SINT TRUIDEN. Sint-Truiden topped Sporting Charleroi to win 2-1. A goal from A. Hosseinzadeh was decisive in the 90min. It was Sint-Truiden to strike first with a goal of S. Kagawa at the 13′. Then F. Boya scored again for Sint-Truiden in the 68′ minute. Eventually, A. Hosseinzadeh reduced the distance for Sporting Charleroi (90′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Sporting Charleroi was surely better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

The match was played at the Stadion Stayen stadium in Sint Truiden on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Wim Smet with the assistance of Dirk Gilon and Quentin Blaise. The 4th official was Arthur Denil.

Match Statistics​

Sint-Truiden

2 - 1

Sporting Charleroi

  • ! 36 Ball Possession 64
Shots
  • 12 Total 7
  • 2 On Target 2
  • 10 Off Target 5
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 100 Attack 124
  • 35 Dangerous attack 29
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 4
  • 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
  • 11 Total 14
  • 1 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Sporting Charleroi had a superior ball possession 64% while Sint-Truiden was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Sint-Truiden was putting more pressure with 35 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Sint-Truiden won the match​.

Sint-Truiden shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target. On the other side, Sporting Charleroi shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Sint-Truiden received 1 yellow card (D. Hayashi). Regarding the opposition, Sporting Charleroi received 2 yellow cards (K. Nkuba and D. Heymans).

Match Timeline

13'
18'
19'
46'
Isaac Mbenza - sub ->Y. Badji
49'
Daan Heymans- Yellow
54'
54'
Ryota Morioka- sub ->D. Marcq
54'
59'
A. Benbouali- sub ->K. Nkuba
68'
Fatih Kaya- sub ->D. Hayashi
69'
74'
88'
90'

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 encounter, Sint-Truiden will have 16 points like Anderlecht to remain in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Sporting Charleroi will stay with 15 points to sit in the 11th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Sint-Truiden will play away with RFC Seraing on the 5th of November with a 3-1 head to head in favor of RFC Seraing (1 draw).

Sporting Charleroi will play away agasint Genk on the 4th of November with a 18-14 head to head stats in favor of Genk (8 draws).

Sint-Truiden – Formation

Sint-Truiden
G
Jo Coppens 12.Belgium
6.7
D
Toni Leistner 37.Germany
7.2
D
Ameen Al-Dakhil 3.Belgium
7.0
D
Wolke Janssens 22.Belgium
7.1
M
Daiki Hashioka 4.Japan
7.3
M
Eric Junior Bocat 77.France
6.9
M
Shinji Kagawa 10.Japan
7.1
54' 13'
M
Frank Boya 27.Cameroon
7.6
68'
M
Mory Konaté 6.Guinea
6.4
F
Shinji Okazaki 30.Japan
7.1
88'
F
Daichi Hayashi 8.Japan
6.5
69' 18'
Substitutes
G
Keo Boets 35.Belgium
D
Jorge Teixeira 26.Portugal
M
Christian Brüls 44.Belgium
6.6
54'
M
Stan Van Dessel 19.Belgium
88'
F
Aboubakary Koita 7.Mauritania
F
Fatih Kaya 11.Germany
6.2
69'
F
G. Bruno 91.Belgium

Sint-Truiden started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Bernd Hollerbach decided to play with the following team: Jo Coppens (6.7), Wolke Janssens (7.1), Toni Leistner (7.2), Ameen Al-Dakhil (7.0), Daiki Hashioka (7.3), Shinji Kagawa (7.1), Mory Konate (6.4), Frank Boya (7.6), Eric Bocat (6.9), Shinji Okazaki (7.1) and Daichi Hayashi (6.5).

The home team had on the bench: Jorge Teixeira, Christian Brüls (6.6), Aboubakary Koita, Fatih Kaya (6.2), Keo Boets, Gianni Bruno and Stan Van Dessel.

Substitutions

Sint-Truiden made 3 changes: S. Kagawa for C. Bruls (54′), D. Hayashi for F. Kaya (69′) and S. Okazaki for S. van Dessel (88′).

Best player: Frank Boya​

The player that probably impressed the most for Sint-Truiden was Frank Boya.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 26 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 13.

Sporting Charleroi – Formation

Sporting Charleroi
G
Pierre Patron 1.France
6.4
D
Joris Kayembe 12.Belgium
6.8
D
Jonas Bager 2.Denmark
6.8
74'
D
Stelios Andreou 21.Cyprus
7.3
M
Dillon Sheppard 25.France
7.0
54'
M
Marco Ilaimaharitra 26.Madagascar
7.2
M
Jackson Tchatchoua 38.Belgium
6.2
M
Ken Nkuba 28.Belgium
6.6
59' 19'
F
Ali Gholizadeh 8.Iran
6.3
54'
F
Daan Heymans 18.Belgium
6.2
49'
F
Youssouph Badji 10.Senegal
6.3
46'
Substitutes
G
M. Delavallée 55.Belgium
D
Loïc Bessilé 5.Togo
D
M. Wasinski 31.Belgium
7.0
74'
M
Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh 99.Iran
6.6
54' 90'
M
Ryota Morioka 44.Japan
6.8
54'
F
A. Benbouali 45.Algeria
6.4
59'
F
Isaac Mbenza 7.Belgium
6.5
46'

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

Edward Still played with: Pierre Patron (6.4), Jonas Bager (6.8), Stelios Andreou (7.3), Joris Kayembe Ditu (6.8), Ken Nkuba (6.6), Marco Ilaimaharitra (7.2), Damien Marcq (7.0), Jackson Tchatchoua (6.2), Daan Heymans (6.2), Ali Gholizadeh (6.3) and Youssouph Badji (6.3).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Loic Bessile, Ahmed Nadhir Benbouali (6.4), Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (6.6), Martin Delavalée, Isaac Mbenza (6.5), Martin Wasinski (7.0) and Ryota Morioka (6.8).

Sporting Charleroi could not rely on the presence of N. Benbouali (injured).

Substitutions

Sporting Charleroi made 5 changes: Y. Badji for I. Mbenza (46′), A. Gholizadeh for A. Hosseinzadeh (54′), D. Marcq for R. Morioka (54′), K. Nkuba for N. Benbouali (59′) and J. Bager for M. Wasinski (74′).

Best player: Stelios Andreou​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Sporting Charleroi was Stelios Andreou.

His rating is (7.3) with 91 passes (94% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 5.

Results of the day

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