LIEGE. Cercle Brugge beats Standard Liège 1-0 after K. Denkey scored just 1 goal (90′). Standard Liège was unquestionably better in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne stadium in Liege on Saturday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Jasper Vergoote who had the assistance of Michael Geerolf and Martijn Tiesters. The 4th official was Quentin Pirard. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.72 degrees Celsius or 76.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 7 Total 16
- 3 On Target 4
- 4 Off Target 9
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 109 Attack 140
- 41 Dangerous attack 83
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 2 Corners 2
- 4 Off Sides 3
Fouls
- 11 Total 11
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 4
Ball possession
Standard Liège was in firm control of the ball 61% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Cercle Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 83 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Cercle Brugge won the match.
Standard Liège shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge shot 16 times, 4 on target, 9 off target.
Cards
Standard Liège received 2 yellow cards (Denis Dragus and Nathan Ngoy). Talking about the opposition, Cercle Brugge received 3 yellow cards (Leonardo Lopes, Leonardo Lopes and Boris Popović).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Standard Liège will stay with 1 points like Westerlo to hold in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Cercle Brugge will have 6 points like RWDM to hold in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will play away against AS Eupen on the 17th of September with a 10-3 head to head statistic in favor of Standard Liège (3 draws).
Cercle Brugge will play away agasint RWDM on the 16th of September with a 0-0 head to head.
Standard Liège – Formation
Standard Liège
86'
57'
Standard Liège started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
The manager Carl Hoefkens decided to play with the following team: Arnaud Bodart , Zinho Vanheusden , Merveille Bokadi , Nathan Ngoy , Marlon Fossey , William Balikwisha , Aiden O’Neill , Isaac Price , Aron Dönnum , Denis Dragus and Wilfried Kanga .
The home team had on the bench: Noah Ohio, Gilles Dewaele, Hayao Kawabe , Romaine Mundle, Sacha Banse, Cihan Canak, Lucas Noubi and Laurent Henkinet.
Standard Liège could not rely on the presence of Hayao Kawabe (injured).
Substitutions
Standard Liège made 5 changes: Denis Dragus for Romaine Mundle (63′), Isaac Price for Cihan Canak (63′), Aiden O’Neill for Sacha Banse (70′), Wilfried Kanga for Noah Ohio (70′) and Nathan Ngoy for Hayao Kawabe (86′).
Best player: Zinho Vanheusden
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Standard Liège was Zinho Vanheusden.
His rating is with 50 passes (0% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 14 duels out of 17.
Cercle Brugge – Formation
Cercle Brugge
90'
Cercle Brugge started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).
Miron Muslić played with: Warleson , Boris Popović , Christiaan Ravych , Jesper Daland , Hugo Siquet , Abu Francis , Leonardo Lopes , Olivier Deman , Thibo Somers , Kévin Denkey and Yann Gboho .
They had on the bench: Hannes Van Der Bruggen , Senna Miangue, Maxime Delanghe, Alan Minda, Emilio Kehrer, Jordan Varela and Nils De Wilde.
Substitutions
Cercle Brugge made 4 changes: Abu Francis for Hannes Van Der Bruggen (10′), Yann Gboho for Alan Minda (67′), Leonardo Lopes for Nils De Wilde (67′) and Kévin Denkey for Senna Miangue (90′).
Best player: Olivier Deman
The player that probably impressed the most for Cercle Brugge was Olivier Deman even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 18 passes (0% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 12. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
