BRUGGE. Club Brugge beats Genk 3-1. Club Brugge made the most of its better ball possession (60%).
The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge who was helped by Christophe Battiston and Thibaud Nijssen. The 4th official was Bram Van Driessche. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.8 degrees Celsius or 44.19 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
Match Statistics
- 60 Ball Possession 40
Shots
- 14 Total 10
- 5 On Target 2
- 3 Off Target 5
- 6 Shots blocked 3
- 101 Attack 80
- 59 Dangerous attack 44
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 10 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 15
- 1 Yellow Cards 4
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 2 Substitutions 2
Ball possession
Club Brugge had a superior ball possession 60% while Genk was struggling with a 40% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Club Brugge was putting more pressure with 59 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Club Brugge won the match.
Club Brugge shot 14 times, 5 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Genk shot 10 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Club Brugge received 1 yellow card (S. Nsoki). Talking about the opposition, Genk received 4 yellow cards (A. Preciado, G. Arteaga, J. Ito and J. Paintsil).
Also, Genk didn’t end the match with 11 players after M. Sadick (Genk) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (64′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Club Brugge will have 66 points to remain in the 2nd place. Talking about the opposition, Genk will stay with 45 points like Sint-Truiden to hold in the 8th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Club Brugge will play away with Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 1st of April with a 2-1 head to head in favor of Club Brugge (1 draw).
Genk will host AS Eupen on the 3rd of April with a 11-2 head to head in favor of Genk (3 draws).
Club Brugge – Formation
Club Brugge
52'
4'
86'
Club Brugge started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Alfred Schreuder decided to play with the following team: .
Substitutions
Club Brugge made 2 changes: S. Adamyan for N. Lang (75′) and C. de Ketelaere for B. Dost (86′).
Genk – Formation
Genk
64'
Genk started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Bernd Storck played with: .
Substitutions
Genk made 2 changes: A. Ouattara Mohammed for L. Oyen (78′) and J. Paintsil for T. Bongonda (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Club Brugge – Genk – 3-1
- Gent – Anderlecht – 1-0
- Kortrijk – Standard Liège – 0-1
- Sint-Truiden – Beerschot-Wilrijk – 3-2
