BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise conquered Cercle Brugge to win 2-1. It was Union Saint-Gilloise to strike first with an early goal of D. Vanzeir at the 3′. Then S. Adingra scored again for Union Saint-Gilloise in the 56′ minute. Eventually, Y. Gboho reduced the distance for Cercle Brugge (75′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Stade Joseph Mariën stadium in Brussels on Sunday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Jasper Vergoote with the support of Michael Geerolf and Nico Claes. The 4th official was Anthony Letellier.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 16 Total 13
- 2 On Target 4
- 14 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 71 Attack 153
- 34 Dangerous attack 45
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 4
- 1 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 10 Total 7
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Union Saint-Gilloise was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Cercle Brugge that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cercle Brugge was more aggressive with 45 dangerous attacks and 13 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, Union Saint-Gilloise found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Union Saint-Gilloise shot 16 times, 2 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Union Saint-Gilloise didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Cercle Brugge received 1 yellow card (J. Marcelin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 22 points like Club Brugge to hold in the 4th place. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge will stay with 9 points like AS Eupen to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Union Saint-Gilloise will play away against RFC Seraing on the 30th of October with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Union Saint-Gilloise (0 draws).
Cercle Brugge will play away agasint Kortrijk on the 29th of October with a 19-6 head to head record in favor of Kortrijk (2 draws).
Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation
Union Saint-Gilloise
25'
56'
Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Karel Geraerts decided to play with the following team: Anthony Moris , Ismael Kandouss , Christian Burgess , Siebe Van Der Heyden , Loic Lapoussin , Senne Lynen , Jean Thierry Lazare Amani , Teddy Teuma , Simon Adingra , Dante Vanzeir and Victor Okoh Boniface .
The home team had on the bench: Ross Sykes , Cameron Puertas , Oussama El Azzouzi, Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui, Bart Nieuwkoop , José Rodríguez Martínez, Lucas Pirard, Arnaud Dony and Gustaf Nilsson .
Substitutions
Union Saint-Gilloise made 4 changes: C. Burgess for R. Sykes (25′), J. Lazare Amani for C. Puertas (66′), L. Lapoussin for B. Nieuwkoop (67′) and V. Boniface for G. Nilsson (80′).
Best player: Teddy Teuma
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Teddy Teuma even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 63 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 11. He performed 2 crosses.
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
32'
Cercle Brugge started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Dominik Thalhammer played with: Radosław Majecki , Jean Marcelin , Boris Popović , Jesper Daland , Thibo Somers , Charles Vanhoutte , Leonardo Lopes , Louis Torres , Olivier Deman , Dino Hotić and Kévin Denkey .
They had on the bench: Yann Gboho , Ayase Ueda , Christiaan Ravych, Robbe Decostere, Warleson Stellion Lisboa Oliveira, Abu Francis and Hannes Van der Bruggen.
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 3 changes: L. Torres for A. Ueda (46′), C. Vanhoutte for A. Francis (66′) and J. Marcelin for Y. Gboho (72′).
Best player: Charles Vanhoutte
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Charles Vanhoutte.
His rating is with 47 passes (74% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 9. He performed 3 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- AS Eupen – Gent – 0-4
- Sporting Charleroi – Standard Liège – 0-1
- Mechelen – Anderlecht – 1-3
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Cercle Brugge – 2-1
