LIEGE. Standard Liège recovers against Club Brugge with 2 goals from B. Dost from a goal on the 59′ and a goal on the 40′. Club Brugge was definitely superior in terms of ball possession (62%)
The match was played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne stadium in Liege on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Jonathan Lardot with the help of Florian Lemaire and Vito Divincenzo. The 4th official was Wesli De Cremer. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.94 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 75%.
Match Statistics
- ! 32 Ball Possession 68
Shots
- 11 Total 19
- 6 On Target 6
- 2 Off Target 9
- 3 Shots blocked 4
- 95 Attack 154
- 31 Dangerous attack 72
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 7
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 12 Total 9
- 2 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 1
Other
- 5 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Club Brugge was in firm control of the ball 62% while Standard Liège was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Club Brugge was more pushing with 72 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Club Brugge to win the match.
Standard Liège shot 12 times, 5 on target, 7 off target. Talking about the opposition, Club Brugge shot 21 times, 7 on target, 14 off target.
Cards
Standard Liège received 2 yellow cards (N. Dussenne and R. Emond). On the opposite side, Club Brugge received 1 yellow card (M. Rits).
Also, Club Brugge didn’t finish the match with 11 players after J. Hendry (Club Brugge) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (83′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Standard Liège will have 25 points to sit in the 14th place. Regarding the opposition, Club Brugge will have 44 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will play away against AS Eupen on the 26th of January with a 8-2 head to head stats in favor of Standard Liège (3 draws).
Club Brugge will host Union Saint-Gilloise on the 27th of January with a 2-0 head to head in favor of Club Brugge (0 draws).
Standard Liège – Formation
Standard Liège
23'
65'
10'
The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: A. Bodart, N. Dussenne, K. Laifis, G. Dewaele, A. Calut, D. Pavlović, M. Cafaro, N. Raskin, R. Emond, D. Drăguş and A. Dønnum.
The home team had on the bench: M. Lestienne, A. Al Dakhil, João Klauss, S. Bastien, M. Carcela-González, N. Nkounkou and M. Epolo.
Substitutions
Standard Liège made 5 changes: D. M. Dragus for J. Klauss (64′), R. Emond for M. Lestienne (65′), D. Pavlovic for S. Bastien (65′), A. Donnum for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (75′) and M. Cafaro for N. Nkounkou (82′).
Club Brugge – Formation
Club Brugge
83'
Alfred Schreuder played with: S. Mignolet, Clinton Mata, B. Mechele, J. Hendry, S. N’Soki, R. Vormer, M. Rits, H. Vanaken, C. De Ketelaere, B. Dost and N. Lang.
The following players were sitting on the bench: D. Pérez, S. Lammens, E. Sobol, L. Audoor, I. Van der Brempt, N. Shinton, K. Sowah, T. Buchanan, F. Ricca and É. Balanta.
Substitutions
Club Brugge made 3 changes: M. Rits for T. Buchanan (46′), S. Nsoki for F. Ricca (81′) and N. Lang for I. Van der Brempt (85′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Standard Liège – Club Brugge – 2-2
- Cercle Brugge – Zulte-Waregem – 3-1
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Genk – 2-1
- Mechelen – Anderlecht – 0-1
