OOSTENDE. KV Oostende tops AS Eupen 1-0 after N. Batzner scored just 1 goal (51′). AS Eupen was truly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).​

KV Oostende remained in 10 after A. Albanese received a double yellow card in the 57′. Anyway, KV Oostende still was capable to win this match competing only in 10​.

The match was played at the DIaz Arena stadium in Oostende on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen who was helped by Florian Lemaire and Bryan Bijnens. The 4th official was Matonga Simonini. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.14 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

AS Eupen had a strong ball possession 62% while KV Oostende was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

AS Eupen was more aggressive with 67 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 0 were on target. Anyhow, KV Oostende was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

KV Oostende shot 11 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, AS Eupen shot 13 times, 0 on target, 13 off target.

Cards

KV Oostende received 4 yellow cards (A. Albanese, T. Ambrose, Z. Medley and T. Sakamoto). On the other side, AS Eupen received 3 yellow cards (J. Davidson, J. Deom and M. Wakaso).

A. Albanese (KV Oostende) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (57′).

Standings

After playing this match, KV Oostende will have 9 points to remain in the 12th place. On the opposite side, AS Eupen will stay with 6 points like Westerlo and RFC Seraing to hold in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, KV Oostende will play away with Cercle Brugge on the 17th of September with a 8-1 head to head stats in favor of KV Oostende (4 draws).

KV Oostende – Formation

KV Oostende started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

The manager Yves Vanderhaeghe decided to play with the following team: Guillaume Hubert (7.2), Osaze Urhoghide (7.6), Anton Tanghe (7.0), Zech Medley (7.3), Tatsuhiro Sakamoto (7.4), Sieben Dewaele (6.8), Kenny Rocha Santos (6.8), Alessandro Albanese (6.1), Nick Batzner (7.4), Thierry Ambrose (6.6) and Fraser Hornby (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Mohamed Berte (7.0), Théo Ndicka Matam, Robbie D’Haese (6.4), David Atanga, Dillon Phillips, Alfons Amade (6.5) and Manuel Osifo.

Substitutions

KV Oostende made 4 changes: F. Hornby for R. D’Haese (62′), S. Dewaele for M. Berte (85′), T. Ambrose for A. Amade (85′) and N. Batzner for D. Atanga (90′).

Best player: Osaze Urhoghide​

The player that probably impressed the most for KV Oostende was Osaze Urhoghide even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 27 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 12.

AS Eupen – Formation

AS Eupen started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Bernd Storck played with: Lennart Moser (6.6), Yentl Van Genechten (7.1), Rune Paeshuyse (7.1), Boris Lambert (7.3), Jason Davidson (7.1), James Jeggo (6.9), Stef Peeters (7.1), Mubarak Wakaso (6.7), Regan Charles-Cook (7.5), Sambou Soumano (6.8) and Isaac Nuhu (6.8).

These were the players on the bench: Gary Magnee (7.4), Smail Prevljak (6.4), Konan N’Dri (6.9), Djeidi Gassama (6.4), Jerome Deom (6.5), Jan Král and Abdul Manaf Nurudeen.

Substitutions

AS Eupen made 5 changes: Y. Van Genechten for G. Magnee (46′), J. Jeggo for S. Prevljak (63′), S. Soumano for D. Gassama (76′), R. Charles-Cook for K. Ndri (84′) and J. Davidson for J. Deom (84′).

Best player: Regan Charles-Cook​

The player that probably impressed the most for AS Eupen was Regan Charles-Cook.

His rating is (7.5) with 25 passes (84% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 12. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• KV Oostende – AS Eupen – 1-0
• RFC Seraing – Club Brugge – 0-2
• Kortrijk – Mechelen – 1-4
• OH Leuven – Sporting Charleroi – 3-2