BRUGGE. Union Saint-Gilloise conquers Cercle Brugge 2-0 after M. Amoura scores 2 goals.
The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Bram Van Driessche assisted by Quentin Lesceux and Koen Thijs. The 4th official was Wim Smet. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 18.09 degrees Celsius or 64.56 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 50%.
Match Statistics
Cercle Brugge
0 - 2
Union Saint-Gilloise
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 6 Total 15
- 1 On Target 7
- 2 Off Target 7
- 3 Shots blocked 1
- 160 Attack 93
- 42 Dangerous attack 27
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 2
- 4 Off Sides 4
Fouls
- 8 Total 17
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
None of the teams was particularly dominant in terms of ball possession. Cercle Brugge was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Union Saint-Gilloise that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Cercle Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 42 dangerous attacks and 6 shots of which 1 were on target. Still, Union Saint-Gilloise was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Cercle Brugge shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. Talking about the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise shot 15 times, 7 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards (Senna Miangue and Hannes Van Der Bruggen). On the opposite side, Union Saint-Gilloise received 3 yellow cards (Fedde Leysen, Jean Thierry Lazare Amani and Charles Vanhoutte).
Match Timeline
Standings
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After this contest, Cercle Brugge will stay with 12 points like Antwerp, Genk and Sint-Truiden to sit in the 8th place. Talking about the opposition, Union Saint-Gilloise will have 13 points to sit in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge will host RWDM on the 16th of March with a 1-0 head to head stats in favor of RWDM (0 draws).
Union Saint-Gilloise will play away agasint Antwerp on the 16th of March with a 10-6 head to head record in favor of Antwerp (5 draws).
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Miron Muslić decided to play with the following team: Warleson , Edgaras Utkus , Christiaan Ravych , Jesper Daland , Hugo Siquet , Leonardo Lopes , Hannes Van Der Bruggen , Jordan Varela , Alan Minda , Thibo Somers and Kévin Denkey .
The home team had on the bench: Yann Gboho , Senna Miangue , Kazeem Olaigbe , Flávio Nazinho , Maxime Delanghe, Nils De Wilde and Romaric Etonde.
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 5 changes: Edgaras Utkus for Senna M
