Antwerp recovers a 0-1 deficit to prevail over Beerschot-Wilrijk 2-1 with M. Frey scoring 2 goals

Saragna|Mar 6, 2022 08:55 GMT

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DEURNE. Antwerp manages to find the solution against Beerschot-Wilrijk to win 2-1. M. Frey was the key to score 2 goals.

DEURNE. Antwerp manages to find the solution against Beerschot-Wilrijk to win 2-1. M. Frey was the key to score 2 goals. It was Beerschot-Wilrijk to strike first with a goal of J. Dom at the 43′. Then it was a goal in the 62′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, M. Frey gave the win to Antwerp in the 83′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Antwerp was vastly superior ball possession (65%) was among the key factors of its victory.

T. De Smet received a red card (73′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Beerschot-Wilrijk lost the match.

The match was played at the Bosuilstadion stadium in Deurne on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen who was helped by Mathias Hillaert and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 7.1 degrees Celsius or 44.78 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 55%.

Antwerp

2

Beerschot-Wilrijk

1

6 Mar 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Antwerp was in firm control of the ball 65% while Beerschot-Wilrijk was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Antwerp was more aggressive with 77 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 5 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Antwerp won the match.

Antwerp shot 12 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, Beerschot-Wilrijk shot 6 times, 1 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Antwerp received 2 yellow cards (Buta and A. Seck). On the other side, Beerschot-Wilrijk received 6 yellow cards (L. Shankland, T. De Smet, R. Sanusi, J. Dom, R. Holzhauser and J. Van den Bergh).

Also, Beerschot-Wilrijk didn’t manage to end the match with 11 players after T. De Smet (Beerschot-Wilrijk) was sent out after receiving a second yellow card (73′).

After playing this match, Antwerp will have 53 points to stay in the 3rd place. On the other side, Beerschot-Wilrijk will stay with 16 points to stay in the 18th place.

Match Events

24'

24'

L. Shankland
30'

30'

T. De Smet
33'

33'

Buta

R. De Laet
43'

43'

J. Dom
45'

45'

Buta
46'

46'

M. Benson

A. Yusuf
57'

57'

M. Samatta

K. Miyoshi
58'

58'

A. Seck
62'

62'

M. Frey
68'

68'

R. Sanusi
73'

73'

T. De Smet
73'

73'

J. Dom
77'

77'

I. Sebaoui (Goal Disallowed)
79'

79'

R. Holzhauser
80'

80'

M. R. Halaimia

L. Shankland
83'

83'

M. Frey

M. Samatta
87'

87'

Ismaila Cheick Coulibaly

Tom Pietermaat
87'

87'

Raphael Holzhauser

Stipe Radić
88'

88'

J. Van den Bergh
89'

89'

R. Vaca

I. Sebaoui

Next match

In the upcoming Pro League match, Antwerp will play away with Anderlecht on the 13th of March with a 4-4 head to head.

Anderlecht

2

Antwerp

1

13 Mar 2022 Full time

Beerschot-Wilrijk will host Gent on the 13th of March with a 1-0 head to head in favor of Gent (2 draws).

Beerschot-Wilrijk

0

Gent

2

13 Mar 2022 Full time

Antwerp: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Brian Priske Pedersen chose to play with the following team: Jean Butez (6.4), Jelle Bataille (7.1), Abdoulaye Seck (7.0), Dorian Dessoleil (6.8), Ritchie De Laet (6.4), Alhassan Yusuf (6.5), Birger Verstraete (7.7), Radja Nainggolan (7.2), Koji Miyoshi (6.2), Michel Ange Balikwisha (7.1) and Michael Frey (8.3).

Substitutes

Antwerp made 3 changes: R. De Laet for Buta (33′), A. Yusuf for M. Benson (46′) and K. Miyoshi for M. Samatta (57′).

Top player: Michael Frey

Probably the most impressive player in Antwerp was Michael Frey.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 20 passes (75% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 3 duels out of 7.

Beerschot-Wilrijk: Formation and Lineups

Beerschot-Wilrijk started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

On the opposite side, Gregoire Vanderidt played with: Wouter Biebauw (6.2), Stipe Radić (6.8), Mauricio Lemos (6.2), Jan Van den Bergh (6.3), Joren Dom (7.4), Tom Pietermaat (6.8), Ilias Sebaoui (7.0), Ryan Sanusi (6.8), Thibault De Smet (6.1), Felipe Avenatti (7.1) and Lawrence Shankland (6.9).

Substitutes

Beerschot-Wilrijk made 4 changes: L. Shankland for M. R. Halaimia (80′), S. Radic for R. Holzhauser (87′), T. Pietermaat for I. Coulibaly (87′) and I. Sebaoui for R. Vaca (89′).

Top player: Joren Dom

The player who no doubt impressed Beerschot-Wilrijk the most was Joren Dom.

His rating is (7.4) with 1 goal, 18 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 4 duels out of 8. He performed 4 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Saragna

I am one of the main columnists for Lootrs.com. I have been writing about football for the last 2 years. I am a decent club player, but I have never reached those heights. Interested in the nextgen. Favorite players: Ronaldo, Messi, Salah, Jamie Vardy, and Michail Antonio.