BRUGGE. Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Standard Liège was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (59%).

The match was played at the Jan Breydelstadion stadium in Brugge on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen assisted by Mathias Hillaert and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.6 degrees Celsius or 56.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Standard Liège was in firm control of the ball 59% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 41% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cercle Brugge was more aggressive with 57 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 2 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Cercle Brugge to win the match​.

Cercle Brugge shot 14 times, 2 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Standard Liège shot 6 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards (O. Deman and Leonardo Lopes). On the opposite side, Standard Liège received 1 yellow card (Aron Dönnum).

Standings

After this match, Cercle Brugge will have 25 points to remain in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Standard Liège will have 28 points like Gent and AS Eupen to remain in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Cercle Brugge will play away with Westerlo on the 7th of May with a 13-10 head to head stats in favor of Cercle Brugge (5 draws).

Standard Liège will host Gent on the 6th of May with a 27-15 head to head stats in favor of Gent (8 draws).

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Cercle Brugge started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

The manager Miron Muslić decided to play with the following team: Radosław Majecki (6.8), Boris Popović (7.3), Jean Marcelin (7.1), Christiaan Ravych (7.4), Hugo Siquet (8.1), Abu Francis (6.9), Leonardo Lopes (6.8), Olivier Deman (7.2), Thibo Somers (7.3), Ayase Ueda (6.8) and Yann Gboho (6.8).

The home team had on the bench: Hannes Van Der Bruggen (6.6), Dino Hotić (6.2), Jesper Daland, Warleson Stellion Lisboa Oliveira, Charles Vanhoutte, Kévin Denkey (6.4) and Emilio Kehrer.

Cercle Brugge could not rely on the presence of J. Daland (injured).

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 4 changes: Yann Gboho for Kevin Denkey (70′), Leonardo Lopes for Hannes Van Der Bruggen (76′), O. Deman for Dino Hotić (76′) and Jean Marcelin for Jesper Daland (79′).

Best player: Hugo Siquet​

The player that probably impressed the most for Cercle Brugge was Hugo Siquet.

His rating is (8.1) with 23 passes (56% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 13. He performed 8 crosses.

Standard Liège – Formation

Standard Liège started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).

Ronny Deila played with: Arnaud Bodart (7.2), Noë Dussenne (6.9), Merveille Bokadi (6.8), Konstantinos Laifis (6.9), Marlon Fossey (6.2), Gojko Cimirot (7.3), Filippo Melegoni (7.0), Aron Dønnum (5.8), William Balikwisha (6.1), Renaud Emond (6.4) and Noah Ohio (6.3).

These were the players on the bench: Stipe Perica (6.8), Cihan Canak (6.7), Lucas Noubi Ngnokam, Ibe Hautekiet, Laurent Henkinet, Osher Davida and Jacob Laursen (6.6).

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 4 changes: W. Balikwisha for Cihan Çanak (32′), N. Ohio for Stipe Perica (66′), Aron Dönnum for Jacob Laursen (66′) and Renaud Emond  for Ibe Hautekiet (90′).

Best player: Gojko Cimirot​

The player that probably impressed the most for Standard Liège was Gojko Cimirot.

His rating is (7.3) with 44 passes (88% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Cercle Brugge – Standard Liège – 0-0