Westerlo tops Sporting Charleroi 3-2

CHARLEROI. Westerlo overcome Sporting Charleroi.

By
Luke Meyer
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Westerlo tops Sporting Charleroi 3-2

CHARLEROI. Westerlo prevailed over Sporting Charleroi. Sporting Charleroi was truly better in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stade du Pays de Charleroi stadium in Charleroi on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Arthur Denil with the assistance of Michael Geerolf and Quentin Lesceux. The 4th official was Alexandre Boucaut. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.2 degrees Celsius or 50.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Sporting Charleroi

2 - 3

Team 1

Westerlo

  • ! 65 Ball Possession 35
Shots
  • 7 Total 4
  • 3 On Target 3
  • 4 Off Target 1
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 56 Attack 33
  • 50 Dangerous attack 13
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 0
  • 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
  • 9 Total 4
  • 0 Yellow Cards 0
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting Charleroi had a superior ball possession 65% while Westerlo was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sporting Charleroi was more aggressive with 50 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, Westerlo was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Sporting Charleroi shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Westerlo shot 4 times, 3 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

None of the teams received any yellow card.

Match Timeline

3'
B. Reynolds(goal)M. de Cuyper
10'
Isaac Mbenza (goal)K. Nkuba
36'
Ryota Morioka- sub ->I. Mbenza
65'
65'
68'
Pietro Perdichizzi- sub ->Lucas Mineiro
68'
Mathias Fixelles- sub ->I. Vetokele
73'
73'
Kyan Vaesen- sub ->N. Chadli
73'
Youssouph Badji- sub ->A. Gholizadeh
84'
86'
Youssouph Badji(goal)A. Zorgane
88'
90'
Kyan Vaesen(goal)N. Dorgeles

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Gent
44
6
Antwerp
47
6
Cercle Brugge
36
6
Genk
46
6
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
6
Westerlo
30
6
Standard Liège
30
6
Club Brugge
36
6
OH Leuven
48
34
Sporting Charleroi
48
34
Anderlecht
46
34
Sint-Truiden
42
34
Mechelen
40
34
Kortrijk
31
34
AS Eupen
28
34
Zulte-Waregem
27
34
KV Oostende
27
34
RFC Seraing
20
34

After playing this match, Sporting Charleroi will stay with 12 points like Westerlo to sit in the 9th place. On the other side, Westerlo will have 12 points like Sporting Charleroi to hold in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sporting Charleroi will play away with Sint-Truiden on the 14th of October with a 11-5 head to head record in favor of Sporting Charleroi (12 draws).

Westerlo will host Zulte-Waregem on the 1st of October with a 8-5 head to head stats in favor of Zulte-Waregem (10 draws).

Sporting Charleroi – Formation

Sporting Charleroi
G
Hervé Koffi 16.Burkina Faso
6.0
D
Stefan Knezevic  3.Switzerland
6.6
D
Loïc Bessilé  5.Togo
6.8
65'
D
Stelios Andreou 21.Cyprus
6.7
M
Marco Ilaimaharitra 26.Madagascar
6.2
M
Adem Zorgane 6.Algeria
7.8
M
Jackson Tchatchoua 38.Belgium
6.5
73'
M
Ken Nkuba 28.Belgium
7.0
F
Ali Gholizadeh 8.Iran
7.4
84'
F
Daan Heymans 18.Belgium
7.0
F
Isaac Mbenza  7.Belgium
7.4
65' Goals36'
Substitutes
G
Pierre Patron 1.France
D
Jonas Bager 2.Denmark
D
Joris Kayembe 12.Belgium
6.8
65'
M
Dillon Sheppard 25.France
6.2
M
Ryota Morioka 44.Japan
6.6
65'
F
Anthony Descotte  15.Belgium
6.8
73'
F
Youssouph Badji 10.Senegal
7.2
84' Goals88'

Sporting Charleroi started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Edward Still decided to play with the following team: Hervé Koffi (6.0), Stefan Knežević (6.6), Stelios Andreou (6.7), Loic Bessile (6.8), Ken Nkuba (7.0), Marco Ilaimaharitra (6.2), Adem Zorgane (7.8), Jackson Tchatchoua (6.5), Ali Gholizadeh (7.4), Isaac Mbenza (7.4) and Daan Heymans (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Anthony Descotte (6.8), Damien Marcq (6.2), Youssouph Badji (7.2), J. Bager, P. Patron, Ryota Morioka (6.6) and Joris Kayembe Ditu (6.8).

Substitutions

Sporting Charleroi made 4 changes: I. Mbenza for R. Morioka (65′), L. Bessile for J. Kayembe (65′), J. Tchatchoua for D. Marcq (74′) and A. Gholizadeh for Y. Badji (84′).

Best player: Adem Zorgane​

The most impressive player for Sporting Charleroi was Adem Zorgane.

His rating is (7.8) with 110 passes (85% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 5. He performed 2 crosses.

Westerlo – Formation

Westerlo
G
Sinan Bolat   1.Turkey
6.3
D
Rubin Seigers 23.Belgium
6.8
D
B. Reynolds 22.United States
7.0
Goals3'
D
R. Tagir 24.Turkey
7.2
D
Maxim De Cuyper 11.Belgium
8.2
Goals10'
M
Nacer Chadli 5.Belgium
6.2
73'
M
H. Akbunar 35.Turkey
6.8
73'
M
Lucas Mineiro 6.Brazil
6.6
68'
M
Nicolas Madsen 8.Denmark
7.1
M
Igor Vetokele 25.Angola
6.5
68'
F
Lyle Foster 9.South Africa
6.9
86'
Substitutes
G
Nick Gillekens 20.Belgium
D
Pietro Perdichizzi 2.Belgium
6.4
68'
D
Roman Neustädter 33.Russia
M
Dorgeles Nene 45.Mali
7.3
86'
M
Mathias Fixelles 4.Belgium
6.4
68'
F
Tuur Dierckx 55.Belgium
6.1
73'
F
Kyan Vaesen 14.Belgium
7.1
73' Goals90'

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

Jonas De Roeck played with: Sinan Bolat (6.3), Bryan Reynolds (7.0), Rubin Seigers (6.8), Ravil Tagir (7.2), Maxim De Cuyper (8.2), Nicolas Madsen (7.1), Lucas Mineiro (6.6), Halil Akbunar (6.8), Igor Vetokele (6.5), Nacer Chadli (6.2) and Lyle Foster (6.9).

These were the players on the bench: Nene Dorgeles (7.3), N. Gillekens, Tuur Dierckx (6.1), Mathias Fixelles (6.4), Pietro Perdichizzi (6.4), R. Neustädter and Kyan Vaesen (7.1).

Westerlo could not rely on the presence of T. Dierckx (injured).

Substitutions

Westerlo made 5 changes: Lucas Mineiro for P. Perdichizzi (68′), I. Vetokele for M. Fixelles (68′), H. Akbunar for T. Dierckx (73′), N. Chadli for K. Vaesen (73′) and L. Foster for N. Dorgeles (86′).

Best player: Maxim De Cuyper​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Westerlo was Maxim De Cuyper.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 29 passes (65% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8.

Results of the day

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