LIEGE. Kortrijk tops Standard Liège 1-0 after F. Avenatti scored just 1 goal (45′). Standard Liège was much superior in terms of ball possession (66%).
The match was played at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne stadium in Liege on Saturday and it started at 6:15 pm local time. The referee was Bert Put who was helped by Lennert Jans and Lennert Becquet. The 4th official was Massimiliano Ledda. The weather was sky is clear. The temperature was freezing at -0.88 degrees Celsius or 30.42 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 82%.
Match Statistics
- ! 66 Ball Possession 34
Shots
- 20 Total 5
- 4 On Target 2
- 7 Off Target 2
- 9 Shots blocked 1
- 161 Attack 67
- 72 Dangerous attack 38
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 7 Corners 4
- 5 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 13
- 0 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Standard Liège had a superior ball possession 66% while Kortrijk was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Standard Liège was putting more pressure with 72 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Kortrijk was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Standard Liège shot 20 times, 4 on target, 7 off target. Regarding the opposition, Kortrijk shot 5 times, 2 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Standard Liège didn’t receive any yellow card. Talking about the opposition, Kortrijk received 1 yellow card (M. Kana).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Standard Liège stays with 23 points to remain in the 10th place. On the opposite side, Kortrijk will has 13 points to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Standard Liège will play away with Cercle Brugge on the 27th of January with a 21-5 head to head stats in favor of Standard Liège (8 draws).
Kortrijk will host OH Leuven on the 27th of January with a 10-9 head to head stats in favor of Kortrijk (5 draws).
Standard Liège – Formation
Standard Liège
77'
Standard Liège started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Ivan Leko decided to play with the following team: Arnaud Bodart , Zinho Vanheusden , Konstantinos Laifis , Lucas Noubi , Marlon Fossey , Isaac Price , Hakim Sahabo , William Balikwisha , Moussa Djenepo , Kamal Sowah and Wilfried Kanga .
The home team had on the bench: Gilles Dewaele, Romaine Mundle , Noah Ohio , Stipe Perica , Brahim Ghalidi, Daan Dierckx, Matthieu Epolo and Cihan Canak .
Standard Liège could not rely on the presence of Stipe Perica (injured).
Substitutions
Standard Liège made 4 changes: Wilfried Kanga for Stipe Perica (55′), Moussa Djenepo for Romaine Mundle (77′), Kamal Sowah for Noah Ohio (77′) and Marlon Fossey for Cihan Canak (77′).
Player of the match: Isaac Price
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Standard Liège was Isaac Price.
His rating is with 73 passes (75% accurate) and 4 key passes. He won 5 duels out of 9. He performed 9 crosses.
Kortrijk – Formation
Kortrijk
34'
45'
Kortrijk started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Freyr Alexandersson played with: L. Pirard , M. Mampassi , João Silva , Haruya Fujii , N. Mehssatou , A. Sissako , A. Kadri , M. Kana , S. Ojo , F. Avenatti and I. Davies .
They had on the bench: Tristen Alliet, R. Alebiosu, M. El Idrissy , Jonathan Afolabi , D. De Neve, E. De Vlaeminck, K. Malinov , M. Wasinski and D. Seck.
Substitutions
Kortrijk made 3 changes: F. Avenatti for Jonathan Afolabi (65′), I. Davies for M. El Idrissy (75′) and A. Kadri for K. Malinov (75′).
Player of the match: L. Pirard
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Kortrijk was the goalkeeper: L. Pirard. His rating is 8.06. He performed 4 saves.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Genk – Cercle Brugge – 1-1
- Standard Liège – Kortrijk – 0-1
- Club Brugge – Westerlo – 3-0
