MECHELEN. Mechelen conquers Sporting Charleroi 1-0 after J. Vanlerberghe scored just 1 goal (50′). Sporting Charleroi lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the AFAS-stadion Achter de Kazerne stadium in Mechelen on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge who was helped by Christophe Battiston and Vito Divincenzo. The 4th official was Arthur Denil. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 15 degrees Celsius or 59.04 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Mechelen

1 - 0

Sporting Charleroi

  • 43 Ball Possession 57
Shots
  • 5 Total 12
  • 1 On Target 6
  • 4 Off Target 6
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 149 Attack 117
  • 84 Dangerous attack 66
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 5 Corners 2
  • 4 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 8 Total 7
  • 0 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting Charleroi had a strong ball possession 57% while Mechelen was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Mechelen was more aggressive with 84 dangerous attacks and 5 shots of which 1 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Mechelen won the match​.

Mechelen shot 5 times, 1 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Sporting Charleroi shot 12 times, 6 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Mechelen received 1 yellow card (Vinicius Souza). On the other side, Sporting Charleroi received 4 yellow cards (Y. Nadrani, I. Cisse, V. Ozornwafor and A. Zorgane).

Match Timeline

37'
40'
42'
42'
Valentine Ozornwafor- Yellow
47'
Adem Zorgane- Yellow
50'
69'
Daan Heymans- sub ->A. Gholizadeh
69'
74'
77'
77'
Youssouph Badji- sub ->V. Bayo
77'
Isaac Mbenza - sub ->J. Kayembe
83'
88'
88'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Club Brugge
50
6
Gent
43
6
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
6
Genk
37
6
Sporting Charleroi
34
6
Anderlecht
40
6
Mechelen
30
6
Antwerp
36
6
Sint-Truiden
51
34
Cercle Brugge
45
34
OH Leuven
41
34
KV Oostende
37
34
Kortrijk
37
34
Standard Liège
36
34
AS Eupen
32
34
Zulte-Waregem
32
34
RFC Seraing
28
34
Beerschot-Wilrijk
16
34

After this match, Mechelen will have 29 points like Genk to hold in the 5th place. On the other side, Sporting Charleroi will stay with 27 points to hold in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Mechelen will host Genk on the 21st of May with a 14-10 head to head stats in favor of Genk (6 draws).

Sporting Charleroi will play away agasint Gent on the 21st of May with a 17-11 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (10 draws).

Mechelen – Formation

Mechelen
G
Gaëtan Coucke 1.Belgium
D
Thibault Peyre 23.France
D
Lucas Bijker 3.Netherlands
88'
D
Sandy Walsh 5.Indonesia
M
Jordi Vanlerberghe 30.Belgium
42' 50'
M
Geoffry Hairemans 7.Belgium
74'
M
Rob Schoofs 16.Belgium
M
Vini Souza 33.Brazil
37'
M
Kerim Mrabti 19.Sweden
88'
F
Nikola Storm 11.Belgium
83'
F
Hugo Cuypers 14.Belgium
Substitutes
G
Yannick Thoelen 15.Belgium
D
R. van Drongelen 34.Netherlands
88'
M
S. Gouet 17.Cameroon
74'
M
O. Kaya 8.Belgium
M
Jannes Van Hecke 6.Belgium
F
Maryan Shved 35.Ukraine
83'
F
G. Engvall 20.Sweden
88'

The manager Wouter Vrancken decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Mechelen made 4 changes: T. Gece for A. Keita (79′), N. Storm for M. Shved (83′), K. Mrabti for G. Engvall (88′) and L. Bijker for R. van Drongelen (88′).

Sporting Charleroi – Formation

Sporting Charleroi
G
Hervé Koffi 16.Burkina Faso
D
Stefan Knezevic 3.Switzerland
D
Loïc Bessilé 5.Togo
D
Valentine Ozornwafor 25.Nigeria
42'
M
Joris Kayembe 12.Belgium
77'
M
Ryota Morioka 44.Japan
69'
M
Marco Ilaimaharitra 26.Madagascar
M
Ali Gholizadeh 8.Iran
69' 40'
M
Adem Zorgane 6.Algeria
47'
F
Vakoun Bayo 9.Ivory Coast
77'
F
Ken Nkuba 28.Belgium
77'
Substitutes
G
Bingourou Kamara 1.Senegal
D
Stelios Andreou 21.Cyprus
M
Daan Heymans 18.Belgium
69'
M
Jackson Tchatchoua 38.Belgium
77'
F
Anass Zaroury 70.Morocco
69'
F
Youssouph Badji 10.Senegal
77'
F
Isaac Mbenza 7.Belgium
77'

Edward Still played with: .

Substitutions

Sporting Charleroi made 5 changes: Marius for M. Cachbach (72′), M. Poaty for B. Boulenger (83′), Y. Maziz for S. Mansoni (90′), V. Bayo for Y. Badji (77′) and J. Kayembe for I. Mbenza (77′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​