Pro League: Sint-Truiden demolishes Zulte-Waregem with 2 goals from G. Bruno
WAREGEM. Sint-Truiden was after all too strong for Zulte-Waregem with the goal of G. Bruno was the key of the match after he scored in the 1st and 58th minute.
WAREGEM. Sint-Truiden was ultimately too strong for Zulte-Waregem with the goal of G. Bruno was the key of the match after he scored in the 1st and 58th minute. G. Bruno (1′), S. Okazaki (50′) and G. Bruno (58′ pen).
The match was played at the Elindus Arena stadium in Waregem on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Brent Staessens with the assistance of Dirk Gilon and Koen Thijs. The 4th official was Wim Smet. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 12.6 degrees Celsius or 54.73 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 83%.
Match Statistics
The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.
There wasn’t much of a difference in ball possession. Zulte-Waregem was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Sint-Truiden that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Sint-Truiden was more aggressive with 59 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 3 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Sint-Truiden won the match.
Zulte-Waregem shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target. On the opposite side, Sint-Truiden shot 18 times, 3 on target, 15 off target.
Cards
Zulte-Waregem received 1 yellow card (C. Offor). On the other side, Sint-Truiden received 3 yellow cards (W. Janssens, G. Bruno and S. Okazaki).
(Zulte-Waregem) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (18′).
After this match, Zulte-Waregem will stay with 5 points like Cercle Brugge to stay in the 17th place. On the opposite side, Sint-Truiden will have 10 points like Anderlecht and Mechelen to stay in the 11th place.
Match Events
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1'1'
G. Bruno
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8'8'
W. Janssens
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18'18'
Dani Ramirez
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29'29'
G. Bruno
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29'29'
A. Koita
W. Janssens
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47'47'
S. Okazaki
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50'50'
S. Okazaki
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58'58'
G. Bruno (Penalty)
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59'59'
Timothy Derijck
Alioune Ndour
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59'59'
Novatus Miroshi
Alessandro Ciranni
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59'59'
T. Derijck
A. Ndour
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65'65'
Jelle Vossen
A. Fadera
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65'65'
Lasse Vigen Christensen
Nicolas Rommens
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90'90'
C. Offor
Next match
In the upcoming Pro League match, Zulte-Waregem will play away with Westerlo on the 1st of October with a 8-5 head to head record in favor of Zulte-Waregem (9 draws).
Sint-Truiden will host AS Eupen on the 2nd of October with a 6-6 head to head record.
Zulte-Waregem: Formation and Lineups
Zulte-Waregem started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager M’Baye Leye chose to play with the following team: Sammy Bossut , Ravy Tsouka , Moudou Tambedou , Borja López , Alessandro Ciranni , Abdoulaye Sissako , Nicolas Rommens , Oleksandr Drambaev , Alioune Ndour , Dani Ramirez and Alieu Fadera .
Substitutes
Zulte-Waregem made 5 changes: A. Ciranni for N. Miroshi (58′), B. Lopez for C. Offor (59′), A. Ndour for T. Derijck (59′), N. Rommens for L. Vigen (65′) and A. Fadera for J. Vossen (65′).
Top player: Abdoulaye Sissako
Probably the most impressive player in Zulte-Waregem was Abdoulaye Sissako.
His rating is with 39 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Sint-Truiden: Formation and Lineups
Sint-Truiden started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
On the other side, Bernd Hollerbach played with: Daniel Schmidt , Ameen Al-Dakhil , Toni Leistner , Robert Bauer , Daiki Hashioka , Mory Konate , Christian Brüls , Frank Boya , Wolke Janssens , Gianni Bruno and Shinji Okazaki .
Substitutes
Sint-Truiden made only 1 change substituting W. Janssens for A. Koita (29′).
Top player: Gianni Bruno
The player who no doubt impressed Sint-Truiden the most was Gianni Bruno.
His rating is with 2 goals, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 6.
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