Pro League: Kortrijk grabs a 2-1 win against Antwerp 2-1

Saragna|Oct 2, 2022 12:58 GMT

KORTRIJK. Kortrijk overcame Antwerp to win 2-1. A penalty from V. Janssen was decisive in the 90min.

KORTRIJK. Kortrijk prevailed over Antwerp to win 2-1. A penalty from V. Janssen was decisive in the 90min. It was Kortrijk to strike first with a goal of F. Avenatti at the 21′. Then F. Selemani scored again for Kortrijk in the 42′ minute with a goal. Eventually, V. Janssen reduced the distance for Antwerp with a penalty. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Antwerp was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (62%).

The match was played at the Guldensporenstadion stadium in Kortrijk on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Bram Van Driessche who was helped by Yves De Neve and Kevin Monteny. The 4th official was Jan Boterberg. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 12.9 degrees Celsius or 55.18 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 84%.

Kortrijk

2

Antwerp

1

2 Oct 2022 Full time

Match Statistics

Antwerp was in firm control of the ball 62% while Kortrijk was struggling with a 38% ball possession.

Antwerp was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 5 were on target. Notwithstanding, Kortrijk was capable to find the solution to win this match.

Kortrijk shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, Antwerp shot 20 times, 5 on target, 15 off target.

Cards

Kortrijk received 4 yellow cards (D. Lamkel Ze, F. Avenatti, M. Ilic and K. Vandendriessche). On the opposite side, Antwerp received 1 yellow card (A. Yusuf).

After this contest, Kortrijk will have 7 points to move up in the 16th place. On the other side, Antwerp will stay with 27 points to stay in the 1st place.

Match Events

21'

21'

F. Avenatti

D. Lamkel Ze
32'

32'

D. Lamkel Ze
42'

42'

F. Selemani
44'

44'

A. Muja

K. Miyoshi
45'

45'

A. Yusuf
46'

46'

J. Ekkelenkamp

R. Nainggolan
50'

50'

F. Avenatti
71'

71'

B. Messaoudi

D. Henen
77'

77'

Ritchie De Laet

Sam Vines
77'

77'

Stjepan Loncar

Felipe Avenatti
78'

78'

Anthony Valencia

Alhassan Yusuf
78'

78'

Bruny Nsimba

Jelle Bataille
89'

89'

M. Ilic
90'

90'

Vincent Janssen (Penalty)
90'

90'

Kevin Vandendriessche

Didier Lamkel Zé
90'

90'

K. Vandendriessche

Next match

In the upcoming Pro League match, Kortrijk will play away against Genk on the 8th of October with a 15-9 head to head statistic in favor of Genk (8 draws).

Genk

2

Kortrijk

1

8 Oct 2022 Full time

Antwerp will host Sint-Truiden on the 7th of October with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Sint-Truiden (4 draws).

Antwerp

2

Sint-Truiden

0

7 Oct 2022 Full time

Kortrijk: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Adnan Čustović chose to play with the following team: Marko Ilić (7.4), Oleksii Sych (7.2), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (7.2), Aleksandar Radovanović (7.2), Kristof D’Haene (6.8), David Henen (7.0), Habib Keita (6.9), Satoshi Tanaka (7.5), Faïz Selemani (7.2), Felipe Avenatti (7.1) and Didier Lamkel Zé (6.2).

Substitutes

Kortrijk made 3 changes: D. Henen for B. Messaoudi (71′), F. Avenatti for S. Loncar (76′) and D. Lamkel Ze for K. Vandendriessche (90′).

Top player: Satoshi Tanaka

Probably the most impressive player in Kortrijk was Satoshi Tanaka even if he didn’t score any goal.

His rating is (7.5) with 22 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 6.

Antwerp: Formation and Lineups

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

On the opposite side, Mark van Bommel played with: Jean Butez (6.3), Jelle Bataille (6.9), Toby Alderweireld (7.0), William Pacho (7.1), Sam Vines (6.8), Pieter Gerkens (6.6), Alhassan Yusuf (6.7), Calvin Stengs (7.3), Radja Nainggolan (6.8), Koji Miyoshi (7.0) and Vincent Janssen (6.8).

Substitutes

Antwerp made 5 changes: K. Miyoshi for A. Muja (44′), R. Nainggolan for J. Ekkelenkamp (46′), S. Vines for R. De Laet (77′), J. Bataille for B. Nsimba (78′) and A. Yusuf for A. Valencia (78′).

Top player: Calvin Stengs

Probably the most impressive player in Antwerp was Calvin Stengs.

His rating is (7.3) with 40 passes (85% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 13. He performed 3 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.