GENT. Antwerp found a way to reverse the score against Gent to win 2-1. All goals were scored in the first half. It was Gent to strike first with a goal of S. Kums at the 10′. Then it was a goal in the 15′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Frey gave the win to Antwerp in the 27′ minute with a penalty.
The match was played at the GHELAMCO-arena stadium in Gent on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Nicolas Laforge who had the assistance of Laurent Conotte and Vito Divincenzo. The 4th official was Kevin Debeuckelaere. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 23.2 degrees Celsius or 73.76 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 54%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Gent was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Antwerp that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Gent was more pushing with 63 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, Antwerp found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Gent shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. Regarding the opposition, Antwerp shot 6 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Gent received 3 yellow cards (V. Odjidja-Ofoe, A. Castro-Montes and A. Castro-Montes). Talking about the opposition, Antwerp received 3 yellow cards (D. Almeida, K. Miyoshi and K. Miyoshi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Gent will stay with 8 points to remain in the 9th place. On the other side, Antwerp will have 15 points like Genk to hold in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Antwerp will host Westerlo on the 4th of September with a 1-1 head to head stats.
Gent – Formation
Gent
10'
84'
25'
Gent started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Hein Vanhaezebrouck decided to play with the following team: Davy Roef , Andreas Hanche-Olsen , Michael Ngadeu , Joseph Okumu , Matisse Samoise , Hyunseok Hong , Sven Kums , Andrew Hjulsager , Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe , Laurent Depoitre and Hugo Cuypers .
The home team had on the bench: Jens Petter Hauge , Bruno Godeau, Alessio Castro-Montes , Darko Lemajić , Jordan Torunarigha, Ibrahim Salah and Celestin De Schrevel.
Substitutions
Gent made 3 changes: V. Odjidja-Ofoe for A. Castro-Montes (65′), M. Samoise for J. P. Hauge (85′) and M. Samoise for J. P. Hauge (85′).
Best player: Hyunseok Hong
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Gent was Hyunseok Hong.
His rating is with 49 passes (67% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 13 duels out of 15. He performed 1 cross.
Antwerp – Formation
Antwerp
Antwerp started with a 5-3-2 line-up (5-3-2).
Mark van Bommel played with: Jean Butez , Jelle Bataille , Dinis Almeida , Toby Alderweireld , William Pacho , Sam Vines , Pieter Gerkens , Radja Nainggolan , Alhassan Yusuf , Vincent Janssen and Michael Frey .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Gastón Ávila , Christopher Scott , Koji Miyoshi , Ritchie De Laet , Jurgen Ekkelenkamp , Anthony Valencia and Ortwin De Wolf.
Antwerp could not rely on the presence of J. Ekkelenkamp (injured) and G. Avila (injured).
Substitutions
Antwerp made 5 changes: M. Frey for J. Ekkelenkamp (44′), R. Nainggolan for C. Scott (67′), J. Bataille for R. De Laet (77′), V. Janssen for K. Miyoshi (77′) and W. Pacho for G. Avila (77′).
Best player: Alhassan Yusuf
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Antwerp was Alhassan Yusuf even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 50 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 14.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Westerlo – AS Eupen – 0-1
- Kortrijk – Standard Liège – 0-1
- Gent – Antwerp – 1-2
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Anderlecht – 2-1
