Westerlo overcomes RWDM 2-1. HIGHLIGHTS

BRUXELLES. Westerlo overcame RWDM to win 2-1.

October 18, 2021

BRUXELLES. Westerlo beat RWDM to win 2-1. It was Westerlo to strike first with a goal of M. de Cuyper at the 34′. Then E. Daci scored again for Westerlo in the 37′ minute with a goal. Eventually, N. Rommens reduced the distance for RWDM with a penalty. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.

The match was played at the Edmond Machtens-Stadion stadium in Bruxelles on Sunday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Jordy Vermeire with the assistance of Bryan Bijnens and Thibault Holvoet. The 4th official was Baptiste Federico. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 10.7 degrees Celsius or 51.17 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.

Match Statistics

RWDM

1 - 2

Westerlo

50 Ball Possession 50

Shots

9 Total 10
3 On Target 4
6 Off Target 6
0 Shots blocked 0

99 Attack 99
57 Dangerous attack 63
88 Ball safe 80

1 Penalties 0
4 Corners 2

Fouls

3 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

5 Substitutions 3

The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.

Ball possession

None of the teams had an upper hand in terms of ball possession. RWDM was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Westerlo that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Westerlo was more aggressive with 63 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Westerlo won the match.

RWDM shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Westerlo shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

RWDM received 3 yellow cards (A. Dante, B. Van Den Bogaert and N. Rommens). On the opposite side, Westerlo received 3 yellow cards (E. Jordanov, L. Van Eenoo and M. de Cuyper).

Match Timeline

32'

Edisson Jordanov- Yellow

34'

37'

46'

49'

63'

66'

76'

Alexis Goncalves Pereira- sub ->B. Van Den Bogaert

77'

Alexis Goncalves Pereira- sub ->Bryan Van Den Bogaert

77'

81'

83'

88'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, RWDM will stay with 8 points to stay in the 7th place. On the other side, Westerlo will have 20 points to stay in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the First Division B, RWDM will play away against Royal Excel Mouscron on the 22nd of October with a 1-0 head to head in favor of RWDM (0 draws).

Westerlo will host Excelsior Virton on the 24th of October with a 4-2 head to head in favor of Westerlo (1 draw).

RWDM – Formation

RWDM

Théo Defourny 33.Belgium

Bryan Van Den Bogaert 18.Belgium

77'

66'

Gilles Ruyssen 22.Belgium

Florian Le Joncour 3.France

Nicolas Rommens 94.Belgium

83'

49'

Jarno Libert 24.Belgium

T. Gécé 20.Belgium

63'

L. Nangis 8.Guadeloupe

C. Lavie 27.France

46'

Kévin Nzuzi Mata 7.France

63'

William Togui 9.Ivory Coast

Substitutes

Sada Diallo 19.Mali

Nicolas Alavoine 1.Belgium

Abdoul Karim Dante 2.Mali

63'

76'

T. Mpati 23.Belgium

Glenn Claes 13.Belgium

63'

Z. El Ouahdi 77.Morocco

46'

A. Goncalves 97.France

77'

The manager Vincent Euvrard decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

RWDM made 5 changes: C. Lavie for Z. El Ouahdi (46′), T. Gece for A. Dante (63′), K. Nzuzi Mata for G. Claes (63′), B. Van Den Bogaert for A. Goncalves (77′) and J. Libert for T. Mpati Bibuangu (77′).