle Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 46 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Sporting Charleroi was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.

Sporting Charleroi shot 12 times, 11 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge shot 9 times, 4 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Sporting Charleroi received 2 yellow cards (S. Knezevic and M. Wasinski). On the other side, Cercle Brugge didn’t receive any yellow card.

Also, Cercle Brugge didn’t finish the match with 11 players after E. Utkus (Cercle Brugge) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (22′).

Match Timeline

Stefan Knezevic - Yellow

19'

22'

Edgaras Utkus- Red

22'

Edgaras Utkus- Red

35'

Daan Heymans(goal)V. Bayo

41'

46'

Thibo Somers - sub ->Rabbi Matondo

55'

62'

69'

79'

90'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this encounter, Sporting Charleroi will have 51 points to remain in the 6th place. On the other side, Cercle Brugge will stay with 43 points to remain in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sporting Charleroi will play away against Anderlecht on the 3rd of April with a 23-9 head to head statistic in favor of Anderlecht (6 draws).

Cercle Brugge will host Gent on the 3rd of April with a 20-6 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (4 draws).

Sporting Charleroi – Formation

Sporting Charleroi

Hervé Koffi 16.Burkina Faso

8.1

Stefan Knezevic 3.Switzerland

7.6

19'

Stelios Andreou 21.Cyprus

7.6

Valentine Ozornwafor 25.Nigeria

7.4

Joris Kayembe 12.Belgium

8.3

69'

Marco Ilaimaharitra 26.Madagascar

6.7

69'

Adem Zorgane 6.Algeria

8.0

Jackson Tchatchoua 38.Belgium

6.8

Daan Heymans 18.Belgium

8.2

41'

Vakoun Bayo 9.Ivory Coast

8.5

9', 35'

Youssouph Badji 10.Senegal

6.4

Substitutes

Bingourou Kamara 1.Senegal

M. Wasinski 31.Belgium

6.9

79'

Loïc Bessilé 5.Togo

Ali Gholizadeh 8.Iran

6.4

69'

Anass Zaroury 70.Morocco

7.3

55'

Ken Nkuba 28.Belgium

6.4

69'

Isaac Mbenza 7.Belgium

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

The manager Edward Still decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Sporting Charleroi made 5 changes: V. Bayo for A. Zaroury (51′), M. Ilaimaharitra for A. Gholizadeh (69′), J. Kayembe for K. Tshiend (69′), D. Heymans for M. Wasinski (70′) and J. Tchatchoua for I. Mbenza (88′).

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Cercle Brugge

Warleson 21.Brazil

6.8

Dimitar Velkovski 19.Bulgaria

6.0

Jesper Daland 4.Norway

5.8

Vitinho 2.Brazil

5.7

62'

Edgaras Utkus 6.Lithuania

4.1

22'

Hannes Van Der Bruggen 28.Belgium

6.6

Leonardo Lopes 22.Portugal

6.4

46'

Dino Hotic 10.Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.6

90'

Olivier Deman 23.Belgium

6.8

Rabbi Matondo 11.Wales

6.5

46'

K. Denkey 9.Togo

6.3

Substitutes

Sébastien Bruzzese 89.Belgium

Alexander Corryn 25.Belgium

90'

Robbe Decostere 8.Belgium

6.6

62'

Boris Popovic 5.Serbia

6.6

Charles Vanhoutte 14.Belgium

6.7

46'

Silvere Ganvoula 35.Republic of the Congo

Thibo Somers 34.Belgium

6.5

46'

Cercle Brugge started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Dominik Thalhammer played with: .

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 5 changes: A. Denkey for B. Popovic (25′), L. Lopes for C. Vanhoutte (46′), R. Matondo for T. Somers (46′), Vitinho for R. Decostere (62′) and D. Hotic for A. Corryn (90′).