BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise finds the way to recover against Club Brugge with a goal on the A. Skov 1′ and a penalty kick on the H. Vanaken 16′. Club Brugge was surely superior in terms of ball possession (69%)​

The match was played at the Stade Joseph Mariën stadium in Brussels on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Kevin Van Damme who was helped by Nico Claes and Lennert Jans. The 4th official was Bert Put. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.3 degrees Celsius or 55.92 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 91%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Club Brugge had a strong ball possession 69% while Union Saint-Gilloise was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Club Brugge was more pushing with 66 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 2 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Club Brugge to win the contest​.

Union Saint-Gilloise shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Club Brugge shot 12 times, 2 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Union Saint-Gilloise received 4 yellow cards (C. Burgess, A. Moris, J. Lazare Amani and B. Nieuwkoop). On the opposite side, Club Brugge received 2 yellow cards (H. Vanaken and B. Meijer).

(Union Saint-Gilloise) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (14′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 29 points like Club Brugge to sit in the 4th place. Regarding the opposition, Club Brugge will have 29 points like Union Saint-Gilloise to sit in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Union Saint-Gilloise will host Westerlo on the 6th of November with a 10-4 head to head in favor of Union Saint-Gilloise (4 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).

Union Saint-Gilloise – Formation

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 (6.0), Ross Sykes (6.1), Christian Burgess (7.5), Ismael Kandouss (7.4), Bart Nieuwkoop (7.2), Teddy Teuma (6.8), Jean Thierry Lazare Amani (6.6), Senne Lynen (7.1), Simon Adingra (5.1), Dante Vanzeir (6.1) and Victor Okoh Boniface (6.1).

The home team had on the bench: José Rodríguez Martínez, Cameron Puertas (6.1), Loic Lapoussin (7.3), Viktor Boone, Joachim Imbrechts, Arnaud Dony, Oussama El Azzouzi, Lucas Pirard, Guillaume François and Gustaf Nilsson (6.6).

Substitutions

Union Saint-Gilloise made 4 changes: R. Sykes for L. Lapoussin (25′), J. Lazare Amani for C. Puertas (74′), V. Boniface for G. Nilsson (75′) and D. Vanzeir for J. Rodriguez (90′).

Best player: Christian Burgess​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Union Saint-Gilloise was Christian Burgess.

His rating is (7.5) with 1 goal, 36 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1.

Club Brugge – Formation

Club Brugge started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Carl Hoefkens played with: Simon Mignolet (6.4), Denis Odoi (6.8), Brandon Mechele (7.0), Dedryck Boyata (6.8), Bjorn Meijer (7.3), Casper Nielsen (7.2), Raphael Onyedika (7.4), Hans Vanaken (7.4), Tajon Buchanan (6.9), Ferran Jutglà (6.5) and Andreas Skov Olsen (7.4).

They had on the bench: Éder Fabián Álvarez Balanta, Jorne Spileers, Kamal Sowah, Eduard Sobol (7.0), Roman Yaremchuk (6.9), Antonio Eromonsele Nordby Nusa, Noa Lang (6.3), Nick Shinton, Cisse Sandra and Senne Lammens.

Substitutions

Club Brugge made 4 changes: B. Meijer for E. Sobol (59′), F. Jutgla for R. Yaremchuk (64′), A. Skov Olsen for N. Lang (64′) and T. Buchanan for K. Sowah (81′).

Best player: Hans Vanaken​

The most impressive player for Club Brugge was Hans Vanaken.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 87 passes (90% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 3.

Results of the day

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

• Sint-Truiden – OH Leuven – 0-0
• Mechelen – AS Eupen – 2-1
• Union Saint-Gilloise – Club Brugge – 2-2
• Kortrijk – Westerlo – 0-2