Pro League: Cercle Brugge clutches a 2-1 win against OH Leuven 2-1
BRUGGE. Cercle Brugge defeated OH Leuven to win 2-1. A goal from C. Ravych was decisive in the 90min.
BRUGGE. Cercle Brugge beat OH Leuven to win 2-1. A goal from C. Ravych was decisive in the 90min. It was Cercle Brugge to strike first with a goal of A. Ueda at the 36′. Then it was a goal in the 42′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, C. Ravych gave the win to Cercle Brugge in the 90′ minute with a goal. OH Leuven was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (64%).
The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Arthur Denil with the assistance of Laurent Conotte and Tom Vanpoucke. The 4th official was Anthony Letellier. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 10.3 degrees Celsius or 50.49 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 85%.
Match Statistics
OH Leuven was in firm control of the ball 64% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 36% ball possession.
Cercle Brugge was more aggressive with 48 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 3 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Cercle Brugge won the match.
Cercle Brugge shot 9 times, 3 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, OH Leuven shot 10 times, 5 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards (J. Daland and L. Lopes). On the other side, OH Leuven received 2 yellow cards (F. Ricca and J. D. Thorsteinsson).
After playing this match, Cercle Brugge will have 19 points like Anderlecht and Sporting Charleroi to stay in the 11th place. On the other side, OH Leuven will stay with 22 points like Westerlo to stay in the 7th place.
Match Events
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30'30'
J. Daland
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36'36'
A. Ueda
T. Somers
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42'42'
M. Gonzalez
C. De Norre
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42'42'
M. Keita
D. Ouedraogo
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57'57'
F. Ricca
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62'62'
J. D. Thorsteinsson
R. Holzhauser
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68'68'
L. Lopes
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68'68'
J. D. Thorsteinsson
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77'77'
A. Francis
C. Vanhoutte
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80'80'
Y. Gboho
A. Ueda
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88'88'
E. Kehrer
D. Hotic
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88'88'
T. Vlietinck
S. Kiyine
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90'90'
C. Ravych
Next match
In the upcoming Pro League match, Cercle Brugge will play away against Sint-Truiden on the 12th of November with a 11-5 head to head statistic in favor of Cercle Brugge (6 draws).
OH Leuven will host RFC Seraing on the 11th of November with a 1-0 head to head record in favor of RFC Seraing (1 draw).
Cercle Brugge: Formation and Lineups
Cercle Brugge started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Miron Muslić chose to play with the following team: Radosław Majecki , Boris Popović , Christiaan Ravych , Jesper Daland , Thibo Somers , Leonardo Lopes , Charles Vanhoutte , Olivier Deman , Dino Hotić , Ayase Ueda and Kévin Denkey .
Substitutes
Cercle Brugge made 3 changes: C. Vanhoutte for A. Francis (77′), A. Ueda for Y. Gboho (80′) and D. Hotic for E. Kehrer (88′).
Top player: Dino Hotić
The player who no doubt impressed Cercle Brugge the most was Dino Hotić even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 17 passes (58% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 3. He performed 5 crosses.
OH Leuven: Formation and Lineups
OH Leuven started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
On the other side, Marc Brys played with: Valentin Cojocaru , Louis Patris , Federico Ricca , Dylan Ouedraogo , Musa Al-Taamari , Joren Dom , Casper De Norre , Sofian Kiyine , Mathieu Maertens , Mario González and Raphael Holzhauser .
OH Leuven could not rely on the presence of M. Keita (injured).
Substitutes
OH Leuven made 3 changes: D. Ouedraogo for M. Keita (42′), R. Holzhauser for J. D. Thorsteinsson (62′) and S. Kiyine for T. Vlietinck (88′).
Top player: Mario González
Probably the most impressive player in OH Leuven was Mario González.
His rating is with 1 goal, 11 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 5.
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