LIEGE. Cercle Brugge and Standard Liège draw 1-1. D. Hotic scored the first goal (44′) for Cercle Brugge. N. Raskin settled the score (55′). Standard Liège was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%)

The match was played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne stadium in Liege on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Lawrence Visser with the support of Rien Vanyzere and Thibaud Nijssen. The 4th official was Quentin Pirard. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.7 degrees Celsius or 44.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 65%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Standard Liège was in firm control of the ball 57% while Cercle Brugge was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Cercle Brugge had a more offensive attitude with 59 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Cercle Brugge to win the match​.

Standard Liège shot 8 times, 4 on target, 4 off target. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge shot 17 times, 6 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Standard Liège received 6 yellow cards (M. Bokadi, K. Laifis, N. Ngoy, A. Donnum, S. Amallah and M. Sissako). On the other side, Cercle Brugge received 2 yellow cards (E. Utkus and S. Miangue).

Also, Cercle Brugge didn’t end the match with 11 players after E. Utkus (Cercle Brugge) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (90′).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Standard Liège will have 29 points to remain in the 13th place. On the opposite side, Cercle Brugge will have 35 points like Genk to sit in the 9th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will play away against Genk on the 13th of February with a 23-12 head to head statistic in favor of Standard Liège (14 draws).

Cercle Brugge will play away agasint OH Leuven on the 12th of February with a 10-6 head to head record in favor of OH Leuven (5 draws).

Standard Liège – Formation

Standard Liège started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

The manager Luka Elsner decided to play with the following team: Arnaud Bodart (7.3), Nathan Ngoy (6.9), Moussa Sissako (7.7), Konstantinos Laifis (6.1), Alexandro Calut (6.7), Aron Dønnum (6.5), Nicolas Raskin (7.3), Merveille Bokadi (6.9), Mathieu Cafaro (7.3), Renaud Emond (6.4) and Selim Amallah (6.9).

The home team had on the bench: Damjan Pavlović (6.7), Laurent Henkinet, Gojko Cimirot, Mehdi Carcela-González (6.9), Niels Nkounkou, Denis Drăguş (6.2) and Joachim Van Damme.

Substitutions

Standard Liège made 3 changes: M. Cafaro for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (77′), S. Amallah for D. Pavlovic (77′) and R. Emond for D. M. Dragus (84′).

Best player: Moussa Sissako​

The player that probably impressed the most for Standard Liège was Moussa Sissako.

His rating is (7.7) with 33 passes (69% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Cercle Brugge – Formation

Cercle Brugge started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Dominik Thalhammer played with: Thomas Didillon (6.4), Vitinho (6.9), Boris Popovic (6.6), Jesper Daland (6.9), Senna Miangue (7.0), Dino Hotić (8.6), Hannes Van Der Bruggen (7.1), Charles Vanhoutte (6.5), Leonardo Lopes (7.0), Kévin Denkey (7.1) and Rabbi Matondo (7.0).

They had on the bench: Silvère Ganvoula (6.7), Franck Kanouté, Edgaras Utkus (6.7), David Sousa, Aske Sampers, Sébastien Bruzzese and Dimitar Velkovski.

Cercle Brugge could not rely on the presence of E. Utkus (injured).

Substitutions

Cercle Brugge made 2 changes: C. Vanhoutte for E. Utkus (11′) and A. Denkey for S. Ganvoula (70′).

Best player: Dino Hotić​

The most impressive player for Cercle Brugge was Dino Hotić.

His rating is (8.6) with 1 goal, 32 passes (62% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 9. He performed 15 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Standard Liège – Cercle Brugge – 1-1
• Antwerp – Union Saint-Gilloise – 0-2
• Kortrijk – Sint-Truiden – 1-3
• KV Oostende – OH Leuven – 1-3