Anderlecht 2-1 Westerlo: result and report
Pro League · Sunday 20 August 2023
Result
Anderlecht 2-1 Westerlo
Pro League · Sunday 20 August 2023, 11:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Anderlecht 2-1 Westerlo: match report
Anderlecht beat Westerlo 2-1 in the Pro League on Sunday 20 August 2023. The half-time score was 1-0.
Kasper Dolberg opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Anderlecht's goals came from Kasper Dolberg (1') and Jan Vertonghen (71'). Westerlo scored through Edisson Lachezarov Jordanov (80').
Discipline: Anderlecht received 1 yellow card; Westerlo received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Anderlecht were 8th on 6 points from 3 and Westerlo 14th on 1 point from 3. Anderlecht went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Westerlo 13th with 36.
Anderlecht lined up in a 4-3-3 and Westerlo in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jan Vertonghen of Anderlecht (8.3), ahead of Théo Leoni (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Anderlecht wins, 3 draws and 2 for Westerlo.
Going into the match Anderlecht's last five read W-W-L and Westerlo's L-L-D.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Kasper Dolberg
- 45+1'Yellow card · Amadou Diawara
- 51'Yellow card · Mathias Fixelles
- 71'Goal · Jan Vertonghen
- 73'Yellow card · Nicolas Madsen
- 80'Goal · Edisson Lachezarov Jordanov
- 86'Yellow card · Edisson Lachezarov Jordanov
Head-to-head
Team news
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Anderlecht line-up (4-3-3)
Maxime Dupé, Killian Sardella, Zeno Debast, Jan Vertonghen, Moussa Ndiaye, Mats Rits, Amadou Diawara, Théo Leoni, Alexis Flips, Kasper Dolberg, Benito Raman
Westerlo line-up (4-4-2)
Nick Gillekens, Bryan Reynolds, Roman Neustädter, Pietro Perdichizzi, Ravil Tagir, Adedire Mebude, Nicolas Madsen, Mathias Fixelles, Thomas Van den Keybus, Matija Frigan, Lucas Stassin