A Charleroi lacking inspiration loses to Saint-Trond (2-1)

Charleroi lost 2-1 to Saint-Trond on Saturday in the 12th day of the Jupiler Pro League. The Zebras thus see the Canaries overtake them in the standings. STVV is 10th with 16 points, 1 more than Sporting Hainaut, 11th after 3/15. In the first period, Shinji Kagawa opened the scoring with a technical corner which he scored in one time (12th). After this goal, the Carolos doubled in intensity, but failed to penetrate the penalty area of ​​the Canaries.

Back on the lawn, the scenario of the meeting remained the same. Charleroi retained possession, but only Saint-Trond managed to create danger. This trend was confirmed with Frank Boya’s counter-attack who crossed half the pitch alone and cheated on the goalkeeper (68′). In the last minutes, Charleroi finally managed to find the opposing nets with a strike from Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh (90 + 2nd).

At the same time, Eupen lost heavily 5-1 to Cercle Brugge at the Jan Breydel stadium.

The Brugeois scored three goals in just 14 minutes, the first on a header from Ahoueke Denkey (25th), the second on a collective action concluded with a fine shot from Thibo Somers (30th) and the third with a deflection in one time of Ayase Ueda (39th). At the end of the first period, Eupen obtained a penalty that Stef Peeters converted into a goal (44th).

After the break, Dino Hotic missed a penalty (71st) for Cercle but that did not destabilize the team. Ahoueke Denkey, in great shape, managed to score two additional goals (77th, 86th) and end this meeting with a hat-trick.

With this victory, the Cercle de Bruges goes 12th with 12 points. Eupen is in 17th and penultimate place in the standings with 9 points

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