BRUGGE. Standard Liège and Cercle Brugge draw 1-1. S. Bastien scored the first goal (4′) for Standard Liège. J. Daland settled the score 1-1 (16′). Cercle Brugge was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%)

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Saturday and it started at 2:15 pm local time. The referee was Jan Boterberg with the assistance of Nick Senecaut and Tom Vanpoucke. The 4th official was Brent Staessens. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.​

Match Statistics​

Cercle Brugge

1 - 1

Standard Liège

  • 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
  • 8 Total 4
  • 5 On Target 2
  • 3 Off Target 1
  • 0 Shots blocked 1
  • 117 Attack 98
  • 92 Dangerous attack 55
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 3
  • 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 15 Total 22
  • 2 Yellow Cards 7
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Cercle Brugge had a strong ball possession 56% while Standard Liège was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cercle Brugge was more aggressive with 92 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Cercle Brugge to win the match​.

Cercle Brugge shot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards (A. Millan and H. van der Bruggen). Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège received 7 yellow cards (A. Al Dakhil, D. Pavlovic, H. Siquet, D. M. Dragus, N. Dussenne, H. Rafia and A. Tapsoba).

Match Timeline

4'
15'
Jesper Daland(goal)
16'
39'
47'
Hannes Van Der Bruggen- Yellow
54'
62'
66'
68'
73'
Leonardo Lopes- Yellow
77'
H. Siquet- Yellow
80'
85'
87'
K. Denkey- sub ->Álex Millán
87'
87'
90'
90'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Club Brugge
50
6
Gent
43
6
Union Saint-Gilloise
46
6
Genk
37
6
Sporting Charleroi
34
6
Anderlecht
40
6
Mechelen
30
6
Antwerp
36
6
Sint-Truiden
51
34
Cercle Brugge
45
34
OH Leuven
41
34
KV Oostende
37
34
Kortrijk
37
34
Standard Liège
36
34
AS Eupen
32
34
Zulte-Waregem
32
34
RFC Seraing
28
34
Beerschot-Wilrijk
16
34

After playing this match, Cercle Brugge will have 9 points to stay in the 17th place. Talking about the opposition, Standard Liège will have 15 points like Sint-Truiden to stay in the 12th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge will host Antwerp on the 31st of October with a 7-2 head to head stats in favor of Antwerp (3 draws).

Standard Liège will host Kortrijk on the 30th of October with a 18-11 head to head in favor of Standard Liège (4 draws).

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Cercle Brugge
G
T. Didillon 1.France
6.4
D
Alexander Corryn 25.Belgium
7.0
D
Jesper Daland 4.Norway
7.8
16'
D
Vitinho 2.Brazil
6.5
D
David Sousa 3.Brazil
6.8
M
Hannes Van Der Bruggen 28.Belgium
6.2
54'
M
Leonardo Lopes 22.Portugal
6.8
77'
M
Rabbi Matondo 11.Wales
6.6
90'
M
Álex Millán 29.Spain
6.9
87'
M
Thibo Somers 34.Belgium
6.2
87'
F
Dino Hotic 10.Bosnia and Herzegovina
7.4
85'
Substitutes
G
Warleson 21.Brazil
D
Robbe Decostere 8.Belgium
D
Boris Popovic 5.Serbia
D
Dimitar Velkovski 19.Bulgaria
6.4
85'
M
Charles Vanhoutte 14.Belgium
90'
M
Olivier Deman 23.Belgium
6.2
87'
F
K. Denkey 9.Togo
6.6
87'

The manager Yves Vanderhaeghe decided to play with the following team: T. Didillon, A. Corryn, J. Daland, Vitinho, Sousa, H. Van der Bruggen, Leonardo Lopes, D. Hotič, R. Matondo, Álex Millán and T. Somers.

The home team had on the bench: R. Decostere, C. Vanhoutte, B. Popović, D. Velkovski, Warleson, O. Deman and K. Denkey.

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 4 changes: D. Hotic for D. Velkovski (85′), T. Somers for O. Deman (87′), A. Millan for A. Denkey (87′) and R. Matondo for C. Vanhoutte (90′).

Standard Liège – Formation

Standard Liège
G
Arnaud Bodart 16.Belgium
7.0
D
Noë Dussenne 6.Belgium
6.2
66'
D
Niels Nkounkou 14.France
6.8
D
Ameen Al-Dakhil 3.Belgium
6.2
15'
D
H. Siquet 2.Belgium
7.4
80'
M
Samuel Bastien 28.Belgium
7.3
4'
M
Hamza Rafia 12.Tunisia
6.4
62' 47'
M
Nicolas Raskin 26.Belgium
6.2
M
Abdoul Tapsoba 23.Burkina Faso
6.4
39'
F
Denis Drăguş 7.Romania
6.1
73' 68'
F
João Klauss 9.Brazil
6.9
87'
Substitutes
G
Laurent Henkinet 30.Belgium
D
Damjan Pavlovic 4.Serbia
6.8
73' 90'
D
Moussa Sissako 5.Mali
M
Aron Dønnum 11.Norway
M
N. Gavory 24.France
M
M. Carcela-González 10.Morocco
6.9
62'
F
Jackson Muleka 17.DR Congo
6.5
87'

Regarding the opposition, Luka Elsner played with: A. Bodart, N. Dussenne, N. Nkounkou, A. Al Dakhil, H. Siquet, S. Bastien, H. Rafia, N. Raskin, D. Drăguş, Klauss and A. Tapsoba.

They had on the bench: A. Dønnum, J. Muleka, D. Pavlovic, N. Gavory, L. Henkinet, M. Carcela-González and M. Sissako.

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 3 changes: H. Rafia for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (62′), D. M. Dragus for D. Pavlovic (73′) and J. Klauss for J. Muleka (87′).

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Pro League.​