KORTRIJK. Kortrijk beat Antwerp to win 2-1. A penalty from V. Janssen was decisive in the 90min. It was Kortrijk to strike first with a goal of F. Avenatti at the 21′. Then F. Selemani scored again for Kortrijk in the 42′ minute. Eventually, V. Janssen reduced the distance for Antwerp a penalty (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Antwerp was definitely better in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Bram Van Driessche with the collaboration of Yves De Neve and Kevin Monteny. The 4th official was Jan Boterberg. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.18 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Antwerp had a strong ball possession 62% while Kortrijk was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Antwerp was more pushing with 55 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. Anyway, Kortrijk was able to find the solution to win this match.
Kortrijk shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Antwerp shot 20 times, 5 on target, 15 off target.
Cards
Kortrijk received 4 yellow cards (D. Lamkel Ze, F. Avenatti, M. Ilic and K. Vandendriessche). On the other side, Antwerp received 1 yellow card (A. Yusuf).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Kortrijk will have 10 points like KV Oostende to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Antwerp will stay with 27 points to remain in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Kortrijk will host Zulte-Waregem on the 15th of October with a 14-13 head to head statistic in favor of Zulte-Waregem (9 draws).
Antwerp will host Genk on the 23rd of October with a 7-3 head to head in favor of Genk (4 draws).
Kortrijk – Formation
Kortrijk
89'
71'
42'
Kortrijk started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Adnan Čustović decided to play with the following team: Marko Ilić , Oleksii Sych , Tsuyoshi Watanabe , Aleksandar Radovanović , Kristof D’Haene , David Henen , Habib Keita , Satoshi Tanaka , Faïz Selemani , Felipe Avenatti and Didier Lamkel Zé .
The home team had on the bench: Dylan Mbayo, Kevin Vandendriessche, Stjepan Lončar , Billal Messaoudi , Luqman Hakim, Tom Vandenberghe, Luca Foubert, Pape Habib Gueye, Nayel Mehssatou and Amine Benchaib.
Substitutions
Kortrijk made 3 changes: D. Henen for B. Messaoudi (71′), F. Avenatti for S. Loncar (76′) and D. Lamkel Ze for K. Vandendriessche (90′).
Best player: Satoshi Tanaka
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Kortrijk was Satoshi Tanaka even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Antwerp – Formation
Antwerp
Antwerp started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
Mark van Bommel played with: Jean Butez , Jelle Bataille , Toby Alderweireld , William Pacho , Sam Vines , Pieter Gerkens , Alhassan Yusuf , Calvin Stengs , Radja Nainggolan , Koji Miyoshi and Vincent Janssen .
These were the players on the bench: Bruny Nsimba , Anthony Valencia , Arbnor Muja , Ritchie De Laet , Jurgen Ekkelenkamp , Dinis Almeida and Ortwin De Wolf.
Substitutions
Antwerp made 5 changes: K. Miyoshi for A. Muja (44′), R. Nainggolan for J. Ekkelenkamp (46′), S. Vines for R. De Laet (77′), J. Bataille for B. Nsimba (78′) and A. Yusuf for A. Valencia (78′).
Best player: Calvin Stengs
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Antwerp was Calvin Stengs.
His rating is with 40 passes (85% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Sint-Truiden – AS Eupen – 0-1
- Kortrijk – Antwerp – 2-1
- Gent – Cercle Brugge – 3-4
- Anderlecht – Sporting Charleroi – 0-1
