Westerlo vs Cercle Brugge

30 January 2024 · Belgian Pro League · 2023/24

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 4–1

  • Griffin Yow 7’, 19’
  • Nicolas Madsen 22’
  • Romeo Vermant 31’
  • Serhiy Sydorchuk 33’ (og)
  • Nazinho 90+4’

Match summary

Westerlo beat Cercle Brugge 4-2. Westerlo led 4-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Griffin Yow put Westerlo ahead in the 7th minute, Yow made it 2-0 in the 19th minute, Nicolas Madsen made it 3-0 in the 22nd minute, Romeo Vermant made it 4-0 in the 31st minute, and Sydorchuk's own goal pulled one back to make it 4-1 in the 33rd minute. In the second half, Nazinho made it 4-2 in stoppage time.

The chances backed that up: Westerlo created 3.02 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Cercle Brugge's 1.17 from 14. Westerlo had a player sent off.

Match stats

Westerlo Cercle Brugge
9 Shots 14
5 Shots on Target 3
2 Corners 6
3 Yellow Cards 5
1 Red Cards 0
3.02 xG 1.17
3.02 Non-penalty xG 1.17

Key events

Westerlo Cercle Brugge
Kick-off
Griffin Yow1-0 (Westerlo)
7’
Griffin Yow2-0 (Westerlo)
19’
Nicolas Madsen3-0 (Westerlo)
22’
Romeo Vermant4-0 (Westerlo)
31’
33’
Serhiy Sydorchuk
Own goal4-1 (Cercle Brugge)
Half-time4-1
90+4’
Nazinho4-2 (Cercle Brugge)
Full-time4-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Westerlo
  • Tuur Rommens
  • Sinan Bolat
  • Matija Frigan
  • Doğucan Haspolat
Cercle Brugge
  • Jesper Daland
  • Nazinho
  • Hannes Van Der Bruggen
  • Félix Lemaréchal
  • Malamine Efekele

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.02 1.17 7’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), 1-0 7’ 19’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), 2-0 19’ 22’ Nicolas Madsen (Westerlo), 3-0 22’ 31’ Romeo Vermant (Westerlo), 4-0 31’ 33’ Serhiy Sydorchuk (Cercle Brugge) own goal, 4-1 33’ 90+4’ Nazinho (Cercle Brugge), 4-2 90+4’ 0 1 2 3 4 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 3.02 1.17 7’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), 1-0 Yow 7’ 19’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), 2-0 Yow 19’ 22’ Nicolas Madsen (Westerlo), 3-0 Madsen 22’ 31’ Romeo Vermant (Westerlo), 4-0 Vermant 31’ 33’ Serhiy Sydorchuk (Cercle Brugge) own goal, 4-1 Sydorchuk 33’ 90+4’ Nazinho (Cercle Brugge), 4-2 Nazinho 90+4’
Westerlo 3.02 xGCercle Brugge 1.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Cercle Brugge attacking Westerlo attacking 
7’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), open play, 0.92 xG, goal 19’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), open play, 0.85 xG, goal 31’ Romeo Vermant (Westerlo), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 22’ Nicolas Madsen (Westerlo), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 90+1’ Kévin Denkey (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 47’ Alan Minda (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 90+3’ Kévin Denkey (Cercle Brugge), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, blocked 86’ Felipe Augusto (Cercle Brugge), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 61’ Thomas Van den Keybus (Westerlo), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 59’ Emin Bayram (Westerlo), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 47’ Boris Popović (Cercle Brugge), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 80’ Jesper Daland (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Romeo Vermant (Westerlo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ Felipe Augusto (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Felipe Augusto (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Nazinho (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 9’ Nils De Wilde (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 71’ Jesper Daland (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 85’ Kazeem Olaigbe (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 83’ Matija Frigan (Westerlo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 86’ Boris Popović (Cercle Brugge), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ Jesper Daland (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 33’ Serhiy Sydorchuk (Westerlo), own goal 7’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), open play, 0.92 xG, goal 19’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), open play, 0.85 xG, goal 31’ Romeo Vermant (Westerlo), open play, 0.60 xG, goal 22’ Nicolas Madsen (Westerlo), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 90+1’ Kévin Denkey (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 47’ Alan Minda (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.18 xG, off target 90+3’ Kévin Denkey (Cercle Brugge), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, blocked 86’ Felipe Augusto (Cercle Brugge), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 61’ Thomas Van den Keybus (Westerlo), open play, 0.14 xG, saved 59’ Emin Bayram (Westerlo), set piece, 0.07 xG, off target 47’ Boris Popović (Cercle Brugge), from a corner, 0.06 xG, off target 80’ Jesper Daland (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.06 xG, blocked 59’ Griffin Yow (Westerlo), direct free kick, 0.05 xG, blocked 17’ Romeo Vermant (Westerlo), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 83’ Felipe Augusto (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+3’ Felipe Augusto (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 90+4’ Nazinho (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 9’ Nils De Wilde (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.03 xG, blocked 85’ Kazeem Olaigbe (Cercle Brugge), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 71’ Jesper Daland (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 86’ Boris Popović (Cercle Brugge), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Matija Frigan (Westerlo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 77’ Jesper Daland (Cercle Brugge), set piece, 0.01 xG, saved 33’ Serhiy Sydorchuk (Westerlo), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players16 players
Sinan Bolat
90′ – – – – – –
Bryan Reynolds
90′ – – – – – – –
Roman Neustädter Taken off
46′ – – – – – – –
Emin Bayram
90′ – – 1 0.07 – – –
Tuur Rommens Sent off
69′ – – – – – –
Serhiy Sydorchuk
90′ – – – – – – –
Arthur Piedfort
90′ – – – – – – –
Griffin Yow Taken off
74′ 2 – 3 1.82 – – –
Nicolas Madsen Taken off
74′ 1 – 1 0.33 – – –
Thomas Van den Keybus Taken off
86′ – – 1 0.14 – – –
Romeo Vermant Taken off
61′ 1 – 2 0.64 – – –
Mathias Fixelles Came on as a substitute
44′ – – – – – – –
Matija Frigan Came on as a substitute
29′ – – 1 0.02 – –
Edisson Jordanov Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – – –
Doğucan Haspolat Came on as a substitute
16′ – – – – – –
Nacer Chadli Came on as a substitute
4′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Westerlo win 29% Avg odds 3.29
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.64
Cercle Brugge win 45% Avg odds 2.08

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Westerlo WDWLD
Cercle Brugge WWLDD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Cercle Brugge 2-1 Westerlo, 02 Sep 23 Next meeting: Westerlo 3-0 Cercle Brugge, 28 Jul 24  All Westerlo vs Cercle Brugge meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk.