LIèGE. Zulte-Waregem prevails over Liège with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Machado (13′) and a goal from A. Ndour (71′). Liège was truly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).​

The match was played at the Stade Rue de la Tonne stadium in Liège on Sunday and it started at 4:00 pm local time. The referee was Jan Boterberg who had the assistance of Kevin Dhondt and . The 4th official was Massimiliano Ledda. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 9.67 degrees Celsius or 49.41 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 33%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Liège had a superior ball possession 61% while Zulte-Waregem was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Liège was more pushing with 82 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 2 were on target. Still, Zulte-Waregem succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.​

Liège shot 18 times, 2 on target, 11 off target. On the opposite side, Zulte-Waregem shot 17 times, 9 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Liège received 3 yellow cards (Jonathan D’Ostillio, Yannick Gaby Loemba and Benjamin Edouardo Lambot). Talking about the opposition, Zulte-Waregem received 1 yellow card (Alessandro Ciranni).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Liège stays with 28 points to sit in the 8th place. Regarding the opposition, Zulte-Waregem will has 36 points like Beerschot-Wilrijk to sit in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Challenger Pro League, Liège will host Beerschot-Wilrijk on the 3rd of February with a 1-0 head to head statistic in favor of Beerschot-Wilrijk (0 draws).

Zulte-Waregem will host Waasland-Beveren on the 3rd of February with a 16-4 head to head in favor of Zulte-Waregem (7 draws).

Liège – Formation

Liège started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Gaëtan Englebert decided to play with the following team: Kevin Debaty (7.9), Alessio Cascio (6.4), Benjamin Edouardo Lambot (7.0), Jordan Bustin (7.0), Jonathan D’Ostillio (7.3), Jérémie Lioka Lima (6.4), Reno Wilmots (7.7), Ryan Merlen (7.0), Mohamed Mouhli (7.3), Benoit Bruggeman (7.0) and Adriano Bertaccini (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Benjamin Van den Ackerveken, Damien Mouchamps (7.0), Lucca Lucker, Abian Arslan (6.4), Zakaria Atteri (7.1), Tom Panepinto, Joshua Mpenza, Yannick Gaby Loemba (6.3) and Maxime Cavelier (6.6).

Liège could not rely on the presence of Damien Mouchamps (injured).

Substitutions

Liège made 5 changes: Mohamed Mouhli for Abian Arslan (64′), Ryan Merlen for Yannick Gaby Loemba (64′), Benoit Bruggeman for Zakaria Atteri (74′), Benjamin Edouardo Lambot for Maxime Cavelier (74′) and Jérémie Lioka Lima for Damien Mouchamps (57′).

Player of the match: Kevin Debaty​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Liège was the goalkeeper: Kevin Debaty. His rating is 7.85. He performed 7 saves.

Zulte-Waregem – Formation

Zulte-Waregem started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Vincent Euvrard played with: Ortwin De Wolf (7.3), Alessandro Ciranni (7.3), Anton Tanghe (7.3), Lukas Willen (7.1), Joel Bagan (7.5), Christian Brüls (7.5), Nicolas Rommens (7.3), Tochukwu Nnadi (7.1), Abdoulaye Traore (7.8), Matheus Machado (8.1) and Jelle Vossen (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Alioune Ndour (7.5), Robbe Decostere (6.4), Mohamed Guindo, Kevor Palumets (6.4), Stavros Gavriel (7.0), Sef van Damme, Arnaud Dobbels, Andres Labie and Yannick Cappelle.

Substitutions

Zulte-Waregem made 4 changes: Christian Brüls for Robbe Decostere (86′), Tochukwu Nnadi for Kevor Palumets (83′), Abdoulaye Traore for Stavros Gavriel (61′) and Matheus Machado for Alioune Ndour (61′).

Player of the match: Matheus Machado​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Zulte-Waregem was Matheus Machado.

His rating is 8.1 with 1 goal, 11 passes (55% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 12. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Liège – Zulte-Waregem – 0-2
• Beerschot-Wilrijk – Club Brugge II – 3-0
• KV Oostende – Deinze – 0-1