WESTERLO. Westerlo was after all too good for Standard Liège with the goal of M. De Cuyper (4′), Dorgeles Nene (30′) and Dorgeles Nene (81′).

The match was played at the Het Kuipje stadium in Westerlo on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put with the assistance of Nico Claes and Philippe Vandecauter. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.9 degrees Celsius or 66.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Westerlo was in firm control of the ball 55% while Standard Liège was struggling with a 45% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Westerlo had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Westerlo won the match​.

Westerlo shot 11 times, 8 on target, 3 off target. Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège shot 11 times, 2 on target, 9 off target.

Cards

Westerlo received 2 yellow cards (Pietro Perdichizzi and Yusuke Matsuo). Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège received 1 yellow card (Filippo Melegoni).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Westerlo will have 30 points like Cercle Brugge, Standard Liège and Club Brugge to remain in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Standard Liège will stay with 30 points like Westerlo, Cercle Brugge and Club Brugge to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Westerlo will play away against Cercle Brugge on the 3rd of June with a 14-10 head to head in favor of Cercle Brugge (5 draws).

Standard Liège will play away agasint Gent on the 3rd of June with a 28-15 head to head in favor of Gent (8 draws).

Westerlo – Formation

Westerlo started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Jonas De Roeck decided to play with the following team: Nick Gillekens (7.3), Edisson Jordanov (7.2), Roman Neustädter (7.5), Pietro Perdichizzi (6.8), Maxim De Cuyper (7.6), Thomas Van den Keybus (7.6), Lukas Van Eenoo (7.5), Nicolas Madsen (7.2), Nacer Chadli (7.1), Yusuke Matsuo (6.9) and Nene Dorgeles (9.0).

The home team had on the bench: Rubin Seigers, Mathias Fixelles (6.6), Ravil Tagir, Muhammed Gümüşkaya, Sinan Bolat, Tuur Dierckx (6.2), Bryan Reynolds (6.2) and Griffin Yow.

Substitutions

Westerlo made 5 changes: Nacer Chadli for Tuur Dierckx (74′), Dorgeles Nene for Mathias Fixelles (83′), Edisson Jordanov for Bryan Reynolds (83′), Thomas Van den Keybus for Griffin Yow (89′) and Yusuke Matsuo for Muhammed Gumuskaya (89′).

Best player: Nene Dorgeles​

The most impressive player for Westerlo was Nene Dorgeles.

His rating is (9.0) with 2 goals, 18 passes (72% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 8. He performed 1 cross.

Standard Liège – Formation

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

Ronny Deila played with: Arnaud Bodart (6.8), Lucas Noubi (6.2), Noë Dussenne (6.4), Ibe Hautekiet (6.4), Filippo Melegoni (6.6), Steven Alzate (7.4), Gojko Cimirot (6.1), Aron Dønnum (6.1), Osher Davida (6.2), Noah Ohio (7.3) and Renaud Emond (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Jacob Laursen (6.3), Brahim Traoré, Laurent Henkinet, Cihan Canak (6.8), William Balikwisha (6.8), Nathan Ngoy (6.4) and Stipe Perica (6.2).

Standard Liège could not rely on the presence of W. Balikwisha (injured) and Nathan Ngoy  (injured).

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 5 changes: Renaud Emond  for Cihan Çanak (57′), O. Davida for William Balikwisha (57′), Noë Dussenne for N. Ngoy (71′), Filippo Melegoni for Jacob Laursen (74′) and N. Ohio for Stipe Perica (74′).

Best player: Steven Alzate​

The player that probably impressed the most for Standard Liège was Steven Alzate.

His rating is (7.4) with 47 passes (95% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Results of the day

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

• Gent – Cercle Brugge – 2-2
• Westerlo – Standard Liège – 3-0