GENK. Genk overcomes Standard Liège with a 2-0 win with a goal from T. Bongonda (44′) and a goal from P. Onuachu (53′).
The match was played at the Luminus Arena stadium in Genk on Sunday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Nathan Verboomen with the support of Yves De Neve and Ruben Wyns. The 4th official was Simon Bourdeaud’hui. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.1 degrees Celsius or 52 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
- 15 Total 11
- 6 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 3
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 114 Attack 93
- 69 Dangerous attack 30
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 0
- 2 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 14 Total 24
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Genk was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Standard Liège that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Genk had a more offensive attitude with 69 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Genk won the match.
Genk shot 15 times, 6 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, Standard Liège shot 11 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.
Cards
Genk received 4 yellow cards (P. Hrosovsky, M. McKenzie, J. Ito and K. Thorstvedt). On the other side, Standard Liège received 3 yellow cards (M. Cafaro, S. Amallah and R. Emond).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Genk will have 38 points to remain in the 8th place. On the opposite side, Standard Liège will stay with 29 points to sit in the 13th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Pro League, Genk will play away with Anderlecht on the 20th of February with a 25-15 head to head stats in favor of Anderlecht (10 draws).
Standard Liège will play away agasint KV Oostende on the 19th of February with a 9-7 head to head in favor of Standard Liège (3 draws).
Genk – Formation
Genk
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75'
53'
Genk started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Bernd Storck decided to play with the following team: Maarten Vandevoordt , Daniel Muñoz , Mark McKenzie , Carlos Cuesta , Gerardo Arteaga , Kristian Thorstvedt , Patrik Hrošovský , Mike Trésor , Junya Ito , Paul Onuachu and Theo Bongonda .
The home team had on the bench: Aziz Ouattara Mohammed, Jhon Lucumi, Luca Oyen , András Németh, Joseph Paintsil, Jay-Dee Geusens, Ángelo Preciado and Tobe Leysen.
Substitutions
Genk made 3 changes: M. Tresor Ndayishimiye for L. Oyen (75′), T. Bongonda for A. Ouattara Mohammed (88′) and P. Onuachu for J. Paintsil (88′).
Best player: Mike Trésor
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Genk was Mike Trésor even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 29 passes (82% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 7. He performed 6 crosses.
Standard Liège – Formation
Standard Liège
Standard Liège started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Luka Elsner played with: Arnaud Bodart , Nathan Ngoy , Moussa Sissako , Konstantinos Laifis , Alexandro Calut , Aron Dønnum , Nicolas Raskin , Merveille Bokadi , Mathieu Cafaro , Renaud Emond and Selim Amallah .
They had on the bench: Noë Dussenne, Laurent Henkinet, Abdoul Tapsoba , Denis Drăguş , Mehdi Carcela-González , Samuel Bastien and Damjan Pavlović .
Substitutions
Standard Liège made 5 changes: M. Cafaro for A. Tapsoba (70′), M. Sissako for S. Bastien (70′), A. Donnum for M. Carcela-Gonzalez (70′), S. Amallah for D. M. Dragus (83′) and N. Raskin for D. Pavlovic (86′).
Best player: Nicolas Raskin
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Standard Liège was Nicolas Raskin.
His rating is with 38 passes (81% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Pro League.
- Club Brugge – Sporting Charleroi – 2-0
- Genk – Standard Liège – 2-0
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Sint-Truiden – 0-1
- Beerschot-Wilrijk – Kortrijk – 2-1
