LIEGE. Gent beat Standard Liège to win 2-1. It was Gent to strike first with a goal of Gift Emmanuel Orban at the 31′. Then it was a goal in the 57′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Hugo Cuypers gave the win to Gent in the 61′ minute with a goal.

Steven Alzate received a red card (84′)​. This double yellow card was one of the reason why Standard Liège lost the match.

The match was played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne stadium in Liege on Saturday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Jan Boterberg with the assistance of Kevin Dhondt and Nick Senecaut. The 4th official was Nicolas Laforge. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 16.2 degrees Celsius or 61.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 72%.​

Match Statistics​

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. Gent that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Standard Liège was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 9 shots of which 1 were on target. Even so, Gent was able to find the solution to win this match.​

Standard Liège shot 9 times, 1 on target, 9 off target. On the other side, Gent shot 6 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Standard Liège received 2 yellow cards (Steven Alzate and Konstantinos Laifis). On the other side, Gent received 3 yellow cards (Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe, Joseph Okumu and Núrio Fortuna).

Steven Alzate (Standard Liège) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (84′).

Standings

After playing this match, Standard Liège will stay with 29 points to remain in the 3rd place. On the opposite side, Gent will have 34 points to sit in the 1st place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will host Westerlo on the 13th of May with a 13-4 head to head stats in favor of Standard Liège (5 draws).

Gent will play away agasint Cercle Brugge on the 13th of May with a 20-8 head to head statistic in favor of Gent (5 draws).

Standard Liège – Formation

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 (5.8), Noë Dussenne (6.6), Merveille Bokadi (6.5), Konstantinos Laifis (6.4), Marlon Fossey (7.2), Gojko Cimirot (6.2), Steven Alzate (7.6), Aron Dønnum (7.7), Cihan Canak (6.4), Renaud Emond (6.6) and Philip Zinckernagel (6.4).

The home team had on the bench: Lucas Noubi, Filippo Melegoni (6.6), Jacob Laursen, Laurent Henkinet, Noah Ohio (6.2), Osher Davida and Stipe Perica.

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 4 changes: Gojko Cimirot for Noah Ohio (63′), Renaud Emond  for Filippo Melegoni (63′), C. Çanak for Stipe Perica (83′) and Noë Dussenne for Jacob Laursen (83′).

Best player: Aron Dønnum​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Standard Liège was Aron Dønnum.

His rating is (7.7) with 32 passes (75% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 5 crosses.

Gent – Formation

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

Hein Vanhaezebrouck played with: Paul Nardi (6.3), Kamil Piątkowski (7.3), Joseph Okumu (6.7), Jordan Torunarigha (7.0), Matisse Samoise (7.1), Sven Kums (6.1), Julien De Sart (7.4), Hyunseok Hong (7.1), Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (6.3), Hugo Cuypers (8.2) and Gift Emmanuel Orban (7.2).

They had on the bench: Tarik Tissoudali, Alessio Castro-Montes, Bruno Godeau, Núrio Fortuna (6.7), Davy Roef, Jens Petter Hauge and Malick Fofana.

Substitutions

Gent made 3 changes: Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe for Nurio Fortuna (64′), Gift Emmanuel Orban for Tarik Tissoudali (85′) and Hong Hyun-seok for Alessio Castro-Montes (85′).

Best player: Hugo Cuypers​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Gent was Hugo Cuypers.

His rating is (8.2) with 1 goal, 25 passes (72% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 17.

Results of the day

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

• Standard Liège – Gent – 1-2
• Club Brugge – Union Saint-Gilloise – 1-2