Pro League: Union Saint-Gilloise beats Anderlecht 3-1 after recovering from a 0-1 deficit

Favian Renkel|Jan 8, 2023 19:30 GMT

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BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise managed to turn the table against Anderlecht.

BRUSSELS. Union Saint-Gilloise succeeded in turn the table against Anderlecht. It was Anderlecht to score first with a goal from Fábio Silva. However, later Union Saint-Gilloise found the way to turn the table scoring 3 consecutive goals with Cameron Puertas (81′), Senne Lynen (87′) and Simon Adingra (90′). Union Saint-Gilloise was vastly superior ball possession (64%) was among the key factors of its victory.

The match was held at the Lotto Park Stadium in Brussels on Sunday and this began at 5:30 pm UTC. The referee was Bram Van Driessche who was helped by Yves De Neve and Tom Vanpoucke. The 4th official was Wesli De Cremer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold around 8.7 degrees Celsius or 47.7 Fahrenheit. Humidity was up to 81%.

Anderlecht

1

Union Saint-Gilloise

3

8 Jan 2023 Full time

Match Statistics

Union Saint-Gilloise was in firm control of the ball 64% while Anderlecht was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Union Saint-Gilloise was more aggressive with 55 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 10 were on target. Which is one of the reasons Union Saint-Gilloise won the match.

Anderlecht shot 5 times, 2 on target, 3 off target. On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 19 times, 10 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Anderlecht received 5 yellow cards (Majeed Ashimeru, Amadou Diawara, Jan Vertonghen, Killian Sardella and Francis Amuzu). On the other side, Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards (Bart Nieuwkoop, Christian Burgess and Ismaël Kandouss).

(Anderlecht) was sent out after receiving a red card in the (10′).

After this contest, Anderlecht will stay with 23 points to stay in the 11th place. On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 39 points like Antwerp to stay in the 2nd place.

Match Events

8'

8'

Moussa N\'Diaye (Card Adjusted)
10'

10'

Moussa N\'Diaye
12'

12'

K. Sardella

Lior Refaelov
12'

12'

Bart Nieuwkoop
20'

20'

Majeed Ashimeru
38'

38'

Amadou Diawara
42'

42'

Christian Burgess
45'

45'

Ismaël Kandouss
45'

45'

Jan Vertonghen
61'

61'

Cameron Puertas

Bart Nieuwkoop
62'

62'

Loïc Lapoussin

Oussama El Azzouzi
64'

64'

Fábio Silva

Francis Amuzu
70'

70'

Kristian Arnstad

Majeed Ashimeru
70'

70'

Benito Raman

Fábio Silva
78'

78'

Casper Terho

Lazare Amani
78'

78'

Guillaume François

Ismaël Kandouss
78'

78'

Gustaf Nilsson

Dante Vanzeir
80'

80'

Killian Sardella
81'

81'

Cameron Puertas

Senne Lynen
81'

81'

Francis Amuzu
82'

82'

M. Kana

K. Sardella
82'

82'

Adrien Trébel

Amadou Diawara
87'

87'

K. Arnstad

Cameron Puertas
90'

90'

Simon Adingra

Victor Boniface

Next match

In the upcoming Pro League match, Anderlecht will play away against Club Brugge on the 15th of January with a 21-16 head to head in favor of Anderlecht (22 draws).

Club Brugge

1

Anderlecht

1

15 Jan 2023 Full time

Union Saint-Gilloise will host Antwerp on the 15th of January with a 3-1 head to head record in favor of Antwerp (1 draw).

Union Saint-Gilloise

2

Antwerp

0

15 Jan 2023 Full time

Anderlecht: Formation and Lineups

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

The manager Brian Riemer chose to play with the following team: Bart Verbruggen (7.2), Michael Murillo (7.4), Zeno Debast (6.4), Jan Vertonghen (6.8), Moussa N’Diaye, Amadou Diawara (7.0), Majeed Ashimeru (6.8), Lior Refaelov (6.8), Yari Verschaeren (6.6), Francis Amuzu (6.9) and Fábio Silva (7.3).

Anderlecht could not rely on the presence of Marco Kana (injured).

Substitutes

Anderlecht made 5 changes: Lior Refaelov for Killian Sardella (12′), Majeed Ashimeru for Kristian Arnstad (70′), Fábio Silva for Benito Raman (70′), Killian Sardella for Marco Kana (82′) and Amadou Diawara for Adrien Trébel (82′).

Top player: Michael Murillo

Probably the most impressive player in Anderlecht was Michael Murillo.

His rating is (7.4) with 18 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 10. He performed 1 cross.

Union Saint-Gilloise: Formation and Lineups

Union Saint-Gilloise started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

On the other side, Karel Geraerts played with: Anthony Moris (6.1), Ismael Kandouss (6.8), Christian Burgess (7.1), Siebe Van Der Heyden (7.1), Bart Nieuwkoop (6.8), Jean Thierry Lazare Amani (7.4), Oussama El Azzouzi (6.4), Simon Adingra (6.5), Senne Lynen (8.4), Dante Vanzeir (7.2) and Victor Okoh Boniface (6.7).

Substitutes

Union Saint-Gilloise made 5 changes: Oussama El Azzouzi for Loïc Lapoussin (61′), Bart Nieuwkoop for Cameron Puertas (62′), Lazare Amani for Casper Terho (78′), Ismaël Kandouss for Guillaume François (78′) and Dante Vanzeir for Gustaf Nilsson (78′).

Top player: Senne Lynen

Probably the most impressive player in Union Saint-Gilloise was Senne Lynen.

His rating is (8.4) with 1 goal, 40 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 7 crosses.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Favian Renkel

Since August 2022, when Lootrs.com launched, internet football journalist Favian Renkel has written on European football in particular. Cameron writes news articles and features for the news desk in addition to creating a large portion of the SEO material for the website in his present position. Renkel was previously the head Chelsea reporter at Football News portal. He now serves as the website's main Chelsea correspondent.