Standard Liège overcomes Antwerp after recovering from a 2-1 deficit

DEURNE. Standard Liège was able to turn the tables against Antwerp.

Standard Liège overcomes Antwerp after recovering from a 2-1 deficit

DEURNE. Standard Liège managed to turn the tables against Antwerp. Antwerp lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

Standard Liège remained in 10 after D. Pavlovic received a red card in the 90′. Also, Antwerp had 2 players sent off: A. Seck (45′ for a red card) and J. Bataille (90′ for a red card).

The match was played at the Bosuilstadion stadium in Deurne on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Lawrence Visser with the help of Yves De Neve and Nico Claes. The 4th official was Kevin Van Damme. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 10.1 degrees Celsius or 50.23 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 95%.​

Match Statistics​

  • 51 Ball Possession 49
Shots
  • 10 Total 10
  • 4 On Target 8
  • 5 Off Target 1
  • 1 Shots blocked 1
  • 134 Attack 85
  • 41 Dangerous attack 42
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 4 Corners 6
Fouls
  • 11 Total 15
  • 3 Yellow Cards 5
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 2 Red Card 1
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 3

Ball possession

Antwerp had a superior ball possession 57% while Standard Liège was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Standard Liège was more aggressive with 42 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Standard Liège won the match.​

Antwerp shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Standard Liège shot 11 times, 8 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Antwerp received 4 yellow cards (A. Yusuf, R. Nainggolan, J. Butez and B. Engels). On the opposite side, Standard Liège received 6 yellow cards (C. Fai, S. Amallah, N. Dussenne, N. Raskin, M. Bokadi and N. Nkounkou).

Also, Standard Liège didn’t finish the match with 11 players after D. Pavlovic (Standard Liège) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (90′).

Match Timeline

27'
45'
45'
46'
Alhassan Yusuf- Yellow
50'
55'
56'
Konstantinos Laifis(goal)N. Raskin
59'
61'
Michel-Ange Balikwisha- sub ->A. Yusuf
62'
64'
64'
Merveille Bokadi - Yellow
Björn Engels (goal)M. Benson
66'
68'
77'
Michel-Ange Balikwisha(goal)M. Benson
77'
80'
Jelle Bataille- sub ->M. Samatta
83'
87'
89'
90'
Jelle Bataille- Red
90'
90'
Jean Butez- Yellow
90'
90'
Björn Engels - Yellow
90'

Standings

After playing this contest, Antwerp will stay with 33 points to sit in the 3rd place. Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège will have 23 points to remain in the 10th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Antwerp will host AS Eupen on the 16th of December with a 17-7 head to head stats in favor of Antwerp (8 draws).

Standard Liège will host Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 15th of December with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Standard Liège (0 draws).

Antwerp – Formation

Antwerp
G
Jean Butez 1.France
6.7
90'
D
Ritchie De Laet 2.Belgium
7.0
D
Björn Engels  3.Belgium
7.4
90' Goals66'
D
Abdoulaye Seck 30.Senegal
6.0
45'
D
Sam Vines 21.United States
6.1
M
Radja Nainggolan 4.Belgium
6.4
90' 64'
M
Birger Verstraete 6.Belgium
7.2
M
Alhassan Yusuf 8.Nigeria
6.2
62' 50'
M
Viktor Fischer 7.Denmark
6.2
61'
F
Michael Frey 99.Switzerland
6.8
46'
F
Ally Samatta 70.Tanzania
7.2
83'
Substitutes
G
Ortwin De Wolf 26.Belgium
D
Dinis Almeida 61.Portugal
6.0
46'
D
Jelle Bataille 34.Belgium
4.8
83' 90'
M
Pieter Gerkens 16.Belgium
M
Faris Haroun 38.Belgium
90'
F
7.3
62' Goals77'
F
Benson Manuel 14.Belgium
8.3
61'

The manager Brian Priske Pedersen decided to play with the following team: J. Butez, R. De Laet, B. Engels, A. Seck, S. Vines, R. Nainggolan, B. Verstraete, A. Yusuf, M. Frey, V. Fischer and M. Samatta.

The home team had on the bench: P. Gerkens, Dinis Almeida, J. Bataille, F. Haroun, M. Balikwisha, B. Manuel and O. De Wolf.

Substitutions

Antwerp made 5 changes: M. Frey for D. Almeida (46′), V. Fischer for M. Benson (61′), A. Yusuf for M. Balikwisha (62′), M. Samatta for J. Bataille (83′) and R. Nainggolan for F. Haroun (90′).

Standard Liège – Formation

Standard Liège
G
Arnaud Bodart 16.Belgium
6.2
D
Noë Dussenne  6.Belgium
7.0
55'
D
8.0
Goals56'
D
Collins Fai 21.Cameroon
6.3
27'
D
Niels Nkounkou 14.France
6.5
90'
M
Merveille Bokadi  20.DR Congo
6.4
68' 64'
M
Samuel Bastien 28.Belgium
6.8
M
Nicolas Raskin 26.Belgium
6.6
80' 59'
M
Aron Dønnum 11.Norway
6.8
F
Selim Amallah 19.Morocco
7.1
77' 45'
F
João Klauss 9.Brazil
6.8
Substitutes
G
Laurent Henkinet 30.Belgium
M
7.4
80' Goals87'
M
Hamza Rafia 12.Tunisia
M
M. Lestienne 22.Belgium
6.4
68'
M
Damjan Pavlovic 4.Serbia
90'
F
Jackson Muleka 17.DR Congo
7.6
77' Goals89'

Luka Elsner played with: A. Bodart, N. Dussenne, K. Laifis, C. Fai, N. Nkounkou, M. Bokadi, S. Bastien, S. Amallah, N. Raskin, A. Dønnum and João Klauss.

They had on the bench: L. Henkinet, J. Muleka, M. Carcela-González, H. Rafia, M. Lestienne, D. Pavlović and M. Sissako.

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 3 changes: M. Bokadi for M. Lestienne (68′), S. Amallah for J. Muleka (77′) and N. Raskin for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (80′).

Results of the day

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