LIEGE. Kortrijk prevails over Standard Liège with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Wasinski (67′) and a penalty scored by F. Selemani (84′).
The match was played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne stadium in Liege on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Lothar D’hondt with the collaboration of Romain Devillers and Philippe Vandecauter. The 4th official was Arthur Denil. The weather was mist. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 43.02 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 93%.
Match Statistics
- 53 Ball Possession 47
Shots
- 10 Total 14
- 3 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 12
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 104 Attack 84
- 56 Dangerous attack 28
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 3
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 9 Total 20
- 0 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Standard Liège was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. Kortrijk that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Standard Liège was putting more pressure with 56 dangerous attacks and 10 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyhow, Kortrijk found a way to find the solution to win this encounter.
Standard Liège shot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target. On the other side, Kortrijk shot 14 times, 2 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Standard Liège didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Kortrijk received 2 yellow cards (Abdelkahar Kadri and Felipe Avenatti).
(Standard Liège) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (83′).
Match Timeline
Standings
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will host Zulte-Waregem on the 18th of March with a 15-15 head to head.
Kortrijk will play away agasint Zulte-Waregem on the 24th of February with a 15-13 head to head statistic in favor of Zulte-Waregem (9 draws).
Standard Liège – Formation
Standard Liège
83'
62'
Standard Liège started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
The manager Ronny Deila decided to play with the following team: Arnaud Bodart , Noë Dussenne , Merveille Bokadi , Konstantinos Laifis , Marlon Fossey , William Balikwisha , Steven Alzate , Aron Dønnum , Osher Davida , Noah Ohio and Philip Zinckernagel .
The home team had on the bench: Cihan Canak , Laurent Henkinet, Ibe Hautekiet, Aleksander Buksa, Renaud Emond , Lucas Noubi and Gojko Cimirot .
Standard Liège could not rely on the presence of C. Çanak (injured).
Substitutions
Standard Liège made 3 changes: O. Davida for Gojko Cimirot (46′), W. Balikwisha for Cihan Çanak (62′) and N. Ohio for Renaud Emond (62′).
Best player: Aron Dønnum
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Standard Liège was Aron Dønnum.
His rating is with 31 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 18. He performed 4 crosses.
Kortrijk – Formation
Kortrijk
67'
64'
Kortrijk started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Bernd Storck played with: Tom Vandenberghe , João Silva , Tsuyoshi Watanabe , Martin Wasinski , David Henen , Nayel Mehssatou , Abdelkahar Kadri , Faïz Selemani , Kristof D’Haene , Felipe Avenatti and Billal Messaoudi .
They had on the bench: Christalino Atemona, Satoshi Tanaka, Martin Regáli , Maxim De Man, Dion De Neve, Pape Habib Gueye and Massimo Bruno .
Substitutions
Kortrijk made 3 changes: Billal Messaoudi for Martin Regáli (71′), David Henen for Massimo Bruno (71′) and Faïz Selemani for Satoshi Tanaka (90′).
Best player: Martin Wasinski
The most impressive player for Kortrijk was Martin Wasinski.
His rating is with 1 goal, 39 passes (79% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 8.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Zulte-Waregem – KV Oostende – 1-1
- Genk – Antwerp – 0-1
- Standard Liège – Kortrijk – 0-2
- Anderlecht – Sint-Truiden – 3-1
