LIEGE. Sporting Charleroi was in the end too strong for Standard Liège with the goal of S. Nicholson was the key player of the match after he scored in the 22nd and 57th minute. S. Nicholson (22′), S. Knezevic (38′) and S. Nicholson (57′).
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 Nicolas Laforge who was helped by Christophe Battiston and Quentin Lesceux. The 4th official was Jan Boterberg. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.6 degrees Celsius or 38.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 15 Total 8
- 3 On Target 4
- 11 Off Target 4
- 1 Shots blocked 0
- 117 Attack 98
- 53 Dangerous attack 32
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 9
- 7 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 7 Substitutions 4
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. Sporting Charleroi that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Standard Liège was was more aggressive with 53 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 3 were on target. Still, Sporting Charleroi managed to find the solution to win this match.
Standard Liège shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target. On the opposite side, Sporting Charleroi shot 7 times, 3 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Standard Liège received 7 yellow cards (S. Bastien, M. Lestienne, A. Donnum, K. Laifis, N. Dussenne, G. Cimirot and H. Siquet). On the opposite side, Sporting Charleroi received 2 yellow cards (M. Ilaimaharitra and A. Zorgane).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Standard Liège will stay with 20 points like KV Oostende and OH Leuven to remain in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Sporting Charleroi will have 29 points to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will play away with Antwerp on the 12th of December with a 3-2 head to head statistic in favor of Antwerp (6 draws).
Sporting Charleroi will host KV Oostende on the 10th of December with a 9-8 head to head stats in favor of Sporting Charleroi (6 draws).
Standard Liège – Formation
Standard Liège
70'
61'
Standard Liège started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arnaud Bodart, Hugo Siquet, Noë Dussenne, Konstantinos Laifis, Collins Fai, Nicolas Raskin, Merveille Bokadi, Samuel Bastien, Aron Dønnum, Jackson Muleka and Maxime Lestienne.
The home team had on the bench: Damjan Pavlović, L. Henkinet, Gojko Cimirot, M. Sissako, Niels Nkounkou, João Klauss and Mehdi Carcela-González.
Substitutions
Standard Liège made 5 changes: S. Bastien for G. Cimirot (61′), A. Donnum for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (62′), J. Muleka for J. Klauss (62′), C. Fai for N. Nkounkou (69′) and M. Lestienne for D. Pavlovic (81′).
Sporting Charleroi – Formation
Sporting Charleroi
38'
Sporting Charleroi started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Edward Still played with: Hervé Koffi, Stefan Knežević, Stelios Andreou, Loic Bessile, Jackson Tchatchoua, Marco Ilaimaharitra, Adem Zorgane, Joris Kayembe Ditu, Ali Gholizadeh, Ryota Morioka and Shamar Nicholson.
The following players were sitting on the bench: V. Ozornwafor, A. Benchaib, D. Desprez, Anass Zaroury, Guillaume Gillet, A. Descotte and F. Ferraro.
Substitutions
Sporting Charleroi made 2 changes: A. Gholizadeh for A. Zaroury (62′) and M. Ilaimaharitra for G. Gillet (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Anderlecht – Zulte-Waregem – 3-2
- Standard Liège – Sporting Charleroi – 0-3
- Mechelen – Genk – 1-1
- Beerschot-Wilrijk – Antwerp – 0-1
