VIRTON. Beerschot-Wilrijk was able to reverse the scoreline against Excelsior Virton to win 2-1. It was Excelsior Virton to strike first with a goal of H. Abdallah at the 17′. Then it was a goal in the 54′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, J. Van den Bergh gave the win to Beerschot-Wilrijk in the 75′ minute. Beerschot-Wilrijk made the most of its better ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Stade Yvan Georges stadium in Virton on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Michiel Allaerts with the assistance of Bryan Bijnens and Jordan Vandenborre. The 4th official was Maarten Toeback. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.8 degrees Celsius or 56.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Excelsior Virton

1 - 2

Beerschot-Wilrijk

  • 41 Ball Possession 59
Shots
  • 7 Total 10
  • 4 On Target 6
  • 3 Off Target 4
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 78 Attack 107
  • 47 Dangerous attack 68
  • 85 Ball safe 84
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 7
Fouls
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 6

Ball possession

Beerschot-Wilrijk had a strong ball possession 59% while Excelsior Virton was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Beerschot-Wilrijk was more pushing with 68 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Beerschot-Wilrijk won the contest.​

Excelsior Virton shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Beerschot-Wilrijk shot 10 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Excelsior Virton received 3 yellow cards (W. Remy, R. Khemais and H. Kage). On the opposite side, Beerschot-Wilrijk received 2 yellow cards (L. Meisl and H. Matthys).

Match Timeline

17'
40'
46'
53'
54'
59'
Hervé Matthys- Yellow
61'
61'
63'
Thibaud Verlinden- sub ->I. Sebaoui
63'
67'
68'
70'
75'
77'
Mardochée Nzita- sub ->M. Weymans
83'
85'
85'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
RWDM
69
32
Lommel United
51
32
Deinze
49
32
Waasland-Beveren
68
32
Club Brugge II
49
32
Dender
39
32
Beerschot-Wilrijk
49
32
Standard Liège II
27
32
KRC Genk II
26
32
Lierse Kempenzonen
46
32
RSC Anderlecht II
37
32
Excelsior Virton
25
32

After this contest, Excelsior Virton will stay with 7 points to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, Beerschot-Wilrijk will have 10 points like RSC Anderlecht II to hold in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the First Division B, Excelsior Virton will play away with RSC Anderlecht II on the 7th of October with a 0-0 head to head record.

Beerschot-Wilrijk will host Deinze on the 1st of October with a 0-0 head to head stats.

Excelsior Virton – Formation

Excelsior Virton
Karim Ilunga 17.France
67'
G
Thomas Vincensini 12.France
D
William Rémy 44.France
53'
D
Jonas Vinck 2.Belgium
D
Rayanne Khemais 29.France
70'
D
Matteo Perri 27.Italy
M
M. Doué 8.France
M
Ayyoub Allach 11.Belgium
61'
M
Simon Paulet 18.Belgium
85'
F
Yanick Aguemon 25.Benin
68'
F
Hakim Abdallah 7.Madagascar
61' 17'
Substitutes
G
Gabriel Burstein 45.Belgium
M
Michel Espinosa 24.France
61'
M
Herve Kage 10.Congo DR
67' 85'
M
Kéres Masangu 6.Belgium
85'
M
Matias Lloci 23.Belgium
F
Souleymane Anne 22.Mauritania
61'
F
Yann Mabella 9.France
68'

The manager Christian Bracconi decided to play with the following team: T. Vincensini, W. Rémy, J. Vinck, R. Khemais, M. Perri, M. Doue, A. Allach, S. Paulet, K. Ilunga, Y. Aguemon and H. Abdallah.

The home team had on the bench: S. Anne, M. Espinosa, H. Kage, Y. Mabella, K. Masangu, A. Sadin and M. Lloci.

Substitutions

Excelsior Virton made 5 changes: H. Abdallah for S. Anne (61′), A. Allach for M. Espinosa (61′), Y. Aguemon for Y. Mabella (67′), K. Ilunga for H. Kage (68′) and S. Paulet for K. Masangu (83′).

Beerschot-Wilrijk – Formation

Beerschot-Wilrijk
G
Bill Lathouwers 1.Belgium
D
Léo Seydoux 16.Switzerland
D
Hervé Matthys 3.Belgium
59'
D
Marco Weymans 28.Burundi
77'
D
Jan Van den Bergh 2.Belgium
75'
D
Luca Meisl 6.Austria
40'
M
Ryan Sanusi 18.Belgium
M
R. Vaca 11.Bolivia
63'
M
Andi Koshi 22.Belgium
46'
M
Ilias Sebaoui 40.Morocco
63'
M
N. Þórisson 17.Iceland
Substitutes
G
Davor Matijas 71.Croatia
D
Mardochée Nzita 24.Belgium
77'
D
Frederic Frans 4.Belgium
83'
M
Nauris Petkevičius 9.Lithuania
63'
M
Thibaud Verlinden 10.Belgium
63'
M
Abraham Okyere 21.Ghana
F
Thibo Baeten 7.Belgium
46' 54'

Andreas Wieland played with: B. Lathouwers, H. Matthys, M. Weymans, J. Van den Bergh, L. Meisl, L. Seydoux, R. Sanusi, R. Vaca, A. Koshi, I. Sebaoui and N. Þórisson.

They had on the bench: T. Baeten, N. Petkevičius, T. Verlinden, M. Nzita, F. Frans, D. Matijaš and A. Okyere.

Substitutions

Beerschot-Wilrijk made 5 changes: A. Koshi for T. Baeten (46′), I. Sebaoui for T. Verlinden (63′), R. Vaca for N. Petkevicius (63′), M. Weymans for M. Nzita (77′) and N. Thorisson for F. Frans (83′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the First Division B.​