BRUSSELS. Club Brugge conquers Anderlecht 1-0 after C. Nielsen scored just 1 goal (69′). Club Brugge made the most of its superior ball possession (56%).

Club Brugge remained in players after A. Sylla received a red card in the 90′.

The match was played at the Lotto Park stadium in Brussels. The referee was Lawrence Visser with the help of Rien Vanyzere and Thibaud Nijssen. The 4th official was Brent Staessens. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 15.3 degrees Celsius or 59.47 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 89%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Club Brugge had a superior ball possession 56% while Anderlecht was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge was putting more pressure with 46 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Club Brugge won the match.​

Anderlecht shot 13 times, 5 on target, 8 off target. Talking about the opposition, Club Brugge shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Anderlecht received 1 yellow card (J. Vertonghen). Talking about the opposition, Club Brugge received 3 yellow cards (D. Odoi, B. Meijer and R. Onyedika).

Also, Club Brugge didn’t end the match with 11 players after A. Sylla (Club Brugge) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Standings

After playing this match, Anderlecht will stay with 16 points like Sint-Truiden to remain in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Club Brugge will have 25 points like Union Saint-Gilloise to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Anderlecht will play away against Zulte-Waregem on the 20th of October with a 31-6 head to head statistic in favor of Anderlecht (9 draws).

Club Brugge will play away agasint Gent on the 6th of November with a 22-18 head to head statistic in favor of Club Brugge (13 draws).

Anderlecht – Formation

Anderlecht adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Felice Mazzù decided to play with the following team: Hendrik Van Crombrugge (6.9), Zeno Debast (6.8), Wesley Hoedt (6.8), Jan Vertonghen (6.8), Michael Murillo (6.9), Mario Stroeykens (6.6), Amadou Diawara (7.5), Kristian Arnstad (6.6), Moussa N’Diaye (6.9), Lucas Stassin (7.0) and Fábio Silva (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Majeed Ashimeru, Hannes Delcroix, Colin Coosemans, Lior Refaelov (6.9), Sebastiano Esposito, Francis Amuzu (6.6), Noah Sadiki, Ishaq Abdulrazak and Yari Verschaeren (6.2).

Substitutions

Anderlecht made 4 changes: L. Stassin for L. Refaelov (60′), M. N’Diaye for F. Amuzu (75′), A. Diawara for Y. Verschaeren (75′) and K. Arnstad for S. Esposito (88′).

Best player: Amadou Diawara​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Anderlecht was Amadou Diawara.

His rating is (7.5) with 23 passes (86% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 4.

Club Brugge – Formation

Also Club Brugge adopted the 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Carl Hoefkens played with: Simon Mignolet (7.3), Denis Odoi (7.5), Brandon Mechele (7.2), Abakar Sylla (7.8), Andreas Skov Olsen (6.3), Casper Nielsen (7.7), Raphael Onyedika (7.1), Hans Vanaken (7.4), Tajon Buchanan (6.2), Ferran Jutglà (7.0) and Kamal Sowah (6.8).

They had on the bench: Cisse Sandra, Clinton Mata (6.6), Bjorn Meijer (6.8), Roman Yaremchuk (6.4), Eduard Sobol, Antonio Nusa, Éder Balanta, Dedryck Boyata, Kiany Vroman and Senne Lammens.

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 4 changes: F. Jutgla for R. Yaremchuk (74′), D. Odoi for Clinton Mata (75′), A. Skov Olsen for B. Meijer (75′) and C. Nielsen for E. Balanta (85′).

Best player: Abakar Sylla​

The most impressive player for Club Brugge was Abakar Sylla even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.8) with 69 passes (95% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 6.

Results of the day

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

• KV Oostende – Union Saint-Gilloise – 1-6
• Gent – Mechelen – 3-0
• Standard Liège – Antwerp – 3-0
• Anderlecht – Club Brugge – 0-1