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
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
90'
66'
45'
90'
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
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.
- Club Brugge – Zulte-Waregem – 3-0
- Gent – Genk – 1-0
- Antwerp – Standard Liège – 2-3
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Mechelen – 2-0
