KORTRIJK. Zulte-Waregem was capable to reverse the scoreline against Kortrijk. It was Kortrijk to score first with a goal from H. Keita. However, later Zulte-Waregem found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with M. Tambedou (60′), C. Offor (66′) and Z. Gano (87′). Kortrijk was surely superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put with the assistance of Matthias Massa and Jeroen Walschap. The 4th official was Matonga Simonini. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 17.2 degrees Celsius or 62.89 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 67%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Kortrijk was in firm control of the ball 65% while Zulte-Waregem was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Kortrijk had a more offensive attitude with 68 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 4 were on target. Still, Zulte-Waregem found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Kortrijk shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Zulte-Waregem shot 15 times, 6 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Kortrijk received 4 yellow cards (T. Watanabe, D. Dessoleil, D. Mbayo and D. Lamkel Ze). Talking about the opposition, Zulte-Waregem received 4 yellow cards (L. Vigen, J. Vossen, N. Miroshi and A. Fadera).

Standings

After this match, Kortrijk will stay with 10 points to sit in the 16th place. On the other side, Zulte-Waregem will have 8 points to hold in the 18th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Kortrijk will play away with KV Oostende on the 6th of November with a 12-8 head to head statistic in favor of Kortrijk (7 draws).

Zulte-Waregem will host AS Eupen on the 12th of November with a 11-0 head to head in favor of Zulte-Waregem (3 draws).

Kortrijk – Formation

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

The manager Adnan Čustović decided to play with the following team: Marko Ilić (6.8), Oleksii Sych (6.4), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (7.5), Dorian Dessoleil (6.4), Kristof D’Haene (7.3), Habib Keita (7.3), Satoshi Tanaka (6.5), David Henen (7.0), Didier Lamkel Zé (6.5), Faïz Selemani (7.0) and Felipe Avenatti (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Billal Messaoudi (6.7), Nayel Mehssatou, Pape Habib Gueye (6.9), João Silva, Kevin Vandendriessche, Dylan Mbayo (6.6) and Tom Vandenberghe.

Substitutions

Kortrijk made 3 changes: F. Selemani for B. Messaoudi (50′), F. Avenatti for P. Gueye (67′) and D. Henen for D. Mbayo (67′).

Best player: Tsuyoshi Watanabe​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Kortrijk was Tsuyoshi Watanabe.

His rating is (7.5) with 68 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 12.

Zulte-Waregem – Formation

Zulte-Waregem started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

M’Baye Leye played with: Louis Bostyn (7.2), Alessandro Ciranni (7.3), Timothy Derijck (7.2), Lukas Willen (6.3), Novatus Dismas (6.8), Nicolas Rommens (7.6), Moudou Tambedou (7.3), Lasse Vigen Christensen (6.2), Jelle Vossen (7.3), Nnamdi Chinonso Offor (7.0) and Alieu Fadera (6.4).

These were the players on the bench: Bent Sormo (6.6), Alioune Ndour, Sammy Bossut, Abdoulaye Sissako, Zinho Gano, Mamadou Sangare and Ravy Tsouka.

Substitutions

Zulte-Waregem made 4 changes: M. Tambedou for B. Sormo (70′), L. Vigen for A. Sissako (78′), J. Vossen for A. Ndour (78′) and C. Offor for Z. Gano (84′).

Best player: Nicolas Rommens​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Zulte-Waregem was Nicolas Rommens even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.6) with 23 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Kortrijk – Zulte-Waregem – 1-3
• Sint-Truiden – Sporting Charleroi – 2-1
• Cercle Brugge – AS Eupen – 5-1
• OH Leuven – Genk – 0-1